Template:Did you know nominations/John Douglas Woodward (artist)


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The result was: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 00:43, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Withdrawn by nominator before being transcluded; article had previously existed, and contents of this article when merged into existing article was not a 5x expansion.

John Douglas Woodward (artist)

 * ... that J.D. Woodward was a major contributor to Picturesque America, a series credited with a major influence on the growth of American tourism and preservation?


 * ALT1:... that J.D. Woodward and his partner Harry Fenn received special permission to sketch inside and beneath the Dome of the Rock (pictured) in the 1870s?
 * ALT2:... that J.D. Woodward, artist for the phenomenally popular Picturesque Palestine series, compared the streets of Jerusalem to "the dirtiest alleys of Baltimore"?
 * ALT3:... that the nicest thing J.D. Woodward, artist for the phenomenally popular Picturesque Palestine series, could say about the Dead Sea was "it is not so bad it couldn't be worse"?
 * ALT4:... that J.D. Woodward, artist for the phenomenally popular Picturesque Palestine series, felt Nazareth was "the worst"?
 * ALT5:... that, of all the sites visited by J.D. Woodward during his tour of the Holy Land for Picturesque Palestine, he felt the most impressive were the Roman ruins at Baalbek?
 * Reviewed: Prof. Xi
 * Comment: Also have pics for the other hooks if they are preferred: Picturesque America00a.jpg (OP); Jerusalem 1880.png or Street of the Damascus Gate.png (A2); Dead Sea and Mountains of Moab.png (A3); Neby Sa'in.png (A4); or Six Columns of the Great Temple, Baalbek.png (A5).

Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self-nominated at 16:55, 27 September 2015 (UTC).


 * Sigh. Nevermind. John Douglas Woodward was already created, just hidden by the Douglas Woodward page lacking his name and needing a dab. — Llywelyn II   22:22, 27 September 2015 (UTC)