Template:Did you know nominations/Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:41, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern

• ... that the cigar was airbrushed out of a famous picture of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (pictured) when it appeared on the cover of a children's book? "Brunel enthusiasts have this week launched a spirited campaign to reinstate the famous engineer's trademark cigar after it was airbrushed from the front cover of a new children's book." from: Hansford, Mark (8 December 2005). "Brunel cigar airbrushed from school book". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  • ALT1:... that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was said to show "swaggering casualness" in an 1857 photograph (pictured) taken at the launch of the Great Eastern? "Here he is photographed standing nonchalantly in front of the ship's monumental launching chains, his hands in his pockets, a cigar in his mouth and his waistcoat askew, conveying the impression of swaggering casualness about his achievements, just before the ship was launched in November 1857." from: Saumarez Smith, Charles (1997). The National Portrait Gallery. London: National Portrait Gallery. p. 128.
  • ALT2:... that Isambard Kingdom Brunel had muddy boots and trousers when posing for what became "one the most famous photographs of the nineteenth century" (pictured)? "the mud-spattered trousers and boots show a man of action involved in all the aspects of the job." from: "Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 9 October 2020. and "Robert Howlett's iconic image of the great engineer, propped against a backdrop of improbably massive iron chains, is widely celebrated as one the most famous photographs of the nineteenth century and, possibly, of all time" from: Christopher, John (2013). The Lost Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4456-2424-2.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 19:05, 9 October 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice article! I personally like ALT2 best, but all hooks meet reqs. Picture should be used because this is a hook about a photograph. (t · c) buidhe 01:48, 10 October 2020 (UTC)