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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

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

  • Clevelandlive

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

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 31 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "Old Stairs in Water Street, from "Harper"11 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Wooden Staircase at Chartres by Henri-Jean-Louis Le Secq, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooden Staircase at Chartres

Henri-Jean-Louis Le Secq (d. 1882)

1852 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sampler with compound division equation by Mary Ann Sadler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sampler with compound division equation

Mary Ann Sadler

mid-19th century · Silk embroidery on wool

Cleared · Public Domain

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Old Ferry Stairs by William P. Chappel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Old Ferry Stairs

William P. Chappel (d. 1878)

1870s · Oil on slate paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fifth Avenue Omnibuses: Proposed Design for the New Fifth Ave Omnibus & The Old Broadway Stages in 1831, from "Harper's Weekly" by Harper's Weekly, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fifth Avenue Omnibuses: Proposed Design for the New Fifth Ave Omnibus & The Old Broadway Stages in 1831, from "Harper's Weekly"

Harper's Weekly (d. 1916)

December 5, 1885 · Wood engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Venetian Passageway by John Singer Sargent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venetian Passageway

John Singer Sargent (d. 1925)

ca. 1905 · Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

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 View of the City of New York from Brooklyn Heights, in 1798 by Monsieur C. B. de Julien de St. Memin with a Pantograph Invented by Himself

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (d. 1852)

ca. 1850 · Engraving; first state

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.

Old Stairs in Water Street, from "Harper's Weekly"

Joseph Pennell (d. 1926)

October 28, 1882 · Wood engraving

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.

The Etcher's Folio: A Publication Devoted to the Interest of American Etchers, and the Promotion of American Art, Parts 1-12

Janentzky & Co. (d. 1950)

1884 · Etching

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.

The Riva Schiavoni, Venice

James Craig Annan (d. 1946)

1894 · Photogravure

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.

View of The Old Port, Saint-Tropez

Pierre Bonnard (d. 1947)

1911 · Oil on canvas

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.

Newsboy asleep on stairs with papers, Jersey City, New Jersey

Lewis Hine (d. 1940)

February 1912 · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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