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2010-04-25 13:33 Tim riley 277×325× (87559 bytes) Photograph of [[Edward Elgar]], 1912, by Reginald Haines. Photographer's dates of birth and death unknown to National Portrait Gallery: see [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?firstRun=true&sText=reginald+haines&search=sa&LinkID=mp104543&
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