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The most-represented makers in the public-domain art archive

Poll, Willem van de is the most-represented named maker, credited on 19,411 works.

Named illustrators, photographers and makers ranked by works held; 2,416,597 of 3,105,797 plates carry a named maker.

RankMaker (verbatim)Works
1 Poll, Willem van de 19,411
2 Tropical West Atlantic 11,105
3 North American Terrestrial 9,691
4 Smithsonian Venezuelan Project 8,356
5 Edgar A. Mearns 8,331
6 Bilsen, Joop van / Anefo 7,625
7 Neotropical 7,396
8 Nearctic 7,181
9 E. W. Nelson 7,111
10 Rista, Simo 6,850
11 L. W. Macior 6,495
12 Northeast Pacific Temperate 6,092
13 Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) 5,421
14 Kannisto, Väinö Aleksi 5,380
15 V. Bailey 5,114
16 Dr. W. L. Abbott 4,860
17 Dr. Wendell P. Woodring 4,782
18 Noske, J.D. / Anefo 4,724
19 J. A. Loring 4,600
20 Carven 4,331
21 E. A. Goldman 4,095
22 Nelson 4,081
23 Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 3,921
24 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2939637 3,779
25 Rista, Eeva 3,742
26 Edward W. Nelson 3,679
27 Donald F. MacDonald 3,397
28 Pot, Harry / Anefo 3,379
29 European Terrestrial 3,305
30 Afrotropical 3,293
31 Robert Ridgway 3,188
32 Thomas D. Burleigh 3,111
33 C. P. Streator 3,091
34 D. C. Graham 3,058
35 Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo 3,045
36 J. C. Geest 3,006
37 E. A. Preble 2,978
38 Axel A. Olsson 2,859
39 onbekend 2,744
40 Indo-West Pacific 2,722
41 Rossem, Wim van / Anefo 2,713
42 Honoré Daumier 2,711
43 United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory 2,710
44 West Atlantic Boreale 2,685
45 Alexander Wetmore 2,647
46 H. C. Raven 2,609
47 Nijs, Jac. de / Anefo 2,551
48 R. E. Vaden 2,542
49 C. J. Marinkelle 2,494
50 David Kohls 2,492

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Updated 2026-09-05