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 “Greenough, Benjamin F.” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 23:24 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.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), by Joseph Siffred Duplessis

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

Joseph Siffred Duplessis · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Lamp part, by Greenough, Benjamin F.

Lamp part

Greenough, Benjamin F.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teakettle, by Benjamin Brewood II

Teakettle

Benjamin Brewood II · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
Timpoochee Barnard, an Uchee Warrior., by M. O'C., n.d.

Timpoochee Barnard, an Uchee Warrior.

M. O'C., n.d. · 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, by Horatio Greenough

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Horatio Greenough · 1831; cast probably 1928?

Public domainThe Met
Juncus caespiticius E. Mey.

Juncus caespiticius E. Mey.

Artist not stated in the record · 1877

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Self-Portrait, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1660

Public domainThe Met
Horatio Greenough, by Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873

Horatio Greenough

Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873 · modeled 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Celery vase, by Benjamin Bakewell & Co.

Celery vase

Benjamin Bakewell & Co. · 1810–20

Public domainThe Met
Pileanthus filifolius Meisn.

Pileanthus filifolius Meisn.

Artist not stated in the record · 18

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benjamin Franklin, by Joseph H. Merriam

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph H. Merriam · 1859

Public domainThe Met
Bonamia rosea Hall

Bonamia rosea Hall

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benjamin Franklin, by Joseph H. Merriam

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph H. Merriam · 1859

Public domainThe Met
Neurachne multiculmis Pilg. in Diels & E. Pritz.

Neurachne multiculmis Pilg. in Diels & E. Pritz.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, by Hans Memling

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara

Hans Memling · early 1480s

Public domainThe Met
JOHN RIDGE, A CHEROKEE., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

JOHN RIDGE, A CHEROKEE., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benjamin Franklin, by Charles Willson Peale

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Willson Peale · 1787

Public domainThe Met
M'INTOSH. A CREEK CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

M'INTOSH. A CREEK CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benjamin Franklin, by Jean François Janinet

Benjamin Franklin

Jean François Janinet · 1789

Public domainThe Met
PEAH-MUS-KA. A MUSQUAKE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

PEAH-MUS-KA. A MUSQUAKE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cartouche with Title: Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches, by Anonymous, 17th century

Cartouche with Title: Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches

Anonymous, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
POW-A-SHEEK. A FOX CHIEF., by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

POW-A-SHEEK. A FOX CHIEF.

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benjamin Franklin, by François Denis Née

Benjamin Franklin

François Denis Née · [April 1781]

Public domainThe Met
STUM-MA-NU, A FLAT-HEAD BOY., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

STUM-MA-NU, A FLAT-HEAD BOY., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1838

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. 218 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. 673940 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 2026-09-05 23:24 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.