Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Columbus Breaking the Egg

Columbus Breaking the Egg

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Original – Columbus Breaking the Egg, a 1752 engraving by English artist William Hogarth. It depicts an apocryphal tale (the "Egg of Columbus") concerning Christopher Columbus' response to detractors of his discovery of the New World.

Reason: High quality scan of a notable engraving. Illustrates an interesting tale.
Articles in which this image appears: Columbus Breaking the Egg, Egg of Columbus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: William Hogarth

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:03, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I have never seen a Hogarth print before that lacked edges. I think this has had scissors taken to it, and the article confirms there should be text below it - and thus a border around it. Oppose barring contrary arguments. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:18, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's the one from the ticket then? It looks like an etching (shaky lines that remain at constant width) with maybe some engraving in parts. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:54, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Question - While this artist's work does usually come with margins, is it possible that this impression represents something prior to the final state printing? I have seen engravers' personal albums in which half of the impressions are without margins (though that seemed to be the case more often for the landscapes).--Godot13 (talk) 20:04, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
From Hogarth and His Times: Serious Comedy, David Bindman. p 169- it's an etching. Bindman illustrates the whole ticket here. He suggests that Hogarth issued the ticket to raise funds for the final print. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:39, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Perhaps we should obtain a featurable version of this painting, as I'm not that attracted to this candidate. Plus, there's a pretty girl alongside Columbus on that painting, where he is impressing her as well... Brandmeister^talk 15:11, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:30, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]