Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cobbe portrait

Cobbe portrait

 * Reason:Newly discovered portrait which may be of William Shakespeare from life.
 * Articles this image appears in:Cobbe portrait, Portraits of Shakespeare
 * Creator:Anonymous12345


 * Support as nominator --Ronnotel (talk) 01:02, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. which may be of.. How certain are we? Is there a source?  Syn  ergy 01:21, 11 March 2009 (UTC) Nevermind. I found the info in the article.  Syn  ergy  01:22, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * yes, the back story is fascinating, and goes to why the image is significant. Ronnotel (talk) 01:51, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Support. Honestly I thought I supported directly after my comment (ooops!). Wonderful image.  Syn  ergy 00:30, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - GerardM (talk) 12:22, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. We don't have a proximate source given for this image.  It was kept in the UK and probably scanned there, so there may be copyright issues based on sweat of the brow.--ragesoss (talk) 17:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The official position of WMF is no copyright can be extended to reproductions of images that have already passed into the public domain. I don't think there is any copyright issue regarding this image. Ronnotel (talk) 17:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. For some reason, I though sweat of the brow stuff was one of those areas where Commons policy was to respect copyright law for both the US and the country of origin.--ragesoss (talk) 20:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That was previously the case, but the policies were changed last year after extensive discussions. Kaldari (talk) 22:34, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, although it would be nice to know where the file came from.--ragesoss (talk) 20:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, nice. Looks vaguely like a younger Stephen Fry. J Milburn (talk) 22:25, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - It's probably a crop of this photograph. Regardless, the image is public domain (UK jurisprudence notwithstanding). Kaldari (talk) 22:37, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Durova Charge! 20:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support a lovely image to compliment the Chandos portrait which is also featured.  Majorly  talk  17:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support' Beautiful picture; as per Majorly above. Cheers.  Im per a t § r (Talk) 17:32, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 09:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)