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Historical paintings engraved for U.S. banknotes
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2014  at 00:12:00 (UTC) Restoration by Godot13.
 * Original: A seven-engraving design set of the first issue National Bank Note reverse based on historical paintings in the United States Capitol rotunda.
 * Reason:High quality, high EV (presented as a set). There are eight historical paintings hanging in the United States Capitol rotunda which depict scenes from early American exploration and colonization as well as the American Revolution. Due in large part to the national themes depicted, seven of these images were chosen as designs for the reverse of the first issue of the United States National Bank Note. Only the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis was not included (for reasons not revealed in Treasury Department correspondence). This nomination includes the seven engravings that were made based on the Capitol Rotunda paintings. Underneath each caption is a link to the original art as a comparative reference. Each painting is 12 feet (3.66m) x 18 feet (5.49m). The vignette portion of the engraved plate is 2.5 inches (0.064 m) x 5 inches (0.13 m). The original imprints come from a Department of the Treasury presentation book (believed to have been given to Lyman Gage). Scans were made with an Epson 10000XL scanner at 2,400dpi.
 * Articles in which these images appear: Art and engraving on United States banknotes (all), Steel engraving, and others.
 * FP category for this image:U.S. History
 * Creator: American, Continental, and National Bank Note Companies under contract to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.


 * Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 00:12, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Great detail. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:54, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support -- These restorations are just beautiful. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:54, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Nice job. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:37, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support- Sublime work as usual by Godot.  B zw ee bl  (talk • contribs) 02:50, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

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