Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Frederick Douglass portrait.jpg

Frederick Douglass

 * Reason:Possibly the most well-known portrait of Douglass. His expression just personifies dignity and passion.
 * Proposed caption:Frederick Douglass (1818-1895, pictured here in about 1879) was born a slave in Maryland but became a prominent 19th century abolitionist, author and public speaker.
 * Articles this image appears in:Frederick Douglass, Black History Month
 * Creator:Photograph (c. 1879) by George K. Warren (d. 1884). National Archives: NARA FILE #: 200-FL-22


 * Support as nominator Spikebrennan 03:15, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Although the scratch in his hair and beard, and the white spot on his tie, could do with being removed. I'm happy with the focus being only on a narrow pane on his face, although others might have a problem with that, I hope the historicity of the image, and how pretty it looks, will convince those who might be skeptical.  Enuja  (talk) 04:20, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - per above --  Chil dzy  ¤  Ta lk  13:35, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Grainy, but not bad for the period, and a picture full of character. Adam Cuerden talk 21:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. --KFP (talk | contribs) 09:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 03:10, 6 October 2007 (UTC)