Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mark Twain

 
Original - Mark Twain, 1909
 
Edit 1 - sharpening
Reason
A good portrait of one of the greatest writers in United States literature. Restored version of Image:MarkTwain.LOC.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Mark Twain, Osteopathic medicine in the United States, List of premature obituaries, Unfinished work, and Reception history of Jane Austen.
Creator
unknown
My support above was/is for the original. In the edit, the soft-focus effect (probably intended by original photographer) is lessened, and grain increased (note collar). --Janke | Talk 07:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Mark Twain 1907.jpg MER-C 04:43, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]