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 “Benjamin Henry Latrobe” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 12:54 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.
Side Chair, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe

Side Chair

Benjamin Henry Latrobe · ca. 1808

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin Latrobe, by Charles Frederick Von Breda, 16 Aug 1759 - 1 Dec 1818

Benjamin Latrobe

Charles Frederick Von Breda, 16 Aug 1759 - 1 Dec 1818 · c. 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Tucker Factory

Vase

Tucker Factory · 1828–36

Public domainThe Met
Southeast View of "Sedgeley Park," the Country Seat of James Cowles Fisher, Esq., by Thomas Birch, born Warwickshire, England 1779-died Philadelphia, PA 1851

Southeast View of "Sedgeley Park," the Country Seat of James Cowles Fisher, Esq.

Thomas Birch, born Warwickshire, England 1779-died Philadelphia, PA 1851 · ca. 1819

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
View on the New Turnpike Road, on the Margin of the Juniata, with a Distant View of the Warrior Mountain, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe

View on the New Turnpike Road, on the Margin of the Juniata, with a Distant View of the Warrior Mountain

Benjamin Henry Latrobe · 1820

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin West, Frank Wilkin and Henry Wilkin, by Frank William Wilkin, 1791 - 1842

Benjamin West, Frank Wilkin and Henry Wilkin

Frank William Wilkin, 1791 - 1842 · c. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
View from the Packet Wharf at Frenchtown Looking down Elk Creek, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe

View from the Packet Wharf at Frenchtown Looking down Elk Creek

Benjamin Henry Latrobe · 1806

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin Lay, by Henry Dawkins, active 1753 - 1786

Benjamin Lay

Henry Dawkins, active 1753 - 1786 · c. 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), by Joseph Siffred Duplessis

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

Joseph Siffred Duplessis · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Henry Ward Beecher, by Benjamin Joseph Falk, 14 Oct 1853 - 19 Mar 1925

Henry Ward Beecher

Benjamin Joseph Falk, 14 Oct 1853 - 19 Mar 1925 · c. 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dining Room and Stage Offices at White Sulphur Springs, by John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe

Dining Room and Stage Offices at White Sulphur Springs

John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe · 1832

Public domainThe Met
Henry B. Nones

Henry B. Nones

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Water Works/ Philadelphia / JACKSONS WARRANTED, by Job & John Jackson

The Water Works/ Philadelphia / JACKSONS WARRANTED

Job & John Jackson · ca. 1831–ca. 1833

Public domainThe Met
Henry B. Nones

Henry B. Nones

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure of Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin, by Charles-Gabriel Sauvage, called Lemire pere

Figure of Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin

Charles-Gabriel Sauvage, called Lemire pere · 1780–85

Public domainThe Met
Henry David Thoreau, by Benjamin Dexter Maxham, 10 Oct 1821 - 9 Jul 1899

Henry David Thoreau

Benjamin Dexter Maxham, 10 Oct 1821 - 9 Jul 1899 · 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side Chair, by John Finlay

Side Chair

John Finlay · 1815–20

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin Harrison, by William Henry Potter, c. 1841 - ?

Benjamin Harrison

William Henry Potter, c. 1841 - ? · 1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
VIEW of the/ CAPITOL AT/ WASHINGTON/ W.R., by William Ridgway & Co.

VIEW of the/ CAPITOL AT/ WASHINGTON/ W.R.

William Ridgway & Co. · ca. 1840–ca. 1854

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin West, by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, 1785 - 1836

Benjamin West

Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, 1785 - 1836 · 1827

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Percussion Longrifle, by Benjamin J. Kough

Percussion Longrifle

Benjamin J. Kough · ca. 1845–50

Public domainThe Met
Here's to You Henry Clay, by Benjamin W. Thayer Lithography Co., active 1840 - 1853

Here's to You Henry Clay

Benjamin W. Thayer Lithography Co., active 1840 - 1853 · 1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
CAPITOL. / WASHINGTON, by John & William Ridgway

CAPITOL. / WASHINGTON

John & William Ridgway · ca. 1830

Public domainThe Met
Henry Clay, by Benjamin W. Thayer Lithography Co., active 1840 - 1853

Henry Clay

Benjamin W. Thayer Lithography Co., active 1840 - 1853 · 1844

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. 273 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. 137587 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 12:54 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.