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 “John Cochran” — 64 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 03:59 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.
William Shakespeare, by John Cochran

William Shakespeare

John Cochran · 1827

Public domainThe Met
John Cochrane

John Cochrane

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side of a Greenhouse, by George Cochran Lambdin

Side of a Greenhouse

George Cochran Lambdin · 1870–80 (?)

Public domainThe Met
Grand Banner of the Radical Democracy for 1864, by Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907

Grand Banner of the Radical Democracy for 1864

Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907 · 1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98

Public domainThe Met
Frontispiece to "A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery", by John Cochran, 1821 - 1865

Frontispiece to "A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery"

John Cochran, 1821 - 1865 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98

Public domainThe Met
James Cochran Dobbin

James Cochran Dobbin

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Maulana Azhar

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Maulana Azhar · ca. 1430

Public domainThe Met
Film still for The Emperor Jones

Film still for The Emperor Jones

Artist not stated in the record · 1933

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase clock, by John Ashbrooke

Longcase clock

John Ashbrooke · ca. 1695–1700

Public domainThe Met
Carex hermannii Cochrane

Carex hermannii Cochrane

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Jul 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98

Public domainThe Met
Freziera undulata (Sw.) Willd.

Freziera undulata (Sw.) Willd.

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Jul 2008

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98

Public domainThe Met
Parkinsonia texana (A. Gray) S. Watson

Parkinsonia texana (A. Gray) S. Watson

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Mar 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Nizami

"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami · ca. 1430

Public domainThe Met
Trichilia havanensis Jacq.

Trichilia havanensis Jacq.

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Mar 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Nizami

"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami · ca. 1430

Public domainThe Met
Crataegus gracilior J.B. Phipps

Crataegus gracilior J.B. Phipps

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Mar 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98

Public domainThe Met
Rhus trilobata Nutt.

Rhus trilobata Nutt.

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Mar 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Alexander is Lowered into the Sea", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"Alexander is Lowered into the Sea", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1597–98

Public domainThe Met
Citrus sp.

Citrus sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Mar 1976

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. 26 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 261655 matched · 40 examined · 15 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 2026-08-28 03:59 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.