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 Wilson” — 64 records examined, 18 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 13:25 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.
Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery, by Richard Wilson

Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery

Richard Wilson · ca. 1756–57

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin Franklin, by Johann Elias Haid, 1739 - 1809

Benjamin Franklin

Johann Elias Haid, 1739 - 1809 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate, by Emile Dupont-Zipcy

Plate

Emile Dupont-Zipcy · 1776–1883

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin Franklin, by James McArdell, c. 1729 - 1765

Benjamin Franklin

James McArdell, c. 1729 - 1765 · 1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame - Stamp, by Benjamin Wilson

The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame - Stamp

Benjamin Wilson · March 18, 1766

Public domainThe Met
1851 - Allen B. Wilson's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine

1851 - Allen B. Wilson's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine

Artist not stated in the record · 1851-08-12

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mr. Garrick in Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4, by James McArdell

Mr. Garrick in Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4

James McArdell · November 1, 1754

Public domainThe Met
1850 - Allen Wilson's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine

1850 - Allen Wilson's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine

Artist not stated in the record · 1850-11-12

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame Stamp, by Anonymous, British, 18th century

The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame Stamp

Anonymous, British, 18th century · 1766

Public domainThe Met
1852 - Allen Wilson's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine

1852 - Allen Wilson's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine

Artist not stated in the record · 1852-06-15

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brighella on a pedestal, by Meissen Manufactory

Brighella on a pedestal

Meissen Manufactory · 1710–13

Public domainThe Met
Managers of the House of Representatives of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896

Managers of the House of Representatives of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 · 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp, by Anonymous, British, 18th century

The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp

Anonymous, British, 18th century · 1766

Public domainThe Met
Photograph of Pres. Wilson at first regularly scheduled airmail service ceremony

Photograph of Pres. Wilson at first regularly scheduled airmail service ceremony

Artist not stated in the record · May 15, 1918

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1), by James McArdell

Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1)

James McArdell · 1761

Public domainThe Met
Myrcia karuaiensis (Steyerm.) E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Myrcia karuaiensis (Steyerm.) E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Sep 2006

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
David Garrick as King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1), by James McArdell

David Garrick as King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1)

James McArdell · 1761

Public domainThe Met
Spoons as Falstaff Mustering the Impeachment Managers, by Thomas Worth, 1834 - 1917

Spoons as Falstaff Mustering the Impeachment Managers

Thomas Worth, 1834 - 1917 · 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Maid Asleep, by Johannes Vermeer

A Maid Asleep

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1656–57

Public domainThe Met
Myrcia guildingiana (Griseb.) E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Myrcia guildingiana (Griseb.) E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Nov 2006

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
General Winfield Scott Hancock, by J. Wilson Alexander MacDonald

General Winfield Scott Hancock

J. Wilson Alexander MacDonald · 1880, cast ca. 1886

Public domainThe Met
Myrcia neoschomburgkiana E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Myrcia neoschomburgkiana E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Mar 2007

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), by Hans Memling

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)

Hans Memling · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Myrcia neocuprea E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Myrcia neocuprea E. Lucas & C.E. Wilson

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Nov 2006

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. 34 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 67721 matched · 40 examined · 15 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 2026-08-27 13:25 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.