Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Head of state

Head of state

 * Reason:Period political cartoons can be an entertaining way of making history approachable. Napoleon never actually invaded the United Kingdom, but during Napoleon's era the British public had serious concerns that he might.  Caricature projects a swift end to the invasion, if it were tried. Restored version of File:Bonaparte's head.jpg
 * Articles this image appears in:Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, John Bull, National personification
 * Creator:James Gillray


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 04:16, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support --Noodle snacks (talk) 21:38, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Grossly encyclopedic --Muhammad (talk) 13:03, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Original is in colour. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 15:38, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If a high resolution digitization of the original ever becomes available we can delist/replace. We promote B&W etching reproductions of color paintings all the time, when that's the best we can get.  Durova Charge! 15:53, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * But according to the LoC, this is a black-and-white scan of the original colour engraving. . It's thus highly misleading, and represents no real version of the work. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 16:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There's nothing misleading; it's the best version available. Still has excellent ev, and if something better becomes available of course we'll trade up.  Durova Charge! 17:39, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -  F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 04:50, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose Okay but not great EV. B&W rather than color scan enough to make this an oppose. Makeemlighter (talk) 07:01, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 15:21, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 12:58, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. GerardM (talk) 07:16, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Withdraw nomination per this discussion. Many thanks to the reviewers, but the abuse of the closers at this process has become intolerable.  Durova Charge! 16:12, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Oppose, per Shoemaker's Holiday; if the original is in color, it seems disingenuous to feature a black and white scan. That's a different situation from when we feature engravings based on paintings, since those are presented as engravings, not as monochrome line paintings.--ragesoss (talk) 19:25, 27 May 2009 (UTC)