This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
An exact prospect of the town of Carthagena in the Spanish West Indies [and] A New & exact plan of the harbour town & forts of Carthagena in the West Indies from a Spanish draught taken by Sr D'anville Geographer to the King of Spain (with de
1 May 1740
National Maritime Museum
Newark (1747); Devonshire (1745); Lancaster (1749). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Newark (1747), Devonshire (1745), and Lancaster (1749), all 1741 Establishment 80-gun Third Rate, three-deckers. La
1 May 1745
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 161ft 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, possibly the 'Culloden' (1747). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed 161ft 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. This plan may well be the design
1 May 1745
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1748). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a proposed new 70-gunThird Rate, three-decker, later Vanguard (1748).
Signed by Jacob Acworth [Surveyor of the Navy, 1715-17
1 May 1745
National Maritime Museum
'The Jocund Peasants'. Print by J. Browne after Cornelis Dusart, entitled ' The Jocund Peasant'. It shows a group of peasant seated at a table in a courtyard, drinking and smoking pipes.
Cornelis Dusart was Van Ostade's pupil. H
1 May 1767
National Maritime Museum
Grasshopper (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after platform for Grasshopper (1776), a purchased vessel as taken off and fitted as a 14-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford
1 May 1777
National Maritime Museum
Grasshopper (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Grasshopper (1776), a purchased vessel as taken off and fitted as a 14-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford. The plan include
1 May 1777
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782 – breaking the line. Inscribed: “To Lord Rodney Adml. of the White, Lord Hood, Sir Francis Samuel Drake Bart. Rear Admls of the Blue, Sir Edmund Affleck Bart. Commodore, The several Captains and Officers
1 May 1783
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782 – the end of the action. Inscribed: “To Lord Rodney Adml. of the White, Lord Hood, Sir Francis Samuel Drake Bart. Rear Admls of the Blue, Sir Edmund Affleck Bart. Commodore, The several Captains and Offi
1 May 1783
National Maritime Museum
Every Man has his Hobby Horse. Signed under the pseudonym 'J. Pether'. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
1 May 1784
National Maritime Museum
'Sir Joseph Banks Bt., President...' (1743-1820). This print, from West's oil portrait of about 1773 now in the Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, originally bore just the simple title 'Mr Banks' when first issued in that year. This l
1 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Cove and Tents of the English at Oroolong Published by G. Nichol, for Capt. Henry Wilson, as the Act directs May 1st 1788. Print
1 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
British East Indiamen, Anchoring in Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope (possibly Ocean 1788). Print
1 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
East Indiamen leaving St Helena (possibly Neptune and Ocean. Print.
1 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
View of the Pellew Islands, as taken by Mr Devis from the Observatory on Oroolong. Print
1 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
Arthur Phillip Esq Captain General & Commander in Chief, in & over the Territory of New South Wales. Print
1 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
The Thames or the Triumph of Navigation (caricature). 'The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation', by the artist James Barry (1741-1806. The image includes two couplets from the poem 'Cooper's Hill' by Sir John Denham (1615-1669):
1 May 1791
National Maritime Museum
Alfonso de Albuquerque, A.D.1509. Governor of India. Literary Magazine. Print
1 May 1792
National Maritime Museum
Diligence (1795); Seagull (1795); Curlew (1795); Harpy (1796); Hound (1796); Chamelion (1795) [alternative spelling: Cameleon]; Racoon (1795); Kangaroo (1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, lower deck with hold and platform f
1 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
A View of the British Fleet, under the command of Admiral Sir John Jervis, breaking through the Spanish Line, and separating one third of their Fleet from the main body - off Cape St Vincent, February 14th 1797. Stored with PAG8946.
1 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
Hector Rose Esqr. Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House. Print. Rose served in the Royal Navy before being appointed the Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House. Like all Deputy Masters, he was responsible for the day-to-day running
1 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
The Village of Almandral in the Bay of Valparaiso with a distant View of the Andes. Print. Possibly after the Sykes who was one of Vancouver's midshipmen (N Rigby 6/04)
1 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
Captn Sir Thomas B. Thompson of the Leander [Thomas Boulden Thompson]. Technique includes etching.
Thompson was one of Nelson's 'band of brothers' at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, commanding the relatively small 'Leander'. He
1 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Esqr. now Lord Nelson, K.B. Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron, From an Original Picture painted in the Year 1786. Print
1 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
This Scene in the most Glorious Engagement that ever Dignified the Naval Tactics of Great Britain, by Admiral Lord Nelson on the 1st of August 1798 off the mouth of the Nile, is taken in the heat of Action just before the Orient Blew Up. Hand-coloured.; T
1 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
The Flowing Bowl, or, Sailors Return'd (caricature). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: dress, sailor's Four sailors are sitting around a table in a cottage to rest and refresh after a long journey. Their bags are still unpacked and t
1 May 1802
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honble Visct Keppel Admiral of the White Squadron. Print
1 May 1802
National Maritime Museum
Anacreon (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for building the Anacreon (1813), a 16-gun (later 22-gun) Ship Sloop.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-180
28 October 1805
National Maritime Museum
Captain George Duff of the Royal Navy who commanded His Majesty's Ship Marsh of 74 Guns & fell in the Glorious Battle of Trafalgar, on the 21st October 1805. Print
1 May 1806
National Maritime Museum
The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital. The poem below the image is attributed as an extract from 'Nelson's Tomb' by William Thomas Fitzgerald. The print shows the cortege bringing Nelson's coffin from i
1 May 1806
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honble Lord Collingwood Vice Admiral of the Red, &c, Engraved for the Ladys Magazine. Print
1 May 1806
National Maritime Museum
South View of Corunna from the Heights near the Convent of St Margaret. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1809
National Maritime Museum
To The King's Most Excellent Majesty. This Plate, The Death of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. is...dedicated.... Print
1 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
Anacreon (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and plans illustrating the method of attaching the upper deck and lower deck beams to the sides of the Anacreon (1813), a 16 (later 22-gun) Ship Sloop building at Plymouth Dockyard.
Signed by Willia
1 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
James Sadler, Esqr, First English Aeronaut. Drawn & Engraved by B Taylor. Print
1 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
Nelson. Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street 1st May 1813. Print
1 May 1813
National Maritime Museum
Nelson. Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street 1st May 1813. Print
1 May 1813
National Maritime Museum
The Fair on the Thames, Feby.4.1814. Hand-coloured. Text in English and French below image. Before the demolition of the old London Bridge in 1831, the Thames sometimes froze over during particularly cold winters. Spontaneous 'frost fairs' would
1 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, N. America, May 6th 1814, Noon.... This coloured aquatint is a depiction drawn by a Lieutenant Hewitt of the Royal Marines, depicting the British Attack on Fort Oswego on May 6th 1814 during the War of 1812. Fort Osweg
1 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
Country West of Algiers from the British Consul General's Garden. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Minerve off Toulon, June 24th 1795. Depicts a confrontation between two British and two French naval ships. Cannon smoke hangs between the vessels. The French La Minerve, in the centre foreground, in port broadside view, has lost the top sec
1 May 1816
National Maritime Museum
Lord Bridport's Action off Port l'Orient June 23rd 1795. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1816
National Maritime Museum
View of N. Bonaparte's house at Longwood, St Helena. Bound with PAF0058-PAF0059, PAF0061-PAF0077.; Hand-coloured.
1 May 1816
National Maritime Museum
James Curry M.D & F.A.S Lecturer on the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Guy's Hospital, 1819. Technique includes etching.
1 May 1819
National Maritime Museum
Sir Thomas Allin. Print. Print. An early 19th-century re-engraving from Vanderbank's print (PAH5382), itself from either the oval format oil portrait by Kneller which is now NMM BHC2511 or another version of it: BHC2511 shows the sitter facing right
1 May 1819
National Maritime Museum
Sr Thomas Allin. From the Print by Vanderbank. Print. An early 19th-century re-engraving from Vanderbank's print (PAH5382), itself from either the oval format oil portrait by Kneller which is now NMM BHC2511 or another version of it: BHC2511 shows th
1 May 1819
National Maritime Museum
'Pembroke Dock Yard from West Lanion Pill...From a Sketch taken in 1817'. Print. The original artist is Charles Norris (1779-1858) a gentleman amateur who from 1805 to 1841 lived at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and drew both the antiquities and other v
1 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Collingwood, For Captn Brenton's Naval History. Print
1 May 1823
National Maritime Museum
Ebony and Ivory. A caricature of a tall, thin African man with a short, fat European woman on his arm; both are attired in fashionable dress. Below the image is the inscription: ‘Each gives to each a double charm/ Like pearls upon Ethiop’s Arm
1 May 1824
National Maritime Museum
Two men trawl fishing with man of war and yachts becalmed. From an original drawing in the collection of A. Champernowne. Technique includes etching.
1 May 1824
National Maritime Museum
Two men trawl fishing with man of war and yachts becalmed. From an original drawing in the collection of A. Champernowne. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
1 May 1824
National Maritime Museum
English Harbour, Antigua From Great George Fort, Monks Hill. Hand-coloured. The bay in the foreground is Falmouth Harbour, with English Harbour behind.
1 May 1827
National Maritime Museum
The Honble East India Compys Ship William Fairlie Commanded by Captain Thomas Blair. Leaving the Harbour of Prince of Wales Island.... Hand-coloured.
1 May 1828
National Maritime Museum
This Plate of the Honble East India Compys Ship Lord Lowther... leaving the Harbour of Prince of Wales Island. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1828
National Maritime Museum
To George Gooch Esqr. One of the Elder Bretheren of the Trinity House &c.&c... Honble East India Compys Ship Lord Lowther commanded by Charles Steward Esqr. leaving the Harbour of Prince of Wales Island.... Hand-coloured.
1 May 1828
National Maritime Museum
George Street, (Sydney), from the Wharf. 2nd plate in Select Views of Sydney New South Wales. Technique includes etching.; Bound with PAD2116-PAD2117, PAD2119-PAD2122.
1 May 1829
National Maritime Museum