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 “Sir William Boxall” — 64 records examined, 28 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 19:27 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.
William Fraser of Reelig (1784–1835), by Sir Henry Raeburn

William Fraser of Reelig (1784–1835)

Sir Henry Raeburn · 1801

Public domainThe Met
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, by Sir William Boxall, 1800 - 1879

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

Sir William Boxall, 1800 - 1879 · 1857

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 William Howe, by Robert Pollard, 1755 - 1838

Sir William Howe

Robert Pollard, 1755 - 1838 · c. 1782

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
James McNeill Whistler, Age 14, by Sir William Boxall

James McNeill Whistler, Age 14

Sir William Boxall · after 1848

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
Sir William Allen, by Hill and Adamson

Sir William Allen

Hill and Adamson · ca. 1845

Public domainThe Met
Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966

Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966 · January 14, 1908

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759–1801), by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759–1801)

Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1782

Public domainThe Met
Sir William Boothby, by Unidentified (British)

Sir William Boothby

Unidentified (British) · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Sir William Boxall], by John and Charles Watkins

[Sir William Boxall]

John and Charles Watkins · 1860s

Public domainThe Met
July 4, 1776 John Hancock cover

July 4, 1776 John Hancock cover

Artist not stated in the record · July 4, 1776

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
Sir William Penn, by Elkanah Tisdale, 1768 - after 1834

Sir William Penn

Elkanah Tisdale, 1768 - after 1834 · 1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby, by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby

Sir Thomas Lawrence · 1790

Public domainThe Met
Sir William Penn, by Alexander Lawson, 1773 - 1846

Sir William Penn

Alexander Lawson, 1773 - 1846 · 1797

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
George IV (1762–1830), When Prince of Wales, by Sir William Beechey

George IV (1762–1830), When Prince of Wales

Sir William Beechey

Public domainThe Met
Sir General Arthur William Currie, by Joseph De Camp, born Cincinnati, OH 1858-died Boca Grande, FL 1923

Sir General Arthur William Currie

Joseph De Camp, born Cincinnati, OH 1858-died Boca Grande, FL 1923 · 1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Love Song, by Sir Edward Burne-Jones

The Love Song

Sir Edward Burne-Jones · 1868–77

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Sir James Thornhill

Portrait of Sir James Thornhill

Artist not stated in the record · 1786-1794

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
Sir William Penn, by Alexander Anderson, 1775 - 1870

Sir William Penn

Alexander Anderson, 1775 - 1870 · c. 1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wine cooler (one of a pair), by William Lukin I

Wine cooler (one of a pair)

William Lukin I · 1716/17

Public domainThe Met
Sir William Penn, by James Barton Longacre, 11 Aug 1794 - 1 Jan 1869

Sir William Penn

James Barton Longacre, 11 Aug 1794 - 1 Jan 1869 · c. 1835

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. 1662 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 264181 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 2026-09-01 19:27 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.