Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/George IV bust1.jpg

George IV of the United Kingdom portrait

Reason: High resolution image of an Oil on canvas portrait of George IV as 'The Prince Regent'. Good quality scan as well as being vastly encyclopaedic and historic.
Proposed caption: The Prince Regent by Sir Thomas Lawrence. In 1814, Lord Stewart, who had been appointed ambassador in Vienna and was a previous client of Thomas Lawrence, wanted to commission a portrait by him of the Prince Regent. He arranged that Lawrence should be presented to the Prince Regent at a levée. Soon after, the Prince visited Lawrence at his studio in Russell Square. Lawrence wrote to his brother that: To crown this honour, [he] engag'd to sit to me at one today and after a successful sitting of two hours, has just left me and comes again tomorrow and the next day.
Articles this image appears in: George IV of the United Kingdom, George III of the United Kingdom, Prince of Wales
Creator: Thomas Lawrence (circa 1814)

Support as nominator Chris Buttigieg 12:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit Oppose prominent halftoning artifacts. Much better now. J Are you green? 16:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Also, isn't the image rather unecessarily large (as in file size) for its resolution? Not an issue for FPC, but I was just wondering... vlad§inger ^tlk 16:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a feeling that the speckled artefacts in the scan are from the canvas (or brush strokes) because I think they appear in the original. Chris Buttigieg 17:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those artifacts are definitely from halftoning. At the very least, canvas texture wouldn't be so regular or cause colour variations. I suppose the file size is a bit excessive, but if the uploader wants to give us extra information, I say take it (even if involves long downloads)! J Are you green? 18:53, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose halftoning artifacts. ^8thstar 23:27, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose halftoning problems discussed above. Zakolantern 17:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have added Edit1 - halftoning removed by User:Bleh999. -- Chris.B 20:05, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support both--Mbz1 00:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1[reply]
Support either' MalwareSmarts 15:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 great encyclopaedic value --Childzy ^{(Talk|Images)} 12:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:George IV bust1.jpg MER-C 11:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]