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Early science fiction

Original - "Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house). Drawing by French science fiction writer Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle, a nineteenth century conception of life in the twentieth century. Depicts a dwelling that can rotate on a post with an airship in the distance. Ink over graphite underdrawing, c. 1883.

Reason: Old conceptions of the future often look quaint, and this one is downright charming. Notice the couple flirting through the rooftops at lower left. Restored version of File:Aerial house.jpg. Reduced size version available at File:Aerial house3 courtesy copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Albert Robida, History of science fiction, Scientific romance, Steampunk#Proto-steampunk
Creator: Albert Robida

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 02:52, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent depiction of early science fiction. Well known artist, visually interesting. Chillum 02:57, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to see if I can get a better copy from the original. Chillum 02:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Does anyone know why I can't have an image with more than 12.5 million pixels suddenly File:Aerial_house3.png when I have uploaded 35 million pixel images before without issue File:British Columbia Parliament Buildings - Pano - HDR.jpg? This makes it very hard to have the best possible image. Chillum 04:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's the .png bug. Durova^Charge! 05:09, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As it stands, it's a DOS vulnerability. You can't use progressive JPEGs either. MER-C 05:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tim makes a very good point there. I will try tomorrow with a better jpeg than what is up. I will link to the png from the jpgs file page. Chillum 06:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support. This is a marvelous find.--ragesoss (talk) 03:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support What a great image!--Caspian blue 02:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, lovely. Greatly benefitted from restoration. J Milburn (talk) 21:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aerial house3.jpg MER-C 01:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]