Image of Westgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, circa 1900
Date
circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source
Scan of a postcard of a painting of the above. Postcard franked with date: July 6th 1905
Author
Unknown - no identifying marks or claim of authorship on image or accompanying postcard (only "POST CARD For inland postage...", etc. and "?071. 4." in image corner)
Painting is at least 100 years old & was issued with no claim of authorship at latest 1905, hence issued more than 70yrs ago in the UK. Public domain work.
Other versions
Original painting may still exist somewhere but no clear route to locate it
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This UK artistic or literary work, of which the author is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, is in the public domain because it is one of the following:
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
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); or
An artistic work other than a photograph (e.g. a painting), or a literary work, 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).
This tag can be used only when the author cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry. If you wish to rely on it, please specify in the image description the research you have carried out to find who the author was. The above is all subject to any overriding publication right which may exist. In practice, publication right will often override the first of the bullet points listed.
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