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
408 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
273 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 371 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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Pottergate, Lincoln, England
James Valentine (d. 1880)
c. 1870 · Photograph, albumen print
Cleared · CC0
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Benjamin Lincoln
James Peale (d. 1831)
1794 · Watercolor on ivory
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Roman Catholic Chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)
April 1, 1808 · Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Roman Catholic Chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)
April 1, 1808 · Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Cleared · Public Domain
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Weehawken from Turtle Grove
William James Bennett (d. 1844)
ca. 1830 · Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Necklace
Unrecorded maker
1845–50 · Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, silk and yellow gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Procession of People from Five Countries: Holland, Russia, France, England and America
Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (d. 1873)
1861 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
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.
Catalogue of New England Organ Company, Cabinet Organs
New England Organ Company (d. 1900)
1889 · Illustrations: lithography and wood 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.
World's Fair Excursions. Special Features of the New England Grocer's plan.
Unrecorded maker
1893
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.
Reed, Rattan and Willow Furniture
New England Reed Company (d. 1950)
1907–8 · Illustrations: photomechanical process
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.
How to Furnish an Eight Room House for £200, With Sketches from Our Stock
R. D. & J. B. Fraser, Ipswich, England (d. 1912)
early 20th century · Illustrations: photographic process
In copyright
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