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 “Painter of London E 317” — 64 records examined, 28 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 17:43 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 Nolan neck-amphora (jar), by Painter of London E 317

Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Painter of London E 317 · mid-5th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of a Raja, probably Raja Dhrub Dev of Jasrota

Portrait of a Raja, probably Raja Dhrub Dev of Jasrota

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1690-1700

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 Charles Heath, 1785 - 1848

Benjamin West

Charles Heath, 1785 - 1848 · 1818

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

Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora

Euphiletos Painter · ca. 530 BCE

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

Benjamin West

James Fittler, 1758 - 1835 · 1817

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking), by Painter of London E 100

Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

Painter of London E 100 · ca. 460 BCE

Public domainThe Met
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
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), by Painter of London E 777

Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Painter of London E 777 · ca. 450 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Fuirena simplex Vahl

Fuirena simplex Vahl

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Jul 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), by Painter of London E 100

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Painter of London E 100 · ca. 460 BCE

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 Nolan neck-amphora (jar), by Painter of London E 342

Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Painter of London E 342 · ca. 460 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 bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), by Painter of London E 497

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

Painter of London E 497 · ca. 440 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
The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, by William Hogarth

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox

William Hogarth · 1729

Public domainThe Met
Didymopanax pittieri Marchal

Didymopanax pittieri Marchal

Artist not stated in the record · Jan 1889

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47), by Royal Workshops at Greenwich

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Royal Workshops at Greenwich · dated 1527

Public domainThe Met
J. A. M. Whistler, by Walter Greaves, 4 Jul 1846 - 23 Nov 1930

J. A. M. Whistler

Walter Greaves, 4 Jul 1846 - 23 Nov 1930 · 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, by Anthony van Dyck

James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox

Anthony van Dyck · ca. 1633–35

Public domainThe Met
J. A. M. Whistler, by Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son Lithography Company, active 1867 - c. 1905

J. A. M. Whistler

Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son Lithography Company, active 1867 - c. 1905 · 1878

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta amphora (jar), by Berlin Painter

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Berlin Painter · ca. 490 BCE

Public domainThe Met
George Catlin, by William Fisk, 1796 - 8 Nov 1872

George Catlin

William Fisk, 1796 - 8 Nov 1872 · 1849

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. 1804 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. 3574912 matched · 40 examined · 28 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 2026-08-27 17:43 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.