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 Thomas Ryall” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 14:09 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.
Coronation of Queen Victoria, by Henry Thomas Ryall

Coronation of Queen Victoria

Henry Thomas Ryall · 1842

Public domainThe Met
Thomas Henry Carter, by Ida Story Hammond

Thomas Henry Carter

Ida Story Hammond · c. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Haystacks, Morning, Eragny, by Camille Pissarro

Haystacks, Morning, Eragny

Camille Pissarro · 1899

Public domainThe Met
George Henry Thomas, by Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869

George Henry Thomas

Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869 · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, by Camille Pissarro

Still Life with Apples and Pitcher

Camille Pissarro · 1872

Public domainThe Met
George Henry Thomas, by William Sartain, 1843 - 1924

George Henry Thomas

William Sartain, 1843 - 1924 · c. 1866

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Garden of the Tuileries on a Spring Morning, by Camille Pissarro

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Spring Morning

Camille Pissarro · 1899

Public domainThe Met
George Henry Thomas, by Jacques Reich, 10 Aug 1852 - 8 Jul 1923

George Henry Thomas

Jacques Reich, 10 Aug 1852 - 8 Jul 1923 · c. 1899-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jalais Hill, Pontoise, by Camille Pissarro

Jalais Hill, Pontoise

Camille Pissarro · 1867

Public domainThe Met
George Henry Thomas, by E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, active 1852 - 1901

George Henry Thomas

E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, active 1852 - 1901 · c. 1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two Young Peasant Women, by Camille Pissarro

Two Young Peasant Women

Camille Pissarro · 1891–92

Public domainThe Met
George Henry Thomas, by Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896

George Henry Thomas

Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 · 1853

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Thomas Cole, by Henry Kirke Brown

Thomas Cole

Henry Kirke Brown · by 1850

Public domainThe Met
George Henry Thomas, by E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, active 1852 - 1901

George Henry Thomas

E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, active 1852 - 1901 · c. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grand Pianoforte, by Érard

Grand Pianoforte

Érard · ca. 1840

Public domainThe Met
Henry Finn and Thomas Kilner, by David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov 1865

Henry Finn and Thomas Kilner

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov 1865 · 1826

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), by Thomas Gainsborough

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)

Thomas Gainsborough · 1787

Public domainThe Met
George H. Thomas, by John Chester Buttre, 10 Jun 1821 - 2 Dec 1893

George H. Thomas

John Chester Buttre, 10 Jun 1821 - 2 Dec 1893 · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Henry Woodward, by Bow Porcelain Factory

Henry Woodward

Bow Porcelain Factory · 1750

Public domainThe Met
Philip Henry Sheridan, by Thomas Buchanan Read, 12 Mar 1822 - 11 May 1872

Philip Henry Sheridan

Thomas Buchanan Read, 12 Mar 1822 - 11 May 1872 · 1871

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?–1823), by Thomas Gainsborough

Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?–1823)

Thomas Gainsborough · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Fokienia hodginsii A. Henry & Thomas

Fokienia hodginsii A. Henry & Thomas

Artist not stated in the record · 1930

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
John Thomas Scopes, by Henry Major, 1889 - 1948

John Thomas Scopes

Henry Major, 1889 - 1948 · 1925

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. 1494 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. 233268 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 14:09 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.