Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Talisman

The Talisman

Original - "Sir Kenneth before the King" from Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusades. Engraved by the Dalziel Brothers. In this scene, Sir Kenneth (far right) confesses to losing the Banner of England on his watch to King Richard the Lionheart (far left), and refuses to offer any defence of himself. By the end of the chapter, he faces his imminent execution.

Reason

Another of the major works of Sir Walter Scott, pretty much the inventor of the historical fiction genre. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusades is based loosely on historical personages in the camp of Richard the Lionheart. It's probably worth mentioning that Scott was the major author of the early 19th century, and had a great influence on most of the Victorian authors who followed. So, yes, I do think that we need to try and get images for all his novels, which are currently very poorly illustrated. In any case, once I finally have the FPC reviewers knowledgeable about Scott, it would be a shame to give everyone time to forget about him =)

Articles this image appears in

The Talisman (1825 novel), Tales of the Crusaders (insofar as that counts as an article).

Creator

Dalziel Brothers

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:12, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Durova^Charge! 03:08, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose - I read Walter Scott was I was a boy and remember this particular novel. But the engraving doesn't seem extraordinary in any aspect. Alvesgaspar (talk) 07:35, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Well, it's by a major engraving family, and I think illustrates the novel quite well. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:41, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Illustrates the articles well. Mostlyharmless (talk) 03:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support, good job, well done and good enc.  GARDEN  13:13, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
• Neutral Not convinced of the EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
  • If we're going to illustrate books, it's going to have to be an illustration of a scene from the book, more or less. If we're going to say that that's not enough, I don't see how we will ever feature another image related to literature again, except maybe incidentally. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Dalziel_Brothers_-_Sir_Walter_Scott_-_The_Talisman_-_Sir_Kenneth_before_the_King.jpg --wadester16 | Talk→ 17:51, 19 May 2009 (UTC)