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 “Anonymous, French, 19th century” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:00 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.
Design for an Overmantel or Door with a Variant, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design for an Overmantel or Door with a Variant

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
A French Officer of the Early 19th Century, by Paul Delaroche, French, 1797 - 1856

A French Officer of the Early 19th Century

Paul Delaroche, French, 1797 - 1856 · before 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Botanical Study, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Botanical Study

Anonymous, French, 19th century · ca. 1820

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: Berlines by Janel and Two Other Coaches, by Janel, French, active 18th century

Album of Prints: Berlines by Janel and Two Other Coaches

Janel, French, active 18th century · 1760-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flower Study, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Flower Study

Anonymous, French, 19th century · ca. 1820

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup and Saucer

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Italian Landscape, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Italian Landscape

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Album of Designs for Furniture (Beds, Chairs, Sofas, Stools) and Waistcoats, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Album of Designs for Furniture (Beds, Chairs, Sofas, Stools) and Waistcoats

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Première au Rendez-vous, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Première au Rendez-vous

Anonymous, French, 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Portrait

Portrait

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Gate Design, by Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

Gate Design

Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775 · 1890–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Botanical Studies, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Botanical Studies

Anonymous, French, 19th century · ca. 1820

Public domainThe Met
PREMIER LIVRE DE NOUVEAUX DESSEINS, DE SERRURERIES. Inventé et gravé Par Babel, by Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

PREMIER LIVRE DE NOUVEAUX DESSEINS, DE SERRURERIES. Inventé et gravé Par Babel

Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775 · 1890–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Candlestick, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design for a Candlestick

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons, by Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons

Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775 · 1890–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Chandelier, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design for a Chandelier

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons, by Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons

Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775 · 1890–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Lamp, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design for a Lamp

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Nouveaux desseins de Balcons, by Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

Nouveaux desseins de Balcons

Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775 · 1890–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceiling and wall design, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Ceiling and wall design

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Grille pour la decoration des Jardins, by Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

Grille pour la decoration des Jardins

Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775 · 1890–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Candelabra, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design for a Candelabra

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Album of Tableware Designs, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Album of Tableware Designs

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1805

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. 11555 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. 117528 matched · 40 examined · 26 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 2026-08-26 20:00 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.