Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:J. Cooper, Sr. - Sir Walter Scott - Le Noir Faineant in the Hermit's Cell - Ivanhoe.jpg

Ivanhoe

Original - "Le Noir Faineant in the Hermit's Cell", An illustration by J. Cooper, Sr. for Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. This shows the meeting between Le Noir Faineant, or the Black Knight - Richard the Lionheart in disguise - with Friar Tuck. Sir Walter Scott was early in the development of the modern novel, and largely created the genre of historical fiction by skillfully weaving together legends and characters into his own creations

Reason

An interesting image which shows the rather interesting combination of myth, history, and original writing that Scott poured into his works.

Articles this image appears in

Ivanhoe, Friar Tuck

Creator

J. Cooper, Sr.

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Durova²⁷³ 02:26, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support high EV.--Caspian blue 16:14, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support EV, no technical problem. (On a personal, unrelated note, i disliked this book). Ksempac (talk) 09:35, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support Fine quality and EV, but not as compelling as some of the others you've nominated. Makeemlighter (talk) 05:27, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:J. Cooper, Sr. - Sir Walter Scott - Le Noir Faineant in the Hermit's Cell - Ivanhoe.jpg --wadester16 06:01, 16 July 2009 (UTC)