Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore

 * Reason:A fine engraving, advertising an early American production, for an opera where the American popularity and the unauthorised nature of most of said productions were particularly notable: This led directly to their next opera, The Pirates of Penzance, premièring in America. And, yes, I know the caption is a little long. So sue me =).
 * Articles this image appears in:H.M.S. Pinafore
 * Creator:A.S. Seer's


 * Support as nominator --Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 12:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 *  Weak Support. Nobody seems to be participating in this discussion, so I will :). The scan is not superb, but the large size of the image makes up for this. It illustrates Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic opera well. Nautica Shad es  00:38, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Good job with the sharpening. Nautica Shad es  02:12, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose . The text, in particularly, is distractingly blurry, and it's not that big (pretty small for a modern scan).--ragesoss (talk) 14:56, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It is a lithograph, so it's never going to be perfectly sharp, but I do think the Library of Congress also added some blurriness. Luckily, the Sharpen tool works very well with lithography, so I can force out some sharpness. =) Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 18:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The sharpening is a major improvement. I'm still not convinced this is among the top tier of images on Wikipedia (and G&S is already very well represented in FPs).  Neutral.--ragesoss (talk) 22:56, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Gilbert is well-represented, but not his collaborations with Sullivan. For G&S we have only the lead images for Thespis (opera) and Trial by Jury, to my knowledge. And, yes, I fully intend to try and get an FP for all 14 G&S operas. =) Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 22:58, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

(quorum not met) MER-C 10:31, 19 June 2008 (UTC)