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Lohengrin

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Original - A scene from Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, as performed at its London premiére in 1875.
Reason
A high-resolution scan of one of the archetypical images of Wagner's opera
Articles this image appears in
Lohengrin (Wagner)
Creator
Arthur Thiele (1841-1916)
  • Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - DO look at this one full-res: There's a lot of detail in there that gets lost when thumbnailed this small. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 03:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Wonderful detail - if only we had more illustrations from this time period in this quality. :bloodofox: (talk) 04:19, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I'll declare it flawless. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:46, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I agree with the nominator, this needs to be viewed at full res...great and intricate detail. SpencerT♦C 23:47, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support. A good digital reproduction of a modestly flawed original reproduction. However, it needs more descriptive information: what is the medium? How big is it? What does the writing at the bottom right say (is that the name of the engraver, or did Thiele do both the composition and the engraving)? If a little more context can't be found, then I don't think it should be featured.--ragesoss (talk) 17:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's pretty near A3 size, woodblock engraving, and it can be difficult to exactly identify who did what in a Victorian newspaper, but Thiele is the only one credited. The text reads "Studies of Operas: Lohengrin"
      • It says something else (another name?) within the print, on the lower right. Something like Killer 181. Also, there are some symbols (an engraver's monograph?) at the bottom center-right, just down and to left of the other writing. Was is just woodblock, or woodblock to electrotype?--ragesoss (talk) 23:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, yes. It's probably Keller, but anyone who knows about Victorian woodblocks can you that it's very, very difficult to identify Victorian engravers a lot of the time. I can tell you that it's almost surely just woodblock, though - this was a daily newspaper, and the scan is taken from the original. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 00:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Lohengrin - Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.png MER-C 06:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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