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File:Pickering - Greatbatch - Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice - She then told him what Mr. Darcy had voluntarily done for Lydia.jpg, featured

Voting period ends on 20 Aug 2009 at 01:45:17

•  Info created by William Greatbatch and George Pickering - uploaded and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Info This is one of the first two illustrations of Pride and Prejudice. The first edition lacked illustrations, and it was this 1833 edition that first provided images of the characters. The other is forthcoming. Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:22, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- GerardM (talk) 18:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Comment -- It might just be me, but it appears that the scanned image is at a bit of an angle, I'm inclined to support but I was wondering if anyone else noticed it or if it is just me imagining. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:59, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Most engravings from this period aren't square, and it's much more noticable on a computer, where it's surrounded by square borders. I had to try and balance the various lines and angles, and this was the best compromise I could find. I suppose I could rotate the text seperately to the engraving, but I don't really like doing that if I can avoid it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:11, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Its fine I was just wondering, your explination makes perfect sense. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

•  Support per nom. Adam's right about the angle, btw. Twenty-first century eyes are accustomed to precision in right angles that wouldn't have been very noticeable to pre-computing era audiences. Durova (talk) 19:38, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- TonyBallioni (talk) 20:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --George Chernilevsky (talk) 05:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Good job. --Captain-tucker (talk) 17:50, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 6 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 18:17, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

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