File:William Simpson - George Zobel - England and America. The visit of her majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic ship Resolute - December 16th, 1856.jpg

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William Simpson: English: 'The visit of her majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic ship Resolute' (

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Artist



Alternative names	Crimean Simpson
Description	British painter and war correspondent
Date of birth/death	28 October 1823 / 28 August 1823	17 August 1899
Location of birth/death	Glasgow	London
Authority file	: Q2095810 VIAF: 18157193 ISNI: 0000000110220099 ULAN: 500005218 LCCN: n86023833 NLA: 35989272 WorldCat

Author

Original: George Zobel (1810-1881), after William Simpson (1823–1899); published by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
Restoration:

Adam Cuerden
Description	British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

Title

English: 'The visit of her majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic ship Resolute'

Description

England and America. The visit of her majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic ship Resolute - December 16th, 1856, to whom this engraving is by special permission respectfully dedicated by her obedient servants, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., an engraving by George Zobel after the artwork of William Simpson, showing the visit of Queen Victoria to HMS Resolute, an Arctic ship that, having been lost to the ice, had recently been recovered by the Americans, and returned by them to the British.

Date

1859

Medium

colour lithograph

Collection

Library of Congress

	Native name	Library of Congress
	Location	Washington, D.C. , United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 19″ N, 77° 00′ 17″ W
	Established	24 April 1800
	Website	loc.gov
	Authority file	: Q131454 VIAF: 151962300 ISNI: 000000012186288X ULAN: 500312782 LCCN: n78089035 NLA: 35304669 WorldCat

Source/Photographer

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID pga.03087.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Assessment


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Licensing

The restorationist asks for attribution of this work as "William Simpson, restored by Adam Cuerden" or similar wording.

The author died in 1899, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:46, 15 June 2014	9,856 × 6,912 (41.78 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Final (hopefully) (uploaded using chunked upload script)
	16:17, 14 June 2014	10,148 × 7,156 (43.54 MB)	Adam Cuerden	More restoration
	12:42, 13 June 2014	10,487 × 7,486 (45.99 MB)	Adam Cuerden	More restoration (uploaded using chunked upload script)
	23:07, 12 June 2014	10,487 × 7,486 (46.02 MB)	Adam Cuerden	{{Information \|Description=''England and America. The visit of her majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic ship ''Resolute'' - December 16th, 1856, to whom this engraving is by special permission respectfully dedicated by her obedient servants, P. & D. Co...