File:Du Nouy Pierre Lecomte.jpg

1. The image is illustrating the subject of the article - the subject is no longer alive, hence a free alternative is not at all likely to be available until copyrights expire.

2. The image is low resolution and is not infringing on the copyright owner's ability to use the image.

To quote Wikipedia: "As a general rule of thumb, Wikipedia allows low-resolution images of copyrighted material if they are unlikely to affect the potential market for the material, are used for the purposes of analysis or criticism, and for which there is no alternative, non- or free-copyrighted replacement available." Image here is thought to fall under fair use, since it is a low-resolution scan from the front cover of a book. Astrochemist (talk) 15:31, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work: to provide visual identification of one or more specific individual(s), or an identifiable gathering of them, where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible, and for whom there is no known representation under a 'free' license, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Du_Nouy_Pierre_Lecomte.jpg true