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Whig Primary, 1848

Original - "An Available Candidate: The One Qualification for a Whig President". Political cartoon about the 1848 presidential election which refers to Zachary Taylor or Winfield Scott, the two leading contenders for the Whig Party nomination in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War. Published by Nathaniel Currier in 1848, digitally restored.

Edit 1 Upped contrast, edges sharpened, shadow/highlight tool applied, new color balance.

Edit 2 Problems fixed. Colour fringing and tone repaired from Durova's original edit.

Reason: A compelling illustration of national level politics in the United States at the close of the Mexican-American War. Political cartoon depicts a man in military uniform sitting atop a pile of skulls, which could represent either Zachary Taylor or Winfield Scott during the presidential primary race of 1848. Published by Nathaniel Currier of Currier & Ives fame, before the partnership. Restored version of File:Whig primary 1848.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Whig Party (United States)#A_brief_golden_age, Nathaniel Currier
Creator: N. Currier

Support as nominator --Durova³³¹ 04:26, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The larger the image, the less crisp it gets. Can you do anything about that or was the image that way originally. It might help to redo the contrast, as there is no true black in the image. Nezzadar ☎ 04:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support a picture can always be downsized in order to get this "effect". Another great thing about the way Durova works is that if you want to, you can. GerardM (talk) 05:36, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Could we possibly see this one with a higher contrast? J Milburn (talk) 11:23, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think Durova is a specialist in that. Nezzadar ☎ 14:12, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Edit Yes, she is an expert in that... Nezzadar ☎ 15:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support edit, ~~on the condition it is swapped into the articles (obviously).~~ Valuable and high quality image. J Milburn (talk) 22:16, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. :) Durova³³² 03:06, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit upstate NYer 03:09, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit Great crisp, quality useful image. ~ Arjun 23:15, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit Interesting. Staxringold _talk^contribs 01:59, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I really have no preference between Edits 1 and 2. Staxringold _talk^contribs 17:22, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Original and Edit 1: Surely it's not necessary to have a blue cast at the top and bottom of the picture, and pink in the middle? Photoshop has filters for that, and even without them some desaturation followed by a curves adjustment should fix it. Desaturation would alo get rid of the technicolour artefacting viewable at full res. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 213 FCs served} 14:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Edit 2 uploaded, Support Edit 2. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 213 FCs served} 15:15, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2 The removal of the blue space was a nice addition. ~ Arjun 19:15, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
GF Support of Edit 2 assuming SH is right about the colors, which I think he is. upstate NYer 20:41, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Edit 2 Honestly, the poster looks whitewashed in its origional form. Blasphemy as it is, a little color seems to help the image. Nezzadar ☎ 05:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Whig primary 1848d.jpg --jjron (talk) 12:49, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]