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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.
Edit 1 Reduced paper yellowing, converted to jpeg (2MB instead of 10MB).
Edit 2 Perspective correction, new framing.
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 edit 2: Good work. Papa Lima Whiskey--Redtigerxyz Talk 17:06, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde poster edit2.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:34, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]