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===[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Whistler's etching of Zaandam|Whistler's etching of Zaandam]]===

[[Image:Zaandam2.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Original''' - [[Zaandam]], the [[Netherlands]], c. 1889. Etching by [[James McNeill Whistler]].]]
[[Image:Zaandam3.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Edit 1''' - white balance corrected]]
;Reason:Here's a chance for another FP for a significant artist: a high resolution etching by [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]] of [[Zaandam]] in the northern [[Netherlands]], with a view of some of the many windmills that city had during the late nineteenth century. Restored version of [[:File:Zaandam.jpg]].
;Articles this image appears in:[[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], [[Zaandam]]
;Creator:[[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]]

* '''Support as nominator''' --[[User:Durova|Durova]]''[[User talk:Durova|Charge!]]'' 21:53, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
* '''Support''' Good quality and EV. [[User:Noodle snacks|Noodle snacks]] ([[User talk:Noodle snacks|talk]]) 02:21, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' I'd like to sort out the white balance issue I think this and other similar noms have, before I can support. See question posted at [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pulaski, New York, 1885|Pulaski, New York, 1885]] up the page. I've posted an edit here, based on the page white of the original uncropped scan, which I think is probably closer to the true colour of the artwork. [[user:MIckStephenson|mikaul]][[User_talk:MIckStephenson|talk]] 11:51, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
**Note the paper grain. Whistler had this printed on an unusual paper, possibly to give the etching the appearance of an original sketch. Papers of that grain would have had a distinct brownish tint. [[User:Durova|Durova]]''[[User talk:Durova|Charge!]]'' 16:33, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
***If it's an unusual paper, how has it faded to the same hue as other LOC scans? The original file has a white border, possibly from a scanner but certainly not the same paper, which has the same hue. I can't imagine why an archivist would choose a yellow-magenta paper for this purpose, so I'd conclude the scan has a cast, possibly due to mis-calibration somewhere, which should be corrected for historical accuracy. [[user:MIckStephenson|mikaul]][[User_talk:MIckStephenson|talk]] 20:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
****This is becoming disruptive. Mikaul supposes that a scanner was miscalibrated at the Library of Congress, and even though the hypothesis does not fit the evidence within the collection where he first hypothesized it he now extends the notion to completely unrelated material. If anyone is confused, please do refer to the other discussion. [[User:Durova|Durova]]''[[User talk:Durova|Charge!]]'' 08:29, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
*****If I'd wanted to be disruptive, I'd have commented on more than two noms. The hypothesis fits the evidence as far as I can see. If you don't want to see a problem, fine. Just don't twist it into some kind of personal vendetta. The crux of the issue, fwiw, isn't here, it's on my talk page. [[user:MIckStephenson|mikaul]][[User_talk:MIckStephenson|talk]] 20:12, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
* '''Support''' [[User:GerardM|GerardM]] ([[User talk:GerardM|talk]]) 19:42, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
* '''Support''' --[[User:Massimo Catarinella|Massimo Catarinella]] ([[User talk:Massimo Catarinella|talk]]) 20:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

{{FPCresult|Promoted|File:Zaandam2.jpg}} [[User:MER-C|MER-C]] 07:04, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
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