Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Burning of the United States Capitol

Burning of the United States Capitol

 * Reason:The closest the United States ever came to losing a war on its own soil against a foreign power: the British burned Washington, D.C. in 1814. This image scanned from an original watercolor and ink depiction taken shortly afterward.  Restored version of File:US Capitol 1814.jpg.
 * Articles this image appears in:United States Capitol, War of 1812, Burning of Washington, History of Washington, D.C.
 * Creator:George Munger (1781-1825)


 * Support as nominator -- Durova  280 04:32, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support GerardM (talk) 22:51, 20 July 2009 (UTC) It is images like this that bring home history as you can hardly imagine today ... If this was the capitol of the USA, what a different world it must have been.
 * Support This is an invaluable image with allot of EV. Excellent restoration work Durova.  « l | Promethean ™ | l »   (talk) 23:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Strong encyclopedic value. There are a few things that could be better in the original, but it is a very good restoration. Ottava Rima (talk) 00:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Good EV in Burning of Washington. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 05:06, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Noodle snacks (talk) 09:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Staxringold talkcontribs 13:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. Nice job on the restoration. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 20:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

--Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:01, 30 July 2009 (UTC)