OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Abraham Drentwett the Elder” — 64 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 17:50 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Plate, by Abraham Drentwett IV

Plate

Abraham Drentwett IV · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: Book of Andirons and Ofèvrerie by Jean Cotelle, the Elder, by Jean Cotelle, French, 1607–1676

Album of Prints: Book of Andirons and Ofèvrerie by Jean Cotelle, the Elder

Jean Cotelle, French, 1607–1676 · 1622-1676

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for an Ewer, table and candelabra within an ornamental frame, by Abraham Drentwett the Elder

Design for an Ewer, table and candelabra within an ornamental frame

Abraham Drentwett the Elder · 1660–1727

Public domainThe Met
The Elder's Daughter, by John Rogers, born Salem, MA 1829-died New Canaan, CT 1904

The Elder's Daughter

John Rogers, born Salem, MA 1829-died New Canaan, CT 1904 · patented 1877

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, by Nicolaes Maes

Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael

Nicolaes Maes · 1653

Public domainThe Met
Suzanna and the Elders

Suzanna and the Elders

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roman Charity, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

Roman Charity

Hendrick ter Brugghen · 1622

Public domainThe Met
Entombment of Christ, by Aniello Falcone, Italian, 1607 - 1656

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, Italian, 1607 - 1656 · 1640–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hagar in the Wilderness, by Camille Corot

Hagar in the Wilderness

Camille Corot · 1835

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Jan Brueghel the Elder, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Portrait of Jan Brueghel the Elder, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Artist not stated in the record · 1630–1641

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Square dish, by Abraham Drentwett IV

Square dish

Abraham Drentwett IV · 1757–58

Public domainThe Met
Sambucus Canadensis. Common, Sweet, or American Elder, by Edwin Hale Lincoln, born Westminster, MA 1848-died Pittsfield, MA 1938

Sambucus Canadensis. Common, Sweet, or American Elder

Edwin Hale Lincoln, born Westminster, MA 1848-died Pittsfield, MA 1938 · 1904

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Urn-shaped inkwell with cover on stand, by Abraham Drentwett IV

Urn-shaped inkwell with cover on stand

Abraham Drentwett IV · 1767–69

Public domainThe Met
Abraham Lincoln Life Mask by Clark Mills, 1865, by Mills, Clark

Abraham Lincoln Life Mask by Clark Mills, 1865

Mills, Clark · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Dance in the Country, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

A Dance in the Country

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Abraham Lincoln, by George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894

Abraham Lincoln

George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894 · 1887

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tray for écritoire, by Abraham Drentwett IV

Tray for écritoire

Abraham Drentwett IV · ca. 1743–45

Public domainThe Met
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Artist not stated in the record · 1860 (cast c. 1917)

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inkwell, by Abraham Drentwett IV

Inkwell

Abraham Drentwett IV · ca. 1743–45

Public domainThe Met
Abraham Lincoln's Office Suit

Abraham Lincoln's Office Suit

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sandbox, by Abraham Drentwett IV

Sandbox

Abraham Drentwett IV · ca. 1743–45

Public domainThe Met
Keys to the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators Prison Cells

Keys to the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators Prison Cells

Artist not stated in the record · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bell, by Abraham Drentwett IV

Bell

Abraham Drentwett IV · ca. 1743–45

Public domainThe Met
Wrist Irons worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Wrist Irons worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 42 matched · 24 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 1189150 matched · 40 examined · 27 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 17:50 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.