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
2306 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
314 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 5,791 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Actress wearing blue sleeveless bodice with red flower at neckline, from Stars of the Stage, First Series (N129) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1890 · Commercial color lithograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing feathered bodice, from the Actresses series (N664) promoting Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco
Unrecorded maker
1888–90 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing white sleeveless bodice with blue floral details, from Stars of the Stage, First Series (N129) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1890 · Commercial color lithograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing yellow bodice, from Stars of the Stage, First Series (N129) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1890 · Commercial color lithograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing ornate costume with gold bodice and blue trousers, from Stars of the Stage, Second Series (N130) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1891 · Commercial color lithograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing dress with dark bodice, from the Actresses series (N668)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1888 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing hand-colored blue bodice, from the Actresses series (N668)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1888 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing hand-colored blue necklace, from the Actresses series (N668)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1888 · Albumen photograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Actress wearing blue bodice, from Stars of the Stage, Fourth Series (N132) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)
1892–93 · Commercial color lithograph
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 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
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 yellow plaid bodice, from the Actresses series (T176) issued by Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company (d. 2011)
ca. 1901 · 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 from Motion Picture Stars trade cards (W618)
Kashin Publications
late 1920s · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
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