Talk:Idyllic school
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Did you know nomination
[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by HurricaneZeta (talk) 19:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
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John William North, watercolour, 1865
- ... that in 1871 The Times said the Idyllic school "aims at making pictorial idylls out of the unpromising materials of lowly life in town and country" (example pictured)?
- Source: "The Society of Painters in Water-Colours" in The Times, 5 May, 1871, quoted here
Johnbod (talk) 22:26, 27 December 2025 (UTC).
- Note: I'm AWAY until the 2nd or 3rd Johnbod (talk) 02:55, 29 December 2025 (UTC)
. New enough, long enough, claim checks out and the article is very impressive overall. Re the hook, the phrases "unpromising" and "lowly life" work for me as ear-catching. Ceoil (talk) 03:14, 29 December 2025 (UTC)
- 5346 views - not bad with no pic. Johnbod (talk) 03:29, 8 February 2026 (UTC)