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Is “[Unknown Sitters]” in the public domain?

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Who created “[Unknown Sitters]”?

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Pierre-Louis Pierson (before 1865).

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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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Title	[Unknown Sitters]
Artist	Pierre-Louis Pierson
Date	before 1865 19th century
Medium	Albumen silver prints from glass negatives with applied color
Classification	Photographs
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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