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 “The Lord Euston” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 18:28 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.
Tapestry with Armorial Bearings and Badges of John, Lord Dynham

Tapestry with Armorial Bearings and Badges of John, Lord Dynham

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1488–1501

Public domainThe Met
The Lord Euston

The Lord Euston

Artist not stated in the record · 1689

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. late 11th century

Public domainThe Met
Eragrostis setifolia Nees

Eragrostis setifolia Nees

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 1947

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blessing Bishop (Saint Nicholas of Bari)

Blessing Bishop (Saint Nicholas of Bari)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350–75

Public domainThe Met
Maireana pentatropis (Tate) Paul G. Wilson

Maireana pentatropis (Tate) Paul G. Wilson

Artist not stated in the record · 11 Oct 1947

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stela of the royal scribe Amunnakht praising the divine barque of Amun-Re, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands

Stela of the royal scribe Amunnakht praising the divine barque of Amun-Re, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1197–1080 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Aristida behriana F. Muell.

Aristida behriana F. Muell.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Oct 1949

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rajah Starting on a Hunt, by Edwin Lord Weeks

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt

Edwin Lord Weeks · ca. 1895

Public domainThe Met
Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris Randell

Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris Randell

Artist not stated in the record · 19 Aug 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lachrymae, by Frederic, Lord Leighton

Lachrymae

Frederic, Lord Leighton · 1894–95

Public domainThe Met
Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC.

Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 May 1955

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed for Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Lord of the Two Lands

Scarab Inscribed for Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Lord of the Two Lands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Myriocephalus stuartii Benth.

Myriocephalus stuartii Benth.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Oct 1949

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Myoporum platycarpum R. Br.

Myoporum platycarpum R. Br.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Oct 1949

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cowroid Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Living

Cowroid Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Living

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Prostanthera serpyllifolia (R. Br.) Briq.

Prostanthera serpyllifolia (R. Br.) Briq.

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Aug 1979

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cowroid Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Living

Cowroid Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Living

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Lomandra leucocephala subsp. robusta A.T. Lee

Lomandra leucocephala subsp. robusta A.T. Lee

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Jul 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Lomandra leucocephala subsp. robusta A.T. Lee

Lomandra leucocephala subsp. robusta A.T. Lee

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Jul 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Amyema preissii Tiegh.

Amyema preissii Tiegh.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Feb 1979

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. 3524 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. 1184397 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 2026-09-02 18:28 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.