Wikimedia Meta-Wiki

File:New York Public Library Lion-27527.jpg

Original file ‎(1,200 × 900 pixels, file size: 506 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is copied below.

Summary

Description The lion statues outside the Main Branch building of the New York Public Library are among the most famous landmarks in New York City. The lions were designed by sculptor Edward Clark Potter in 1911, and were carved from Tennessee Pink marble by New York'sin 1916. As you face the main entrance to the building, the lion on the left is named Patience, and the lion on the right is named Fortitude. The statue in the photo is Fortitude.
Photo taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA.
Date 6 October 2005, 08:56 −04:00
Source KenThomas.us
(personal website of photographer)
Author Ken Thomas
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 This image is released to the public domain, and therefore no permission or credit is required.
Comments and/or feedback however, are always welcome. See my user page for contact info.
Camera location40° 45′ 11.04″ N, 73° 58′ 53.27″ W  Heading=225° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

Public domain I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

coordinates of the point of view

40°45'11.041"N, 73°58'53.270"W

heading: 225 degree

exposure time

0.01666666666666666666 second

focal length

6 millimetre

MIME type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:01, 9 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 18:01, 9 March 20081,200 × 900 (506 KB)Ken Thomas{{Information |Description=The lion statues outside the Main Branch building of the New York Public Library are among the most famous landmarks in New York City. As you face the main entrance to the building, the

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_Public_Library_Lion-27527.jpg"