Image is clearly from the early to mid 19th century and is in the public domain. As such it cannot be copyrighted (or copylefted). --Fastfission 19:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.