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 “Fenn, Sarah Prince” — 64 records examined, 18 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-08 02:29 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 Coronation of the Virgin, by Annibale Carracci

The Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci · after 1595

Public domainThe Met
Sarah Prince Fenn's Sampler, by Fenn, Sarah Prince

Sarah Prince Fenn's Sampler

Fenn, Sarah Prince · 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sideboard, also known as the Pericles Dressoir, by Bruce J. Talbert

Sideboard, also known as the Pericles Dressoir

Bruce J. Talbert · 1866

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1721

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fan with Poetic Verses

Fan with Poetic Verses

Artist not stated in the record · dated 1301 AH/1883–1884 CE

Public domainThe Met
Head of Mr. Fenn, by Emily Clayton Bishop, born Smithsburg, MD 1883-died Smithsburg, MD 1912

Head of Mr. Fenn

Emily Clayton Bishop, born Smithsburg, MD 1883-died Smithsburg, MD 1912 · 1906

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea chest, by Abraham Roentgen

Tea chest

Abraham Roentgen · ca. 1750–55

Public domainThe Met
P. Prince, by William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845

P. Prince

William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845 · c. 1803-04

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medal cabinet, by William Vile

Medal cabinet

William Vile · 1760–61

Public domainThe Met
Carex swanii (Fernald) Mack.

Carex swanii (Fernald) Mack.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Jun 2006

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Richard Abell, by Christian Friedrich Zincke

Richard Abell

Christian Friedrich Zincke · 1724

Public domainThe Met
Palace of the Prince of Palestrina, Side Elevation Toward the Piazza Bernini, Rome

Palace of the Prince of Palestrina, Side Elevation Toward the Piazza Bernini, Rome

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field, by Robert Peake the Elder

Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field

Robert Peake the Elder · 1603

Public domainThe Met
Rosa setigera Michx.

Rosa setigera Michx.

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Jun 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hagar in the Wilderness, by Camille Corot

Hagar in the Wilderness

Camille Corot · 1835

Public domainThe Met
Philadelphus pekinensis S.Y. Hu

Philadelphus pekinensis S.Y. Hu

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Jun 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mrs. Vanderbank, by Christian Friedrich Zincke

Mrs. Vanderbank

Christian Friedrich Zincke · ca. 1730

Public domainThe Met
Hydrangea paniculata Siebold

Hydrangea paniculata Siebold

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Jun 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
House of Commons - Sir Robert Walpole's Administration, by Anthony Fogg

House of Commons - Sir Robert Walpole's Administration

Anthony Fogg · November 1, 1803

Public domainThe Met
Crataegus monogyna Lindin.

Crataegus monogyna Lindin.

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Jun 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Thomas Howard (1585–1646), Second Earl of Arundel, after Rubens, by Henry Bone

Thomas Howard (1585–1646), Second Earl of Arundel, after Rubens

Henry Bone · 1808

Public domainThe Met
Prunus laurocerasus L.

Prunus laurocerasus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Jun 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase of Flowers (Pink Background), by Odilon Redon

Vase of Flowers (Pink Background)

Odilon Redon · ca. 1906

Public domainThe Met
Coleotrype natalensis C.B. Clarke

Coleotrype natalensis C.B. Clarke

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Jul 2015

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. 63 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. 45952 matched · 40 examined · 17 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 2026-09-08 02:29 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.