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Winston Churchill in Canada, December 1941

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Yousuf Karsh: The Roaring Lion  wikidata:Q92731208 reasonator:Q92731208
Photographer
Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002)  wikidata:Q312859 q:it:Yousuf Karsh
 
Yousuf Karsh
Alternative names
Karsh of Ottawa
Description Canadian photographer and artist
Date of birth/death 23 December 1908 Edit this at Wikidata 13 July 2002 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mardin Edit this at Wikidata Boston Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Ottawa; Boston Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q312859
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Roaring Lion Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Roaring Lion Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Roaring Lion Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"The Roaring Lion"
label QS:Lbn,"উইনস্টন চার্চিল"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Lion rugissant"
label QS:Lru,"Рычащий лев"
label QS:Lhy,"Մռնչացող առյուծը"
label QS:Lzh,"愤怒的丘吉尔"
label QS:Lsl,"Rjoveči lev"
label QS:Lja,"唸るライオン"
label QS:Lmn,"Уинстон Черчиллийн алдартай гэрэл зураг"
label QS:Lpl,"The Roaring Lion"
label QS:Lhe,"האריה השואג"
label QS:Lnl,"Winston Churchill"
label QS:Lsv,"Det rytande lejonet"
label QS:Lko,"포효하는 사자"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"咆哮的獅子"
label QS:Lfa,"شیر غران"
Object type photograph Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Karsh called this picture "The Roaring Lion" at the Wayback Machine
Depicted people Winston Churchill Edit this at Wikidata
Date 30 December 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium gelatin silver print Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 10 in (25.4 cm) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 8 in (20.3 cm) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+10U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,+8U218593
institution QS:P195,Q913250
Accession number
MIKAN 3915740 (Library and Archives Canada) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Ottawa Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • 19 August 2022: stolen Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Yousuf Karsh. Library and Archives Canada, e010751643
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current12:47, 7 July 2025Thumbnail for version as of 12:47, 7 July 20253,052 × 3,884 (1.08 MB)ReneeWrites (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 11:38, 6 May 2025 (UTC) - Please upload the other version as a separate file. This is the preferred method of dealing with contested or contentious file overwriting per COM:OW
02:24, 3 July 2025Thumbnail for version as of 02:24, 3 July 20256,036 × 7,504 (5.96 MB)Goszei (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 05:07, 11 August 2024 (UTC) quality level is comparable, other image is washed out to the point of being unacceptable
11:38, 6 May 2025Thumbnail for version as of 11:38, 6 May 20253,052 × 3,884 (1.08 MB)ReneeWrites (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 03:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC) - Noticeably less sharp. Older version is of higher quality despite lower resolution
05:07, 11 August 2024Thumbnail for version as of 05:07, 11 August 20246,036 × 7,504 (5.96 MB)Goszei (talk | contribs)Higher quality
03:08, 23 May 2024Thumbnail for version as of 03:08, 23 May 20243,052 × 3,884 (1.08 MB)Goszei (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 23:00, 9 July 2022 (UTC) last version without excessive brightening
20:54, 9 December 2022Thumbnail for version as of 20:54, 9 December 20223,052 × 3,884 (2.35 MB)Hohum (talk | contribs)rv, highlights blown again
13:39, 26 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:39, 26 October 20223,052 × 3,884 (1.21 MB)SuperWIKI (talk | contribs)Return to a comfortable halfway between full brightening and excessive darkness
21:53, 23 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 21:53, 23 October 20223,052 × 3,884 (2.35 MB)Adam Aboudou (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 09:21, 22 June 2017 (UTC) The brighten version looks not so unnatural like the dark version. In old photos the picture was always brighten up and it was not so dark.
23:00, 9 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 23:00, 9 July 20223,052 × 3,884 (1.08 MB)Hohum (talk | contribs)highlights were still blown
06:01, 5 May 2022Thumbnail for version as of 06:01, 5 May 20223,052 × 3,884 (1.21 MB)CactiStaccingCrane (talk | contribs)(properly) brighten the image without clipping lumiosity
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