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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11274302, member: 8267&quot;]This is getting weird, and a little annoying. I came to this party a little late, and when I did a google image search the AI response seemed to be following the development of the story here. I repeated the search a couple of times, and it changed each time, incorporating more information from our thread. The first time, it quoted Debora&#039;s line of &quot;many talented but unsung commercial illustrators in the era&quot; exactly. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the latest version of the AI response -</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The user&#039;s text &quot;Reeves&quot; likely refers to the artist&#039;s signature on the artwork in the image, which is discussed in the provided webpage content. The artist&#039;s full signature, revealed after the owner removed the matting, is Chas. F. Reeves, and the date is December 1926. The artwork is a pen and ink drawing, not a print as initially suspected. </p><p>Information gathered from external sources did not definitively identify Charles F. Reeves as a known illustrator or fine artist. While a famous artist named Ruth Reeves was identified, her work and signature style do not match the image provided. It is likely that Chas. F. Reeves was one of many talented but commercially unknown illustrators of the era.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Just checked again. I did an image search and entered &quot;Reeves&quot; where it says &quot;Ask a Follow Up&quot;. This was after I had followed some links for similar images, which were bookplates -</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The artwork is a pen and ink drawing created by an illustrator named Chas. F. Reeves and dated December 1926. </p><p>Information from external sources and forums suggests that Chas. F. Reeves was likely a commercial illustrator, rather than a fine artist, and is not a widely known name. The galleon at sail was a very common subject in the 1920s-era commercial art. The specific artist could not be definitively identified in professional art databases. </p><p>The image is similar to other nautical bookplates and block prints from the same era, which may have served as book illustrations or personal bookplates (ex libris).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It is bad enough that our photos are almost immediately available. At least they are usually accompanied by links that refer people back to Antiquers. None of the links included in the AI responses referred back to this site, although it is clear our work was being monitored and used. I am not sure how I feel about our discussions and research becoming AI fodder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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