Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sargent's Ribblesdale

Sargent's Ribblesdale

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Original – This oil on canvas painting of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale was undertaken in 1902 by John Singer Sargent, the leading portrait painter of the Edwardian era. It portrays the Baron in hunting gear—he was the Master of the Buckhounds for fifteen years. In 1916 Ribblesdale presented the painting to the National Gallery in London in memory of his wife and his sons, Captain the Hon. Thomas Lister and Lieutenant the Hon. Charles Lister; the latter two had died in the fighting on the Western Front.

Reason: Excellent scan of a superb picture
Articles in which this image appears: Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale, Baron Ribblesdale, Master of the Buckhounds and one other
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator: John Singer Sargent

Support as nominator – SchroCat (talk) 09:26, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support, quite high quality and most historic. — Cirt (talk) 10:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:49, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support – But of course! After all, Mr. Lister was Master of the Buckhounds. – Sca (talk) 16:23, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support because it's a good Sargent, painted in the grand manner. But would EV be helped if we knew what he was holding? Does that implement have something to to do with hunting, or specifically with buckhounds? Sargent made the portrait a year after the Master of the Buckhounds position was abolished by the 1901 Civil List. Does this portrait look back to that appointment, or does it memorialize some other aspect of Ribblesdale's life? We're a little short on context. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 18:37, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He's holding a hunt whip—the whip consists of three parts: the crop, or stiff handle, which, when the lash is folded against it, can be used to open and close gates, and prod the horse on; the lash, which can be unfurled against imminent dangers such as cur dogs; and the popper, at the end of the lash, used to make a cracking sound if absolutely necessary. He was Master of the hunt from 1892 to 95. – SchroCat (talk) 19:07, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strong support @Belle:, this is good, right? Almost like Sherlock. :). Hafspajen (talk) 15:16, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shro, this could possibly go to category historic persons, no? Hafspajen (talk) 15:35, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Haffy. Yes - I probably put the wrong category in there. Would Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility be better, given his baronetcy? - SchroCat (talk) 16:58, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Hafspajen (talk) 13:14, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Yann (talk) 22:06, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jobas (talk) 11:32, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – there is wonderful detail on this; a superb scan. Graham Beards (talk) 22:44, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sargent - Lord Ribblesdale.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:37, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]