Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Happy Land - Illustrated London News, March 22, 1873
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The Happy Land created a scandal with its satirical portrayal of William Gladstone, Robert Lowe, and Acton Smee Ayrton - in violation of the rules against impersonation of public officials then governing theatres. Illustration by D. H. Friston in The Illustrated London News of March 22, 1873.
- Reason
- A very graphic portrayal of one of the more interesting little scandals in the Victorian theatre. Plus, seeing a fairy Gladstone makes me smile.
- Articles this image appears in
- Censorship, William Gladstone, The Realm of Joy, W. S. Gilbert, The Happy Land, Censorship in the UK
- Creator
- D. H. Friston
- Support as nominator — Adam Cuerden talk 22:23, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
- Comment what's up with the dots at 100%? I don't believe there were any printing methods back in 1873 that created dots like that. Maybe there was a weird texture on the paper? Or maybe the scanner was set for the wrong setting (like maybe it was set to scan halftone)?-Andrew c 04:18, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
- Drat, you're right. I think something happened in the photocopying process (can't take archives out of a library) that messed it up. I'll withdraw the nomination, and get a clean, fresh copy. or, at least, confirm that the original looks like that. Adam Cuerden talk 04:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Withdrawn by nominator pending better version/confirmation of appearance of original Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:36, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
- Expired nomination. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:36, 9 April 2012 (UTC)