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In the movie there is a painting on the wall in one of the senses:

seen here

and:

here

Does anyone know what this is and what it portrays?

I found this link and this link, both mention it as a easter egg type thing but don't mention a name.

TheLethalCarrot
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Scath
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    Sorry, but Sherlock Holmes is off-topic for this site as it's not sci-fi or fantasy. I've put your question on hold; if you [edit] in some additional explanation of why this question is interesting and how the painting relates to the story/themes of the film, e.g. by quoting from the links you provide, then I can migrate it and its answer to [movies.se] for you; otherwise, I'm afraid it has to be closed. – Rand al'Thor Jun 25 '18 at 16:47
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    @Randal'Thor With some suspension of disbelief, Sherlock can usually be said to not be scifi, I'll give you that. But The Abominable Bride, really, give the OP a break. It takes place in an alternative timeline and features a murderess who is dead at the time of the murder. – Mr Lister Jun 25 '18 at 19:22
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    http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/britt_11_10/ | https://www.tor.com/2010/11/18/a-baker-street-irregularity-why-the-bbcs-new-sherlock-is-science-fiction/ - calling Holmes fiction / science fiction is subjective. Also - as the article states, the BBC series takes place in an alternate universe from ours, so that lands it even moreso into topicality – NKCampbell Jun 25 '18 at 20:00
  • @NKCampbell - It takes a stretch of the imagination to call wholly mundane crime drama science fiction. – Adamant Jun 26 '18 at 06:16
  • But why has this not been migrated to Movies and TV? – Adamant Jun 26 '18 at 06:17
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    @MrLister an alternate timeline explained as a (drugs) trip. – SQB Jun 26 '18 at 08:25
  • @SQB Ah, OK, so Life On Mars isn't sci-fi either. Got it. – Mr Lister Jun 26 '18 at 08:54
  • @Adamant They'd probably close this as either a trivia question or an ID question. I'm sure I've seen questions similar to this get closed there. – F1Krazy Jun 26 '18 at 09:19
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    @Adamant I checked with M&TV mods, and it would need some edits (as indicated in my comment) to be sure of being on-topic there. M&TV has a VTC reason for "trivia", which is admittedly poorly understood and inconsistently applied, but this question could easily be closed as such there, without more justification for why the painting is relevant. – Rand al'Thor Jun 26 '18 at 10:25

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The drawing is called All is Vanity by Charles Allan Gilbert. It was originally created in 1892.

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