Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William Blake by Thomas Phillips

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Sep 2015 at 16:37:28 (UTC)

Reason: The image is below 1500 x 1500 resolution, but I think it should be an exception to the rule. This portrait is simply too iconic and superb to not be included as a featured picture. There are higher resolutions of it available, such as this one, but they are all larger sizes at the expense of quality. This is the best version currently available.
Articles in which this image appears: William Blake, List of poets, British literature, Poets' Corner
FP category for this image: People/Artists and writers
Creator: Thomas Phillips

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 16:37, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Sadly I will oppose on resolution ground, because it is much, much below the minimum resolution on both axes. And as long as the painting itself hasn't been destroyed, it means a better scan can and probably will come along in the future. Mattximus (talk) 18:42, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If a better one comes along then this could be delisted and replaced with the better one, of course. For now this is definitely the best around. JJARichardson (talk) 19:18, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded an alternative version with higher resolution but different colouration, which is the best higher resolution version I could find. JJARichardson (talk) 19:31, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - quite nicely, but for the 2nd with the higher resolution image. — Cirt (talk) 20:28, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jobas (talk) 20:35, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose it is still well below the minimum; I don't think the reasoning for an exception holds up but it is making me question the whole point of FP; excuse me while I have a crisis. Belle (talk) 11:17, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:50, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]