Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cornelius Vanderbilt daguerrotype

Reason: Cornelius Vanderbilt was the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family. There are a couple of engravings and paintings of him floating around on Wikipedia/Commons, but this is a relatively high-quality, relatively high-resolution photographic image. The original was a daguerrotype by Mathew Brady (or at least his studio), somewhere between 150 and 165 years old. This restoration has some scratches removed, global and local histogram changes for contrast, and is cropped.
Articles this image appears in: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients, Wealthy historical figures 2007, Wealthy historical figures 2006, Wealthy historical figures 2008
Creator: Produced by Mathew Brady's studio; restored by Mchel Vuijlsteke

Support as nominator --Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 23:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice work, and I love Brady's work. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:58, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support GerardM (talk) 06:12, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support tempodivalse [☎] 13:52, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Jake Wartenberg 21:26, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good restoration --Muhammad(talk) 20:35, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Noodle snacks (talk) 11:09, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cornelius Vanderbilt Daguerrotype2.jpg MER-C 11:16, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]