Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Napoleon's exile to Elba

Napoleon's exile to Elba[edit]

Reason

A hand tinted British etching from 1814 in celebration of Napoleon Bonaparte's first exile to Elba at the close of the War of the Sixth Coalition. High resolution file with legible text. Restored version of Image:Napoleon's exile to Elba.jpg. The inscription reads as follows:

Farewell my brave soldiers, my eagles adieu;

Stung with my ambition, o'er the world ye flew:

But deeds of disaster so sad to rehearse

I have lived--fatal truth for to know the reverse.

From Moscow to Lipsic; the case it is clear

I was sent back to France with a flea in my ear.

A lesson to mortals regarding my fall:

He grasps at a shadow, by grasping at all.

My course it is finish'd my race it is run,

My career it is ended just where it begun.

The Empire of France no more it is mine.

Because I can't keep it I freely resign.

Articles this image appears in: Elba#History, War of the Sixth Coalition#Abdication
Creator: J. Phillips (publisher)

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 23:53, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Captures all the detail I would want, interesting, valuable, and well-restored.--ragesoss (talk) 03:40, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support silly Napoleon Intothewoods29 (talk) 18:38, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak~~ Support - It's not the best work from that period, though it's pretty good, but the placement of "The greatest events in human life is turn'd to a puff" did make me laugh, and it's useful for presenting the "popular" view on events from a British perspective. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:54, 8 August 2008 (UTC) Changing to full support to help remove ambiguity in closing.[reply]
Weak Oppose Just doesn't grab me, and I don't think the EV is there to offset it. Clegs (talk) 18:24, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted. --Meld shal 15:46, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Overturned, returning to the slush pile for more input. I'll probably close this in a few days time. MER-C 10:45, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Shoemaker's holiday. Mostlyharmless (talk) 07:32, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it had 4 support votes (now 5) and only one weak oppose, so I'm not sure how it wasn't promoted... :? Intothewoods29 (talk) 00:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Napoleon's exile to Elba3.jpg --jjron (talk) 15:26, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]