WWII Posters - public domain?

[teepeemckay]

Hello,

I'm hoping to use the iconic Philip Zec poster "Women of Britain - Come into the Factories" on a book cover.

It's my understanding that this image, created in 1941, is in the Public domain in the UK, but I wondered if anyone could verify this for me?

Here's the image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... e_6_db.jpg

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.

Best wishes,
Tom

[AndyJ]

Hi Tom,

It would appear that the poster was published by the British government, probably by the Ministry of Labour and National Service. That means, as wikimedia correctly identified, that Crown Copyright applies to it. Crown Copyright lasts for 50 years from the end of the year in which a work was first published (see section 163 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988). So given that the poster was published during WW2, it is now out of copyright.

[teepeemckay]

Hi AndyJ,

Thank you for your response - exactly what I wanted to hear!

Best wishes,
Tom