Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The ships have a thousand eyes / To mark where we come... / And the mirth of the seaport dies / When our blow gets home.

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

U-21 sinking the Linda Blanche[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2014 at 13:52:43 (UTC)

Original – U-21 sinking the Linda Blanche, a painting by Willy Stöwer, the Kaiser's favourite naval painter.
Reason
A rather fine artwork by a notable WWI painter. The depiction of the U-boat is quite good, the Linda Blanche not very, but then, it's not like he could ask England for pictures of the ship his country just sunk.
Articles in which this image appears
Willy Stöwer, SM U-21 (Germany)
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
Willy Stöwer
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:52, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Some water damage and browning near the edges. If you want to put this through as is, fine, but I just thought I'd point it out. I'd fix the first one, personally — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:18, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • We don't normally like to clean paintings, though. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:16, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • Right. I seem to have thought this was a lithograph like the earlier ship images (which you do clean). What's the original size of this painting? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:38, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I'm sorry, I don't know. I'm pretty sure it's watercolour, so probably not huge. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:41, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also, nitpick: U-21 is a dab page. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:18, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment — Oddly enough, the text of SM U-21 (Germany) doesn't mention the sinking of the Linda Blanche, and neither does the corresponding German article [1] — but this illustration is included in SM U-21 (Germany) anyway. Komisch. Sca (talk) 15:20, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Long story short: U-21 sunk a lot of ships; this is a good illustration of it doing so. I suppose that I do have sources to add the Linda Blanche in, though. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:26, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • And for what it's worth, I'm planning on expanding the U-21 article in the near term. Parsecboy (talk) 16:20, 3 July 2014 (UTC);s[reply]
  • Support. You don't have a good image for James Clark The Great Sacrifice, an immensely popular WW1 print, by any chance Adam? I uploaded an image from The Art Newspaper earlier this year, but looking out for a better. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 18:48, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • I probably could have a decent go at finding it, but it's not going to be soon. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:57, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks. Would appreciate it. I was thinking Imperial War Museum perhaps? Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:31, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I live the opposite side of the country (possibly soon to become me living in a different country to London - Scottish independence referendum, you know), but it was originally published in The Graphic, and that's a pretty commonly-held newspaper in libraries - much easier. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:40, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Alright, assuming this isn't crazy big, it's good enough resolution for FP IMHO. Good example of the artist's work. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:51, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Crisco, and I like this picture. It has atmosphere. Hafspajen (talk) 17:37, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Hafs, it creates a mood and uses dimensionality well.--Godot13 (talk) 20:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Awesome picture!--MarshalN20 Talk 01:19, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Yann (talk) 12:20, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment — Aesthetically, I like the picture too, but before it's FP'd the U-21 article [2] absolutely should be expanded (if only a little) to include the sinking of the Linda Blanche — evidently, an American vessel sunk before the U.S. entered WWI, thus historically interesting. Sca (talk) 23:15, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Willy Stöwer - Sinking of the Linda Blanche out of Liverpool.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:53, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/The_ships_have_a_thousand_eyes_/_To_mark_where_we_come..._/_And_the_mirth_of_the_seaport_dies_/_When_our_blow_gets_home.&oldid=1138152271"