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 “Greater Chiriquí artist” — 64 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 08:37 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.
Figure pendant, by Greater Chiriquí artist

Figure pendant

Greater Chiriquí artist · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
Alvin Langdon Coburn, by Francis James Mortimer, 1874 - 1944

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Francis James Mortimer, 1874 - 1944 · 1906

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure pendant, by Greater Chiriquí artist

Figure pendant

Greater Chiriquí artist · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
Joseph Thayendaneken: The Mohawk Chief, by Unidentified Artist

Joseph Thayendaneken: The Mohawk Chief

Unidentified Artist · 1776

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure pendant, by Greater Chiriquí artist

Figure pendant

Greater Chiriquí artist · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
John Singer Sargent, by Hentschel Colourtype Lithography Company, active c. 1907 - 1911

John Singer Sargent

Hentschel Colourtype Lithography Company, active c. 1907 - 1911 · 1909

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Frog pendant, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Frog pendant

Chiriquí artist(s) · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sketches from the Civil War in North America [title page], by Adalbert John Volck, 14 Apr 1828 - 26 Mar 1912

Sketches from the Civil War in North America [title page]

Adalbert John Volck, 14 Apr 1828 - 26 Mar 1912 · 1863

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double animal-head bell, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Double animal-head bell

Chiriquí artist(s) · 1000 - 1600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Charles Shannon, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966

Charles Shannon

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966 · February 5, 1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Artist not stated in the record · 550–850 CE

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin West, by James Fittler, 1758 - 1835

Benjamin West

James Fittler, 1758 - 1835 · 1817

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Deer-head pendant, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Deer-head pendant

Chiriquí artist(s) · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
Joc-O-Sot, by Day & Haghe Lithography Company

Joc-O-Sot

Day & Haghe Lithography Company · c. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eagle pendant, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Eagle pendant

Chiriquí artist(s) · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
J. A. M. Whistler, by Walter Greaves, 4 Jul 1846 - 23 Nov 1930

J. A. M. Whistler

Walter Greaves, 4 Jul 1846 - 23 Nov 1930 · 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pendant with sea mammal, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Pendant with sea mammal

Chiriquí artist(s) · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
J. A. M. Whistler, by Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son Lithography Company, active 1867 - c. 1905

J. A. M. Whistler

Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son Lithography Company, active 1867 - c. 1905 · 1878

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crocodile-head figure pendant, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Crocodile-head figure pendant

Chiriquí artist(s) · 700-1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966

Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966 · January 14, 1908

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eagle pendant, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Eagle pendant

Chiriquí artist(s) · 800–1519 CE

Public domainThe Met
John Singer Sargent, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966

John Singer Sargent

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966 · January 12, 1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eagle pendant, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Eagle pendant

Chiriquí artist(s) · 800–1519 CE

Public domainThe Met
Frank Brangwyn, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966

Frank Brangwyn

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966 · September 8, 1904

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. 930 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 94425 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 2026-08-27 08:37 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.