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 “James Moore” — 64 records examined, 33 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 05:23 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.
Chandelier, by John Gumley

Chandelier

John Gumley · ca. 1710–15

Public domainThe Met
The Supreme Court of the United States, by Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882

The Supreme Court of the United States

Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882 · 1867

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee, by Benjamin Goodison

Settee

Benjamin Goodison · ca. 1730

Public domainThe Met
George Whitefield, by James Moore, 18th century

George Whitefield

James Moore, 18th century · after 1751

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo, by Francisco de Zurbarán

Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo

Francisco de Zurbarán · ca. 1637–39

Public domainThe Met
Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model

Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model

Artist not stated in the record · 1876-07-25

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Asia! Thy trade, thy silks and spicy stores, But ill compensate for a Land of Slaves, Whilst Liberty disdains to bless thy Shores, And Luxury thy nerv'less sons depraves, by James Moore

Asia! Thy trade, thy silks and spicy stores, But ill compensate for a Land of Slaves, Whilst Liberty disdains to bless thy Shores, And Luxury thy nerv'less sons depraves

James Moore · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
Letter to US Representative from VT

Letter to US Representative from VT

Artist not stated in the record · 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Parlor from the William Moore House

Parlor from the William Moore House

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1811

Public domainThe Met
Carex salina Wahlenb.

Carex salina Wahlenb.

Artist not stated in the record · 19 Jul 1904

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smallsword Hilt and Scabbard Mounts, by James Morisset

Smallsword Hilt and Scabbard Mounts

James Morisset · hallmarked for 1797–98

Public domainThe Met
Carex capillaris L.

Carex capillaris L.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Jul 1904

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Transverse Flute in D-flat

Transverse Flute in D-flat

Artist not stated in the record · 1760–90

Public domainThe Met
Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.

Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.

Artist not stated in the record · 19 Jul 1904

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass garland bowl

Glass garland bowl

Artist not stated in the record · late 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Calochortus nuttallii Torr.

Calochortus nuttallii Torr.

Artist not stated in the record · 4 Jul 1950

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side Chair, by John Finlay

Side Chair

John Finlay · 1815–20

Public domainThe Met
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jul 2001

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drapery study for "A Venus", by Albert Joseph Moore

Drapery study for "A Venus"

Albert Joseph Moore · ca. 1868

Public domainThe Met
James Buchanan, by Jacob Eichholtz, born Lancaster, PA 1776-died Lancaster, PA 1842

James Buchanan

Jacob Eichholtz, born Lancaster, PA 1776-died Lancaster, PA 1842 · 1834

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drapery Study for "Battledore" (recto); Two Women (verso), by Albert Joseph Moore

Drapery Study for "Battledore" (recto); Two Women (verso)

Albert Joseph Moore · 1868–70

Public domainThe Met
Independence Declared 1776. The Union Must Be Preserved, by Moore, Thomas

Independence Declared 1776. The Union Must Be Preserved

Moore, Thomas · 1839

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The illustrated handbook of architecture : being a concise and popular account of the different styles of architecture prevailing in all ages and all countries, by James Fergusson

The illustrated handbook of architecture : being a concise and popular account of the different styles of architecture prevailing in all ages and all countries

James Fergusson · 1855

Public domainThe Met
Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore

Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore

Artist not stated in the record · 14 Jun 1953

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. 193 matched · 24 examined · 6 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. 145863 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 2026-09-06 05:23 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.