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Entrance Hall of Mr Chas. Green's house, Savannah Ga, now occupied as Head Quarters by Gen Sherman edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Dec 2012 at 09:11:29 (UTC)

Original – The Green-Meldrim House in Savannah, Georgia in 1864, when it served as General Sherman's headquarters during his March to the Sea, a march which ended because he couldn't get the sea to catch on fire. The medium-tone paper with black and white ink appears to be Waud's general way of doing things.

Reason: A fine bit of on-the-spot reporting, by a notable artist. Only historical image for the Green-Meldrim House article, which seems valuable.

By the way, the weird title is because that's what it's called in Waud's notes on it:

Articles in which this image appears

William Waud
Green-Meldrim House
Could probably be used in others.

FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/USA_History
Creator: William Waud, restoration by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:11, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Minor comment - it isn't called that in his notes - the placement of "Savannah Ga" into that position in the title seems to been sloppy work by the LoC, as does the full stop after "Chas" (if they wanted to use up their excess full stops it would be better to place one after "Gen" where it would belong). Yomangani^talk 00:44, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually, there's a ^ pointing at the Savannah, Ga. It's a common way to add text that you haven't left space for. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:34, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose: sorry Adam, I'm unconvinced on this one. It's just that the illustration isn't particularly enlightening. Essentially for the image isn't exciting/doesn't draw the reader in as an image. So this puts more of a focus on EV, though, of course, "signficiant contribution" would be required anyway. So looking at what the image shows, if I was asked to describe it, it just looks like a room with a tiled floor and some fairly large pot plants. So I'm not sure what else the reader is supposed to "take away" from the image to aid his or her understanding of the topic. I think it has more potential at William Waud, since the CIvil War was his standout topic, but the article is currently bit underdeveloped - and the contribution of the image not discussed particularly. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 21:07, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Essentially per Grandiose, nothing particularly spectactular which is what's needed for something of this type. Cat-five t c ---- 05:18, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, it's the only historical image we have, or are likely to get, of the Green-Meldrim House. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 06:09, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - you sure? — raeky t 16:40, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - Okay, post-1933 is technically historic, but not relevant to the historic events at the house. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:46, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 16:28, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:43, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]