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. 20 shown for “McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844” — 48 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 16:51 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.
Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co, by Henry Inman

Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co

Henry Inman · 1832–33

Public domainThe Met
QUA-TA-WA-PLA. A SHAWANOE CHIEF from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

QUA-TA-WA-PLA. A SHAWANOE CHIEF from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1837-1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight, by Henry Inman

Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight

Henry Inman · 1832–33

Public domainThe Met
PA-SHE-PA-HAW. A SAUK CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

PA-SHE-PA-HAW. A SAUK CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1837-1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), by Jacques Louis David

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Jacques Louis David · 1788

Public domainThe Met
META-KOOSEGA. A CHIPPEWAY WARRIOR., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

META-KOOSEGA. A CHIPPEWAY WARRIOR., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1837-1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
PAYTA-KOOTHA. A SHAWANOE WARRIOR., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

PAYTA-KOOTHA. A SHAWANOE WARRIOR., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1837-1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Forest in Winter at Sunset, by Théodore Rousseau

The Forest in Winter at Sunset

Théodore Rousseau · ca. 1846–67

Public domainThe Met
SE-QUO-YAH, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

SE-QUO-YAH, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1837-1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen, by Adam August Müller

The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen

Adam August Müller · 1830

Public domainThe Met
PET-A-LE-SHAR-RO. A PAWNEE BRAVE., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

PET-A-LE-SHAR-RO. A PAWNEE BRAVE., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1837-1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lucas van Uffel (died 1637), by Anthony van Dyck

Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)

Anthony van Dyck · ca. 1622

Public domainThe Met
HAYNE-HUDJIHINI. THE EAGLE OF DELIGHT., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

HAYNE-HUDJIHINI. THE EAGLE OF DELIGHT., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1837-1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lectern in the Form of an Eagle, by Jehan Aert van Tricht

Lectern in the Form of an Eagle

Jehan Aert van Tricht · ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
ITCHO-TUSTINNUGGEE, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

ITCHO-TUSTINNUGGEE, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
APAULY-TUSTENNUGGEE., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

APAULY-TUSTENNUGGEE., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
AMISKQUEW. A MENOMINIE WARRIOR., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

AMISKQUEW. A MENOMINIE WARRIOR., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
OCHE-FINCECO, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

OCHE-FINCECO, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
JOHN ROSS. A CHEROKEE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844

JOHN ROSS. A CHEROKEE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney and Hall, 1836-1844 · ca. 1843

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. 8 matched · 8 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.8 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 330 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-09-01 16:51 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.