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Original - Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) was a classic Gothic work of the 1880s, seeing many stage adaptations. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Mr. Edward Hyde, focusing on the split personality phenomenon.
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Edit 1 Reduced paper yellowing, converted to jpeg (2MB instead of 10MB).
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Edit 2 Perspective correction, new framing.
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- Reason
- It is a high resolution PD image illustrating one of the best known works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Jekyll and Hyde has become the most famous example of split personality.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Adaptations of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Gothic fiction
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
- Creator
- National Prtg. & Engr. Co. (1880s) [1], uploaded by commons:User:Nard the Bard
- Support as nominator --Redtigerxyz Talk 11:32, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
- Support edit 2: Good work. Papa Lima Whiskey--Redtigerxyz Talk 17:06, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- Support edits 1 and 2 Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:21, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
- Comment Would like to see tighter crop and a very slight clockwise rotation. Jujutacular T · C 22:51, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
- Actually not a rotation, needs perspective cropping - the uppermost line is level, but the bottom is not. Jujutacular T · C 01:05, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- See edit 2. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 10:31, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Actually not a rotation, needs perspective cropping - the uppermost line is level, but the bottom is not. Jujutacular T · C 01:05, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Support edit 2. Thanks PLW. Jujutacular T · C 15:56, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Support edit 2: prefer the tighter crop. EV isn't outstanding but still a valuable enough addition, and has been stable in all three articles for months. Maedin\talk 10:34, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
- Support edit 2, per Maedin. Mostlyharmless (talk) 05:13, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- Support edit 2. Nice historical illustration. - Darwinek (talk) 09:12, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- Support edit 2 per Maedin. --Avenue (talk) 21:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Promoted File:Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde poster edit2.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:34, 25 April 2010 (UTC)