Rights clearance desk for images
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.
Where this page got its records
2507 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
361 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 333 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Actress in profile wearing simple headpiece, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company (d. 2011)
1890 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Actress in profile wearing ornamental headpiece], from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP840884.jpg)
[Actress in profile wearing ornamental headpiece], from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
ca. 1891 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Actress wearing costume with ornate pointed headpiece], from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP841016.jpg)
[Actress wearing costume with ornate pointed headpiece], from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
ca. 1891 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Actress wearing tall headpiece], from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP840998.jpg)
[Actress wearing tall headpiece], from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
ca. 1891 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo 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.
Actress wearing beaded hair ornament and low-cut bodice (Die-Cut), from the Tinted Photos series (N89) for Duke brand cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1887 · Die-cut photolithograph
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Actress wearing beaded headpiece and low-cut bodice, from the Tinted Photos series (N89) for Duke brand cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1887 · Photolithograph
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Actress wearing exotic beaded head wrap, from the Tinted Photos series (N89) for Duke brand cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1887 · Photolithograph
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Actress wearing metal headpiece (Die-Cut), from the Tinted Photos series (N89) for Duke brand cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1887 · Die-cut photolithograph
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Actress wearing metal headpiece, from the Tinted Photos series (N89) for Duke brand cigarettes
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1887 · Photolithograph
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Actress wearing a black beaded dress, from the Actresses series (N280) issued by D. Buchner & Co.
D. Buchner & Co., New York (d. 1900)
1891 · Commercial color lithograph
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Actress wearing a tiara and blue beaded bodice, from the Actresses series (N280) issued by D. Buchner & Co.
D. Buchner & Co., New York (d. 1900)
1891 · Commercial color lithograph
In copyright
live1. Pin the work
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2. Read the arithmetic
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3. Seal and export
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