Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Cow Pock

The Cow Pock

Original - 18th-century anti-vaccination quackery, as satirised by James Gillray. His illustration pokes fun of one of the claims made against the cow pox innoculation: That it would cause cow-like appendages to grow out of the body.

Reason: I don't believe we have any of James Gillray's work as FP. Without wanting to understate Hogarth's importance, I think it's fair to say Gillray, the other major satiric artist from that period, captured a different side of 18th century life to Hogarth, and his unique view is very valuable.
Articles this image appears in: Edward Jenner, Vaccine, Cowpox, James Gillray, Vaccine controversy
Creator: James Gillray

Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 00:22, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Haha... funny, but gross at the same time Intothewoods29 (talk) 18:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Which is... pretty typical for Gillray =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:57, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support We're short on medical-related FPs. This image helps fill that gap, and does it with humor and historical value. Durova^Charge! 11:32, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I've never been a great fan of cartoons becoming FPs, this one seems to have especially low EV, and the artwork isn't all that good either. Clegs (talk) 15:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It's by the most important cartoonist of the 18th century, after Hogarth. What next? Let's reject Ruskin as poor art? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:47, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, a great image to display the public view of inoculations. This image takes me back to my GCSE history course- it was in my text book and I think it was in an exam. J Milburn (talk) 00:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Quality reproduction, interesting and valuable image.--ragesoss (talk) 00:41, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:The cow pock.jpg MER-C 07:33, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]