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. 16 shown for “Hawkes & Son” — 64 records examined, 36 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 07:40 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.
Clarinet in B-flat, by Hawkes & Son

Clarinet in B-flat

Hawkes & Son · 1878

Public domainThe Met
Black Hawk, Son, Prophet, by Unidentified Artist

Black Hawk, Son, Prophet

Unidentified Artist · 1833

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Canopic jar with falcon head

Canopic jar with falcon head

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 721–664 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wa-sáw-me-saw, Roaring Thunder, Youngest Son of Black Hawk, by George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872

Wa-sáw-me-saw, Roaring Thunder, Youngest Son of Black Hawk

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1832

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
American Longrifle, by Nicholas Hawk

American Longrifle

Nicholas Hawk · ca. 1820–30

Public domainThe Met
Náh-se-ús-kuk, Whirling Thunder, Eldest Son of Black Hawk, by George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872

Náh-se-ús-kuk, Whirling Thunder, Eldest Son of Black Hawk

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1832

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Daoist Sage and Hawk, by Soga Nichokuan

Daoist Sage and Hawk

Soga Nichokuan · mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
Black Hawk Horse Weathervane Pattern, by Henry Leach, born New Milford, PA 1809-died Montrose, PA 1885

Black Hawk Horse Weathervane Pattern

Henry Leach, born New Milford, PA 1809-died Montrose, PA 1885 · 1871-1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Princely Hawking Party, by Mirza 'Ali

Princely Hawking Party

Mirza 'Ali · ca. 1570

Public domainThe Met
Canopic Coffin in the form of Qebehsenuef

Canopic Coffin in the form of Qebehsenuef

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 924–891 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman, by Aelbert Cuyp

Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman

Aelbert Cuyp · ca. 1652–53

Public domainThe Met
The Standard Bearer (probably Floris Soop, 1604–1657), by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

The Standard Bearer (probably Floris Soop, 1604–1657)

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1654

Public domainThe Met
Box with the Parable Prodigal Son and Scenes of Lovers

Box with the Parable Prodigal Son and Scenes of Lovers

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Man in a Turban, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Man in a Turban

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1632

Public domainThe Met
Curiosity, by Gerard ter Borch the Younger

Curiosity

Gerard ter Borch the Younger · ca. 1660–62

Public domainThe Met
Hunting Scene, by Jonas Zeuner

Hunting Scene

Jonas Zeuner · 1770

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. 66 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. 50 matched · 40 examined · 36 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.4 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-01 07:40 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.