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Original –
Darwan Sing[h] Negi, recipient of a Victoria Cross in World War I for his heroic actions in capturing trenches from the Germans while injured, rushing forwards where caution would encourage one to hold back.
Reason
A high-quality scan of what I presume is some sort of photogravure-like reproduction of an image for the
Illustrated War News. While not great for identifying his face, I think a candid action shot of a Victoria Cross winner being taken for treatment is still highly encyclopedic. Also, I think that there's a tendency to sanitize war; these sorts of candid images do a lot against that.
As for whether a higher-resolution copy is available: I showed this to a friend who is part of a group actively researching
Darwan Sing[h] Negi (the World War I era spelling and modern transliterations vary), and she said she hadn't seen it before. Indeed, most of the images in the
Illustrated War News, outside of the occasional formal portrait of nobility, seem to be very obscure. I'm sure we'll be seeing more. If nothing else, it almost seems my duty to. The number of poorly-illustrated events and personages that I can use it to help with...
This was scanned at 600 dpi, and has the expected graininess that will produce.
Edited to add: This is apparently only the second known photograph of Negi...
Support - Very useful. Dare I say that the book came in? —
Crisco 1492 (
talk) 22:41, 28 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Ayup! There'll be lots of it coming in. If nothing else, my February talk means I should prepare that week in advance. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 01:49, 5 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Support --
Jobas (
talk) 16:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Illustrated War News, Dec. 23, 1914, page 38, left side - Darwan Sing Negi.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 20:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jan 2015 at 20:45:24 (UTC)
Original –
Darwan Sing[h] Negi, recipient of a Victoria Cross in World War I for his heroic actions in capturing trenches from the Germans while injured, rushing forwards where caution would encourage one to hold back.
Reason
A high-quality scan of what I presume is some sort of photogravure-like reproduction of an image for the
Illustrated War News. While not great for identifying his face, I think a candid action shot of a Victoria Cross winner being taken for treatment is still highly encyclopedic. Also, I think that there's a tendency to sanitize war; these sorts of candid images do a lot against that.
As for whether a higher-resolution copy is available: I showed this to a friend who is part of a group actively researching
Darwan Sing[h] Negi (the World War I era spelling and modern transliterations vary), and she said she hadn't seen it before. Indeed, most of the images in the
Illustrated War News, outside of the occasional formal portrait of nobility, seem to be very obscure. I'm sure we'll be seeing more. If nothing else, it almost seems my duty to. The number of poorly-illustrated events and personages that I can use it to help with...
This was scanned at 600 dpi, and has the expected graininess that will produce.
Edited to add: This is apparently only the second known photograph of Negi...
Support - Very useful. Dare I say that the book came in? —
Crisco 1492 (
talk) 22:41, 28 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Ayup! There'll be lots of it coming in. If nothing else, my February talk means I should prepare that week in advance. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 01:49, 5 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Support --
Jobas (
talk) 16:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Illustrated War News, Dec. 23, 1914, page 38, left side - Darwan Sing Negi.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 20:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)reply