File:Portrait of Professor William Hobson Mills, FRS.jpg

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Description Portrait of a notable British chemist by Walter Stoneman. Used to illustrate Wikipedia article William Hobson Mills
Author or
copyright owner
Walter Stoneman
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: For the National Portrait Gallery in May 1943

Immediate source: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw219759/William-Hobson-Mills?LinkID=mp81544&role=sit&rNo=1

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) William Hobson Mills
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
No other portrait of clear copyright status has been found.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) It will only be used to illustrate the Wikipedia article.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
This image is the property of the National Portrait Gallery, who have no plans to commercialise it.
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1959
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of William Hobson Mills//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Professor_William_Hobson_Mills,_FRS.jpgtrue

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Fair use for William Hobson Mills[edit]

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 it brings to life the subject being described.

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current03:14, 25 September 2020Thumbnail for version as of 03:14, 25 September 2020261 × 382 (49 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
10:18, 29 July 2020No thumbnail676 × 989 (173 KB)Jgdc47B (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard
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