Image:King George Sound (WA) Westall.jpg

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This is a digital image of a pencil and wash ; 16 x 26.7 cm., by William Westall, 1781-1850. It depicts King George George Sound in Western Australia and is titled, "King George's [i.e. George] Sound, view from the north-west ". Part of a collection of Westall's drawings. Notes at NLA Reproduced in: Drawings / by William Westall ... London : The Royal Commonwealth Society, 1962, [cat.] 61. Insciption: Dec. 1801 K. George's Sound.
Source

The image was found amongst the National Library of Australia's extensive and high quality collection of digital scans. This source was this address, where it is displayed with a black bar, displaying the name of the library and a catalogue number (given in the preceding address). No claim of ownership can be inferred from this detail and it was removed from the image. The great age makes it the property of us all. It is public domain.
Date

1801
Author

William Westall, 1781-1850
Permission
(Reusing this image)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The original image comprising the work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

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Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement that rule of the shorter term.

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Software used QuickTime 7.1.3
File change date and time 10:04, 28 July 2007
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