English: Jacques de Vaucanson (1709-1782), French artist and inventor, renowned for his mechanical automata, as painted by Joseph Boze
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: background extended to allow crop to rectangle.
Date
Source
taken from Richard Toellner (Hrsg):Illustrierte Geschichte der Medizin. Band 1-6, Salzburg: Andreas & Andreas, Verlagsbuchhandel 1986. http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/band53.htm adapted from File:Jacques de Vaucanson 2.jpg by uploader to fit rectangular frame, with retouching work dedicated to the public domain
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Captions
Jacques de Vaucanson, French artist and inventor
Ritratto di Jacques de Vaucanson, inventore francese.