Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lincoln funeral in New York City

Lincoln funeral in New York City

Original - President Lincoln's funeral in New York City in May of 1865

Reason: One of the few surviving sketches of the funeral procession outside of Washington D.C., plus shows the mass crowd wishing to bid farewell the man who wanted to preserve the Union.
Articles this image appears in: Abraham Lincoln assassination
Creator: Harper's Weekly, May 13, 1865, p. 296-297, uploaded by Zscout370

Support as nominator --User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 20:46, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too small of a scan. A woodcut really needs to have all the lines distinct in order to be reproduced accurately. Otherwise, an excellent find, though, and certainly useful - but, well... =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:33, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- This is the only other scan of the photograph (according to the small text). User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 23:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Reluctant oppose Barely makes the minimum size requirement, and needs cropping. Durova^Charge! 23:57, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment You can buy the original image here for US$195.00. Bewareofdog 00:08, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- A fine price for public domain... Durova^Charge! 06:11, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Shoot, Wikimedia has been talking about buying works for us to use on our projects. That might be something we should kick over to Bastique. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 06:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - For that cost, I can get 6 months of an illustrated newspaper from 1871, setting out the history of the PAris commune and all other world events with dozens of huge, detailed engravings of similar quality. One image isn't worth it =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 13:48, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Ooooh, that sounds niceee. :) --gren グレン 04:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - How about asking the creators of the linked website if they could produce a higher resolution scan? NauticaShad es 13:15, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, low quality scan. gren グレン 04:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The quality of the present scan is insufficient for promotion. NauticaShad es 13:15, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]