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 “D.W. Kellogg and Company” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 11:30 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.
Great Indian Fruit Bat, by Bhawani Das

Great Indian Fruit Bat

Bhawani Das · ca. 1777–82

Public domainThe Met
The Incredulity of St. Thomas by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

The Incredulity of St. Thomas by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 17156, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 17156

Smith & Wesson · 1881–1902

Public domainThe Met
Untitled (Portrait of a King) by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

Untitled (Portrait of a King) by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod, by Smith & Wesson

Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod

Smith & Wesson · ca. 1893

Public domainThe Met
The Prodigal Son in Misery by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

The Prodigal Son in Misery by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Winchester Model 1886 Takedown Rifle decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 120528), by Winchester Repeating Arms Company

Winchester Model 1886 Takedown Rifle decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 120528)

Winchester Repeating Arms Company · 1899–1900

Public domainThe Met
The Prodigal Son Returned to His Father by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

The Prodigal Son Returned to His Father by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Man and Woman in an Inn, by Frans Hals

Young Man and Woman in an Inn

Frans Hals · 1623

Public domainThe Met
The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlots by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlots by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Mount Washington Glass Company

Vase

Mount Washington Glass Company · ca. 1886–94

Public domainThe Met
The Prodigal Son Receiving His Patrimony by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

The Prodigal Son Receiving His Patrimony by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895), by Auguste Renoir

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895)

Auguste Renoir · 1878

Public domainThe Met
Shakers, Their Mode of Worship by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

Shakers, Their Mode of Worship by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Composite Armor

Composite Armor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1485 and later, composed in the early 20th century

Public domainThe Met
The Two Dogs, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

The Two Dogs

D.W. Kellogg and Company · 1833-1842

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of tea caddies (part of a set)

Pair of tea caddies (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1765–70

Public domainThe Met
Flora, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

Flora

D.W. Kellogg and Company · 1833-1842

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sugar Box (part of a set)

Sugar Box (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1765–70

Public domainThe Met
Napoleon, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

Napoleon

D.W. Kellogg and Company · n.d

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hot water jug

Hot water jug

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
Empress Josephine, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

Empress Josephine

D.W. Kellogg and Company · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nécessaire

Nécessaire

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1765–70

Public domainThe Met
Margaret, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

Margaret

D.W. Kellogg and Company · 1833-1842

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. 472 matched · 24 examined · 7 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. 1479464 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 11:30 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.