Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/God Speed

 
Original - A lady bestowing a favour upon a knight about to do battle, oil on canvas, 1900.
Reason
I don't think there is any denying that this is an image of high quality and striking composure, the image helps to capture a very victorian view of medieval chivalry, and does so at the same time as being aesthetically pleasing. At 1,702 × 2,382 pixels should be more than sufficient from a technical point of view. And I believe that it adds encyclopedic quality to Edmund Leighton by displaying not only Leighton's perception of the medieval community, but also by providing an example of his work. (Image is in the public domain).
Articles in which this image appears
Edmund Leighton, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight#Themes, courtly love, castle
Creator
Edmund Leighton, and uploaded by Grendelkhan.

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:28, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]