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 “Boutwell presentation album” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 01:20 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.
"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Artist not stated in the record · recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40

Public domainThe Met
Boutwell presentation album

Boutwell presentation album

Artist not stated in the record · 1862-1874

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Chitarman

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Chitarman · recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50

Public domainThe Met
Letter written to George S. Boutwell by Joseph R. Carpenter

Letter written to George S. Boutwell by Joseph R. Carpenter

Artist not stated in the record · January 7, 1874

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Album depicting one hundred Hindu gods, by Unidentified artists

Album depicting one hundred Hindu gods

Unidentified artists · February 2, 1837

Public domainThe Met
George S. Boutwell, by Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896

George S. Boutwell

Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 · c. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Album of painting and calligraphy for Maoshu, by Various artists

Album of painting and calligraphy for Maoshu

Various artists · 1666–80

Public domainThe Met
Deutsche Bundespost Presentation Album

Deutsche Bundespost Presentation Album

Artist not stated in the record · 1954

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Landscapes and trees, by Gong Xian

Landscapes and trees

Gong Xian · ca. 1679

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
"Dervish With a Lion", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Padarath

"Dervish With a Lion", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Padarath · verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905), by Fassett, S. M (Samuel Montague)

Portrait of George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905)

Fassett, S. M (Samuel Montague) · 1905

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Govardhan

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Govardhan · verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905), by Fassett, S. M (Samuel Montague)

Portrait of George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905)

Fassett, S. M (Samuel Montague) · 1905

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Album of 29 presentation drawings of various types of carriages, by Brewster & Co.

Album of 29 presentation drawings of various types of carriages

Brewster & Co. · 1870–78

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 Stallion, by Habiballah of Sava

A Stallion

Habiballah of Sava · ca. 1601–6

Public domainThe Met
Medal presented to Amelia Earhart

Medal presented to Amelia Earhart

Artist not stated in the record · October 5, 1932

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Presentation in the Temple, by Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)

The Presentation in the Temple

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) · ca. 1540–45 (?)

Public domainThe Met
Oligoneuron album (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom

Oligoneuron album (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Aug 1962

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Presentation in the Temple, by Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)

The Presentation in the Temple

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) · ca. 1543–46

Public domainThe Met
Aspidosperma album (Vahl) Benoist ex Pichon

Aspidosperma album (Vahl) Benoist ex Pichon

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Jan 1996

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
Thuja occidentalis L.

Thuja occidentalis L.

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Aug 1982

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. 871 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 27914 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 2026-09-01 01:20 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.