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A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.

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  • The Metlive

    282 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    439 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for ""Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16,"11 records

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Samson and Delilah by Master ES, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Samson and Delilah

Master ES (d. 1467)

15th century · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Justice by Bartolomeo Ammanati (Ammannati), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Justice

Bartolomeo Ammanati (Ammannati) (d. 1592)

possibly modeled ca. 1565, possibly cast late 16th century · Bronze, on a later porphyry base

Cleared · Public Domain

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Wig cabinet (cabinet de coiffure) by Johann Daniel Sommer II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wig cabinet (cabinet de coiffure)

Johann Daniel Sommer II (d. 1698)

ca. 1685 · Oak and walnut veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, and marquetry of pewter, mother of pearl, and tortoiseshell colored red on the reverse; silver; brocaded damask (not original)

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina by Philip Dawe, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Philip Dawe (d. 1809)

March 25, 1775 · Mezzotint

Cleared · Public Domain

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Center table by Imperial Armory, Tula (south of Moscow), Russia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center table

Imperial Armory, Tula (south of Moscow), Russia

ca. 1780–85 · Steel, silver, gilt copper, gilt brass, basswood; replaced mirror glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876) by Charles Samuel Keene, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)

Charles Samuel Keene (d. 1891)

1876 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Philip Dawe (d. 1809)

March 25, 1775 · Mezzotint

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Illustrated London Almanack

Mason Jackson (d. 1903)

1865–70 · Illustrations: wood engravings and color lithographs

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Illustrated London Almanack

Samuel John Carter (d. 1892)

1871–75 · Illustrations: wood engravings and color lithographs

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Illustrated London Almanack

William Biscombe Gardner (d. 1919)

1876–80 · Illustrations: wood engravings and color lithographs

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Illustrated London Almanack

Jabez Hogg (d. 1899)

1886–91 · Illustrations: wood engravings and color lithographs

In copyright

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