Elliott_&_Fry_-_photograph_W._S._Gilbert.jpg

Summary

Description Photograph of W.S. Gilbert by Elliott & Fry . Cabinet card, 16.5 x 11 centimeters.
Date about 1882 or 1883
Source Library of the University of Minnesota
Author Elliott & Fry ; restored by Adam Cuerden
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The card back can be found at:

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The credited authors are Elliott & Fry, e.g. Joseph John Elliott (14 October 1835 – 30 March 1903) and Clarence Edmund Fry (1840 – 12 April 1897). This would make this:


Public domain

The author died in 1903, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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  • A photograph, which has never previously been made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) and which was taken more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1954); or
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Gilbert died in 1911, so we can state this is definitely out of copyright in America.

Captions

Photograph of W.S. Gilbert by Elliott & Fry, c. 1880. Cabinet card, 16.5 x 11 centimeters.

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W. S. Gilbert

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