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 “Presentation Trumpet” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 14:17 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.
Circular Trumpet

Circular Trumpet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, by unknown

Presentation Trumpet

unknown · unknown

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Cloisters Apocalypse

The Cloisters Apocalypse

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1330

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet

Presentation Trumpet

Artist not stated in the record · unknown

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grand Piano, by Steinway & Sons

Grand Piano

Steinway & Sons · 1868

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, by unknown

Presentation Trumpet

unknown · unknown

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jagdhorn in G, by Jacob Schmidt

Jagdhorn in G

Jacob Schmidt · ca. 1710–20

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, by unknown

Presentation Trumpet

unknown · mid 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1892–94, cast by 1896

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, by unknown

Presentation Trumpet

unknown · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
World’s Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

World’s Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1892–94; cast by 1896

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, "Auburn Fire Dept.", by Gorham Manufacturing Company

Presentation Trumpet, "Auburn Fire Dept."

Gorham Manufacturing Company · ca 1881

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, and the head of a lion (verso), by William Blake

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, and the head of a lion (verso)

William Blake · 1780–85

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, "Washington Engine Co.", by unknown

Presentation Trumpet, "Washington Engine Co."

unknown · ca 1826

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inkwell with three putti, by Francesco Bertos

Inkwell with three putti

Francesco Bertos · probably 1738

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, "Thomas Baird", by unknown

Presentation Trumpet, "Thomas Baird"

unknown · unknown

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Fourth Angel Sounds the Trumpet and an Eagle Cries Woe

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Fourth Angel Sounds the Trumpet and an Eagle Cries Woe

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1180

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, by unknown

Presentation Trumpet

unknown · unknown

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jar, by Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory

Jar

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1750–60

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, "Rapid Hose Company", by unknown

Presentation Trumpet, "Rapid Hose Company"

unknown · unknown

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Funerary Monument or Epitaph with Mourning Figures, by Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

Design for a Funerary Monument or Epitaph with Mourning Figures

Anonymous, Italian, 18th century · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, "John A. Johnson", by unknown

Presentation Trumpet, "John A. Johnson"

unknown · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Genius of Castiglione, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) · ca. 1645–47 (published 1648)

Public domainThe Met
Presentation Trumpet, "Charles M. Bartleson", by unknown

Presentation Trumpet, "Charles M. Bartleson"

unknown · unknown

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. 54 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. 20852 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 2026-09-06 14:17 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.