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.P. Grimaud, Paris, France” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 03:27 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.
Louis XV (1710–1774), King of France, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger

Louis XV (1710–1774), King of France

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger · 1757

Public domainThe Met
Napoleon III, Emperor of France, King of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards, by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, King of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, by Jean Pucelle

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France

Jean Pucelle · ca. 1324–28

Public domainThe Met
France, Ace of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards, by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

France, Ace of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun, by Louis Perrin

Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun

Louis Perrin · dated 1854

Public domainThe Met
Eugénie, Empress of France, Queen of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards, by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

Eugénie, Empress of France, Queen of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Woman from the French Colonies, by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier

Woman from the French Colonies

Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier · 1861

Public domainThe Met
Jack of Spades, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Jack of Spades

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
Jack of Diamonds, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Jack of Diamonds

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coin cabinet, by Charles Percier

Coin cabinet

Charles Percier · ca. 1809–19

Public domainThe Met
Three of Diamonds, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Three of Diamonds

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Denis Diderot (1713–1784), by Jean Antoine Houdon

Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

Jean Antoine Houdon · 1773

Public domainThe Met
Two of Spades, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Two of Spades

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sabine Houdon (1787–1836), by Jean Antoine Houdon

Sabine Houdon (1787–1836)

Jean Antoine Houdon · 1788

Public domainThe Met
Ace of Hearts, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Ace of Hearts

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table clock with calendar, by Lucien Falize

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

Public domainThe Met
Ten of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards, by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

Ten of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Georges Jacob

Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Georges Jacob · ca. 1780–85

Public domainThe Met
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, Queen of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards, by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, Queen of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, by Edgar Degas

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

Edgar Degas · modeled 1881, cast 1922, modern tutu

Public domainThe Met
Eight of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards, by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

Eight of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jewish Woman of Algiers, by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier

Jewish Woman of Algiers

Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier · 1862

Public domainThe Met
Austria, Ace of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards, by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

Austria, Ace of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France · 1858

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. 1960 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 78808 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 03:27 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.