File talk:Vilna Gaon portrait.gif

Old sketch of Vilna Gaon
This image by an anonymous author is reputedly of the reclusive Vilna Gaon, and it can be found in some works about the Vilna Gaon that are nearly two hundred years old. It has been widely used in many Jewish religious and history books many times of the use, and itis highly unlikely that ther is an sort of modern day "copy right" over it. Therefore, after some consideration, the template (Template:Fairuseunsure --- See Image copyright tags: "for when use of a unique image that would be public domain unless contended to be fair use depending upon if it is subject to copyright, but the copyright status cannot or is difficult to be determined. A rationale should be provided to support this conclusion of why it cannot be determined and fair use. ie. Public domain unless fair use.") IZAK 05:07, 16 May 2005 (UTC)