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 “Needlework Picture with Maypole Scene” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 01:26 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.
Needlework Picture with Maypole Scene

Needlework Picture with Maypole Scene

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Winter" Needlework Picture, by Hannah Jane Robinson

"Winter" Needlework Picture

Hannah Jane Robinson · 1819

Public domainThe Met
Les Quatre Saisons, by Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815

Les Quatre Saisons

Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Embroidered Picture, by Elizabeth Folwell's School

Embroidered Picture

Elizabeth Folwell's School · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

Artist not stated in the record · 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Shepherdess of the Alps, by Evelina Hull

The Shepherdess of the Alps

Evelina Hull · ca. 1812

Public domainThe Met
Married, by Kelloggs & Thayer

Married

Kelloggs & Thayer · 1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cabinet with personifications of the Five Senses

Cabinet with personifications of the Five Senses

Artist not stated in the record · third quarter 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Memorial to George Washington

Memorial to George Washington

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hector Taking Leave of His Family, by Lucy Coit Huntington

Hector Taking Leave of His Family

Lucy Coit Huntington · 1810

Public domainThe Met
Lady of the Lake, by Kelloggs & Comstock

Lady of the Lake

Kelloggs & Comstock · 1848-1849

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Embroidered picture with farmyard scene

Embroidered picture with farmyard scene

Artist not stated in the record · first quarter 18th century

Public domainThe Met
The Riddle, by Robinson, Henry R.

The Riddle

Robinson, Henry R. · ca 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Biblical vignettes

Panel with Biblical vignettes

Artist not stated in the record · 1667

Public domainThe Met
Little Brother and Sister, by Gemmell, John

Little Brother and Sister

Gemmell, John · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Embroidered picture with hunting scene

Embroidered picture with hunting scene

Artist not stated in the record · first quarter 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Married, by Kelloggs & Comstock

Married

Kelloggs & Comstock · 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Embroidered picture with pastoral scene

Embroidered picture with pastoral scene

Artist not stated in the record · 1761

Public domainThe Met
Single, by Kelloggs & Thayer

Single

Kelloggs & Thayer · 1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Embroidered picture with mythological scenes

Embroidered picture with mythological scenes

Artist not stated in the record · 1702

Public domainThe Met
Joseph's Dream, by Dexter, Lucy

Joseph's Dream

Dexter, Lucy · 1809

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Musical Party in a Garden

Musical Party in a Garden

Artist not stated in the record · 1647

Public domainThe Met
The Spaniard, by Robinson, Henry R.

The Spaniard

Robinson, Henry R. · 1833-1843

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. 34 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 257056 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 01:26 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.