Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Happy Land - Illustrated London News, March 22, 1873 - Renomination with better Scan

Scene from The Happy Land at the Court Theatre

The Happy Land created a scandal with its satirical portrayal of William Gladstone, Robert Lowe and Acton Smee Ayrton, in violation of the rules against impersonation of public officials then governing theatres. Illustration by D. H. Friston in The Illustrated London News, 22 March 1873.

Reason

A very graphic portrayal of one of the more interesting little scandals in the Victorian theatre. Plus, seeing a fairy Gladstone makes me smile.

Articles this image appears in

Censorship, William Gladstone, The Realm of Joy, W. S. Gilbert, The Happy Land, Censorship in the UK

Creator

D. H. Friston

Note

Renomination of a withdrawn image with a much better scan. I should probably note - as there's been some doubt - that Victorian paper does not necessarily degrade, provided the paper is reasonable quality to start with; and engraving technology was very well-developed. In other words, this is more-or-less exactly how it appears in the original.

• Support as nominator — Adam Cuerden ^talk 20:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support Tomer T 00:34, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support - not great detailed reasoning, I just think it is cool and meets all the guidelines. Zakolantern 16:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support per nom. -- Ssilvers 04:19, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose I see no reason it should be featured. ^8thstar 02:32, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:The Happy Land - Illustrated London News, March 22, 1873.PNG Rlest 14:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)