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MLA Citation Examples

Format for images viewed in person

Elements:

  1. Author.
  2. Title of Image.
  3. Publication Date,
  4. Location.

Format:

Author. Title of Image. Date, Location.

Martin, Agnes. Morning. 1965, Tate Gallery, London.

Format for image viewed online

Elements:

  1. Author.
  2. Title of Image.
  3. Publication Date.
  4. Title of Website/Database,
  5. URL.

Format:

Author. Title of Image. Date. Title of Website/Database, URL.

Martin, Agnes. Morning. 1965. Oxford Reference, www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195335798.001.0001/acref-9780195335798-e-1302.

Massachusetts Historical Society. Seal of the society set in a landscape with ornaments. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. 17, 1879-1880, p. iii. JSTOR, ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25079540.

Note: If an image has no title, then use a description of the image without formatting in its place.