Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Charon - Divine Comedy II

Charon, part II

Original - Charon herds the sinners onto his boat, smacking the stragglers with his oar, in Gustave Doré's illustration of Canto III of Dante's Divine Comedy

Reason: Pretty much per below. Just thought one of Doré's big action scenes wouldn't go amiss. Typical of Doré's action scenes, it's quite complex and detailed - I believe he's here imitating the layout of Greek urns and the like - so it doesn't look as good in this small thumbnail.
Articles this image appears in: Charon (mythology), Gustave Doré.
Creator: Gustave Doré

Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:58, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - wow... intense... yet funny. I think it's amusing to imagine Charon smacking naked dead people with an oar and shouting a lot. ;) Intothewoods29 (talk) 04:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A well-reproduced Dore. What's not to like?--ragesoss (talk) 17:30, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw I just discovered the edition I used just didn't care, and cropped the images. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:51, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]