How to cite a image or artwork

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B18 / R18.9.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a image or artwork, governed by B18 / R18.9. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Ray Collins, Oil (photograph 2014).

Governing rules

B18 / R18.9

• 18 — the internet, electronic media & other nonprint resources.
• 18.9 — images and works of visual art.

Required elements

• Title
• Type of work — R18.9: “photograph”, “painting”, “sculpture”.

Optional elements

• Artist
• Year

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