Valued pictures in Wikipedia

This page highlights images that add significant value to Wikipedia articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or by being a hard to obtain free use image of the content being illustrated. They may possess many of the characteristics of a Featured Picture, but for a variety of reasons not quite make that mark. Images are categorized by the topic they represent, which is not necessarily what you might expect just by looking at the picture. A featured picture may not become a valued picture. There is also a valued images page on Commons for images that are the most valued within a particular scope.

There are currently 87 valued pictures.

If you wish to add a specific image to this page, please nominate it on Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Images listed here should be either in the public domain or covered by a free license.

A chronologically ordered archive of all Valued Pictures is maintained in Valued Pictures Thumbs.