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. 19 shown for “Manley, Horace A.” — 64 records examined, 44 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 22:20 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.
Portrait of a "Mamelouk", by Horace Vernet

Portrait of a "Mamelouk"

Horace Vernet · 1810

Public domainThe Met
Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press, by Manley, Horace A.

Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press

Manley, Horace A. · ca 1879

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault (1791–1824), by Horace Vernet

Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)

Horace Vernet · probably 1822 or 1823

Public domainThe Met
Dr. James R. Manley, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Dr. James R. Manley

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1839

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, by Carle (Antoine Charles Horace) Vernet

The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus

Carle (Antoine Charles Horace) Vernet · 1789

Public domainThe Met
Dasymutilla mickeli

Dasymutilla mickeli

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Oct 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1180

Public domainThe Met
Ceramium rubrum C. Agardh

Ceramium rubrum C. Agardh

Artist not stated in the record · 1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Horace Mann, by Southworth and Hawes

Horace Mann

Southworth and Hawes · ca. 1850

Public domainThe Met
Photomorphus (Photomorphina) archboldi

Photomorphus (Photomorphina) archboldi

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Apr 1984 to 30 Apr 1984

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl With Musicians in a Garden

Bowl With Musicians in a Garden

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Conferva inequalis

Conferva inequalis

Artist not stated in the record · 15 May 1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Horace Vernet (1789–1863), by Pierre Jean David d'Angers

Horace Vernet (1789–1863)

Pierre Jean David d'Angers · 1828

Public domainThe Met
Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz.

Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz.

Artist not stated in the record · 21 May 1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768–1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet, by Horace Vernet

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768–1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet

Horace Vernet · 1833 or later

Public domainThe Met
Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches

Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Clarinet in B-flat, by Horace Meacham

Clarinet in B-flat

Horace Meacham · ca. 1825

Public domainThe Met
The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses, by Horace Vernet

The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

Horace Vernet · 1820

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of a Gentleman, by Horace Hone

Portrait of a Gentleman

Horace Hone · 1807

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. 995 matched · 24 examined · 11 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. 1765935 matched · 40 examined · 33 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.7 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-05 22:20 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.