Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Gargoyle depicting Hodgetts, Chichester Cathedral.jpg

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Info created by Martinvl - uploaded by Martinvl - nominated by Martinvl -- Martinvl (talk) 13:54, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Martinvl (talk) 13:54, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The pipe was not part of the original design, was it? Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:12, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Info @Charlesjsharp: I am unable to give a definitive answer. A few pointers that might help you decide are that the gargoyle was put in place during Hogett's lifetime (he died a year ago and this photo was taken five years ago) and that his tenure at the cathedral started in 1971. Martinvl (talk) 14:39, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Probably was then, but it doesn't work for me. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:57, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment IMHO the pipe contributes to the grotesque effect (which is obviously intentional, the face is rather a caricature). I assume this is an example of British humour? (At least it would be unthinkable to honour famous people in this way here in Germany. That’s a pity, really, I would like to see one of my professors honoured in that way ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 09:25, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- The pipe is part of the design and an indication it is a true gargoyle rather than just a grotesqeue. There is another here of John Treadgold, dean of Chichester. This geograph photo shows both, and is IMO a better image, though quite small. -- Colin (talk) 10:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Colin: Thank you for the information! --Aristeas (talk) 07:41, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's funny and would certainly make a good QI, but there's just too much going in the background for me to support it as FP. Daniel Case (talk) 19:09, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

+1 and harsh light -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:05, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I withdraw my nomination Martinvl (talk) 21:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]