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 “Henry Meyer” — 64 records examined, 12 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 08:58 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.
Mary, Queen of Scots, by Henry Meyer

Mary, Queen of Scots

Henry Meyer · June 1, 1825

Public domainThe Met
Garnet lherzolite

Garnet lherzolite

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth, by Henry Meyer

Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth

Henry Meyer · March 20, 1815

Public domainThe Met
Kimberlite

Kimberlite

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair), by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard

Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair)

Alexandre Evariste Fragonard · manufactured 1832, decorated 1844

Public domainThe Met
Stephen Decatur, by Henry Meyer, c. 1782 - 28 May 1847

Stephen Decatur

Henry Meyer, c. 1782 - 28 May 1847 · c. 1830-40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pelerine

Pelerine

Artist not stated in the record · 1872

Public domainThe Met
Alexander I, by Henry Meyer, c. 1782 - 28 May 1847

Alexander I

Henry Meyer, c. 1782 - 28 May 1847 · 1814

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Returning Home, by Johann Georg Meyer

Returning Home

Johann Georg Meyer · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Oliver Hazard Perry, by Henry Meyer, c. 1782 - 28 May 1847

Oliver Hazard Perry

Henry Meyer, c. 1782 - 28 May 1847 · c. 1830-40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable, by Gustave Courbet

Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable

Gustave Courbet · 1857

Public domainThe Met
Folded letter

Folded letter

Artist not stated in the record · 1802

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Innere Ansicht des Deutschen Volks Winter Gartens. IInterior of the German Winter Garden. 45 Bowery, New York, by Fritz Meyer

Innere Ansicht des Deutschen Volks Winter Gartens. IInterior of the German Winter Garden. 45 Bowery, New York

Fritz Meyer · 1856

Public domainThe Met
Henry A. Meyer Collection, Album 2, loose material in paper folder

Henry A. Meyer Collection, Album 2, loose material in paper folder

Artist not stated in the record · July 24, 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, by Paul Cézanne

Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses

Paul Cézanne · ca. 1890

Public domainThe Met
St. Domingue to Bordeaux via La Rochelle

St. Domingue to Bordeaux via La Rochelle

Artist not stated in the record · 1767

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Samuel Rogers, by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Samuel Rogers

Sir Thomas Lawrence · August 16, 1822

Public domainThe Met
"Consulat General des Etats Unis de L'Amerique" manuscript endorsement

"Consulat General des Etats Unis de L'Amerique" manuscript endorsement

Artist not stated in the record · October 26, 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candelabrum with woman playing guitar (one of a pair), by Aimé Chenavard

Candelabrum with woman playing guitar (one of a pair)

Aimé Chenavard · 1834–39

Public domainThe Met
Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

Artist not stated in the record · 1813

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candelabrum with woman playing flute (one of a pair), by Aimé Chenavard

Candelabrum with woman playing flute (one of a pair)

Aimé Chenavard · 1834–39

Public domainThe Met
Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

Artist not stated in the record · 1808

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat · 1887–88

Public domainThe Met
Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

Artist not stated in the record · 1801

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. 105 matched · 24 examined · 8 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. 124049 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-09-02 08:58 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.