Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Boston Tea Party

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Boston Tea Party[edit]

Original
Reason
Historical signifigance
Proposed caption
An 1846 lithograph depicting the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party
Articles this image appears in
Boston Tea Party, American Revolution, Honourable East India Company, History of the United States, History of international trade, Taxation history of the United States
Creator
Unknown (claimed as PD)
  • Support as nominator TomStar81 (Talk) 06:16, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose very blurry. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-11-23 15:01Z
  • Oppose despite historical significance - horribly blurred. Unless the original document has been destroyed I can see no reason why we can't get a higher quality version, especially as the document is US PD. —Vanderdeckenξφ 18:35, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose A photograph would mitigate the tech problems over historical value, but a lithograph just needs reproducing properly, surely..? --mikaultalk 18:51, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Brian.D-rew (talk) 14:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]