File:BostonTownHouse1657.jpg

First Boston Town-House.

Source: Michael G. Hall, The Last American Puritan: The Life of Increase Mather, 1639-1723, p. 39.

This drawing was made in 1930 in the US. The author, Charles A. Lawrence, is probably dead. The drawing is 78 years old and is widely disseminated on the Internet and in books. The building it depicts was destroyed in 1711.

Fair use rationale

 * 1) Purpose and character of the use: To illustrate the article First Town-House, Boston
 * 2) Nature of the copyrighted work: Black and white sketch.
 * 3) Amount used: The image is reproduced in full.
 * 4) Effect of the use on the potential market or value of the image: None.