According to
LAC website, the work was acquired by Dr. Arthur Doughty, Dominion Archivist, probably through a commission, and the work was subsequently in the Archives' Canadian History series. As a likely work for hire, image is presumably public domain in Canada.
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en:Laura Secord giving her warning. Downloaded from [http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/catalogues/peop_secord.html here], seems like an old painting now in the public domain. If not, please delete.}} |Source=Transferred from
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