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. 22 shown for “Francis Blackwell Mayer” — 64 records examined, 35 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-31 23:46 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.
Old Annapolis, Francis Street, by Francis Blackwell Mayer

Old Annapolis, Francis Street

Francis Blackwell Mayer · 1876

Public domainThe Met
Roger B. Taney, by Samuel Sartain, 1830 - 1906

Roger B. Taney

Samuel Sartain, 1830 - 1906 · 1857

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Altar Predella and Socle of Archbishop Don Dalmau de Mur y Cervelló, by Francí Gomar

Altar Predella and Socle of Archbishop Don Dalmau de Mur y Cervelló

Francí Gomar · ca. 1456–1458

Public domainThe Met
The Continentals, by Frank Blackwell Mayer, born Baltimore, MD 1827-died Annapolis, MD 1899

The Continentals

Frank Blackwell Mayer, born Baltimore, MD 1827-died Annapolis, MD 1899 · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Proposed Monument to John L. Carey of Baltimore, by Samuel B. Wetherald

Proposed Monument to John L. Carey of Baltimore

Samuel B. Wetherald · 1852–54

Public domainThe Met
Independence (Squire Jack Porter), by Frank Blackwell Mayer, born Baltimore, MD 1827-died Annapolis, MD 1899

Independence (Squire Jack Porter)

Frank Blackwell Mayer, born Baltimore, MD 1827-died Annapolis, MD 1899 · 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Michael and Francis, by Juan de Flandes

Saints Michael and Francis

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1505–9

Public domainThe Met
Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz.

Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz.

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Apr 1932

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coronation of the Virgin, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Coronation of the Virgin

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · ca. 1455

Public domainThe Met
Anacystis montana

Anacystis montana

Artist not stated in the record · May 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lady Harriet Acland, Crossing the Hudson River to the American Lines, Presenting Her Safe Conduct, by Robert Pollard

Lady Harriet Acland, Crossing the Hudson River to the American Lines, Presenting Her Safe Conduct

Robert Pollard · November 15, 1784

Public domainThe Met
Microcoleus vaginatus (Vaucher) Gomont ex Gomont

Microcoleus vaginatus (Vaucher) Gomont ex Gomont

Artist not stated in the record · Dec 1899

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miss Younge, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Love, and Mr. Waldron, in th Characters of Viola, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, and Fabian (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4), by John Raphael Smith

Miss Younge, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Love, and Mr. Waldron, in th Characters of Viola, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, and Fabian (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4)

John Raphael Smith · March 1, 1774

Public domainThe Met
Schizothrix rubella

Schizothrix rubella

Artist not stated in the record · Dec 1899

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Lear Weeping Over the Body of Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3), by Francis Legat

King Lear Weeping Over the Body of Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3)

Francis Legat · August 1, 1792

Public domainThe Met
Elizabeth Blackwell, by Elliott & Fry, active 1863 - 1962

Elizabeth Blackwell

Elliott & Fry, active 1863 - 1962 · August 1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Blessing, by Gerard David

Christ Blessing

Gerard David · ca. 1500–1505

Public domainThe Met
Elizabeth Blackwell, by William Arthur Thomas, 1867 - 1927

Elizabeth Blackwell

William Arthur Thomas, 1867 - 1927 · 1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cassandra Raving (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, Scene 2), by Francis Legat

Cassandra Raving (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, Scene 2)

Francis Legat · first published 1795; reissued 1852

Public domainThe Met
Elizabeth Blackwell, by Unidentified Artist

Elizabeth Blackwell

Unidentified Artist · 1859

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cassandra Raving (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, Scene 2), by Francis Legat

Cassandra Raving (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, Scene 2)

Francis Legat · first published 1795; reissued 1852

Public domainThe Met
Florizel, Perdita, etc. in the Shepherd's Cot (Shakespeare, Winter's Tale, Act 4, Scene 3), by James Fittler

Florizel, Perdita, etc. in the Shepherd's Cot (Shakespeare, Winter's Tale, Act 4, Scene 3)

James Fittler · August 1, 1792

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. 63 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 72539 matched · 40 examined · 30 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.10 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-31 23:46 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.