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

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

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Results for "Word by the Way"12 records

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The Half-Way House by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Half-Way House

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

published 1787 (a later reissue) · Hand-colored etching and aquatint; a reissue

Cleared · Public Domain

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Avatamsaka Sutra No. 78 by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Avatamsaka Sutra No. 78

Unrecorded maker

1300s · Bound Volume, Folded book with illustrated frontispiece; gold and silver on mulberry paper

Cleared · CC0

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Whistler with the White Lock by Thomas Robert Way, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whistler with the White Lock

Thomas Robert Way (d. 1913)

1890–1900 (?) · Lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Lal, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

Lal (d. 1600)

c. 1596–1600 · Painting, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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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 Nearest Way in Summertime

Thomas Creswick (d. 1869)

1857–71 · Hand-colored lithograph

In copyright

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Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page

Unrecorded maker

1500s · Manuscript, ink, gold, and colors on paper

Cleared · CC0

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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.

Word by the Way

Kerr Eby (d. 1946)

1919 · Etching

In copyright

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Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Left Folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Left Folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece

Unrecorded maker

1500s · Manuscript, ink, gold, and colors on paper

Cleared · CC0

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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.

By the way, I suppose the Metropolitan Museum is well worth a visit?

Charles Frederick Peters (d. 1948)

1925–39 · Pen and ink

In copyright

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Pillow cover with Arabic inscription by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pillow cover with Arabic inscription

Unrecorded maker

800s · Textile, Wool and linen: tapestry weave

Cleared · CC0

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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.

By the way, I suppose the Metropolitan Museum is well worth a visit?

Charles Frederick Peters (d. 1948)

1925–39 · Photomechanical process

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 Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Paulinurus

Paulinurus

1955

In copyright

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