Jump to content

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2015 at 12:34:40 (UTC)

OriginalProclamation of the Republic, 1893, oil on canvas by Benedito Calixto (1853-1927). The proclamation of the Republic took place in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of the Empire of Brazil, when a group of military officers of the Brazilian Army, led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, staged a coup d'état without the use of violence, deposing the Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro II, and the President of the Council of Ministers of the Empire, the Viscount of Ouro Preto.
Reason
Good size, good colors and high quality. Depicts well the Proclamation of the Republic, hence the high EV, and is displayed in Brazil-related first-class important articles like Brazil and First Brazilian Republic.
Articles in which this image appears
Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil), First Brazilian Republic, Brazil, Benedito Calixto
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Benedito Calixto, uploaded by The Photographer

Promoted File:Proclamação da República by Benedito Calixto 1893.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]