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 Lynch” — 59 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 05:12 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.
Cavalry Officer's Saber, by John Lynch

Cavalry Officer's Saber

John Lynch · ca. 1810

Public domainThe Met
John Lynch, by William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845

John Lynch

William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845 · c. 1803-04

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Richard Humphreys, the Boxer, by John Hoppner

Richard Humphreys, the Boxer

John Hoppner

Public domainThe Met
John Roy Lynch, by Charles Milton Bell, 3 Apr 1848 - 12 May 1893

John Roy Lynch

Charles Milton Bell, 3 Apr 1848 - 12 May 1893 · c. 1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Art treasures of the United Kingdom from the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by Francis Bedford

Art treasures of the United Kingdom from the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester

Francis Bedford · 1858

Public domainThe Met
Heroes of the Colored Race, by Joseph Hoover, 1830 - 1913

Heroes of the Colored Race

Joseph Hoover, 1830 - 1913 · 1881

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), by Achilles Painter

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Achilles Painter · 445-435 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Abutilon theophrasti Medik.

Abutilon theophrasti Medik.

Artist not stated in the record · 29 May 1967

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
View of a Mosque and Gateway at Motijhil, by Sita Ram

View of a Mosque and Gateway at Motijhil

Sita Ram · ca. 1814–23

Public domainThe Met
Afro-American Historical Family Record, by James M. Vickroy, 1847 - 1913

Afro-American Historical Family Record

James M. Vickroy, 1847 - 1913 · 1899

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Album Page with Decoupe Vase of Flowers, Insects, and Birds, by Muhammad Hasan

Album Page with Decoupe Vase of Flowers, Insects, and Birds

Muhammad Hasan · 1630–40

Public domainThe Met
Engraved portrait of five members of Reconstruction Congresses, by Wellstood & Co., American

Engraved portrait of five members of Reconstruction Congresses

Wellstood & Co., American · early 1880s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
John H. "Jack" Lynch, New York Metropolitans, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, by Goodwin & Company

John H. "Jack" Lynch, New York Metropolitans, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company · 1887–90

Public domainThe Met
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth

Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Jul 2016

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
John H. "Jack" Lynch, New York Metropolitans, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, by Goodwin & Company

John H. "Jack" Lynch, New York Metropolitans, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company · 1887–90

Public domainThe Met
Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jul 2016

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
John H. "Jack" Lynch, New York Metropolitans, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, by Goodwin & Company

John H. "Jack" Lynch, New York Metropolitans, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company · 1887–90

Public domainThe Met
Aristida purpurea Nutt.

Aristida purpurea Nutt.

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Jul 2016

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
John C. Calhoun, by Savinien Edme Dubourjal

John C. Calhoun

Savinien Edme Dubourjal · 1846

Public domainThe Met
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

Artist not stated in the record · 11 Jul 2016

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces

Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Helianthus annuus L.

Helianthus annuus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 14 Sep 2016

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[The Great Man Has Fallen], by Robert H. Vance

[The Great Man Has Fallen]

Robert H. Vance · 1856

Public domainThe Met
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Jun 2016

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. 19 matched · 19 examined · 7 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. 261207 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 2026-08-27 05:12 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.