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Pirates relaxing[edit]

Original Please zoom in! - Pirates relaxing, from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Reason
With a little fiddling, I was able to bring out the detail in this quite good reproduction of Howard Pyle's work. As one of the mahjor American illustrators, Pyle deserves a featured picture... and I promised Howcheng I'd at least try to get a pirate-themed FP in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day's mainpage. This was the quick option, the labourious option, a large engraving of Francis Drake, will probably not be ready by the end of the day.

One disadvantage of this is that it doesn't thumbnail very well - it really needs at least 400 px or so for the detail to come out. If anyone else wants to slip in a nomination that would help Howcheng out, please do =)

Articles this image appears in
Howard Pyle Piracy
Creator
Howard Pyle
  • Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support definately. Great pic, except at thumb size. Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:02, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Nice. I looked at it in the articles and it looks decent (It's about 400-450px there). SpencerT♦C 19:54, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Pyle was best known for his work on Robin Hood, the whole pirate collection is one sentence near the end of the article. The image is just sort of stuck in there. He was not an expert on pirates or a contemporary of the golden age of piracy, therefore his illustrations of the subject matter carry little encyclopaedic value. Lastly, though the artist may have intended it, the style of this illustration leaves may details obscured (look at the faces and shoes), which further reduces it's value to piracy. Nice restoration, but not an FP IMHO. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 22:09, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
With respect, the article isn't very good, so I wouldn't use it as a strict guide to importance. Secondly, it's used in the section on piracy devoted to pirates in popular culture, which I believe it helps fill out. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:27, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good points, but I just cant stand by an illustration for illustrations sake. If it were a portrait of blackbeard, it would be a no brainer. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 23:00, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, your view is reasonable, even if I disagree with it, so I suppose it's best to agree to disagree. I think there's a good case for this to illustrate the pirates in popular culture - as it's part of a major literary/artistic book on pirates from the fin-de-seicle period, but can understand your disagreement. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:47, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It's a nice illustration captured very well in high resolution, and I think it certainly fulfills the "making the viewer want to know more" criteria. krimpet✽ 00:10, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Nice pic. AdjustShift (talk) 04:49, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Pyle pirate relaxing b.png MER-C 05:08, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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