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
400 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
306 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 24 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
The Surrender of Earl Cornwallis (Lieutenant General of the British Army in North America) to General Washington & Count De Rochambeau, on the 19th of October, 1781, from Barnard's New, Complete and Authentic History of England
T. Thornton (d. 1789)
1781–83, or 1791 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Benjamin Lincoln
James Peale (d. 1831)
1794 · Watercolor on ivory
Cleared · Public Domain
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Caving In, or a Rebel "Deeply Humiliated"
Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (d. 1916)
1864–65 · 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.
The Honorable B. Lincoln, Esqr., Major General in the American Army
John Norman (d. 1817)
1782 · Etching and engraving
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.
Major General Benjamin Lincoln, Of the Revolutionary Army of the United States, President of the Cincinnati of the State of Massachusetts
John Raphael Smith (d. 1812)
January 23, 1811 · Mezzotint
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.
The Builder's Guide, Illustrated by Sixty-six engravings, Which Exhibit the Orders of Architecture and Other Elements of the Art
Asher Benjamin (d. 1845)
1839 · Illustrations: engraving
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.
Panthéon Charivarique. 100 Portraits-Charges
Benjamin Roubaud (called "Benjamin") (d. 1847)
1842 · Lithographs
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.
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, October 19th, 1781
Nathaniel Currier (d. 1888)
1852 · Hand-colored 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.
The Boys and Girl's Self-Instructing Drawing Book, for Amusement and Recreation
Benjamin F. Nutting (d. 1887)
1862 · Illustrations: lithographs
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.
The Growth of Industrial Art
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth (d. 1898)
1892 · Illustrations: photo lithographs
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.
The Anatomy of the Horse
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (d. 1894)
19th century · Illustrations: wood engravings
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.
Abraham Lincoln: A Biography
Benjamin P. Thomas
1952
In copyright
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