File:The Pass on Mount Caradhras 1968 by Mary Fairburn (detail).jpg

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Description Detail of illustration of the Pass on Mount Caradhras, made in 1968 by Mary Fairburn. Tolkien liked her work.
Author or
copyright owner
Mary Fairburn
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/678500

Immediate source: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/678500

Date of publication 2017
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Mary Fairburn
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) Show the visual style of Mary Fairburn's illustration, supporting the discussion in the text of why Tolkien liked it
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
All Fairburn's work remains in copyright.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The image is small and cropped to show only a detail of the original. It is the only example of Fairburn's work anywhere on Wikipedia.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
Given Fairburn's lack of fame, it seems very unlikely. The image, which was created in 1968, is published at the named source which has been shared on the Web, so the cropped detail here will make no difference.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Mary Fairburn//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Pass_on_Mount_Caradhras_1968_by_Mary_Fairburn_(detail).jpgtrue
Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description Detail of illustration of the Pass on Mount Caradhras, made in 1968 by Mary Fairburn. Tolkien liked her work.
Author or
copyright owner
Mary Fairburn
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/678500

Immediate source: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/678500

Date of publication 2017
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Illustrating Tolkien
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) Show the visual style of Mary Fairburn's illustration, supporting the discussion in the text of why Tolkien liked it so much as to consider an illustrated The Lord of the Rings, contrary to Tolkien's stated opinion, discussed and cited in the article, that fantasy would not benefit from illustration. Fairburn's work remains, given its very limited and late publication, rather unfamiliar to general readers and even to Tolkien fans, so in an article about 'Illustrating Tolkien', it is necessary to show her work to support the text and allow readers to consider for themselves whether a set of her illustrations would have been appropriate for The Lord of the Rings, and to decide why Tolkien might have been as enthusiastic as he was about her wor.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
All Fairburn's work remains in copyright. Since it is the only image in the section, it is not part of a "gallery". Since the text and the image rely on each other, the image has an essential function in the section and is not "decorative".
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The image is small and cropped to show only a detail of the original. It is the only example of Fairburn's work anywhere on Wikipedia.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
Given Fairburn's lack of fame, it seems very unlikely. The image, which was created in 1968, is published at the named source which has been shared on the Web, so the cropped detail here will make no difference.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Illustrating Tolkien//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Pass_on_Mount_Caradhras_1968_by_Mary_Fairburn_(detail).jpgtrue

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