Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Burning of the United States Capitol

Original - The United States Capitol after the burning of Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812, 1814.

Reason: The closest the United States ever came to losing a war on its own soil against a foreign power: the British burned Washington, D.C. in 1814. This image scanned from an original watercolor and ink depiction taken shortly afterward. Restored version of File:US Capitol 1814.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: United States Capitol, War of 1812, Burning of Washington, History of Washington, D.C.
Creator: George Munger (1781-1825)

Support as nominator --Durova²⁸⁰ 04:32, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support GerardM (talk) 22:51, 20 July 2009 (UTC) It is images like this that bring home history as you can hardly imagine today ... If this was the capitol of the USA, what a different world it must have been.[reply]
Support This is an invaluable image with allot of EV. Excellent restoration work Durova. «l| Promethean ™|l» (talk) 23:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Strong encyclopedic value. There are a few things that could be better in the original, but it is a very good restoration. Ottava Rima (talk) 00:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV in Burning of Washington. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:06, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Noodle snacks (talk) 09:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Staxringold _talk^contribs 13:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice job on the restoration. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 20:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]