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Jane Austen

Original - The first published image of Jane Austen, from A Memoir of Jane Austen, revised an unfinished watercolour by her sister Cassandra Austen, in the process tweaking various details to make her appearance a bit more compatible with Victorian sensibilities. Subsequent images were generally based on this one.

Reason

First published image of her, and the one which almost all subsequent depictions are based off of. The revisionism of this image compared to Cassandra Austen's original sketch is a major subject of academic discussion, and, indeed, is discussed in both articles this engraving is used in (it replaces a low-resolution image). Could reasonably be used in the main Jane Austen article, but I'd rather let the editors there decide where to put it in.

Articles this image appears in

Reception history of Jane Austen, A Memoir of Jane Austen

Creator

From a watercolour by James Andrews of Maidenhead based on an unfinished work by Cassandra Austen. Engraving by Lizars.

Restoration by Adam Cuerden and Staxringold

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 201 FCs served} 23:32, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support as a minor co-worker on this key image. Staxringold _talk^contribs 00:13, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support High quality; top enc. Durova³⁰⁶ 02:00, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support + Suggestion. I really don't think it would detract from the value of the image to crop off the text, and I think a cropped version would be more appropriate for the article (you can't read it at thumbnail size anyway). Kaldari (talk) 22:19, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
  • And there I had some major debates. In the end, I thought it was probably important to leave in the context, as the provenance of this is rather important to its value. I actually wondered about crossing less tightly, in order to balance the text at the bottom, as the image is a bit more centred in the book itself. Perhaps the best option is to make both versions available, and use one in the Memoir article, the other in the reception history? Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 201 FCs served} 01:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
    • That sounds like a good idea to me. Kaldari (talk) 15:15, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
      • I'll get it sorted tonight. Any opposition to labelling both as FP, but only adding the uncropped to galleries and such? Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 201 FCs served} 16:19, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
        • Sounds fine to me. Kaldari (talk) 18:34, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
          • I think that would set a very dangerous precedent. Need to chose cropped or uncropped, as we do for every other image that has edited versions. --jjron (talk) 15:12, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Jane Austen, from A Memoir of Jane Austen (1870).jpg --jjron (talk) 07:43, 3 September 2009 (UTC)