Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Japanese river boat 2

Japanese river boat, 19th century (second nomination)

**Original** - Japanese sampan-type river boat. Painted photograph from Japan, dating from before 1886, according to a written note on the album containing the photographs. Presumed Author of the original photographs: Adolfo Farsari.

Reason: Old, original, being an example of a Japanese sampan-type boat as well as being a presumed photograph taken by Adolfo Farsari. It was previously declined (see Featured picture candidates/Japanese river boat) because of licensing issues, which have now been settled.
Articles this image appears in: Sampan and the gallery of Adolfo Farsari
Creator: Presumably Adolfo Farsari

Support as nominator. Unique and beautiful. What was thought to be a scribbled "A" at bottom is actually a stick sticking out of the water. Color constitution may not be perfect, but regarding being 125 years old, it's surprisingly good quality. Mikael Häggström (talk) 16:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support GerardM (talk) 22:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question Why use a historic photograph to illustrate the article? Are such boats no longer used? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an expert on this subject, but I think this kind of floating-house kind of river boat is rare, at least in Japan. Mikael Häggström (talk) 15:50, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Can we suspend this? The image badly needs some cleaning, and I'm willing to try, though it may take a bit, as I'm kind of busy this week. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:43, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok for me to suspend it for a while. Or we make a new nomination once we have the cleaned version.Mikael Häggström (talk) 15:33, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just an update: I may be a little bit longer getting to this. Lot of things going on, and the things I normally work with use slightly different skillsets to photos, so it's going to be a little slow once I do start. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:32, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I think this has had a fair bit of time...would you prefer the nomination to be closed and then renominate again? --Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 21:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For my part, I think it can just as well be placed in "nominations older than 7 days", since there is (yet) no change in the picture since the beginning of this nomination. Mikael Häggström (talk) 05:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Going once... MER-C 12:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fug. Just close it or unsuspend it. It's in my to do list, and will get done when it gets done. I hate working with photos, so it's very for me to procrastinate on them. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended for another user to restore the image. Has yet to be done after good length of time. Now requests closure until said work can be completed, at which point a new nomination will take place ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 15:59, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]