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:That's a good question--had I seen wikipedia's page first, I probably would had assumed it was fine. However, if you look at the source page, it says that "''Sam Rayburn had his portrait painted by British artist Douglas Chandor shortly after his election as Speaker.''" This means that the paining was ordered by Rayburn himself, not the federal government, and painted by an independent painter, not a federal employee. Unless I am missing something, this does not sound like Public Domain to me.  Furthermore, the source says that in order to reuse the image, you must contact them to request permission. [https://history.house.gov/About/Rights-and-Reproduction/]

:That's a good question--had I seen wikipedia's page first, I probably would had assumed it was fine. However, if you look at the source page, it says that "''Sam Rayburn had his portrait painted by British artist Douglas Chandor shortly after his election as Speaker.''" This means that the paining was ordered by Rayburn himself, not the federal government, and painted by an independent painter, not a federal employee. Unless I am missing something, this does not sound like Public Domain to me.  Furthermore, the source says that in order to reuse the image, you must contact them to request permission. [https://history.house.gov/About/Rights-and-Reproduction/]

:Images default into public domain some time after the author's death (90 years, I think) but we have not reached that yet.  I would like to say we can use it, but I don't see any legal basis to do so, unless we fill out the form asking for permission (which you are welcome to do). --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] ^{([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])} 13:45, 7 March 2020 (EST)

:Images default into public domain some time after the author's death (90 years, I think) but we have not reached that yet.  I would like to say we can use it, but I don't see any legal basis to do so, unless we fill out the form asking for permission (which you are welcome to do). --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] ^{([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])} 13:45, 7 March 2020 (EST)