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 “B. J. Marsh” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 05:24 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.
Marsh Bowl

Marsh Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Story of the Jubilee Singers: With Their Songs

The Story of the Jubilee Singers: With Their Songs

Artist not stated in the record · 1883

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Slippers, by Marsh

Slippers

Marsh · 1845–65

Public domainThe Met
Triceratops sulcatus Marsh, 1890

Triceratops sulcatus Marsh, 1890

Artist not stated in the record · 1889

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Merchants' Carnival Portrait: B.J. Marsh Photography Studio, Norton, Kansas], by B. J. Marsh

[Merchants' Carnival Portrait: B.J. Marsh Photography Studio, Norton, Kansas]

B. J. Marsh · 1880s–1890s

Public domainThe Met
Triceratops elatus Marsh, 1891

Triceratops elatus Marsh, 1891

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Oct 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Perspective elevation, from left, of stonefaced building of five bays and two stories, by J. B. Marsh

Perspective elevation, from left, of stonefaced building of five bays and two stories

J. B. Marsh · 1866

Public domainThe Met
Poa glauca Vahl

Poa glauca Vahl

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Aug 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Group of 266 Stereograph Views of the 1855 and/or 1867 Universal Expositions in Paris, France], by M. Leon

[Group of 266 Stereograph Views of the 1855 and/or 1867 Universal Expositions in Paris, France]

M. Leon · 1850s–1910s

Public domainThe Met
Triceratops prorsus Marsh, 1890

Triceratops prorsus Marsh, 1890

Artist not stated in the record · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Bryant Vase, by Tiffany & Co.

The Bryant Vase

Tiffany & Co. · 1876

Public domainThe Met
Allosaurus medius Marsh, 1888

Allosaurus medius Marsh, 1888

Artist not stated in the record · 1887

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marsh Creek, by Arthur Wesley Dow

Marsh Creek

Arthur Wesley Dow · ca. 1907

Public domainThe Met
Spergularia rubra (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl

Spergularia rubra (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Jun 1908

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief block depicting plucking and roasting fowl and herds crossing water

Relief block depicting plucking and roasting fowl and herds crossing water

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1962–1952 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Hadrosaurus paucidens Marsh, 1889

Hadrosaurus paucidens Marsh, 1889

Artist not stated in the record · 1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side table (one of a pair), by Matthias Lock

Side table (one of a pair)

Matthias Lock · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Triceratops obtusus Marsh, 1898

Triceratops obtusus Marsh, 1898

Artist not stated in the record · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Landscapes after historical painters, by Yun Xiang

Landscapes after historical painters

Yun Xiang · datable to 1638 or 1650

Public domainThe Met
Triceratops prorsus Marsh, 1890

Triceratops prorsus Marsh, 1890

Artist not stated in the record · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Leersia hexandra Sw.

Leersia hexandra Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 12/11/30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tureen with cover and liner, by Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers

Tureen with cover and liner

Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers · 1775–76

Public domainThe Met
Leersia hexandra Sw.

Leersia hexandra Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 3/12/30

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. 8838 matched · 24 examined · 12 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. 1587366 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-09-06 05:24 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.