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Description This is a photograph published in the Daily Mail in 1934, purporting to show the Loch Ness Monster. It was originally attributed to R K Wilson, a London surgeon, who sold the image to the newspaper. It is now known to have been a hoax.
Author or
copyright owner
Marmaduke Wetherell (photographer)/Daily Mail (publisher)
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Daily Mail newspaper

Immediate source: Daily Mail

Date of publication 1934
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Robert Kenneth Wilson
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) It is a historically important photograph.

It is generally known as the 'surgeon's photograph' and the article is a biographical account of the surgeon. Although initially attributed to Wilson (died 1969), a confession by Christian Spurling, the conspirator who created the hoax monster, suggested that Marmaduke Wetherell(died 1939) had taken this and used Wilson the surgeon as a 'front man' to give credibility to the hoax. It appears to meet the 10 criteria set out in WP:NFCC

Not replaceable with
free media because
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This is a unique photograph
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) Used only in single article. Low res version of original.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
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It is a low res version of the original used in the single article
Other information It is a historically important photograph.

It is generally known as the 'surgeon's photograph' and the article is a biographical account of the surgeon. Although initially attributed to Wilson (died 1969), a confession by Christian Spurling, the conspirator who created the hoax monster, suggested that Marmaduke Wetherell(died 1939) had taken this and used Wilson the surgeon as a 'front man' to give credibility to the hoax. It appears to meet the 10 criteria set out in WP:NFCC

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Robert Kenneth Wilson//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_hoax_surgeon%27s_photo_purporting_to_show_the_Loch_Ness_Monster.jpgtrue

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