Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Andrew Johnson

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[edit] Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States
Reason
Hi-res scan of historical portrait
Articles this image appears in
Andrew Johnson, Vice President of the United States, and a few others
Creator
Mathew Brady
  • Support as nominator — Spikebrennan 21:52, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak support: I can't shake a vague feeling that there's some slight difference between the TIFF and the jpg that looks better in the TIFF, but think I may be going mad when I try to find the difference. However, I'll mention it here in case anyone can spot anything. Adam Cuerden talk 23:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MER-C 03:46, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose, I think. In general I've liked Spike's recent historical nominations. But there are several troubles associated with this image: it's badly damaged; it wasn't a great photograph to begin with (highlights are blown); and most importantly, the author, date, and circumstances of photography are all apparently unknown, which to me reduces the encyclopedic value of the image. Chick Bowen 05:21, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Per the image page and the sources cited there, photographer was Mathew Brady, photo was taken some time between 1855 and 1865. Thanks for your comments, Chick. I guess I had a promotion rate of something like 40% to 50% for that batch of photos that I nominated last week, and I learned a great deal about photography appreciation from the oppose votes (particularly in the case of that Vietnam one), and also from the Sherman and Sitting Bull ones (where, in the first case, I basically selected one of two available images for nomination but the other one ended up passing, and in the other case, it looks like a different version of the image than the one I nominated could very well end up passing). It's an interesting process and lots of the people here clearly have a careful and trained eye, as well as an appreciation of the subtle aspects of photography. Spikebrennan 14:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
I've been unable to confirm Brady's authorship. It came from his studio, but I suspect it was taken by someone else. Chick Bowen 15:35, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: I don't think it is proper to "relist" a nom with few responses. It should be considered as not supported instead. Thus, and also per above, oppose. --Janke | Talk 11:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Agree with Janke. Lack of votes = lack of interest = not an interesting picture = not FP material. --Dschwen 11:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 03:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)