Today Michael Snow gave prominence to an idea of the WMF Swedish chapter to make 2009 the "year of the picture". We should have more and better illustrations. I love the idea and I responded on the Foundation-l.
I have been writing and phoning all day, and for relaxation I went to the English language Wikipedia. Today's featured article is about Edgar Allen Poe. I read it and I looked at the illustrations..
The size of the picture is great, but it is damaged. It surprised me that such a picture is part of a featured article. Hanging out with people who are into restorations certainly has raised my expectations of what gets featured.
Thanks,
GerardM
4 comments:
Something like this?
http://www.vuijlsteke.be/michel/Edgar_Allan_Poe_2b.jpg
Not high enough resolution for featured picture consideration.
I downloaded what was there (and which was a featured picture, mind you). I could try and ferret out a higher res scan.
Hoi,
It may be a featured picture, but I doubt that it would get featured again in this state. Yes, it is a famous picture but the quality of this reproduction is not that good.
On the picture there is a white blot on his left cheek ...
Thanks,
GerardM
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