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. 19 shown for “Broadside in support of the "Danville Circular"” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 05:47 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.
The Farnese Table, by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola

The Farnese Table

Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola · ca. 1565–73

Public domainThe Met
Broadside in support of the "Danville Circular"

Broadside in support of the "Danville Circular"

Artist not stated in the record · 1883

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman

Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman

Artist not stated in the record · mid-5th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Broadside handbill for Robert Gleed's candidacy for Sheriff of Lowndes County

Broadside handbill for Robert Gleed's candidacy for Sheriff of Lowndes County

Artist not stated in the record · September 28, 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Broadside, by Joseph Meeks & Sons

Broadside

Joseph Meeks & Sons · 1833

Public domainThe Met
Broadside for Blind Tom

Broadside for Blind Tom

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1887

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Porphyry support for a water basin

Porphyry support for a water basin

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Broadside for the musical drama "Out of Bondage", by Unidentified

Broadside for the musical drama "Out of Bondage"

Unidentified · 1876

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Capital with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (from Saint-Guilhem Cloister)

Capital with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (from Saint-Guilhem Cloister)

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Broadside for Kairrissah at Front Street Theatre, Baltimore, by Unidentified

Broadside for Kairrissah at Front Street Theatre, Baltimore

Unidentified · 1834

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the Palace of Apries in Memphis

Relief from the Palace of Apries in Memphis

Artist not stated in the record · 589–570 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Broadside announcing the sale of a man, Dick, and a girl, Lydia

Broadside announcing the sale of a man, Dick, and a girl, Lydia

Artist not stated in the record · 1857

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lupona (royal seat), by Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master"

Lupona (royal seat)

Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master" · ca. 1840–1870

Public domainThe Met
Broadside for a New Orleans auction of 18 enslaved persons from Alabama

Broadside for a New Orleans auction of 18 enslaved persons from Alabama

Artist not stated in the record · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine, by Théodore Chassériau

Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine

Théodore Chassériau · 1851

Public domainThe Met
Broadside announcing the sale of enslaved persons in Mercer County, Kentucky

Broadside announcing the sale of enslaved persons in Mercer County, Kentucky

Artist not stated in the record · 1836

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Andiron with figure of Jupiter (chenet) (one of a pair), by Alessandro Algardi

Andiron with figure of Jupiter (chenet) (one of a pair)

Alessandro Algardi · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
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. 5197 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 7483684 matched · 40 examined · 32 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.8 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-01 05:47 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.