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DescriptionElephantMan2.JPG	English: A photograph of Joseph Merrick (1862–1890), sometimes called the "Elephant Man". This photograph was published in the British Medical Journal with the announcement of Merrick's death.
Date	1889 (photograph taken) 1890-04-19 (published)
Source	"Death Of The 'Elephant Man'", British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1529 (Apr. 19, 1890), pp. 916-917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.1529.905
Author	Unknown. No photographer credited in the British Medical Journal article of 1890.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:57, 18 November 2020	916 × 1,414 (902 KB)	Materialscientist	FFT cleanup of Barta's upload; crop was not needed, you need to leave some space around the body to show the environment
	08:23, 18 February 2015	812 × 1,304 (461 KB)	The Arty Farty Cool Dude	a slight crop
	00:18, 6 January 2012	916 × 1,414 (930 KB)	Jbarta	higher res
	00:00, 6 January 2012	409 × 630 (206 KB)	Jbarta	better version
	20:11, 9 November 2010	282 × 435 (25 KB)	File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)	{{BotMoveToCommons\|en.wikipedia\|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}\|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information \|Description={{en\|A photograph of the "Elephant Man".}} \|Source=Transferred from [http://en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia];