Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Slave funeral in Suriname

Slave funeral in Suriname

Original - Funeral ceremony among slaves at a mid-nineteenth century plantation in Suriname. Attendees wear white as two men carry a wooden coffin. A small boy is blindfolded, which was a common practice during this time and place although the reason is unknown. Colored lithograph published 1840-1850.

Reason

A distinctive image that documents historic funeral practices in Suriname during its slavery era. Restored version of File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 3444-7 Begrafenis bij plantageslaven2.jpg

Articles in which this image appears

Funeral, History_of_Suriname#Slavery_and_emancipation, History_of_slavery#Other_South_American_countries

Creator

Th. Bray

• Support as nominator --Durova⁴⁰⁸ 18:31, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
• Support Worthwhile image, good ev & nicely restored --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:53, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
• What is N. 11? In the Dutch part of the description is mentioned but still I don't know what it is. What is "Th. Bray"? I am asking this because depending on what it is it may me something that is better removed or not. Does someone know? About the restoration, in my opinion (since I don't know I won't vote based on it), while it certainly looks nicer this way I don't think the paper in the lithography looks or looked that way ever. Is it worth it to loss the appearance of the paper in that way to bring out the colors and the white? I guess I am being contradictory here, I am talking about the possibility of removing the "N.11" and complaining because the paper was lost a little. Anyhow, I will probably learn something from comments about this.  franklin  20:50, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

I just read the Author... But in the description it says "unknown".  franklin  20:51, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Corrected the author line at the hosting file. "Th." was probably an abbreviation of the author's first name. The museum provided no explanation of the notation "N.11" but that type of notation from lithographs of this period usually indicates that an image was published as part of a larger set. My practice is to retain original printers' marks. Durova⁴⁰⁸ 21:01, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

• Support Th. is often Theo. GerardM (talk) 09:47, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
• Support Actually, Th. is almost always an abbreviation for Thomas (I've never seen it used otherwise); see Thomas Jefferson's signature as an example. upstateNYer 05:06, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

This is a Dutch person we are talking about.. Th for Thomas is something I have never seen for Dutch people. GerardM (talk) 08:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

• Support, Although I might personally prefer a slight crop of the right and left sides. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 23:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• Support. Interesting and encyclopedic. Mostlyharmless (talk) 10:40, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 3444-7 Begrafenis bij plantageslaven2.jpg —Maedin\^talk 17:41, 15 February 2010 (UTC)