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

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

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Portrait of a Lady by Lawrence Kilburn (or Kilbrunn), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Lady

Lawrence Kilburn (or Kilbrunn) (d. 1775)

1764 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pickle Stand by American China Manufactory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pickle Stand

American China Manufactory (d. 1772)

1770–72 · Soft-paste porcelain

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly Museum by Robert Aitken, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly Museum

Robert Aitken (d. 1802)

January–December 1775 · Illustrations: engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mad Tom in a Rage by Anonymous, American, 19th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mad Tom in a Rage

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

[1801] · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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The True American by Enoch Wood Perry, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The True American

Enoch Wood Perry (d. 1915)

ca. 1874 · Oil on canvas

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.

Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly Museum

Robert Aitken (d. 1802)

1775 · Illustrations: 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 Aboriginal Portfolio or a Collection of Portraits of the Most Celebrated Chiefs of North American Indians

James Otto Lewis (d. 1858)

1836–38 · Illustrations: hand-colored 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.

Transactions of the American Art-Union for the Year 1845

American Art-Union, New York (d. 1851)

1845 · Illustrations: etching, engraving and 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.

Transactions of the American Art-Union for the Year 1846

American Art-Union, New York (d. 1851)

1846 · Illustrations: etching, engraving, 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 North American Sylva; or a description of the forest trees of the U.S., Canada and Nova Scotia...

François André Michaux (d. 1855)

1859 · Illustrations: hand-colored engravings

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.

A Stairway in the Tiffany House, New York (McKim, Mead & White, Architects)

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

ca. 1888 · Photoengraving or 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.

Card No. 91, French Infantry Waiting for One of the German Zeppelin Bomb-Throwers or Air Scouts, from the World War I Scenes series (T121) issued by Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

American Tobacco Company

1914–15 · Photolithograph

In copyright

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