Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain edit

Original - H. Rider Haggard's iconic big-game-hunter character Allan Quatermain, from Thure de Thulstrup's illustrations to Maiwa's Revenge.

Reason: H. Rider Haggard's series of novels about Allan Quatermain are classics in the boy's adventure novel genre. Allan Quatermain is a big game hunter in Africa, who faces magic, adventure, lost cities, and, in the end, the realisation that his hunting is helping to destroy the continent he loved - and yet forms his only possible source of income. The books have several strong black characters; I have a second image of one of them, but I'll need to work up a few articles to fill in some missing coverage before it's ready for here - our coverage of this genre isn't all that great at present.
Articles this image appears in: Allan Quatermain, Henry Rider Haggard. I plan to create an article on this book soon; but our coverage of Haggard's works is somewhat limited at present to the first couple in each series, which, honestly, rather surprised me.
Creator: Thure de Thulstrup

Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:39, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 22:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ksempac (talk) 08:23, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Haven't viewed full size but looks good at smaller size, EV is good and picture is quite interesting --Muhammad(talk) 14:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV. Image description especially useful. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:31, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Thure de Thulstrup - H. Rider Haggard - Maiwa's_Revenge_- Fire, you scoundrels.jpg --wadester16 | Talk→ 03:47, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]