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
162 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
274 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 30 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Longcase clock with calendar
Thomas Tompion (d. 1713)
ca. 1700 · Case: walnut; oak veneered with walnut; and string inlays of holly and stained holly; Dial: partly gilded and partly silvered brass; Movement: brass and steel
Cleared · Public Domain
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Longcase clock
Thomas Dickenson (d. 1827)
ca. 1807 · Case: rosewood, coniferous wood veneered with mahogany and inlaid with bands of holly, stained holly and bone, and brass; Dial: painted enamel on copper with brass hour hands; Movement: brass and steel
Cleared · Public Domain
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Shelf Clock
Seth Thomas (d. 1859)
ca. 1820 · Mahogany, maple, white pine
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.
Illustrated Catalogue of Clocks
Howard Watch and Clock Company (d. 1900)
1868 · Illustrations: wood engraving or photo 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.
Catalogue and Price List of Stoves & Hollow-ware
Thomas, Roberts, Stevenson & Company (d. 1900)
August 1869 · Illustrations: 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.
Illustrated Catalogue of Seth Thomas Clocks
Seth Thomas Clocks
1883–84 · Illustrations: wood engraving or photo 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.
Illustrated Catalogue of Clocks
F. Kroeber Clock Company (d. 1950)
ca. 1880 · Illustrations: wood engraving or photo 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.
Catalogue of Kerosene Burners, Lamps, Lamp Trimmings, Etc.
Bristol Brass & Clock Company (d. 1890)
1889 · Illustrations: 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.
Illustrated Catalogue of Clocks
New Haven Clock Company (d. 1950)
1889–90 · Illustrations: wood engraving or photo 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.
Thomas O'Brien and Company, Catalogue no. 35 of stoves, chimney pieces, kitchen ranges
Thomas O'Brien and Co. (d. 1950)
1899–1900 · Illustrations: lithographs, printed in blue ink
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.
Seth Thomas Clock Company, Catalogue of 1922, No. 765
Seth Thomas Clocks
1922 · Illustrations: photolithography
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.
[Catalogue of] Scythes, Sickles, Hooks, Garden Tools, Edge Tools, and Agricultural Tools
Thomas Staniforth & Company (d. 1960)
1929 · Illustrations: wood engraving and transfer process
In copyright
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