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
362 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
431 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 1,310 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
![Chipping Sparrow. Fringilla socialis [current name: Chipping Sparrow. Spizella passerina], from "The Birds of America," plate CIV by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP-46574-002.jpg)
Chipping Sparrow. Fringilla socialis [current name: Chipping Sparrow. Spizella passerina], from "The Birds of America," plate CIV
John James Audubon (d. 1851)
ca. 1830 · Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
live![Song Sparrow. Fringilla melodia [current name: Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia], from "The Birds of America," plate 25 [later XXV] by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP-46575-001.jpg)
Song Sparrow. Fringilla melodia [current name: Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia], from "The Birds of America," plate 25 [later XXV]
John James Audubon (d. 1851)
1827–38 · Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Song Sparrow, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
Allen & Ginter
1888 · Commercial color lithograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Song Sparrow, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands
Allen & Ginter
1888 · Commercial color lithograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Amandava, from the Song Birds of the World series (N23) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
Allen & Ginter
1890 · Commercial color 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.
Maryland Colonial Currency – Six Dollars
Thomas Sparrow (d. 1784)
March 1, 1770 · Engraving, letterpress, and nature printing
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.
White Throated Sparrow. Fringilla Pennsylvanica [current name: White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis], from "The Birds of America," 1827–38, plate VIII
John James Audubon (d. 1851)
1827 · Hand-colored etching and engraving [without aquatint]
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.
Song Sparrow from Eggers Bird Booklets (W607)
Unrecorded maker
1941 · Commercial color photolithograph
In copyright
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