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Original - "Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid." Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith for Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies in charcoal, water, and oil. (New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916), p. 236.
Reason
Scan of an original illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith for the children's book The Water-Babies.
Articles this image appears in
Water Babies
Creator
Jessie Willcox Smith
  • Support as nominator --ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 19:01, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. DurovaCharge! 20:05, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Isn't this a touch too bright and saturated, maybe? Seems a little much for 1916, before some of the modern dyes. Also, need the crop be that tight on the right? It's removing details of the second waterbaby. if you must crop - a reasonable choice for the Wikipedia-version - I'd suggest favouring cropping on the left, and upload an uncropped version - most people will be happy if something exists with an alternate compromise to the problems, even if the crop is better for Wikipedia, which it might well be. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:47, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's too saturated. I've seen some well-preserved older painting that look about as bright as this. As for the crop, I believe it's fine. All that's missing on the right side is a bit of space before the baby's head. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 01:27, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well... Neutral - though I'd suggest uploading an uncropped version: It really is best practice to offer an alternative when doing the more extreme crops. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:02, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It shows another illustration of the book. The book is over a three hundred pages long, so I don't see the problem with having two pictures, which illustrate different parts of the book, featured. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 20:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moar reviews plz. MER-C 07:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jessie Willcox Smith - The Water Babies - p236 (Restored).jpg MER-C 02:33, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]