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Original - Alice B. Woodward's frontispiece to The Story of the Mikado (1921), W. S. Gilbert's last literary work: a posthumously-published retelling of the plot of The Mikado for children.
Not for voting - For the record, this is why a slight blurring is much to be desired for Wikipedia use. The one with the slight blur applied does not develop the patterns seen here when thumbnailed.
Reason
Alice B. Woodward is a major children's artist, The Story of the Mikado is W. S. Gilbert's last literary work, and it's based on Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful opera, The Mikado. Combined, this makes for a lot of encyclopedic value.
This image is taken from a scan of the first edition, and, yes, there is half-toning. However, this is, as I said, from the first edition. As she is in copyright in her home country, it is unlikely that any better copy will become available in at least the next twelve years.
This image has had some cleanup applied, and a slight Gaussian blur (2.4px radius), to improve thumbnailing and appearance (see example of what happens if this not done, right). As the unblurred version is also available, this does not limit options for use in any way. The colours have been carefully adjusted against the original.
A JPEG version, File:The Story of the Mikado - Frontispiece.jpg, is also available. If someone wants to apply a swift kick to bugzilla's rear, it's possible that the thumbnails of these might actually look the same eventually, but when I contacted them, the idiots said they culd do it, but declined to, mocked the idea of restoration, and generally showed a remarkable lack of clue. Shoemaker's Holiday Over 188 FCs served 17:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
Alice B. Woodward, W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado
Creator
Alice B. Woodward
I'll replace it with a different one in her article, however, this is an important scene in the opera (lead-in to "Here's a how-de-doo!", for those following along at home). Shoemaker's Holiday Over 192 FCs served 20:28, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Story of the Mikado - Frontispiece.png --wadester16 16:27, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]