Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Divers - Illustrated London News Feb 6 1873-2.PNG

Divers Preparing for Work

 * Reason: Three useful illustrations: Helmet and canvas suit separate, helmet being screwed on, and a back view of the diver climbing into the water. Illustrates features of the suit not shown in any other photo or illustration of the standard diving dress we have, as well as providing a useful historical perspective. Plus, it's a really good engraving. Also, it did well in the Commons FPC, so I figgered might as well bring it up here too.
 * Articles this image appears in: Standard diving dress, Surface supplied diving, Professional diving, Augustus Siebe, Northfleet (ship)
 * Creator:Unknown 1873 engraver.

MER-C 08:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator &mdash; Vanished user talk 09:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong support. Excellent engraving, excellent scan, and very encyclopedic! &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2007-07-20 12:57Z
 * Support; Very nice, detailed and illustrative artwork. Luca 13:09, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: I was going through that volume of the Illustrated London News today, and realised the context: The Wreck of the Northfleet had happened two weeks previous, and divers were sent to recover the bodies and other remains. I didn't realise before because... well, the wreck was a major story up until the end of February or so, and of course everyone at the time would have made the connection. However, the article actually mentioning divers going to work appears in the previous issue (lag time on engraving, you know...), so I didn't make the connection until I was going through the volume again today, saw the article, and it clicked. Should I redo the caption? Vanished user talk 14:51, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The caption would definitely be better if it had that context. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2007-07-20 15:45Z
 * I've worked it in. Was just worried that the context might be too.. grisly for the main page. It was a pretty nasty disaster. How's it look? If it's too long, we could probably lose the exact reference to the newspaper. It's in the file info anyway; noone interested is going to find it difficult to identify where the image is from. Vanished user talk 15:57, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The Main Page talks about violent death on a daily basis in the news section. Besides, it's POTD's concern not ours. Debivort 22:33, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support nice, high quality engraving. -- snowolf D4  (  talk  /  @   ) 15:42, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as per above Zainub 18:49, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 *  Support Debivort 22:33, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Good scan, and interesting historic subject. Chris Buttigieg 13:34, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as fantastic combination of superior engraving artistry, encyclopedic value, and technical scanning. Grim, but in no way grisly. The artist communicates the emotions of the men well. --Dhartung | Talk 12:40, 26 July 2007 (UTC)