# How to find an original image on google

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-original-image-on-google/819702
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-original-image-on-google/819702 "2018-08-16T01:18:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-original-image-on-google/819702/1 "2018-08-16T01:18:16Z")

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Ack, Pinterest!

I’m thinking about painting my stairs, as in, painting pictures on the risers, for fun. So I look up images of such and find one particularly intriguing. I would like to know who painted this, in case they have done other interesting things, but there is no attribution. A google search turns up just Pinterest over and over in many languages. Who originally posted the photo? I don’t know how to find out.

Does anyone?

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### Author: ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-original-image-on-google/819702/2 "2018-08-16T01:34:52Z")

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Put the image in TinEye.

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### Author: ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-original-image-on-google/819702/3 "2018-08-16T01:39:29Z")

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It’s $300 to sign up. I don’t want to know that bad.

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### Author: ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-original-image-on-google/819702/4 "2018-08-16T01:49:16Z")

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> [@Ulfreida](#):
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> It’s $300 to sign up. I don’t want to know that bad.

No it’s free. Link: [https://www.tineye.com](https://www.tineye.com)

Put your image in the appropriate space.

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### Author: ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-original-image-on-google/819702/5 "2018-08-16T10:07:13Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> No it’s free. Link: [https://www.tineye.com](https://www.tineye.com)
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> Put your image in the appropriate space.

thank you. I was on the wrong page obviously.