English: Public domain illustration.
Source information is necessary so we can verify the image is contemporaneous (which would make it )
Superm401 -
Talk 01:03, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Public domain portrait of Attucks, artist unknown. Image from
w:en:Bridgewater State College archive in
w:en:Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
If the source is unknown, we can't verify that it's PD. We need to show it was published before 1923, or that the artist died 70+ years ago.
Superm401 -
Talk 19:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
- According to
w:en:Getty Images (
[1], but this link may expire), the image was published on
w:en:2 January,
w:en:1754. It was published before 1923, and the author died before 1907, so the image is clearly .
Superm401 -
Talk 19:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
I added a better version of the image, from
w:en:Encyclopedia Brittanica/Getty.
Superm401 -
Talk 20:02, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
- Getty Images' claim of a 1754 publication date for the image is improbable. It's not likely that an obscure 18th century "mulatto" runaway slave would have had a professional portrait done 16 years before the event that made him a legend. My guess is that the date given is a typo, and that "1854" was intended. That would be more believable because Attucks became a symbol during the Abolitionist movement at that time. (Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852.) If so, the image is still clearly public domain, although not a genuine portrait made during Attucks's lifetime. —
Kevin
Myers 18:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
- You're right. That doesn't make sense. Nevertheless, if it was made 1854, it's still .
Superm401 -
Talk 02:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
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