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 “Sir Francis Chantrey” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 01:45 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.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), by Sir Francis Chantrey

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852)

Sir Francis Chantrey · 1823

Public domainThe Met
Sir Francis Drake, by Robert Vaughan, c. 1600 - 1678

Sir Francis Drake

Robert Vaughan, c. 1600 - 1678 · 1620-23

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sir Francis Chantrey, by William Wyon

Sir Francis Chantrey

William Wyon · 1846

Public domainThe Met
Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham, by Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham

Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England · 1737–38

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Foot-Combat Helm of Sir Giles Capel (1485–1556)

Foot-Combat Helm of Sir Giles Capel (1485–1556)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Sir Thomas Gresham, by Francis Delaram, 1589/90 - 1627

Sir Thomas Gresham

Francis Delaram, 1589/90 - 1627 · 1616-1619

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
R.A.'s of Genius Reflecting on the True Line of Beauty, at the Life Academy Somerset House, by Thomas Rowlandson

R.A.'s of Genius Reflecting on the True Line of Beauty, at the Life Academy Somerset House

Thomas Rowlandson · June 1, 1824

Public domainThe Met
Sir William Segar, by Francis Delaram, 1589/90 - 1627

Sir William Segar

Francis Delaram, 1589/90 - 1627 · c. 1618-24

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair, by Sir Joshua Reynolds

The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair

Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1761–66

Public domainThe Met
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, by Francis Delaram, 1589/90 - 1627

Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Francis Delaram, 1589/90 - 1627 · 1618

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Michael and Francis, by Juan de Flandes

Saints Michael and Francis

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1505–9

Public domainThe Met
Schizothrix friesii

Schizothrix friesii

Artist not stated in the record · 13 May 1914

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Sir James Scudamore (1558–1619), by Jacob Halder

Armor of Sir James Scudamore (1558–1619)

Jacob Halder · ca. 1595–96; restored and completed, 1915

Public domainThe Met
Sir Randall Roberts, by José María Mora, c. 1847 - 18 Oct 1926

Sir Randall Roberts

José María Mora, c. 1847 - 18 Oct 1926 · c. 1880-85

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte), by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte)

Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1787

Public domainThe Met
Clarkia davyi (Jeps.) F. H. Lewis & M.E. Lewis

Clarkia davyi (Jeps.) F. H. Lewis & M.E. Lewis

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Jun 2016

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shield of Sir John Smythe (1534–1607)

Shield of Sir John Smythe (1534–1607)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1575–85

Public domainThe Met
Scytonema sowerbyanum C. Agardh

Scytonema sowerbyanum C. Agardh

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, by Peter Paul Rubens

The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Peter Paul Rubens · early or mid-1630s

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of James Stuart, The Prince of Great Britain &c

Portrait of James Stuart, The Prince of Great Britain &c

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1688

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Field Armor Probably of Sir John Scudamore (1541 or 1542–1623), by Jacob Halder

Field Armor Probably of Sir John Scudamore (1541 or 1542–1623)

Jacob Halder · ca. 1587, restored and completed 1915

Public domainThe Met
Calothrix caespitula Harv. in Hook.

Calothrix caespitula Harv. in Hook.

Artist not stated in the record · 1831

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Passiflora serrata L.

Passiflora serrata L.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Apr 1921

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. 439 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. 72772 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 01:45 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.