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Description	Detail from a photo of the damage done to Rokeby Venus by Mary Richardson
Source	Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory
Date	c.March 10, 1914
Author	Unknown
Permission (Reusing this image)	Unknown (possibly PD)

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On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

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It is believed that the use of the image Richardson-Venus.png in the article Rokeby Venus qualifies as fair use because:

No free alternative exists or could be created.
It is use purely to illustrate the subject discussed.
Its copyright status is unknown - it may be public domain.
It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
It is only a section of a large picture
It does not limit the rights of the copyright owner (if one exists) to market or sell the work in any way.
This image is used on various websites and in books without accreditation, so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is.
The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the original work.

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current	14:26, 13 March 2008	465×392 (211 KB)	Yomangan (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information \|Description=Detail from a photo of the damage done to ''Rokeby Venus'' by Mary Richardson \|Source=Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory \|Date=c.March 10, 1914 \|Location= \|Author=Unknown \|Permission=Unknown (possibly PD) \|other_versions=)