Muse Melpomene, by Simmons-Highsmith (detail)
Mural depicting the muse Melpomene (Tragedy), by Edward Simmons. Northwest Corridor, First Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Top of mural reads "MELPOMENE"; artist signature reads "Copyright by Edwards Simmons 1896".
- Date
- 1896
- Photographer / author
- Artist is Edward Emerson Simmons (1852–1931). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain.
- Collection
- Carol M. Highsmith Archive
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,122 × 3,211 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: Carol M. Highsmith Archive: dedicated to the public domain by the photographer.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Highsmith; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page; permission field: No known restriction on publication..
Credit line
"Muse Melpomene, by Simmons-Highsmith (detail)" (1896). Artist is Edward Emerson Simmons (1852–1931). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muse_Melpomene,_by_Simmons-Highsmith_(detail).jpegNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 143817.
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