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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.
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![Seated Guitarist [recto]. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5Ijoic2VhdGVkLWd1aXRhcmlzdC1yZWN0by1jcmVhdG9yLWplYW4tYW50b2luZS13YXR0ZWF1LTI5NTk1NTYuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=93f7c75492a62a3898f0e29f7bc315254cd17c17896d8e2f236e28e2dc48258c "Seated Guitarist [recto]. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau.")
![Man Playing a Lute [recto]. Creator: Matteo Rosselli](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibWFuLXBsYXlpbmctYS1sdXRlLXJlY3RvLWNyZWF0b3ItbWF0dGVvLXJvc3NlbGxpLTI5NTkzNTAuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=03d94462e8ead8e845cd59721ef8be428ee428de575c0281c2645ba38c8e9571 "Man Playing a Lute [recto]. Creator: Matteo Rosselli.")
![Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibXItdG9zaGEtc2ljLXNlaWRlbC1wb3J0cmFpdC1waG90b2dyYXBoLTE5MTgtbWF5LTEzLWNyZWF0b3ItYXJub2xkLTI5NTcxMjkuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=1a1a3ad5b258bdaea00b22ed222ad2e7ef3a979f281178ad71cc7329e22b12c7 "Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe.")
![Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibXItdG9zaGEtc2ljLXNlaWRlbC1wb3J0cmFpdC1waG90b2dyYXBoLTE5MTgtbWF5LTEzLWNyZWF0b3ItYXJub2xkLTI5NTcxMjguanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=d27abc6ea452628a39d147f9e378c9d71102a211911d024f10595ad1cf04980e "Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe.")
![Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel and an unidentified woman, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibXItdG9zaGEtc2ljLXNlaWRlbC1hbmQtYW4tdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLXBvcnRyYWl0LXBob3RvZ3JhcGgtMTkxOC0yOTU3MTI3LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=3332b9450eba52c36cbd4414cb2b667c6917ffa32aa60e0567ebff2db667c875 "Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel and an unidentified woman, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe.")
![Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel and an unidentified woman, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibXItdG9zaGEtc2ljLXNlaWRlbC1hbmQtYW4tdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLXBvcnRyYWl0LXBob3RvZ3JhcGgtMTkxOC0yOTU3MTI2LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=a4c4295737637db44888ea8e361d7ad4c3f5e39cd996022c1f2c459a84fd62cd "Mr. Tosha [sic] Seidel and an unidentified woman, portrait photograph, 1918 May 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe.")
