Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Military College of Chapultepec

Military College of Chapultepec

Original - "Military College of Chapultepec", hand tinted lithograph published by Nathaniel Currier, c. 1847 following the Battle of Chapultepec at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City during the Mexican-American War. A United States flag indicates the outcome of the battle.

Reason

The Battle of Chapultepec was an important battle of the Mexican-American War that occurred at a landmark in Mexico City. This hand tinted lithograph of the aftermath (note the U.S. flag on the flagpole) was published by Nathaniel Currier of Currier and Ives as a sole proprietor before the famous partnership began. Restored version of File:Military College of Chapultepec.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

Nathaniel Currier, Battle of Chapultepec

Creator

Nathaniel Currier, publisher

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 20:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support - another top-class restore.  GARDEN  20:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment The link to the original is broken..? I'd like to see how bad it looked before. Mfield (talk) 02:44, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Thanks for catching that; the links are fixed now. Best regards, Durova^Charge! 03:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Nice one, Support Mfield (talk) 03:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Sasata (talk) 02:57, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support Doesn't depict the actual battle, but it's colorful, engaging, and still encyclopedic. Fletcher (talk) 03:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 05:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support--Mbz1 (talk) 17:07, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Military College of Chapultepec2.jpg MER-C 02:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC)