Summary

Licensing

	This image was created and is now in the public domain in the United Kingdom, because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), a reformation of the Copyright Act 1956 (c. 74), images fall into public domain: Criteria PD in UK if PD in US as of 1st January 1996 if Work was published by the British Government or a crown agency (see {{ PD-UKGov}}) Created prior to 1974 Created prior to 1946 but the URAA may be inapplicable to some post 1946 works. [2] A work by an identifiable author Published by an author who died prior to 1954 Published by an author who died prior to 1926 Published work by unknown author that cannot be determined by reasonable research. Published prior to 1954 Published prior to 1926 Unpublished work where neither the author or original publication can be determined by reasonable research. Created prior to 1954 Created prior to 1926 PD-UK Public domain in the United Kingdom //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carson_signing_Solemn_League_and_Covenant.jpg More information at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/contents
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This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published prior to January 1, 1929 (see the template documentation for more cases). Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details. PD-US Public domain in the United States //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carson_signing_Solemn_League_and_Covenant.jpg

Reasoning for new PD-UK licence:

Newly found sources clearly indicate date of creation and there is no evidence of author, so a 70-year term in the UK is appropriate. If it was an official photo covered by crown copyright the image would have come into the public domain after 50 years.

Old justification for retaining on English Wikipedia:

PD in the US since it was published before 1923. However, no source exists for this image, so until this is fixed, its copyright status cannot be determined in its country of origin (Great Britain). This makes this image incompatible with Commons' rules.