Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Punch Rhodes Colossus

Caricature of Cecil John Rhodes, after he announced plans for a telegraph line from Cape Town to Cairo.

Reason: This is one of the enduring images of the British Empire and the rush to "colonize" Africa. An iconic symbol of imperialism when first published in 1892, the image remains one of the most recoginzed pictures of the 20th century.
Articles this image appears in: British Empire, Imperialism, Cecil John Rhodes, Scramble for Africa, British South Africa, Company, Cape to Cairo Road, Anglo-African, Decolonization of Africa, Cape-Cairo railway, The Rhodes Colossus
Creator: Edward Linley Sambourne

Support as nominator — TomStar81 (Talk) 19:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice, crisp scan. Adam Cuerden ^talk 22:30, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
support. Per nom. Debivort 04:11, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose, the line quality at 100% bugs me. I agree the image is historical and interesting, but this particular image (like the London News one below) seems to have been digitially cleaned up. I would have liked to see the image on paper, not simple a black and white field (I think the lack of greys is partially what makes the line quality bad in my opinion, in addition to the jaggies and the weird gaps).-Andrew c 04:16, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, Per Andrew. ^8thstar 21:31, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I thought this was an iconic enough image that I've tried to start an article on it at The Rhodes Colossus.--Pharos 19:21, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Wow...nice job with the page! Jumping cheese 19:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support The subject matter compensates for the line quality. I agree with you, it does lack some sort of 'feel' yet I think this is secondary. Chris Buttigieg ^talk 19:45, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Punch Rhodes Colossus.png --Raven4x4x 08:44, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]