Commons:Deletion requests/File:BaconAndHams 1917 FancyDress.jpg

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File:BaconAndHams 1917 FancyDress.jpg

Lacks a license for home country (UK). The authorship is almost certainly wrong (author is the photographer not the subject). Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 03:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I was a bit confused on what to do if this occurs and referenced the subject. I think it should be deleted considering that information can't be known to prove it's acceptable for Wikimedia commons Wiiformii (talk) 03:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Agree that UK license needed. Disagree that "authorship is almost certainly wrong"; taking a time delayed photo was fairly simple for even a dabbler in photography in the 1890s. No one else is credited. There is copy of the book online at [1]. Might well be out of copyright in country of origin, unfortunately info on author George J. Nicholls seems rather thin. Anyone with experience in searching UK census & other resources? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 03:48, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The source provides no indication he was the photographer. As is often the case, the uploader just put the subject name into the author line. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 13:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A UK image from 1895 (published in a book in 1917) is PD in both the UK and USA. --RAN (talk) 02:51, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment @Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): Why is it PD in the UK? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 03:04, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"A photograph, which was made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1954)" There is no indication in the book that the author of the 1917 book took the image in 1895, it is anonymous. See above where you indicate that we do not know who the photographer was. --RAN (talk) 03:35, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per RAN above. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 03:48, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: no valid reason for deletion. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:01, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]