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Citing Images - MLA

Image from a website:

Format:

Last name, First name. "Image Title" or Description of image. Website Name, Day Month Year of creation, URL

Sample:

Quinn, Pete. "European Grey Wolf Portrait." Flickr, 21 Dec. 2019, https://flic.kr/p/2k6vq7V.

Image from a museum of gallery:

Format:

Last name, First name. Artwork Title or Description of artwork. Year, Institution Name or Website Name, City. or URL

Sample:

Rembrandt. The Night Watch. 1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Examples from: https://www.scribbr.com/mla/image-citation/

Citing Images - APA

Format:

Last name, initials. (Year). Image title [Format]. Site Name. or Museum Name, Location. URL

Sample:

van Gogh, V. (1889). The Starry Night [Painting]. Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, United States. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79802

Examples from: https://www.scribbr.com/apa-examples/image/

Citing Images - Chicago

Image from a website:

Bibliography Format:

Last name, First name. ImageTitle. Format description. Website Name. Month Day, Year. URL.

Sample:

Cheng, Minder. Double-Crested Cormorant. Photograph. Flickr. March 21, 2021. https://flic.kr/p/2kQcKZ3.

Image from a museum:

Bibliography Format:

Last name, First name. Artwork Title. Year. Format description. Institution Name, City. URL.

Sample:

Goya, Francisco. The Drowning Dog. 1820-23. Mixed method on mural transferred to canvas. Museo Del Prado, Madrid. https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-drowning-dog/4ea6a3d1-00ee-49ee-b423-ab1c6969bca6.

Examples from: https://www.scribbr.com/chicago-style/image-citations/