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Original – Plate 1 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting a Wild Turkey, engraved from a painting Audubon made in 1825
Reason
Beautiful Audubon colour engraving of the world's most fabulous fowl. Oh, that haughty posture—makes me hungry!
Articles in which this image appears
John James Audubon, The Birds of America, Turkey (bird)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
John James Audubon
  • I doubt that what we see is the true left edge of the print. Possibly the print has been cut out of a book, and the "No. 1" text disappeared into the spine. The left-hand edge is odd. At first it looks ragged, and I thought it was the actual cut edge, but looking more closely it seems to have been cropped in a series of slightly stepped exact straight lines, as if done in multiple stages in an image editor for some reason. I'm not saying it's a big deal; it's just puzzling. 109.152.147.122 (talk) 18:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Speaking of 'tight'
  • Oppose ...in its current state. Hafs, I agree with you about the EV/importance of the image. Sadly (I suspect) we are looking at (source image) the end result of what happened when someone decided to break up one of the books without taking proper care. Instead of taking the book apart at the binding, they may have cut out the plates. If the left margin can be properly restored (along with some light cleaning of more prominent spots), I will support it.--Godot13 (talk) 21:02, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:17, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]