Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/1882 Kingston Fire.png

Featured picture candidates/1882 Kingston Fire

Reason: We don't have enough coverage of the historical Caribbean. And this is a very good overview image.
Proposed caption: In late 1882, the last of several major fires swept through the lower half of Kingston, Jamaica. In this engraving from the Illustrated London News, we see some of the destruction caused. Top row: Left, the view from the Royal Mail Steam-Ship Company's Wharf. Centre, Peter-lane, from Barry-street, looking south. Right, In Harbour Street. Second Row: Left, German Synagoue, Orange-street. Note the lack of roof. Right, Harbour-street from King-street. Third row: Left, Ruins from McDonald's Wharf, King-street. Centre, Portuguese Synagogue, from Princess-street. Right, Water-lane, from King-street. Note the advertisement for Christmas Cards and Toys. Bottom Row: Left, Princess-street, from Port Royal-street, looking north. Right, Peter-lane, from Town-street.
Articles this image appears in: Kingston, Jamaica
Creator: T. Sulman. Stitched together by Ilmari Karonen at WP:GL/IMPROVE

Support as nominator Vanished user ^talk 02:53, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: Will try making a better caption in the morning - I didn't realise how ill I was. Vanished user ^talk 03:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, very good illustration of an historic event and a high-quality scan (and stitch, I couldn't find evidence of that). Encyclopedic content and relevance. --Dhartung | Talk 05:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose If this were a photo montage - I would be saying cluttered composition, each individual image is too small, not enough detail etc.. So, I'll oppose for those reasons. Should an exception to those arguments be made because it is an engraving? Debivort 15:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- That's up to you, but this is a very common type of newspaper engraving layout from that period, and this is one of the better uses of it I've seen. (It gets used a lot for hodge-podges of archaological sites visited by the Archaological Society at their meeting in town X, etc) Size is a little bit under an A3 sheet. Vanished user ^talk 18:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yeah ... guess I'll stick with the oppose, especially since you are saying this type of engraving is common. Debivort 05:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Well, this layout, anyway. This is slightly unusual in being one of the few good depictions of a fire in the Illustrated London News, largely because it avoids flames - There's this engraving of the Great Chicago Fire which shows how stunningly ineffective flames are in a black and white engraving. Still, I understand your oppose, and, though I like talking about these engravings, don't take this as an attempt to sway you. Vanished user ^talk 05:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support very good scan, and the event of course is important --₵hildzÿ Δ Tãlk 19:52, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent scan, nice quality, only mediocre encylopedic value though given the large file size in my opinion but it is useful so it has my support. WikipedianProlific^(Talk) 11:15, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I've put a copy resized for convenient computer viewing on its page. It has to be a bit large if it's going to be printable, but it's fair to expect to be able to easily view it without printing it. Vanished user ^talk 05:52, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:1882 Kingston Fire.png MER-C 03:13, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]