Hello all,

My thesis includes a lot of images and I refer to these throughout the text as (fig.1), (fig.2) etc.

Do you think it's okay to refer to new images in the footnotes? I have an interesting case that I want to illustrate but for various reasons, I don't think it's appropriate to discuss it in the main body.

I can put figures in the footnotes or is that considered bad form? Sorry, I know this is such a minor, pernickety question but my sup is very unresponsive to these minor quibbles and I don't have anyone else to ask!

I don't think it's usual to put figures in the footnotes.

Hmmm not sure, but I'm kind of with ToL - I think if it's something that's worthy of a figure, then it perhaps shouldn't be a footnote.

That's just a hunch though. I've never seen it done.

If it is interesting enough to be illustrated it should go in the body.

Yeah, I kinda agree with you guys. Thanks for your input.

I'll find some way of mentioning it in the main body.