Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Currier & Ives - Lincoln

The Assassination of President Lincoln

Original - A lithograph print of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. From left to right: Henry Rathbone, Clara Harris, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth

Alternative - Levels adjusted to bring out the detail.

Reason

Of high quality, considering from 1865. Was seconded at WP:PPR. Used in 13 articles. It is arguably the most referenced and widely used artistic interpretation of the monumental events that occured that day.

Articles this image appears in

Abraham Lincoln, Assassination, John Wilkes Booth, 1865, Mary Todd Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, Henry Deringer, Clara Harris, Henry Rathbone, Abraham Lincoln assassination, Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War, History of assassination, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

Creator

Currier & Ives

• Support as nominator --smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 17:04, 3 September 2008 (UTC)|| (either version) smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support Good clear copy of an historic image. Has plenty of EV, just look at all the articles its in. (Giligone (talk) 18:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC))
• Support per nom. Durova^Charge! 03:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support- good reproduction of a historic and well known image. J Milburn (talk) 16:26, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support A well-deserved promotion. Spencer^T♦C 19:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
• Weak support I prefer lithographs a bit higher resolution, but the nature of the medium probably makes this size alright. Text could be a bit clearer. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:48, 6 September 2008 (UTC) Support alt
• Support Per all above.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 02:10, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Support it's a little bit blurry, but it's a good image --Music26/11 19:24, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Blur is inherent in the lithograph format. It's basically the art of creating an image out of noise: acid is used to etch a plate, and by carefully adjusting how much the acid eats into the plate, you determine how many pits there are for the ink to get into - and thus how dark the area is. Zoom in on a lithograph enough and you'll see a sort of static made out of black blobs. That said, it could be higher resolution, but I think that, for a lithograph, this is acceptable. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:00, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
• Comment Looking at this one, I think it's actually rather washed-out. Allow me to suggest an alternative. Also, can this be kept open a bit longer to let people evaluate the edit? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:12, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Additional input required: version please... --jjron (talk) 13:04, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

• Preference to the alternative Intothewoods29 (talk) 03:19, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:The Assassination of President Lincoln - Currier and Ives 2.png --jjron (talk) 09:09, 12 September 2008 (UTC)