Is “Cotton Rat” in the public domain?

Yes. “Cotton Rat” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

Can I use “Cotton Rat” commercially for free?

Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

“Cotton Rat” by John T. Bowen, after John James Audubon (1843) is a public-domain (CC0) artwork, free to view, download and reuse for any purpose. It is catalogued from the open collection of National Gallery of Art (Washington).

Cotton Rat

Q: Who created “Cotton Rat”?

John T. Bowen, after John James Audubon (1843).

John T. Bowen, after John James Audubon

Title	Cotton Rat
Artist	John T. Bowen, after John James Audubon
Date	1843 19th century
Medium	hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Classification	Print
Holding institution	National Gallery of Art (Washington)
Credit line	Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert Scott Wiles, 1973)
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

About this artwork

“Cotton Rat” is a work by John T. Bowen, after John James Audubon, dated 1843. It is executed in hand-colored lithograph on wove paper and classified as print. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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