Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/George IV bust1.jpg

George IV of the United Kingdom portrait

 * Reason:High resolution image of an Oil on canvas portrait of George IV as 'The Prince Regent'. Good quality scan as well as being vastly encyclopaedic and historic.
 * Proposed caption:The Prince Regent by Sir Thomas Lawrence. In 1814, Lord Stewart, who had been appointed ambassador in Vienna and was a previous client of Thomas Lawrence, wanted to commission a portrait by him of the Prince Regent. He arranged that Lawrence should be presented to the Prince Regent at a levée. Soon after, the Prince visited Lawrence at his studio in Russell Square. Lawrence wrote to his brother that: To crown this honour, [he] engag'd to sit to me at one today and after a successful sitting of two hours, has just left me and comes again tomorrow and the next day.
 * Articles this image appears in:George IV of the United Kingdom, George III of the United Kingdom, Prince of Wales
 * Creator:Thomas Lawrence (circa 1814)


 * Support as nominator Chris Buttigieg 12:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support edit Oppose prominent halftoning artifacts. Much better now.  J      Are you green?  16:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. Also, isn't the image rather unecessarily large (as in file size) for its resolution? Not an issue for FPC, but I was just wondering... vlad§inger tlk  16:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have a feeling that the speckled artefacts in the scan are from the canvas (or brush strokes) because I think they appear in the original. Chris Buttigieg 17:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Those artifacts are definitely from halftoning. At the very least, canvas texture wouldn't be so regular or cause colour variations. I suppose the file size is a bit excessive, but if the uploader wants to give us extra information, I say take it (even if involves long downloads)! J      Are you green?  18:53, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I have added Edit1 - halftoning removed by User:Bleh999. -- Chris.B 20:05, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose halftoning artifacts. 8thstar 23:27, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose halftoning problems discussed above. Zakolantern 17:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support both--Mbz1 00:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
 * Support either' MalwareSmarts 15:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support edit 1 great encyclopaedic value -- Ch ild zy ( Talk 12:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 11:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)