Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1902 (set)

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1902) set

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Reason: High quality, high EV (presented as a set). The present set of BEP engraved portraits depicts the first 42 U.S. Secretaries of the Treasury,^{[n 1]} spanning just over a century from Alexander Hamilton (1789–95) through Lyman J. Gage (1897–1902). Several of these portraits have appeared on United States paper currency and bonds.
All of the images appear in the United States Secretary of the Treasury article and 35 of 40 appear in their respective individual articles. The remaining five articles were either too short or image heavy to justify inclusion. Only two have been used to replace lead images due to the extremely poor quality of the existing image.
Full-size original images can be found under “other versions” in the image description. These images have been scanned (Epson 10000XL scanner @2400dpi) from original impressions that are part of a Treasury Department presentation album of portraits and vignettes (c. 1902), reportedly presented to Lyman Gage.
Original: A 40-image set of extremely high-resolution BEP engraved portraits depicting the United States Treasury Secretaries, consecutively, from the creation of the office to the beginning of the 20th century.
Articles in which these images appear: United States Secretary of the Treasury (all), and one in each of the following: Alexander Hamilton, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Albert Gallatin, George W. Campbell, Alexander J. Dallas, William H. Crawford, Richard Rush, Samuel D. Ingham, Louis McLane, William J. Duane, Roger B. Taney, Levi Woodbury, Walter Forward, John C. Spencer, George M. Bibb, Robert J. Walker, Thomas Corwin, James Guthrie, Howell Cobb, Philip F. Thomas, Salmon P. Chase, William P. Fessenden, Hugh McCulloch, George S. Boutwell, William A. Richardson, Benjamin H. Bristow, Lot M. Morrill, John Sherman, William Windom, Charles J. Folger, Daniel Manning, Charles S. Fairchild, Charles Foster, John G. Carlisle, and Lyman J. Gage.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Restoration by Godot13.

Secretaries of the Treasury (18th and 19th centuries)

Alexander Hamilton

1789–95
Oliver Wolcott

1795–1800
Samuel Dexter

1801
Albert Gallatin

1801–14

George Campbell

1814
Alexander Dallas

1814–16
William Crawford

1816–25
Richard Rush

1825–29

Samuel Ingham

1829–31
Louis McLane

1831–33
William Duane

1833
Roger Taney

1833–34

Levi Woodbury

1834–41
Thomas Ewing

1841
Walter Forward

1841–43
John Spencer

1843–44

George Bibb

1844–45
Robert Walker

1845–49
William Meredith

1849–50
Thomas Corwin

1850–53

James Guthrie

1853–57
Howell Cobb

1857–60
Philip Thomas

1860–61
John Dix

1861

Salmon Chase

1861–64
William Fessenden

1864–65
Hugh McCulloch

1865–69, 1884–85
George Boutwell

1869–73

William Richardson

1873–74
Benjamin Bristow

1874–76
Lot Morrill

1876–77
John Sherman

1877–81

William Windom

1881, 1889–91
Charles Folger

1881–84
Walter Gresham

1884
Daniel Manning

1885–87

Charles Fairchild

1887–89
Charles Foster

1891–93
John Carlisle

1893–97
Lyman Gage

1897–1902

^ Two Secretaries served two non-consecutive terms, therefore 40 portraits are included.

Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 05:33, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very useful, very good quality. You may have some minor issues with hair (I think I see one or two strands on the Hamilton image, for instance... too smooth to be cracks), but since this is at 2400 px, and they're very small and barely noticeable, I don't mind. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:44, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't quite understand why the original files are reduced size. I take it you're unaware of chunked upload? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:36, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Adam- I do know about the chunked upload (I may have used it once or twice). The raw full tiff files range in size between 90M and 223M. I had some reservation about uploading roughly 4Gig-6Gig of raw files. If necessary I would be happy to load the full raw files for each image, either all at once (it will take several hours) or gradually over the next few days. Thanks-Godot13 (talk) 18:58, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Despite activating chunked upload, I cannot upload files larger than 100MB... Any thoughts? Crisco?-Godot13 (talk) 19:18, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Have you tried converting to PNG? It's generally a lot smaller, and is also a lossless format. Failing that, importScript('User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js'); in Commons:User:Godot13/common.js is probably your best bet. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:25, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - Sorry to jump into the middle of this discussion over something you may already know, but what you wrote is only true if the tiff files are 8 bits; PNG is only 8 bits so if you convert from a 16 bit tiff, it's lossy. Technical point, but true. Samsara (FA • FP) 10:54, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Right, but 16 bit files are mainly superior because of their greater fidelity and ability to withstand greater editing before exhibiting posterisation. This fidelity is not really the prime concern for images already restored and prepared for viewing. A more reasonable file size is. Anyway, an academic point. I suppose Commons has enough disk space for both. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 21:22, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - It is slow-going, but working. Alphabetically beginning "G" will finish later/tomorrow.-Godot13 (talk) 21:15, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Re: Chunked uploads. It only works with UploadWizard, which you can't use if you're overwriting something. That may be the issue. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:24, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Good to know for the future, thanks Crisco.-Godot13 (talk) 02:38, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Crisco 1492, Adam Cuerden - All linked raw images are now full-size files.--Godot13 (talk) 02:38, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I think some of these could use a little more cleaning. Do you have a lossless version of the work so far? Because, if you do, I will gladly clean everything up. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 04:28, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks for the offer Adam. At 2400dpi, to be spotless would, I think, be artificial and take away any benefit of the high resolution. If we are talking about 2 or 3 images where something was overlooked, I would be happy to accept your help. If it's more than that, then I may need to put the nomination on hold in order to fix any systemic issues myself.--Godot13 (talk) 06:28, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Godot, I would stick to your original premise, that to render the image "spotless" would give the image an artificial or sterile tone, and forgo any computer whitewashing of these images. It's not going to matter to most viewers who are more interested in viewing the image on a subject matter basis than they are about looking at any inconsequential pixel anomalies the image may have. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 06:34, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A rather large set, but undeniably high quality and of historical value. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 21:22, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Without a doubt these are very high quality images, almost in a class by themselves. Because of their historical aspect they're also of great value to Wikipedia as an encyclopedia. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 05:35, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support J e e 03:22, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:HAMILTON, Alexander-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:WOLCOTT, Oliver-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:DEXTER, Samuel-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:GALLATIN, Albert-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CAMPBELL, George W-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:DALLAS, Alexander J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CRAWFORD, William H-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:RUSH, Richard-BEP069-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:INGHAM, Samuel D-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:McLANE, Louis-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:DUANE, William J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:TANEY, Roger B-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:WOODBURY, Levi-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:EWING, Thomas-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:FORWARD, Walter-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SPENCER, John C-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:BIBB, George M-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:WALKER, Robert J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:MEREDITH, William M-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CORWIN, Thomas-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:GUTHRIE, James-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:COBB, Howell-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:THOMAS, Philip F-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:DIX, John A-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CHASE, Samuel P-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:FESSENDEN, William P-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:McCULLOCH, Hugh-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:BOUTWELL, George S-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:RICHARDSON, William A-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:BRISTOW, Benjamin H-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:MORRILL, Lot M-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SHERMAN, John-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:WINDOM, William-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:FOLGER, Charles J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:GRESHAM, Walter Q-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:MANNING, Daniel-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:FAIRCHILD, Charles S-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:FOSTER, Charles-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CARLISLE, John Griffin-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:GAGE, Lyman J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Two Secretaries served two non-consecutive terms, therefore 40 portraits are included.

[n 1]