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OriginalJames Russell Lowell, American poet.
Reason
A very nice, detailed picture of him. Photos seem to either date from much later, or appear to have had major editing done so that they're equivalent to drawings - I'm not at all convinced that https://www.loc.gov/item/brh2003003291/PP/ , for example, is a genuine photograph in the facial region. It gives the impression of a painting. This image is important enough to be used as the basis for a stamp later, File:JamesRussellLowell-1940.jpg (it's a mirror image, but otherwise obviously based on this).
By the way, if you haven't noticed, I've been clearing out all my half-done stuff this month, so forgive me if I get through a fair amount of stuff; I have a lot of things I've put a lot of work into, but never went through the last bit of effort to finish.
Articles in which this image appears
James Russell Lowell +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
John Angel James Wilcox, (1835-???) after Samuel Worcester Rowse (1822-1901). Restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:James Russell Lowell - 1855.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:05, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]