Is “Taking the Census” in the public domain?

Yes. “Taking the Census” 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 “Taking the Census” 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.

“Taking the Census” by Francis William Edmonds (1854) is a public-domain (CC0) artwork, free to view, download and reuse for any purpose. It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Taking the Census

Q: Who created “Taking the Census”?

Francis William Edmonds (1854).

Francis William Edmonds

Title	Taking the Census
Artist	Francis William Edmonds
Date	1854 19th century
Medium	Oil on canvas
Origin	American American
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Diane, Daniel, and Mathew Wolf, in honor of John K. Howat and Lewis I. Sharp, 2006
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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