Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/David Herold retouched.jpg

David Herold

Original - David Herold, one of the conspirators in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, photographed at the Washington Navy Yard after his arrest in 1865.

Reason: Historical importance and high encyclopedic value. Captures strong emotion in the subject's face. Good technical quality for a photo from 1865.
Articles this image appears in: David Herold, Alexander Gardner (photographer)
Creator: Photo by Alexander Gardner (who is also the author of this featured photo of Abraham Lincoln). Found in the Library of Congress archives and uploaded by Northwesterner1

Support as nominator Northwesterner1 (talk) 20:06, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - A strong portrait with high enc value -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Excellent detail and highly encyclopedic. — BRIAN0918 • 2008-05-01 20:17Z
Support May look better cropped a little tighter? None the less, good quality. Capital photographer (talk) 00:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good detail on a historic picture. Spinach Dip 01:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Impressive photograph for its age. The expression on his face is worth 10,000 words. (Note: I made a minor edit to the caption. It's Washington Navy Yard without the 's'.
Support. Good historical photograph involving one of the most widely known events in U.S history.
Support Great portrait. -- Grandpafootsoldier (talk) 04:23, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Interesting portrait and story behind it.--Svetovid (talk) 08:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support good quality and encyclopedic. Spencer^T♦^C 19:31, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Highly encyclopedic and illustrative of the article. --Sharkface^T/_C 19:36, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support —αἰτίας •discussion• 22:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:David Herold retouched.jpg --jjron (talk) 12:48, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]