Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Brunel Standing
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- Reason
- Renominating this. It was nominated previously but it needed restoration.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a renowned engineer of the industrial revolution, at the launching of SS Great Eastern (ship designed by him) in 1857. An iconic image of the industrial era of the 19th century. For details see the lead sections of [1] and [2]. - Articles in which this image appears
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, List of photographs considered the most important, other versions in Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Robert Howlett, SS Great Eastern, and others
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
- Creator
- Robert Howlett, restored by Bammesk
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 18:25, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
- Support Good version of a famous and much-used photo. The article on the photo does a good job of explaining its significance, as a rare example from this era of a worksite photo. Nick-D (talk) 07:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
- Support Iconic. --Janke | Talk 08:43, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
- Support Yes. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:33, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
- Support I should have done this sooner. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 12:29, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 15:33, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- Support. I suppose I should weigh in, given that I anchored down the previous nomination with my opposition. Anyway, this is a famous image that we should have a FP-quality version of, and now we do. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:55, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Promoted File:Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art - restoration1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:40, 6 April 2022 (UTC)