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Is “Illuminated Initial "C"” in the public domain?

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

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Who created “Illuminated Initial "C"”?

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Freeman Gage Delamotte (1830–62).

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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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

Title	Illuminated Initial "C"
Artist	Freeman Gage Delamotte
Date	1830–62 19th century
Medium	Watercolor, pen and red and blue ink over graphite with touches of gold and gouache (bodycolor)
Classification	Drawings
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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