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 Wood Dodge” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 23:16 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.
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of a Gentleman, by John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893 · 1832

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Isaac F. Tyson, by John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893

Isaac F. Tyson

John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893 · 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Four-Barreled Turnover Percussion Pistols of Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785–1851), with Pair of Box-Lock Turn-Off Pocket Pistols, Case, and Accessories, by James Purdey the Elder

Pair of Four-Barreled Turnover Percussion Pistols of Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785–1851), with Pair of Box-Lock Turn-Off Pocket Pistols, Case, and Accessories

James Purdey the Elder · 1831

Public domainThe Met
Colonel Elijah Rice, by John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893

Colonel Elijah Rice

John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893 · 1839

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flintlock Target Pistol of Prince William Frederick, Second Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834), with Case and Accessories, by Wogdon & Barton

Flintlock Target Pistol of Prince William Frederick, Second Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834), with Case and Accessories

Wogdon & Barton · 1801–3

Public domainThe Met
Varina Howell Davis, by John Wood Dodge, 4 Nov 1807 - 15 Dec 1893

Varina Howell Davis

John Wood Dodge, 4 Nov 1807 - 15 Dec 1893 · 1849

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oval table, by David Roentgen

Oval table

David Roentgen · ca. 1774–80

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Jackson, by Moseley Isaac Danforth, born Hartford, CT 1800-died New York City 1862

Andrew Jackson

Moseley Isaac Danforth, born Hartford, CT 1800-died New York City 1862 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
John Wood Dodge, by Edward S. Dodge

John Wood Dodge

Edward S. Dodge · ca. 1836–37

Public domainThe Met
Henry Augustus Coit, by John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893

Henry Augustus Coit

John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893 · 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side table, by John Wildsmith

Side table

John Wildsmith · table top 1759, base 1794

Public domainThe Met
Mordecai Manuel Noah, by John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893

Mordecai Manuel Noah

John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893 · 1834

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Henry Clay, by Henry S. Sadd, c. 1811 - 24 Nov 1893

Henry Clay

Henry S. Sadd, c. 1811 - 24 Nov 1893 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flintlock Longrifle, by Jacob Kuntz

Flintlock Longrifle

Jacob Kuntz · ca. 1810–20

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Jackson, by Nathaniel Currier, 27 Mar 1813 - 20 Nov 1888

Andrew Jackson

Nathaniel Currier, 27 Mar 1813 - 20 Nov 1888 · c. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode (Secrétaire à abattant), by Jean Henri Riesener

Commode (Secrétaire à abattant)

Jean Henri Riesener · 1783

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Jackson, by Moseley Isaac Danforth, 1800 - 1862

Andrew Jackson

Moseley Isaac Danforth, 1800 - 1862 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mechanical table, by Jean-François Oeben

Mechanical table

Jean-François Oeben · ca. 1761–63

Public domainThe Met
Hypotrachyna subplumbeata (C.W. Dodge) Hale

Hypotrachyna subplumbeata (C.W. Dodge) Hale

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Aug 1948

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories, by Samuel Colt

Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories

Samuel Colt · ca. 1853

Public domainThe Met
Lobelia ludoviciana Alph. Wood

Lobelia ludoviciana Alph. Wood

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Oct 1893

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. 3564 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. 474073 matched · 40 examined · 18 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 2026-09-03 23:16 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.