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. 23 shown for “Robert Reid” — 64 records examined, 39 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 17:56 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.
Northumbrian Small-pipes, by Robert Reid

Northumbrian Small-pipes

Robert Reid · ca. 1810

Public domainThe Met
The White Parasol, by Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929

The White Parasol

Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929 · ca. 1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oleanders, by Vincent van Gogh

Oleanders

Vincent van Gogh · 1888

Public domainThe Met
The Bathers, by Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929

The Bathers

Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929 · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Peonies, by Edouard Manet

Peonies

Edouard Manet · 1864–65

Public domainThe Met
The Violet Kimono, by Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929

The Violet Kimono

Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929 · ca. 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat · 1887–88

Public domainThe Met
The Mirror, by Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929

The Mirror

Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929 · ca. 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
On the Beach, Dieppe, by Eugène Boudin

On the Beach, Dieppe

Eugène Boudin · 1864

Public domainThe Met
Thomas Mayne Reid, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Thomas Mayne Reid

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Natchez, by Eugène Delacroix

The Natchez

Eugène Delacroix · 1823–24 and 1835

Public domainThe Met
Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid

Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Still Life with Apples and Pears, by Paul Cézanne

Still Life with Apples and Pears

Paul Cézanne · ca. 1891–92

Public domainThe Met
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass, by Edgar Degas

Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass

Edgar Degas · ca. 1882–85

Public domainThe Met
James Reid Lambdin Self-Portrait, by James Reid Lambdin, 10 May 1807 - 31 Jan 1889

James Reid Lambdin Self-Portrait

James Reid Lambdin, 10 May 1807 - 31 Jan 1889 · c. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Brioche, by Edouard Manet

The Brioche

Edouard Manet · 1870

Public domainThe Met
Whitelaw Reid, by Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1851 - 1922

Whitelaw Reid

Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1851 - 1922 · 1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Northumbrian Small-Pipe, by John Center

Northumbrian Small-Pipe

John Center · after 1867

Public domainThe Met
Whitelaw Reid, by Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896

Whitelaw Reid

Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896 · c. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Workbook Recording the Engraved Firearms Ornament of Louis D. Nimschke (1832–1904), by Louis Daniel Nimschke

Workbook Recording the Engraved Firearms Ornament of Louis D. Nimschke (1832–1904)

Louis Daniel Nimschke · ca. 1850–1900

Public domainThe Met
Mrs. James Reid Lambdin (Mary O'Hara Cochran), by James Reid Lambdin, born Pittsburgh, PA 1807-died KY 1889

Mrs. James Reid Lambdin (Mary O'Hara Cochran)

James Reid Lambdin, born Pittsburgh, PA 1807-died KY 1889 · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Set of Sixty-Two Engraving Tools of Louis D. Nimschke (1832–1904), by Louis Daniel Nimschke

Set of Sixty-Two Engraving Tools of Louis D. Nimschke (1832–1904)

Louis Daniel Nimschke · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Captain James R. Reid, by Unidentified Artist

Captain James R. Reid

Unidentified Artist · n.d.a.

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. 40 matched · 24 examined · 12 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. 156296 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 2026-09-04 17:56 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.