Permission to use Debussy image

The following documents a request for permission to use an image found online

    Re: permission to use your photo
    info@christinestevenson.net
    Fri 3/2, 2:34 AM
    Slator, Brian
    Quoting "Slator, Brian" :
      Dear Mr Slator,
      Greetings from  a very cold UK.

      The photo in question is of French composer Claude Debussy
      on the
      Marne in 1865, and I found it on the web.

      As long as there is no disrespect shown to this great
      composer, I
      imagine that a freely available web image can be used by
      anyone -
      although Debussy is not a very American image!

      Best wishes,
      Christine Stevenson

      > Dear Christine Stevenson,
      >
      > I am writing about my class of upper division Computer
      Science
      > students who are implementing an internet-based
      educational game as
      > a class project. The game is intended to teach
      microeconomics and
      > American history, and we are aiming at a 9th grade
      audience.
      >
      > The project is to simulate a 19th century western town,
      and then let
      > school kids join in, over the internet, and play out the
      role of
      > storekeeper, merchant, blacksmith, etc.
      >
      > You can read all about it at
      > http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~slator/html/blackwood/
      >
      > It would be a wonderful addition to our game if we could
      have
      > permission to use a modified version of
      >
      https://notesfromapianist.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/debussy_marne.jpg
      >
      > I am a professor at NDSU, and you can reach me at
      > brian.slator@ndsu.edu with your reply:
      >
      > Thank You
      > Brian Slator