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. 23 shown for “John Scott Bradstreet” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 12:55 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.
Stained glass window, by John Scott Bradstreet

Stained glass window

John Scott Bradstreet · 1906–8

Public domainThe Met
General John Bradstreet, by Thomas McIlworth, active c. 1757 - 1770

General John Bradstreet

Thomas McIlworth, active c. 1757 - 1770 · c. 1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Length, by John Scott Bradstreet

Length

John Scott Bradstreet · ca. 1905

Public domainThe Met
Lyman Walker and Henry Walton, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Lyman Walker and Henry Walton

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sofa, by John Scott Bradstreet and Company

Sofa

John Scott Bradstreet and Company · 1903–5

Public domainThe Met
Louis Albert Gudebrod, by Edward Bradstreet, 11 Nov 1878 - 14 Jan 1921

Louis Albert Gudebrod

Edward Bradstreet, 11 Nov 1878 - 14 Jan 1921 · 1906

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
John Barnard, by John Michael Rysbrack

John Barnard

John Michael Rysbrack · 1744

Public domainThe Met
Winfield Scott and John Ellis Wool, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Winfield Scott and John Ellis Wool

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Altarpiece with the Lives of Jesus, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint John the Evangelist, by Baldassare degli Embriachi

Altarpiece with the Lives of Jesus, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint John the Evangelist

Baldassare degli Embriachi · ca. 1390–1400

Public domainThe Met
Cabinet card of John H. Scott

Cabinet card of John H. Scott

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point, by William Keith

Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point

William Keith · 1879

Public domainThe Met
Officers of Our Army, 1861, by Unidentified Artist

Officers of Our Army, 1861

Unidentified Artist · c. 1861-62

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Building of Westminster Bridge, by Samuel Scott

The Building of Westminster Bridge

Samuel Scott

Public domainThe Met
General Winfield Scott, by Unidentified Artist

General Winfield Scott

Unidentified Artist · July 13, 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Joseph," Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekht, Chief of the "Nez Percé" Indians, by Olin Levi Warner

"Joseph," Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekht, Chief of the "Nez Percé" Indians

Olin Levi Warner · 1889; cast 1906

Public domainThe Met
Winfield Scott and Generals, by H. B. Hall

Winfield Scott and Generals

H. B. Hall · 1866

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mrs. Winfield Scott, by Asher Brown Durand

Mrs. Winfield Scott

Asher Brown Durand · 1831

Public domainThe Met
John G. Scott

John G. Scott

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Aten cartouche for jewelry

Aten cartouche for jewelry

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1347–1330 BCE

Public domainThe Met
John G. Scott

John G. Scott

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel stand naming the scribe Iui

Vessel stand naming the scribe Iui

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Grant and his Generals, by Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907

Grant and his Generals

Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907 · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Overseer Shabti of Psusennes I

Overseer Shabti of Psusennes I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1051–1002 BCE

Public domainThe Met
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. 412 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 279583 matched · 40 examined · 29 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-28 12:55 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.