Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pirates relaxing

 
Original Please zoom in! - Pirates relaxing, from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Reason
With a little fiddling, I was able to bring out the detail in this quite good reproduction of Howard Pyle's work. As one of the mahjor American illustrators, Pyle deserves a featured picture... and I promised Howcheng I'd at least try to get a pirate-themed FP in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day's mainpage. This was the quick option, the labourious option, a large engraving of Francis Drake, will probably not be ready by the end of the day.

One disadvantage of this is that it doesn't thumbnail very well - it really needs at least 400 px or so for the detail to come out. If anyone else wants to slip in a nomination that would help Howcheng out, please do =)

Articles this image appears in
Howard Pyle Piracy
Creator
Howard Pyle
With respect, the article isn't very good, so I wouldn't use it as a strict guide to importance. Secondly, it's used in the section on piracy devoted to pirates in popular culture, which I believe it helps fill out. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:27, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good points, but I just cant stand by an illustration for illustrations sake. If it were a portrait of blackbeard, it would be a no brainer. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 23:00, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, your view is reasonable, even if I disagree with it, so I suppose it's best to agree to disagree. I think there's a good case for this to illustrate the pirates in popular culture - as it's part of a major literary/artistic book on pirates from the fin-de-seicle period, but can understand your disagreement. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:47, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Pyle pirate relaxing b.png MER-C 05:08, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]