body: I've recently come across a newspaper illustration from the mid-1920s which I'd like to reprint. Here in the US, the term of copyright for written material is the life of the author + 70 years. What is the law with regards to reprinting newspaper illustrations (where the rights were likely sold) and what are the laws for copyright on artwork ?
  
  
  The work is an illustration of the London Beis Din by Bryan de Grineau (1882-1957) discussed [here](https://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2010/07/bet-din-1920s-style.html).
  
  
  
title: Copyright and newspaper illustrations