Friday, November 05, 2010

James I of England

James I of EnglandOn November 5, 1605, the eve of the state opening of the second session of James's first Parliament, Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellars of the parliament buildings. He was guarding a pile of wood not far from 36 barrels of gunpowder with which he intended to blow up Parliament House the following day and cause the destruction, as James put it, "not only ... of my person, nor of my wife and posterity also, but of the whole body of the State in general".
This image is a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional work of art and thus not copyrightable in itself in the U.S. as per Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.;. the same is also true in many other countries. The original two-dimensional work shown in this image is free content
because: This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1978 were copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF . Works published before 1923 (in this case ca. 1620) are now in the public domain and also in countries that figure copyright from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris, in this case Paul van Somer ca. 1576(1576) - 1621/1622) and that most commonly run for a period of 50 to 70 years from that date.

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