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Description Portrait, taken in 1938, of noted British theoretical physicist and engineer Thomas Eckersley
Author or
copyright owner
Walter Stoneman
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: National Portrait Gallery

Immediate source: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw219355/Thomas-Lydwell-Eckersley?LinkID=mp131962&search=sas&sText=thomas+lydwell+eckersley&role=sit&rNo=0

Date of publication 1938
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Thomas Eckersley
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with
free media because
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Have searched widely, but no free image found
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) It will only be used to illustrate the Wikipedia article
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The National Portrait Gallery have no plans to commercialise this image
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1959
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Thomas Eckersley//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Lydwell_Eckersley_FRS.jpgtrue

Licensing

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Fair use for [Thomas Eckersley]]

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Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

  1. It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual.
  2. It is of much lower resolution than the original. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
  3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
  4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the photo give some insight into the person being described.

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current05:08, 14 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 05:08, 14 November 2020269 × 371 (88 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
14:27, 24 October 2020No thumbnail725 × 1,000 (127 KB)Jgdc47B (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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