صورة:Shakespeare.jpg

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Reason for the deletion request: Oh dear. This may be a famous portrait, but unfortunately the original is held by the National gallery in the UK, and under UK law the PD-Art tag cannot be used: see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag for details. It seems the image was first uploaded to the English Wikipedia, where it is probably OK since that site applies US law exclusively. However, on Commons the image has to be free not only in the US but also in the home country as well, and this is not free under UK law. See also Commons:Licensing#Interaction of United States copyright law and foreign copyright law. A pity, but this one will have to go.

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1. Visit the deletion requests subpage, and place the following code:
   {{subst:delete2|image=Image:Shakespeare.jpg|reason=Oh dear. This may be a famous portrait, but unfortunately the original is held by the National gallery in the UK, and under UK law the PD-Art tag cannot be used: see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag for details. It seems the image was first uploaded to the English Wikipedia, where it is probably OK since that site applies US law exclusively. However, on Commons the image has to be free not only in the US but also in the home country as well, and this is not free under UK law. See also Commons:Licensing#Interaction of United States copyright law and foreign copyright law. A pity, but this one will have to go. --~~~~}}
2. Visit the deletion requests log and place the following code at the bottom:
   {{subst:delete3|pg=Image:Shakespeare.jpg}}
3. Notify the item's uploader or the creator of the page by placing the following code on their talk page:
   {{subst:idw|Image:Shakespeare.jpg}} --~~~~
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