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 “William Henry Fisk” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 17:29 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.
Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, by William Henry Fisk

Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe

William Henry Fisk · 1853

Public domainThe Met
Calvin Coolidge and Cabinet, by Keystone View Company, active 1892 - 1963

Calvin Coolidge and Cabinet

Keystone View Company, active 1892 - 1963 · 1924

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
William Fraser of Reelig (1784–1835), by Sir Henry Raeburn

William Fraser of Reelig (1784–1835)

Sir Henry Raeburn · 1801

Public domainThe Met
James Fisk, by William R. Howell, 1846 - 1890

James Fisk

William R. Howell, 1846 - 1890 · c. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pocket bottle, by American Flint Glass Manufactory

Pocket bottle

American Flint Glass Manufactory · 1769–74

Public domainThe Met
Fisk Jubilee Singers, by Unidentified Artist

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Unidentified Artist · 1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Productions of the Leeds Photographic Society, by T. Dixon

Productions of the Leeds Photographic Society

T. Dixon · 1852

Public domainThe Met
Fiske Oscillating Engine, Patent Model

Fiske Oscillating Engine, Patent Model

Artist not stated in the record · 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wrack, by William Henry Fox Talbot

Wrack

William Henry Fox Talbot · 1839

Public domainThe Met
Harlan Stone, by Unidentified Artist

Harlan Stone

Unidentified Artist · c. 1943

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey], by William Henry Fox Talbot

[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey]

William Henry Fox Talbot · probably 1835

Public domainThe Met
George Catlin, by William Fisk, 1796 - 8 Nov 1872

George Catlin

William Fisk, 1796 - 8 Nov 1872 · 1849

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side Chair, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe

Side Chair

Benjamin Henry Latrobe · ca. 1808

Public domainThe Met
Calvin Coolidge and His Cabinet, by Harris & Ewing Studio, active 1905 - 1977

Calvin Coolidge and His Cabinet

Harris & Ewing Studio, active 1905 - 1977 · December 1924

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Latona and Her Children, Apollo and Diana, by William Henry Rinehart

Latona and Her Children, Apollo and Diana

William Henry Rinehart · 1870; carved 1874

Public domainThe Met
Achillea millefolium L.

Achillea millefolium L.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Aug 2010

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Clytie, by William Henry Rinehart

Clytie

William Henry Rinehart · 1869–70; carved 1872

Public domainThe Met
Sphaeralcea munroana (Douglas ex Lindl.) Spach ex A. Gray

Sphaeralcea munroana (Douglas ex Lindl.) Spach ex A. Gray

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Jul 2010 to 29 Jul 2010

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Antigone Pouring a Libation over the Corpse of Her Brother Polynices, by William Henry Rinehart

Antigone Pouring a Libation over the Corpse of Her Brother Polynices

William Henry Rinehart · 1867–70; carved 1870

Public domainThe Met
George Fiske, by George Fiske, 22 Oct 1835 - 21 Oct 1918

George Fiske

George Fiske, 22 Oct 1835 - 21 Oct 1918 · c. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Field Armor of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Field Armor of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1544

Public domainThe Met
Minnie Maddern Fiske, by José María Mora, c. 1847 - 18 Oct 1926

Minnie Maddern Fiske

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
General Henry Knox, by Charles Willson Peale

General Henry Knox

Charles Willson Peale · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Minnie Maddern Fiske, by Maximilien Colin, 1862 - 1894

Minnie Maddern Fiske

Maximilien Colin, 1862 - 1894 · 1893

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. 4631 matched · 24 examined · 9 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. 364880 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 17:29 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.