Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Love or dutyb.jpg

Love or Duty

Original - "Love or Duty", an 1871 chromolithograph by Gabriele Castagnola. Chromolithography was the principal method of producing color prints from the late eighteenth century until the development of offset printing in the 1930s.

Reason

Originally promoted in a unanimous but hurried vote with a little bit of WP:IAR as a holiday idea for Valentine's Day (Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/"Love or Duty"). After it ran on the main page some editors objected on procedural grounds, so it's been delisted for a regular vote. No disrespect was intended. Putting this forward in the usual manner (as the second edit, without the Library of Congress imprint).

Articles this image appears in

Gabriele Castagnola, Chromolithography

Creator

Gabriele Castagnola

• Support as nominator Durova^Charge! 19:37, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Spikebrennan (talk) 20:36, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support good image. :D\=< (talk) 22:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Great image of a beautiful painting.--TBC!?! 00:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
• Gladly Support and happy we're being thorough.D-rew (talk) 02:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• After thinking bout it I would like to see some mention in the caption of what we can learn from this painting about the artist's technique/timeperiod/etc. for encyclopedic purposes.D-rew (talk) 19:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

• The most I was able to find was about chromolithography. Hope that helps. Castagnola prints are still sold but there's not a lot of citable information about him on the Net. Durova^Charge! 03:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks.D-rew (talk) 18:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

• Strong support One of best candidate for featured picture I have ever seen. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Very good image. Juliancolton ^{The storm still blows...} 13:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support - I believed it met the requiremetns last time and I still believe it does. --ZeWrestler ^Talk 23:02, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support I, personally, was surprised that this was delisted, and I'd be glad to see it put up again. Dr. Extreme (talk) 20:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Very Sharp--. --User:Adam.J.W.C. (talk) (talk) (talk) 01:22, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
• Strong support Very nice! Medrano man (talk) 10:31, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Love or dutyb.jpg MER-C 11:41, 4 March 2008 (UTC)