This file is from Wikimedia Commons (production) and may be used by other projects.
The description on its file description page there is shown below.
Summary
DescriptionCowpens.jpg
English: The Battle of Cowpens, painted by William Ranney in 1845. The scene depicts an unnamed black soldier (left) firing his pistol and saving the life of Colonel William Washington (on white horse in center).
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
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.
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Original upload log
The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
2006-03-17 04:05 Kevin Myers 450×287×8 (42166 bytes) The [[Battle of Cowpens]], painted by [[William Ranney]] in 1845. The scene depicts an unnamed black soldier (left) firing his pistol and saving the life of Colonel [[William Washington]] (on white horse in center).
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents