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. 15 shown for “Dueling Pistol presented to Andrew Jackson” — 64 records examined, 40 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 07:49 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.
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, by Samuel Colt

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406

Samuel Colt · ca. 1853

Public domainThe Met
Dueling Pistol presented to Andrew Jackson

Dueling Pistol presented to Andrew Jackson

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Andrew, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

Saint Andrew

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1610

Public domainThe Met
Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, by Samuel Colt

Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories

Samuel Colt · 1861

Public domainThe Met
Major Lemuel Montgomery's Pistol, by Bellah, J.

Major Lemuel Montgomery's Pistol

Bellah, J. · ca 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 94421, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 94421

Smith & Wesson · 1892–93

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Jackson, by Thomas Sully, 19 Jun 1783 - 5 Nov 1872

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Sully, 19 Jun 1783 - 5 Nov 1872 · 1824

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .44 Double-Action Revolver for George Jay Gould (1864–1923), serial no. 23402, with Case and Cleaning Brush, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .44 Double-Action Revolver for George Jay Gould (1864–1923), serial no. 23402, with Case and Cleaning Brush

Smith & Wesson · 1888–89

Public domainThe Met
Shino Tea Bowl with Bridge and Shrine, Known as “Bridge of the Gods” (Shinkyō)

Shino Tea Bowl with Bridge and Shrine, Known as “Bridge of the Gods” (Shinkyō)

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Tumbler, by Bakewell, Page & Bakewell

Tumbler

Bakewell, Page & Bakewell · ca. 1825–30

Public domainThe Met
The Last Supper, by Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio)

The Last Supper

Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) · ca. 1325

Public domainThe Met
Shigaraki Tea Jar (Chatsubo)

Shigaraki Tea Jar (Chatsubo)

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Jar (Tsubo) with Chrysanthemums

Jar (Tsubo) with Chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record · late 13th–early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Smallsword with Scabbard and Case, by Michael Barnett

Smallsword with Scabbard and Case

Michael Barnett · hallmarked for 1798–99

Public domainThe Met
Stand with Autumn Grasses and Flowers

Stand with Autumn Grasses and Flowers

Artist not stated in the record · first half of the 17th century

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. 26 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 957917 matched · 40 examined · 36 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.4 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-01 07:49 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.