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 “Token of Andrew Johnson” — 64 records examined, 14 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 05:08 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.
Token of Andrew Johnson

Token of Andrew Johnson

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1876

Public domainThe Met
Station G Brooklyn, New York Owney tag

Station G Brooklyn, New York Owney tag

Artist not stated in the record · April 12, 1894

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Davida Johnson Clark, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Davida Johnson Clark

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1886

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by McClees & Vannerson, active 1857 - 1860

Andrew Johnson

McClees & Vannerson, active 1857 - 1860 · c. 1859

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Token of Andrew Jackson

Token of Andrew Jackson

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1876

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882

Andrew Johnson

Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882 · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · ca. 1449

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by John C. McRae, active 1850 - 1880

Andrew Johnson

John C. McRae, active 1850 - 1880 · c. 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland, by Jacob Halder

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland

Jacob Halder · 1586

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902

Andrew Johnson

Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902 · 1873

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saddle

Saddle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1420

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Anthony C. Paquet, 1814 - 1882

Andrew Johnson

Anthony C. Paquet, 1814 - 1882 · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Andrew Johnson, by Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882

Andrew Johnson

Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882 · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Left Gauntlet of Henry (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, by Jacob Halder

Left Gauntlet of Henry (1594–1612), Prince of Wales

Jacob Halder · ca. 1608

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869

Andrew Johnson

Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869 · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Francis in Ecstasy, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) · ca. 1650

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Irwin & Sartain

Andrew Johnson

Irwin & Sartain · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Basket of Flowers, by Eugène Delacroix

Basket of Flowers

Eugène Delacroix · 1848–49

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Jacques Reich, 10 Aug 1852 - 8 Jul 1923

Andrew Johnson

Jacques Reich, 10 Aug 1852 - 8 Jul 1923 · c. 1899-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Thou Art the Brightest Jewel in My Crown, by Thomas Nast

Thou Art the Brightest Jewel in My Crown

Thomas Nast · originally published 1868

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Peter Kramer, 1823 - 1907

Andrew Johnson

Peter Kramer, 1823 - 1907 · c. 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Supper, by Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio)

The Last Supper

Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) · ca. 1325

Public domainThe Met
Andrew Johnson, by Zorn & Company, active 1860 - 1870?

Andrew Johnson

Zorn & Company, active 1860 - 1870? · c. 1865-69

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. 89 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. 2884995 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 05:08 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.