Yesterday an editor sent a friendly reminder that next month is the two hundredth anniversary of
Charles Darwin's birth. So it would be good to have a featured picture to run for the main page. Restored version of
File:Darwin unrestored.jpg.
Comment I don't suppose a good quality version of
this portrait is available anywhere? It is the one I seem to associate with Darwin, and prefer in general.
Noodle snacks (
talk) 01:21, 12 January 2009 (UTC)reply
This was the best quality original I was able to locate. Unfortunately the British archives aren't as Internet-friendly as their American counterparts.
DurovaCharge! 02:01, 12 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Support. It does what a good portrait should, and in this restored version it's the best Darwin photo available on the internet from a technical and printability standpoint. (I've replaced an inferior version of the same photo in
Elliott & Fry with this one.)--
ragesoss (
talk) 02:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Support I agree with the above; it's good from technical and informational standards.
Sophus Bie(
talk) 14:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Support. Unfortunately these Darwin photos are strangely hard to source. Certainly this is not my favourite either, in fact I probably prefer the one that failed
this nomination a few months back, but support nonetheless. As I said then, we can delist and replace if we get a better one. --
jjron (
talk) 11:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC)reply
BTW, assuming this is promoted, I second fast-tracking it as POTD for 12 Feb, or alternatively it could be used for 24 November, the sesquicentennial of the publication of The Origin of Species. --
jjron (
talk) 16:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Support as a really nice portrait with a high quality that's not available on most of the portraits available to us, showing his eyes and expression well at a late stage in his life. . .
dave souza,
talk 21:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Support His face has incredible character in this photograph.
Pastor Theo (
talk) 23:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC)reply