Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The ships have a thousand eyes / To mark where we come... / And the mirth of the seaport dies / When our blow gets home.

U-21 sinking the Linda Blanche
Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2014  at 13:52:43 (UTC)
 * Reason:A rather fine artwork by a notable WWI painter. The depiction of the U-boat is quite good, the Linda Blanche not very, but then, it's not like he could ask England for pictures of the ship his country just sunk.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Willy Stöwer, SM U-21 (Germany)
 * FP category for this image:WP:Featured pictures/History/WWI
 * Creator:Willy Stöwer


 * Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:52, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Some water damage and browning near the edges. If you want to put this through as is, fine, but I just thought I'd point it out. I'd fix the first one, personally — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:18, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * We don't normally like to clean paintings, though. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:16, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Right. I seem to have thought this was a lithograph like the earlier ship images (which you do clean). What's the original size of this painting? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:38, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't know. I'm pretty sure it's watercolour, so probably not huge. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:41, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Also, nitpick: U-21 is a dab page. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:18, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, fixed. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:17, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment — Oddly enough, the text of SM U-21 (Germany) doesn't mention the sinking of the Linda Blanche, and neither does the corresponding German article — but this illustration is included in SM U-21 (Germany) anyway. Komisch. Sca (talk) 15:20, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Long story short: U-21 sunk a lot of ships; this is a good illustration of it doing so. I suppose that I do have sources to add the Linda Blanche in, though. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:26, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * And for what it's worth, I'm planning on expanding the U-21 article in the near term. Parsecboy (talk) 16:20, 3 July 2014 (UTC);s
 * Support. You don't have a good image for James Clark The Great Sacrifice, an immensely popular WW1 print, by any chance Adam? I uploaded an image from The Art Newspaper earlier this year, but looking out for a better. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 18:48, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I probably could have a decent go at finding it, but it's not going to be soon. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:57, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Would appreciate it. I was thinking Imperial War Museum perhaps? Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:31, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I live the opposite side of the country (possibly soon to become me living in a different country to London - Scottish independence referendum, you know), but it was originally published in The Graphic, and that's a pretty commonly-held newspaper in libraries - much easier. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:40, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, I might head back too (half of me hails from Boleskine). Coat of Many Colours (talk) 02:24, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Alright, assuming this isn't crazy big, it's good enough resolution for FP IMHO. Good example of the artist's work. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:51, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support per Crisco, and I like this picture. It has atmosphere. Hafspajen (talk) 17:37, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support per Hafs, it creates a mood and uses dimensionality well.--Godot13 (talk) 20:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Awesome picture!-- MarshalN20 T al k 01:19, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Yann (talk) 12:20, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment — Aesthetically, I like the picture too, but before it's FP'd the U-21 article absolutely should be expanded (if only a little) to include the sinking of the Linda Blanche — evidently, an American vessel sunk before the U.S. entered WWI, thus historically interesting. Sca (talk) 23:15, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 13:53, 13 July 2014 (UTC)