Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg

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Original – Thure de Thulstrup's Battle of Gettysburg illustration for L. Prang & Co.'s series on the American Civil War, showing Pickett's Charge.

Reason

Frankly, I consider it fairly obvious. the L. Prang & Co. series of images are considered some of the most artistic depictions of the American Civil War. I'm rather considering just going down the sequence.

Articles in which this image appears

Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American Civil War. Yes, that doesn't exist. But by my count, we have 13 images so far, including two on the Lincoln assassination. 15 if you count the Lincoln election campaign, and they're divided between USA History and other wars. That's nearly as many as WWI has, and I have approximately 7 more images of the ACW sitting on my deviantArt account, waiting to be brought over. =)

Creator

Thure de Thulstrup, lithograph by L. Prang & Co., restoration by User:Adam Cuerden.

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
• Comment The border note in the lower right corner says it's a facsimile. Original image may be more appropriate, unless it's lost. Brandmeister^talk 21:50, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
  • That doesn't mean what you think it does: It was the way lithographs were described at the time. This is a lithograph based on original work by Thulstrup, which makes it a facsimile of that, but this is a very famous and iconic series of lithographs. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:53, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
    • Not a serious issue for me anyway, the original (if it survived) may just have a bit more detailed look at full size, assuming oil on canvas. Brandmeister^talk 00:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
      • Only source I found said private collections and almost never on display anywhere. In any case, I think we're in a situation a bit like Hogarth here: While the original painting exists in some cases, the lithographs (engravings in Hogarth's case) are the iconic images that are used everywhere.
      • It's also slightly annoying that the lithograph of the Civil War I nominated last cruised through FPC, but the lithograph by one of the most artistic and talented lithographic firms to have ever existed is considered so good that people are rejecting it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 10:54, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
• Comment -- the image is quite dark, both full size and as a thumbnail. Even the white smoke in the centre is a rather dark shade of grey/brown. Celuici (talk) 00:45, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Hmm. A fair point. I do suspect the iamge is meant to be a bit dark - I adjusted it against the uncropped image, so know it's about this relatively darker than whatever they set it against - but it may well be a bit too dark. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:23, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm going tot go ahead and withdraw the nomination so I can restart it with better levels. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:30, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:18, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

• Nomination was withdrawn. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:18, 7 January 2013 (UTC)