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:
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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.
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If it isn't them, it would be:
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Gilbert died in 1911, so we can state this is definitely out of copyright in America.
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{{Original|File:Elliott & Fry - photograph W._S._Gilbert.jpg}} {{Information |Description=Photograph of en:W.S. Gilbert by en:Elliott & Fry. Cabinet card, 16.5 x 11 centimeters. |Source=[https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll400:209/p16022coll400:207?child_index=0&query=&sidebar_page=1 Library of the University of Minnesota] |Date=about 1880, though I can't find a particularly good source. Certainly looks younger than photos of Gilbert from the 1890s. |Author=[[:en:Elliott &...