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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2022 at 21:46:44 (UTC)

Original – Cabinet card of W. S. Gilbert by Elliott & Fry
Reason
Given the original is about four and a half inches wide, and I'd say it looks quite good zoomed in to 12" wide or more. It might not be perfect if you pixel peep, but it's great at much larger than original size. Also, d'ye know how long I've been looking for an image of him to restore?
Fun fact: My "to nominate" list is getting quite long as I try to weather this voting drought.
Articles in which this image appears
W. S. Gilbert + 7
FP category for this image
Given he wrote many non-musical plays and books, WP:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers seems to fit slightly better than /Entertainment
Creator
Elliott & Fry, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Currently User:Choliamb has a total of 86 edits (now 102 edits, by 18:25 UTC time) on the en-Wiki making them ineligible to vote at FPC (per instructions on top of WP:FPC). But given the user has 2550 edits on Commons, I think that's sufficient and we can make an exception in this user's case. Pinging participants @Adam Cuerden, MER-C, Janke, and Choliamb:. Bammesk (talk) 15:10, 5 November 2022 (UTC) . . . . I struck part of my comment, the user passed 100 edits on the same day they voted. Bammesk (talk) 14:56, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Oops, I didn't notice that restriction. It's true that I'm much more active on the Commons than here at Wikipedia. That said, I've been spending the morning cleaning up some citations of early editions of Greek and Latin texts, so I should be over 100 edits by the end of the day! Cheers, Choliamb (talk) 15:47, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I mean, I don't think I have the right to say "Yes, promote my image." But, as it appears the vote is valid at time of closure anyway, it probably doesn't matter. Armbrust has final call, as always. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs 04:12, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Elliott & Fry - photograph W. S. Gilbert.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:21, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]