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This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for non-commercial purposes only. If others modify or adapt the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms. For more information please visit Creative Commons.
BY: Credit must be given to The Wallace Collection.
NC: Only non-commercial use of The Wallace Collection’s work is permitted. Non-commercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation.
For information on filming and photography in our galleries please see our Visitor Photography Policy.
For all press image enquiries please contact: [email protected]
If you wish to reproduce our images in any other way, you will need to contact the Picture Library to obtain permission in advance. For further information, please contact the Picture Library by email.
Non-Commercial Use
Website content belonging to The Wallace Collection including our low-resolution creative commons images, may be reproduced for the non- commercial purposes of research, private study, criticism and review, circulation within an educational establishment (such as a school, college or university) and in non-commercial printed publications.
The following uses of Wallace Collection website content and images are permitted, except where other terms apply:
- Use in free educational lectures and classes
- Use on an individual or group's website for discussion or criticism
- Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and non-commercial in nature
- Publishing in academic works such as Essays, Dissertation, PHD Thesis, Scholarly Papers, Newsletters and Textbooks
- Publishing in Special Interest Magazines of an Academic, Research, Charitable or Conservation-led nature
- Reproducing the Wallace Collection content for the purposes of an educational examination, by a recognised UK exam authority
- Downloading the Wallace Collection copyright audio and video content for non-commercial offline listening or viewing
- Downloading and printing of the Wallace Collection copyright learning content for non-commercial educational use
- Embedding links to the Wallace Collection audio and video content, where embedding is offered
- Reusing content published under a Creative Commons license under the terms of the license specified
- Embedding or loading the Wallace Collection news feeds (RSS).
Where any Wallace Collection Images are shared or published, the source of the content must be identified as Wallace Collection Assets.
- Two-Dimensional Works of Art such as Paintings or Archival Materials must be accompanied by the credit line; ‘Courtesy of The Wallace Collection’.
- Three-Dimensional Works of Art such as Sculptures and Furniture, require acknowledgement of the copyright status and must be accompanied by the credit line; ‘© The Wallace Collection’
Limited quotation of The Wallace Collection’s copyrighted texts or transcripts is permitted, for non-commercial research, private study, criticism and review, or use within an educational establishment, with due acknowledgement and citation. Where any text content is published, the author and/or source of the content must be identified and the copyright status of the content acknowledged using the credit line ‘© The Wallace Collection’.
Commercial Use
Commercial use includes reproducing Wallace Collection Content in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or monetary compensation.
Commercial activities include; merchandise production, images used in films and on TV, in books, online or offline advertisements and commercial promotions including private tours.
Publications requiring full-size, high resolution images will be considered commercial in nature and must obtain a license. If you wish to use The Wallace Collections images for commercial purposes, please contact Bridgeman Images. All Digital Assets owned by The Wallace Collection, both in and out of copyright, are sold and licensed under UK Contract Law. This income helps to fund ongoing work within the organisation, allowing us to create new Digital Assets.
The following acts are not permitted when using content featured on The Wallace Collection’s website:
Reproduction of website content for commercial purposes such as publishing, broadcasting, printing, advertising commercial services and merchandising, or any rental, leasing or lending of content obtained or derived from the website
Any use of The Wallace Collection’s logo, brand identities or Wallace Collection trademarks without prior consent from The Wallace Collection
Any considerable public dissemination, display or hosting of website content via any third-party platforms, including without limitation, the substantial or repeated extraction and/or storage of the Wallace Collection’s website content in any retrieval system, or inclusion in any other computer program or work
Publication of any unauthorised translations or transcriptions of website content, except where other terms allow
False attribution of authorial or copyright credits, and the removal of any Wallace Collection metadata from digital file formats
Unauthorised text/data mining of website content and metadata.
Please visit Bridgeman Images to purchase licenses and high resolution images. For all other reproduction enquires please email Bridgeman via [email protected].
Notice & Take-down Policy
Please contact us in the event that you are the owner of the copyright or related rights in any of the material on this website, or in a publication or broadcast to which the Wallace Collection has provided material from its collections, and you believe that the material may be subject to a third party ownership or another legal claim, or you believe that use of this material infringes your intellectual property or any other rights.
We will withdraw the material from our website 24 hours of receipt of your written objection and our initial verification of your complaint, while the matter is investigated. Your objection will be acknowledged within seven working days of receipt.
Please include the following information in your email:
- Your contact details.
- The full details of the material you believe has made the infringement and where you found it.
- Proof or statement that you are the rights holder.
Please send your query to the Picture Library and it will be dealt with as soon as possible.
While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and copyright of material on this website, any and all liability which might arise from your use of and reliance on the information contained on the website is excluded.