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Original - Japanese river boat. Painted photograph from Japan, dating from before 1886, according to a written note on the album containing the photographs. Presumed Author of the original photographs: Adolfo Farsari.
Reason
Old, original, being an example of a Japanese river boat as well as being a presumed photograph taken by Adolfo Farsari.
Articles this image appears in
Commons gallery of Adolfo Farsari, Sampan
Creator
Presumably Adolfo Farsari
Could perhaps be used in Sampan. I think it might be such a boat type. Mikael Häggström (talk) 19:33, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My Point is that the original image was mistreated and had particles on it that the true image would not have (dust, scratches, "A"s), therefore I would prefer a scan of a cleaner version. ZooFari 00:05, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Actually this condition is above average for an unrestored image c. 125 years old. Compare to this which is about 30 years younger. It took considerable effort to restore to featured condition. And attempting to clean a historic original before scanning would be a serious mistake: that can damage the original permanently. DurovaCharge! 00:21, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Needs some work - blue spots on the right, green blurs behind trees, the dirty smudge on the lower left, dust & scratches, maybe some color adjustment, etc. Sasata (talk) 04:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Source information is inadequate. Scanned photo from what publication? This has potential, though. First the uploader needs to correct the sourcing and licensing statements. Then select an image with clearly encyclopedic use and get an uncompressed version for restoration. Based upon the current filesize, an uncompressed TIFF would be about 6MB--on the small side but enough to work with. 10-20MB would be better if possible. Ping me if there's serious prospect of this moving forward. DurovaCharge! 00:14, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:59, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]