Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Blanchardballoon3.jpg

Sophie Blanchard

 * Reason:An 1811 portrait of the first professional female balloonist, Sophie Blanchard, based upon a flight she made on 15 August 1811 in Milan to celebrate Napoleon Bonaparte's forty-second birthday. Mme. Blanchard was "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals" under Napoleon and became "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration" for Louis XVIII of France until her death in a ballooning accident in 1819.  Restored version of Image:Blanchardballoon.jpg.
 * Articles this image appears in:Sophie Blanchard, Luigi Rados
 * Creator:Luigi Rados


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 23:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. Wow. Beautiful work, Duvora. As always! Kaldari (talk) 00:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support I don't know how you do it Durova, but once again the perfect candidate. -- Meldshal42   (talk to me)  00:54, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support About time we had a featured Lithograph. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 03:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Lithograph or engraving? smooth0707  (talk) 17:43, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Support Excellent picture, great work Durova. &mdash; E  ↗TCB 12:10, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support obvious value. smooth0707  (talk) 17:39, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.Becky Sayles (talk) 00:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 06:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)