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•  Info created by Brothers Dalziel and Frederick Walker, uploaded by Pharos, nominated by Levana Taylor -- Levana Taylor (talk) 22:19, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support This is a particularly striking example of Victorian narrative art, and also one of the masterpieces of 1860s wood engraving from the noted Dalziel Brothers workshop. Social history note: The original 1861 poem by Dora Greenwell, with which this illustration was published, was about a heroic American married woman. Aberystwyth University explains: "The scene is based on a true event that took place in Canada just before Christmas 1821. Lucy Goodell Blake and her husband Harrison had visited relatives and got lost in the snow in the Green Mountains, Vermont, on their way home. Harrison was discovered alive the next morning, but Lucy had not survived the freezing cold, although her husband had given her his overcoat to keep warm. She was only 28-years old. Lucy had the couple’s baby Rebecca with her; she was found a little distance from her mother’s body, wrapped-up in her father’s coat and miraculously alive." Frederick Walker re-used his own image in a painting titled "The Lost Path" which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1863. At some time between 1861 and when the organizers of the exhibition The Fallen Woman used the painting for the cover of their catalog, it became powerfully associated with the narrative of an outcast fallen woman, that quintessential Victorian trope. See The Victorian Web -- Levana Taylor (talk) 22:19, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Thanks for explaining the historical importance of this print. The quality is good enough that a digital restoration is probably not essential. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:37, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Special photo for me.--Famberhorst (talk) 17:57, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Good reproduction of a well-done wood engraving. --Aristeas (talk) 10:03, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Cmao20 (talk) 19:56, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- IamMM (talk) 23:36, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 13:12, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Wieggy (talk) 00:20, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 01:08, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 14:38, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 18:38, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Non-photographic media/People#Other portraits