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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 “E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 16:20 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.
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat · 1887–88

Public domainThe Met
Tritoma Uvaria, Plate XXII, by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Tritoma Uvaria, Plate XXII

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

Virgin and Child

Bartolomé Estebán Murillo · 1670s

Public domainThe Met
Dianthus Hybridus Multiflorus, Plate LI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Dianthus Hybridus Multiflorus, Plate LI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Joan of Arc, by Jules Bastien-Lepage

Joan of Arc

Jules Bastien-Lepage · 1879

Public domainThe Met
Messrs. E.G. Henderson & Son's Horticultural Establishment, Wellington Road, St. John's Wood, London, by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Messrs. E.G. Henderson & Son's Horticultural Establishment, Wellington Road, St. John's Wood, London

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", by Georges Seurat

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"

Georges Seurat · 1884

Public domainThe Met
Swainsonia Violacea, Plate LXIX from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Swainsonia Violacea, Plate LXIX from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Love Song, by Sir Edward Burne-Jones

The Love Song

Sir Edward Burne-Jones · 1868–77

Public domainThe Met
Primula Sinensis Filicifolia Rubra, Plate LXVIII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Primula Sinensis Filicifolia Rubra, Plate LXVIII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540), by Francesco Francia

Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540)

Francesco Francia · 1510

Public domainThe Met
Dianthuis verschaffelthii, Plate XXXVI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by Miss Sowerby, English, active 19th c.

Dianthuis verschaffelthii, Plate XXXVI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

Miss Sowerby, English, active 19th c. · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, by Anthony van Dyck

James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox

Anthony van Dyck · ca. 1633–35

Public domainThe Met
Stokesia Cyanea, Plate XLII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by Mrs. Withers, English, active 19th c.

Stokesia Cyanea, Plate XLII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

Mrs. Withers, English, active 19th c. · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, by Paul Cézanne

Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses

Paul Cézanne · ca. 1890

Public domainThe Met
Primula Praenitens, Var. Atrorosea Plena, Plate LXII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Primula Praenitens, Var. Atrorosea Plena, Plate LXII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, by Edgar Degas

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas · ca. 1874

Public domainThe Met
Hyacinth, Duke of Wellington, Plate from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Hyacinth, Duke of Wellington, Plate from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

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
Sicyos lasiocephalus Skottsb.

Sicyos lasiocephalus Skottsb.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Apr 1996

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Rosa mollissima Gillot

Rosa mollissima Gillot

Artist not stated in the record · Aug 1886

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of the Virgin, by Bartolomeo Vivarini

The Death of the Virgin

Bartolomeo Vivarini · 1484

Public domainThe Met
Family portrait of George and Adaline Bryant with four of their sons

Family portrait of George and Adaline Bryant with four of their sons

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1898

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. 57 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 3105588 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 2026-09-03 16:20 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.