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 “Zachary Taylor” — 61 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 05:54 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.
Zachary Taylor, by Southworth and Hawes

Zachary Taylor

Southworth and Hawes · ca. 1850

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814 - 1889

Zachary Taylor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814 - 1889 · c. 1848

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medal of Zachary Taylor, by Franklin Peale

Medal of Zachary Taylor

Franklin Peale · 1849

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by John Burn Forrest, 1814 - 1870

Zachary Taylor

John Burn Forrest, 1814 - 1870 · c. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Token of Zachary Taylor

Token of Zachary Taylor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1876

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Wagner & McGuigan Lithography Company, active 1846 - 1858

Zachary Taylor

Wagner & McGuigan Lithography Company, active 1846 - 1858 · 1847

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louisiana to General Zachary Taylor, by Charles Cushing Wright

Louisiana to General Zachary Taylor

Charles Cushing Wright

Public domainThe Met
Death of Zachary Taylor, by Unidentified Artist

Death of Zachary Taylor

Unidentified Artist · 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louisiana to General Zachary Taylor, by Charles Cushing Wright

Louisiana to General Zachary Taylor

Charles Cushing Wright

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Jacques Reich, 10 Aug 1852 - 8 Jul 1923

Zachary Taylor

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Zachary Taylor Shafer, 2nd Base, St. Paul Apostles, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, by Goodwin & Company

Zachary Taylor Shafer, 2nd Base, St. Paul Apostles, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company · 1888

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Alfred M. Hoffy, active 1835 - 1864

Zachary Taylor

Alfred M. Hoffy, active 1835 - 1864 · 1847

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, Containing the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Twenty-four of the Most Eminent Citizens of the American Republic Since the Death of Washington, by Brady, D'Avignon and Company

The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, Containing the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Twenty-four of the Most Eminent Citizens of the American Republic Since the Death of Washington

Brady, D'Avignon and Company · 1850

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Edward Williams Clay, 19 Apr 1799 - 31 Dec 1857

Zachary Taylor

Edward Williams Clay, 19 Apr 1799 - 31 Dec 1857 · 1847

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flask, by Bridgetown Glass Works

Flask

Bridgetown Glass Works · ca. 1836–50

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Francis D'Avignon, 29 Oct 1813 - c. 1871

Zachary Taylor

Francis D'Avignon, 29 Oct 1813 - c. 1871 · 1849

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flask, by Dyottville Glass Works

Flask

Dyottville Glass Works · ca. 1847–48

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Albert Newsam, 20 May 1809 - 20 Nov 1864

Zachary Taylor

Albert Newsam, 20 May 1809 - 20 Nov 1864 · 1847

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flask, by Dyottville Glass Works

Flask

Dyottville Glass Works · ca. 1847–48

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Benjamin F. Childs, 1814 - 1863

Zachary Taylor

Benjamin F. Childs, 1814 - 1863 · 1848

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flask, by Dyottville Glass Works

Flask

Dyottville Glass Works · ca. 1848

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Sarony & Major Lithography Company, active 1846 - 1857

Zachary Taylor

Sarony & Major Lithography Company, active 1846 - 1857 · 1848

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flask, by Baltimore Glass Works

Flask

Baltimore Glass Works · ca. 1846

Public domainThe Met
Zachary Taylor, by Kelloggs & Comstock, active 1848 - 1850?

Zachary Taylor

Kelloggs & Comstock, active 1848 - 1850? · c. 1848

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. 21 matched · 21 examined · 4 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. 41578 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 2026-09-03 05:54 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.