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 “Mrs. Withers, English, active 19th c.” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 18:33 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.
Transverse Flute in D-flat, by Claude Laurent

Transverse Flute in D-flat

Claude Laurent · 1813

Public domainThe Met
Dianthus Hybridus Multiflorus, Plate LI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Dianthus Hybridus Multiflorus, Plate LI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea urn, by P. B., Paris

Tea urn

P. B., Paris · 1845

Public domainThe Met
Primula Sinensis Filicifolia Rubra, Plate LXVIII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Primula Sinensis Filicifolia Rubra, Plate LXVIII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teakettle and spirit lamp with stand, by Paul de Lamerie

Teakettle and spirit lamp with stand

Paul de Lamerie · 1744/45

Public domainThe Met
Stokesia Cyanea, Plate XLII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by Mrs. Withers, English, active 19th c.

Stokesia Cyanea, Plate XLII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

Mrs. Withers, English, active 19th c. · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, by Jean Pucelle

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France

Jean Pucelle · ca. 1324–28

Public domainThe Met
Primula Praenitens, Var. Atrorosea Plena, Plate LXII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet", by E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

Primula Praenitens, Var. Atrorosea Plena, Plate LXII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886 · ca. 1857–1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned, by Carlo Crivelli

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Carlo Crivelli · 1472

Public domainThe Met
C. Withers, by William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845

C. Withers

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen, and Leonard, by Correggio (Antonio Allegri)

Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen, and Leonard

Correggio (Antonio Allegri) · ca. 1515

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles, by A. Pauquet, French, active 19th c.

Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

A. Pauquet, French, active 19th c. · August 1858

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Abduction of Rebecca, by Eugène Delacroix

The Abduction of Rebecca

Eugène Delacroix · 1846

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles, by Gilguin & Dupain, French, active 19th c.

Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

Gilguin & Dupain, French, active 19th c. · ca. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Hans Memling

The Annunciation

Hans Memling · ca. 1465–70

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles, by Gilguin & Dupain, French, active 19th c.

Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

Gilguin & Dupain, French, active 19th c. · September 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, by Hans Memling

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara

Hans Memling · early 1480s

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles, by A. Pauquet, French, active 19th c.

Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

A. Pauquet, French, active 19th c. · February 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Joos van Wassenhove

The Adoration of the Magi

Joos van Wassenhove · 1472–74

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate no. 319 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes, by Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c.

Fashion Plate no. 319 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c. · 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Marriage Feast at Cana, by Juan de Flandes

The Marriage Feast at Cana

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1497

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate no. 310 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes, by Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c.

Fashion Plate no. 310 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c. · 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teakettle, by Benjamin Brewood II

Teakettle

Benjamin Brewood II · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate no. 347 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes, by Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c.

Fashion Plate no. 347 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c. · 1861

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. 371 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 1116547 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 18:33 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.