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A Sensation Novel (redux) edit

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Original – Poster for the original production of W. S. Gilbert and Thomas German Reed's A Sensation Novel, a one-act opera about characters from a novel who come to life at the end of each act. Sensation novels are basically gothic novels without explicit supernatural elements. The kind with evil noblemen and such.
Reason
Barely missed passing in one of the worst months for FPs (we had only 12 in all of October, which is very, very bad). It does a really good job at depicting the nature of the opera: characters from a melodramatic book coming to life at the end of each volume. Indeed, this is one of those images that biographies of Gilbert love commenting on.
Articles in which this image appears
A Sensation Novel, German Reed Entertainments, Thomas German Reed, Royal Gallery of Illustration
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Robert Jacob Hamerton, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 08:07, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Another excellent restoration. By the way, Adam Cuerden, is image restoration as easy as you make it seem? (I know very little about the subject.) Nythar (💬-🎃) 08:12, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    It's... something I'm been doing for fifteen years, and I think I've gotten a lot faster over that time. I'd say it depends on the image. Some are nightmarish little puzzles to spot what should be there under the damage - consider the hair in this image of Bret Harte. Some are basic dust and speck removal. A rare few are are reassembly puzzles. One of the bigger challenges is getting the borders, surprisingly enough. You want a nice, even-coloured paper edge, and that can be a lot of dodge/burn (lightening and darkening tools) at low percentages; lots of use of the healing brush; lots of things. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 08:28, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The results are worth the effort, though. I do like scrolling through your user page sometimes. Seeing historical images so unblemished is something that interests me; a different way of seeing the past. Thanks for that! — Nythar (💬-🎃) 08:37, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I've dropped something on your talk page that may be of interest.... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 08:50, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 11:40, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – per previous nom. Bammesk (talk) 13:14, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:42, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportCholiamb (talk) 22:40, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Robert Jacob Hamerton - Poster for A Sensation Novel.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:42, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]