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William Sidney Mount
Voting period ends on 20 Mar 2014  at 07:26:06 (UTC)
 * Reason:Good photograph, engaging pose, Mathew B. Brady, so notable photographer. I've trimmed off some blank space on the right - due to severe damage (it didn't have anything in it), but I think it's otherwise quite true to Brady's original, save that it lacks the severe damage. I didn't wait the full seven days, but the article was last edited about 9 months before me, so methinks I can be forgiven that.
 * Articles in which this image appears:William Sidney Mount
 * FP category for this image:Featured_pictures/People/Artists_and_writers
 * Creator:Mathew B. Brady, restoration by Adam Cuerden


 * Support as nominator -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:26, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Legs look OOF. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:55, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That's because they are. It's a daguerrotype - a very early camera. Actually, come to think of it, this might well be the earliest Brady photograph we have: Albumen prints postdate these, and that's what most of our Brady photos are. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:06, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm.... weak support for historic value, although to be honest I can't agree with the composition. There's no such thing as a 95/100 portrait for a reason. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:22, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Not like we can go back in time. Daguerreotypes were particularly finicky, and I'd suspect the frame - necessary to protect them - being slightly smaller than Brady's original plate is to blame here.  It would, of course, risk destroying the imageto remove the frame, so that is not happening, ever. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:26, 10 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Support wonderful. Tomer T (talk) 19:17, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Excellent EV and a much more interesting composition than most early portraits Nick-D (talk) 07:14, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak Support. I'm not crazy about how dark it is. I don't know if it's an issue of the reproduction or the underexposure was a deliberate or necessary consequence of photography of that time. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  12:58, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe it's pretty normal for Daguerrotypes. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:10, 12 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Support - I love the pose - Peripitus (Talk) 07:27, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Great image. --Godot13 (talk) 05:58, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 07:26, 20 March 2014 (UTC)