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Description	The Unicorn (La Licorne), the fictional 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel appearing in The Secret of the Unicorn, from The Adventures of Tintin, by Hergé. This is a single panel from the comics series.
Author or copyright owner	The Hergé Foundation
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	It is believed that this comics panel can or could be obtained from the publisher, Egmont Group.
Date of publication	1946
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Unicorn (Tintin)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Main infobox. The article is a discussion of The Unicorn (French: La Licorne), a fictional ship in The Adventures of Tintin. This is Hergé's illustration of The Unicorn, the topic of discussion. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original work.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No free use alternative image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted object, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The artwork is a reduced size of the original image file, used only in this article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The panel from the comic is a low resolution image which could not be replicated for financial gain. Any copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:11, 3 January 2018		365 × 273 (177 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	22:57, 20 August 2013	No thumbnail	400 × 300 (214 KB)	Prhartcom (talk \| contribs)	Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard

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