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The Creator is the individual responsible for creating the work in the image. Where the image is a work of art such as an engraving, watercolour, photograph etc. the creator will be the artist responsible for creating the medium. Where the image is a photograph of an object in a studio the creator is the individual responsible for creating the object.
Subject - the individual depicted in the image.
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After - The artist responsible for the original work from which the creator has created the image e.g. an engraving by Hogarth could be after an original drawing by Simon Francois Ravenet.
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![Title Plate from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595 Creator: Karel van Mallery](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoidGl0bGUtcGxhdGUtZnJvbS10aGUtaW50cm9kdWN0aW9uLW9mLXRoZS1zaWxrd29ybS12ZXJtaXMtc2VyaWN1cy1jYS0yOTA2NjYyLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=8d0b9ca9ff789e72a0a2a0a5955adc6c1982ef9a8ecdd4b9698b83bdb6e1dedd "Title Plate from \"The Introduction of the Silkworm\" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595 Creator: Karel van Mallery.")
