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

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

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Results for "Study for Harper's January (In Washingto"11 records

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A Sibyl Holding a Scroll (Study for the Cimmerian Sibyl) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Sibyl Holding a Scroll (Study for the Cimmerian Sibyl)

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (d. 1666)

1638 · Pen and dark brown ink

Cleared · Public Domain

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Christmas Eve (published "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863) by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christmas Eve (published "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863)

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

originally published 1863 · Relief print and electrotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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Emancipation of the Negroes – The Past and the Future (from "Harper's Weekly") by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Emancipation of the Negroes – The Past and the Future (from "Harper's Weekly")

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

January 24, 1863 · Wood engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Santa Claus in Camp (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863) by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Santa Claus in Camp (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863)

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

originally published 1863 · Relief print and electrotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford by Frederic Remington, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford

Frederic Remington (d. 1909)

ca. 1893 · Watercolor on 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.

Front Page of "Harper's Weekly" showing the Obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle (Saturday, January 10, 1880)

Anonymous, American, late 19th century (d. 1900)

1880 · Hand-colored 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.

Illustration for "Youma, part II" in "Harper's New Monthly Magazine," January 1890

Howard Pyle (d. 1911)

1890 · Woodblock

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.

Study for Harper's August

Edward Penfield (d. 1925)

1894 · Ink, watercolor, and gouache

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.

Study for Harper's, April

Edward Penfield (d. 1925)

1894 · Ink, watercolor, and gouache with cut and pasted painted papers

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.

Harper's, January

Edward Penfield (d. 1925)

1895 · Lithograph

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.

Study for Harper's January (In Washington's Day)

Edward Penfield (d. 1925)

ca. 1896 · Ink, watercolor, and gouache on two pieces of blue paper

In copyright

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