Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Declaration of Independence - USA.jpg

Image:Declaration of Independence - USA.jpg, not featured

•  Info created by John Binns (1772-1860) - uploaded by Alex:D (talk) - nominated by Alex:D (talk) -- Alex:D (talk) 16:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC). Note: This image has 10.89 MB. it would be best to download it first!
•  Support I think this very high resolution image is significant for the American history, even if it's not one of the five "official" versions of the Declaration, as historian Julian P. Boyd, editor of Jefferson's papers, described them. But, as the "Port Folio" magazine from Philadelphia reports, "We have at length been gratified with the sight of a proof-sheet of the splendid copy of the declaration of Independence; and we declare that it deserves the most liberal support..." I think that the perfect details and splendid engravings makes this image one of the finest on Commons. -- Alex:D (talk) 16:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Neutral, high res is nice, but it crashes my browser when I try to look at it. Can we get a smaller version for those of us with slower computers?Naerii (talk) 17:11, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I usually upload these images at a lower res, but I wanted to keep the writing confortably visible. The best solution to this problem: Download it. A much lower resolution is here--Alex:D (talk) 17:17, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

• Can we at least get a warning on it? I tried opening it again and it actually crashed my computer. Naerii (talk) 19:12, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Shure. --Alex:D (talk) 19:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

•  Support --Thermos (talk) 09:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Good reproduction, but no reason for nomination into FP. --Karelj (talk) 20:38, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Support High enc. value.--Canislupus (talk) 10:12, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

•  Comment As per the guidelines, images should not be judged for their suitability for Wikipedia. --S23678 (talk) 17:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

My support is not because it is suitable for Wikipedia, I think it is a good quality scan that also has enc. value. --Canislupus (talk) 08:38, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

•  Support great --Beyond silence 20:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Great image and great value.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose If I'm correct, then this is not the real McCoy, but a repro of a repro? Lycaon (talk) 06:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

This is nor the original Declaration, neither a repro of a repro, but an original art work. Read the description for details. --Alex:D (talk) 17:01, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

•  Oppose Yeah, that is a good call on that! The real one did not have the photographs. I acquired in my youth a reproduction of the real thing and it had kind of a bland appearance of just handwritten text on a (for my version) fake aged paper. -- carol (talk) 10:49, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

result: 5 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral => not featured. Simonizer (talk) 01:16, 23 July 2008 (UTC)