Visual with author (artwork, photograph, table, graphic) (MLA)

MLA-70

In-text citation

Photographs such as Woman Aircraft Worker (Bransby) demonstrate the US government’s attempt to document the contributions of women on the home front during World War II.

Explain

  • If the visual has a figure number in the source, use the abbreviation “fig.” and the number in place of a page number in your parenthetical citation: (Manning, fig. 4). If you refer to the figure by number in your text, spell out the word “figure.”
  • If the visual is a numbered table, use the label “table” and the number in your text (if you refer to it by number in your text) or in parentheses.
  • To cite a visual that does not have a figure number in a print source, use the visual’s title or a general description in your text. Cite the author and page number (if there is one) as for any other source.
  • If the visual is not in a print source, identify the visual in your text and then in parentheses use the first element in the works cited entry: the artist’s or photographer’s name or the title of the work.
  • Titles of works of art and photographs are italicized. Titles of other visuals are usually not italicized. See specific works cited entries (linked at bottom of page) for more information.

Works cited entry

Bransby, David. Woman Aircraft Worker. 1942, PicturaHistoria, picturahistoria.com/2013/12/female-factory-workers-during-wwii/.

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