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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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    1417 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand by Chelsea Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand

Chelsea Porcelain Factory

c. 1755 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

Cleared · CC0

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Cover for a Hen and Chicks Tureen by Chelsea Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cover for a Hen and Chicks Tureen

Chelsea Porcelain Factory

c. 1755 · Ceramic, porcelain

Cleared · CC0

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Stand for a Hen and Chicks Tureen by Chelsea Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Stand for a Hen and Chicks Tureen

Chelsea Porcelain Factory

c. 1755 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

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Hen and Chicks Tureen by Chelsea Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hen and Chicks Tureen

Chelsea Porcelain Factory

c. 1755 · Ceramic, porcelain

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Figure of the Pietà by Joseph Willems, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure of the Pietà

Joseph Willems (d. 1766)

c. 1761 · Ceramic, Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels

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London Nomades by John Thomson, The Cleveland Museum of Art

London Nomades

John Thomson (d. 1921)

1877 · Photograph, woodburytype

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Tea Caddy by Paul Jacques de Lamerie, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tea Caddy

Paul Jacques de Lamerie (d. 1751)

1741–42 · Silver, silver gilt

Cleared · CC0

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Pairs of Figures from the Four Continents by Chelsea Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pairs of Figures from the Four Continents

Chelsea Porcelain Factory

c. 1760 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

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Covered Tureen on Stand by Paul Storr, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Covered Tureen on Stand

Paul Storr (d. 1844)

1812 · Silver, silver

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Cover for a Two-Handled Cup by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cover for a Two-Handled Cup

Unrecorded maker

1686 · Silver, silver gilt

Cleared · CC0

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Tureen by Paul Storr, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tureen

Paul Storr (d. 1844)

1812 · Silver, silver

Cleared · CC0

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Two-Handled Cup and Cover by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Two-Handled Cup and Cover

Unrecorded maker

1686 · Silver, silver gilt

Cleared · CC0

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