File:William Sharpington 1951.jpg

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Description	Photograph of lettering artist William Sharpington working in 1951
Author or copyright owner	J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Unknown but likely a British newspaper Immediate source: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/mr-w-sharpington-begins-work-on-a-memorial-inscription-at-news-photo/81402469?adppopup=true Getty Images]
Date of publication	Taken 1951, but not certain that it was published then
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	William Sharpington
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 (WP:NFCC#1)	No photos out of copyright are known. A search on Flickr turns up nothing.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Image is of low quality and cropped to show only Sharpington's face.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Image is low quality and cropped tightly to show Sharpington's face, not his body, his work which is also visible in the photo or his working methods.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1973
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of William Sharpington//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Sharpington_1951.jpgtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:03, 29 August 2023		341 × 292 (34 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	14:03, 28 August 2023	No thumbnail	450 × 386 (25 KB)	Blythwood (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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William Sharpington