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. 22 shown for “Painter of London B 343” — 64 records examined, 31 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 08:17 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.
Terracotta stamnos (jar), by Painter of London B 343

Terracotta stamnos (jar)

Painter of London B 343 · late 6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Iris chrysophylla Howell

Iris chrysophylla Howell

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Apr 2014

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), by Princeton Group

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Princeton Group · ca. 540–530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin West, by Charles Heath, 1785 - 1848

Benjamin West

Charles Heath, 1785 - 1848 · 1818

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta amphora (jar), by Group E

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Group E · ca. 550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin West, by James Fittler, 1758 - 1835

Benjamin West

James Fittler, 1758 - 1835 · 1817

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (one of a pair), by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Vase (one of a pair)

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1762

Public domainThe Met
The Mansion House, London

The Mansion House, London

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles Shannon, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966

Charles Shannon

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966 · February 5, 1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute, by Joseph Mallord William Turner

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute

Joseph Mallord William Turner · ca. 1835

Public domainThe Met
J. A. M. Whistler, by London Stereoscopic Co., active 1854 - c. 1902

J. A. M. Whistler

London Stereoscopic Co., active 1854 - c. 1902 · c. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, by Euphiletos Painter

Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora

Euphiletos Painter · ca. 530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
One of a Pair of Candlesticks, by Richard Hodd & Son, London, England, active. 1872 – ca. 1880

One of a Pair of Candlesticks

Richard Hodd & Son, London, England, active. 1872 – ca. 1880 · 1878

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), by Group of Polygnotos

Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Group of Polygnotos · ca. 440–430 BCE

Public domainThe Met
One of a Pair of Candlesticks, by Richard Hodd & Son, London, England, active. 1872 – ca. 1880

One of a Pair of Candlesticks

Richard Hodd & Son, London, England, active. 1872 – ca. 1880 · 1878

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta oinochoe (jug), by Painter of London B 620

Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Painter of London B 620 · ca. 520 BCE

Public domainThe Met
John Singer Sargent, by Hentschel Colourtype Lithography Company, active c. 1907 - 1911

John Singer Sargent

Hentschel Colourtype Lithography Company, active c. 1907 - 1911 · 1909

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), by Painter of London B 76

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Painter of London B 76 · ca. 570–560 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Uneven bar grips used by Gabby Douglas in the 2012 London Olympics, by Bailie Grips, American

Uneven bar grips used by Gabby Douglas in the 2012 London Olympics

Bailie Grips, American · 2012

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) with centaur battling a warrior, by Painter of London B 31

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) with centaur battling a warrior

Painter of London B 31 · ca. 575–550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Frank Brangwyn, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966

Frank Brangwyn

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966 · September 8, 1904

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta hydria (water jar), by Painter of London B 76

Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Painter of London B 76 · ca. 560–550 BCE

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. 1774 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. 3166550 matched · 40 examined · 29 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-03 08:17 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.