Template:Did you know nominations/Edward Mitchell Bannister

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 22:17, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Edward Mitchell Bannister

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Edward Mitchell Bannister, carte de visite

... that when Edward Mitchell Bannister (pictured) won first prize for his large oil Under the Oaks at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, exhibition officials unsuccessfully tried to rescind his award when they realised that he was an African-American? Source: "At the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876, his painting Under the Oaks was awarded the first-prize gold medal; Bannister reported that when the judge discovered that the artist was Black, he wanted to reconsider the award." [1], pp. 21
- ALT1:... that Edward Mitchell Bannister's (pictured) portrait of Robert Gould Shaw reclaimed him as a martyr for Boston's African-American abolitionists? Source: "Edward Bannister, a talented African American painter today best known for his landscapes, also displayed his portrait of Shaw at the Colored Ladies' Sanitary Commission fair in Boston in 1864. While that artwork and its visual content are now lost to us, it might also have been perceived as an appropriation of its symbolic subject. [...] Nast, ostensibly ignorant of Shaw's symbolic import, joined Lewis and Bannister in subordinating the colonel's Brahmin identity to the wider abolitionist cause." [2]
- ALT2:...that when Edward Mitchell Bannister (pictured) won a first prize for painting at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, officials tried to rescind the award when they realized he was African-American? Source: "At the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876, his painting Under the Oaks was awarded the first-prize gold medal; Bannister reported that when the judge discovered that the artist was Black, he wanted to reconsider the award." [3], pp. 21

Improved to Good Article status by Wingedserif (talk). Self-nominated at 03:12, 27 March 2021 (UTC).

The article was promoted to GA near the time of its nomination for DYK. It is long enough, well-referenced, and is free of copyvio issues (Earwig flags a couple of sites that have copied text from the article). Both hooks are backed up by references here and within the article; however, the first hook has a couple of issues that need to be addressed before it is ready. It is a bit over the 200 character limit for DYK hooks, also the article seems to use US variant of English while the hook doesn't (realized (US/CAN) vs realised (UK))? There are no issues with the image provided. QPQ not necessary since this is the nominator's third nomination. Good work so far, the article was a pleasure to read. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 03:03, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, Mccunicano, for your review! How about this version of the first hook?: "that when Edward Mitchell Bannister (pictured) won a first prize for painting at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, officials tried to rescind the award when they realized he was African-American?" —Wingedserif (talk) 13:40, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
  - It's a bit on the long side, but a good hook nonetheless. Both hooks ALT1 and ALT2 are now good to go. Excellent work all around on the article, its topic certainly deserved more than the Start-class article you expanded it from. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 13:56, 21 April 2021 (UTC)