Image/ photograph/ artwork from a book


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These examples show you how to reference images that you include in your work. They are based on the Chicago Manual, sections 3.22, 3.27, 3.30 , 3.32 and 3.38. Please consult your lecturer or supervisor for specific requirements.

Images must have a caption, and a full citation in a list of figures. Give each image a figure number. You may abbreviate figure as fig. See Manual 3.23.

Format for captions

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Figure number. Artist, Title, year.

You may include information about the medium, dimensions and so forth. See Manual 3.22 and 3.27

Caption example


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Fig. 2. George Stubbs, Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View, ca. 1795 - 1806.


Format for list of figures

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Figure number. Artist (surname, given name). Title of image. In Author/s of book. Title of Book, page number/s. Place of publication: Publisher, year.

List of figures example

Fig. 2. Stubbs, George. Tiger skeleton, lateral view. ca. 1795-1806. In Lippincott, Louise and Andreas Bluhm. Fierce friends: artists and animals, 1750-1900, 64. London: Merrell, 2005.


Style notes for this reference type

  • The minimum information to include in a caption for artworks is artist, title, year.
  • Titles of artworks are italicised and in headline style. See Manual 3:22
  • You may include information about the medium, dimensions and so forth. See Manual 3.22 and 3.27
  • Include a list of figures, using  bibliography format.
  • Bibliography examples are based on Manual 14.235 and Turabian 17.10.1.1.
  • If date is approximate, use ca.


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