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 “Willard, Archibald M.” — 64 records examined, 31 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 00:19 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.
"Balloon" Shelf Clock, by Simon Willard

"Balloon" Shelf Clock

Simon Willard · 1780–90

Public domainThe Met
When, in the Course of Human Events It Becomes Necessary, by Willard, Archibald M.

When, in the Course of Human Events It Becomes Necessary

Willard, Archibald M. · ca 1876

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mary, Queen of Scots, by Robert Cooper

Mary, Queen of Scots

Robert Cooper · February 1809

Public domainThe Met
Why Bless My Heart, Johnny, You're Welcome! How's Your Mother ?, by Willard, Archibald M.

Why Bless My Heart, Johnny, You're Welcome! How's Your Mother ?

Willard, Archibald M. · 1876

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Man Holding Patent Office Book], by Oliver H. Willard

[Man Holding Patent Office Book]

Oliver H. Willard · ca. 1857

Public domainThe Met
Archibald Davidson; coverlet; Figured and Fancy, double cloth; 1835; New York, by Davidson, Archibald

Archibald Davidson; coverlet; Figured and Fancy, double cloth; 1835; New York

Davidson, Archibald · 1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Carrying the Cross, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

Christ Carrying the Cross

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1577–87

Public domainThe Met
Archibald Grimké, by The Donaldson Studio

Archibald Grimké

The Donaldson Studio · c. 1913

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor

Armor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1535

Public domainThe Met
Archibald Bruce, by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852

Archibald Bruce

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852 · 1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Composite Armor

Composite Armor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1485 and later, composed in the early 20th century

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Joseph Clapp Willard (1820-1897), by Fassett, S. M (Samuel Montague)

Portrait of Joseph Clapp Willard (1820-1897)

Fassett, S. M (Samuel Montague) · 1878

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Antoninus Kneeling before the Crucifix in Orsanmichele, Florence, by Bernardino Poccetti

Saint Antoninus Kneeling before the Crucifix in Orsanmichele, Florence

Bernardino Poccetti · 1600–1605

Public domainThe Met
Joseph Tuckerman, by M. Gauci, active 1810 - 1846

Joseph Tuckerman

M. Gauci, active 1810 - 1846 · 1834

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Endymion Sleeping, by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Endymion Sleeping

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) · 1635–50

Public domainThe Met
Archibald Stuart, by William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845

Archibald Stuart

William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845 · c. 1803-04

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Coronation of the Virgin, by Annibale Carracci

The Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci · after 1595

Public domainThe Met
Archibald Pleasants, Jr., by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852

Archibald Pleasants, Jr.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852 · 1808

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Porringer, by Jacob Hurd

Porringer

Jacob Hurd · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Archibald Brooks, by William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845

Archibald Brooks

William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845 · c. 1803-04

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

The Spanish Singer

Edouard Manet · 1860

Public domainThe Met
Lechea intermedia var. depauperata Hodgdon

Lechea intermedia var. depauperata Hodgdon

Artist not stated in the record · 31 Jul 1935

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teapot, by Kenneth McKenzie

Teapot

Kenneth McKenzie · 1733–34

Public domainThe Met
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv.

Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv.

Artist not stated in the record · 31 Jul 1935

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. 35 matched · 24 examined · 10 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. 1184814 matched · 40 examined · 21 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 00:19 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.