Summary

Search of newspapers.com, newspaperarchive.com, newsvault, newsbank, the Times, The Guardian, The Economist, The Picture Post, and The Illustrated London News without finding any photo that confirms who the author of the image is.

If Carl Vandyk (1851-1931) or his son Herbert (1879-1943) are Vandyk then 70 years have lapsed since they died. Unable to identify who Barratt might be. According to this site photographers with the surname working in the UK between 1840 and 1940 included A. Barratt, George A. Barratt, John Barratt, Lucy Germeuil Bonnaud-Barratt, Peter Barratt, Barratt & Stanley, Barratt’s Photo Press Ltd, Boswell & Barratt, and Hobbs & Barratt. There is insufficient information given in the newspaper article to identify which of these the photographer might have been. All photographs by Joseph John Elliott (1835–1903) & Clarence Edmund Fry (1840–1897) have clearly exceeded 70 years since their deaths. Same with Alice Hughes (1857-1939) and James Lafayette (1853-1923). If her photo was made by Topical Press Agency, it did not dissolve until 1957, so that might be problematic, but we have no evidence that they made the image. Search reveals nothing at all that might indicate who or what Lassano was or when it existed. Likewise, nothing at all for Hoppe and Russell.

Licensing

This UK artistic or literary work, of which the author is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, is in the public domain because it is one of the following: A photograph, which has never previously been made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) and which was taken more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1954); or A photograph, which was made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1954); or An artistic work other than a photograph (e.g. a painting), or a literary work, which was made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1954). This tag can be used only when the author cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry. If you wish to rely on it, please specify in the image description the research you have carried out to find who the author was. The above is all subject to any overriding publication right which may exist. In practice, publication right will often override the first of the bullet points listed. Unpublished anonymous paintings remain in copyright until at least 1 January 2040. This tag does not apply to engravings or musical works. More information

This non-U.S. work was published 1929 or later, but is in the public domain in the United States because either it was simultaneously published (within 30 days) in the U.S. and in its source country and is in the public domain in the U.S. as a U.S. work (no copyright registered, or not renewed), or it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days) and it was first published before 1978 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities or after 1978 without copyright notice and it was in the public domain in its home country on the URAA date ( January 1, 1996 for most countries). This work may still be copyrighted in other countries. For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Note: in addition to this statement, there must be a statement on this page explaining why the work is in the public domain in the U.S. (for the first case) or why it was PD on the URAA date in its source country (second case). Additionally, there must be verifiable information about previous publications of the work.