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).
Capture of La Clorinde, Feby 26th 1814. Hand-coloured etching and aquatint showing HMS Eurotas in action with La Clorinde (1808). La Clorinde is shown on the left. She was captured the day after the action by the Dryad and Achates.
1 Mar 1817
National Maritime Museum
Commencement of the Battle of Trafalgar - Octr 21st 1805. Plate 1.
1 Mar 1817
National Maritime Museum
Commencement of the Battle of Trafalgar - Octr 21st 1805. Plate I.
1 Mar 1817
National Maritime Museum
Sir Francis Drake. From the original in the Collection of The Most Noble The Marquis of Lothian. Print
1 Mar 1820
National Maritime Museum
Captn. W.E. Parry RN Commander of the Polar Expedition 1819-20. Print
1 Mar 1821
National Maritime Museum
'Mrs Hannah More'. Hannah More was an important writer on a range of subjects including female education. She was an Evangelical believer in Christianity and strongly believed in the importance of action in the face of social injustice. Much o
1 March 1824
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1824
National Maritime Museum
A West Indiaman in Cox & Curlin's yard Limehouse. Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'A West Indiaman in Cox & Curlin's yard Limehouse'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist.
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the distance. Print from part two of Moses 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Blackwall Reach with the ''Columbus'' in the distance'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
Limehouse. Print from part two of Moses 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Limehouse'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A schooner drawn up on the Limehouse foreshore.
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
Limehouse. Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Limehouse'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. The view appears to be from the south bank of the Thames with a West Indiaman or vessel of similar s
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
London Docks. Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping' entitled 'London Docks'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A timber wharf in the London Docks, adjacent to a lock entrance.
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
London Docks. Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'London Docks'. Signed, inscribed and dated by artist. This appears to be near the dock entrance and possibly looking across to the point on the far left
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
London Docks. Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'London Docks'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist.
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
London Docks. Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'London Docks'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. The baulks on the wharf may be timber, though very large. The darkly dressed figure in back vi
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
London Docks. Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'London Docks'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. The vessels on the left are brigs, with larger ships to the right.
1 March 1825
National Maritime Museum
Loss of the East Indiaman 'Kent', 1 March 1825: catching fire. One of a pair of paintings, showing the East Indiaman ‘Kent’ catching fire on 1 March 1825, see also BHC2273. The ship was owned by Stewart Marjoribanks and came into ser
1826
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. A West Indiaman in Cox & Curlin's Yard Limehouse. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the Distance. Signed by artist: see PAD7904, another copy, for notes.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the Distance. Signed by artist; see PAD7904, another copy, for notes.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Limehouse. A sketch of shipping at Limehouse by the highly skilled marine painter and engraver Henry Moses (1782-1870). The sketch shows a sailing ship moored at Limehouse with rowing boats a
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Limehouse. Print
Shipping at Limehouse, one of the etchings in Henry Moses's 'Sketches of Shipping' series.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Limehouse. Signed by artist.
A sailing ship is being unloaded at pier with cranes on. A sailing barge is on the river. In the foreground a rowing boat and anchor are visible on the shore. Si
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
Sketches of shipping in London Docks, one of the etchings in Henry Moses's 'Sketches of Shipping' series. The London Docks opened in Wapping in
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
Vessels berthed in the London Docks at Wapping, one of the etchings in Henry Moses's 'Sketches of Shipping' series.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. The London Docks are depicted by the British artist Henry Moses (c.1782 - 1870). In the 19th century the London Docks were a thriving centre of commercial and industrial activit
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. The London Docks, depicted by the British artist Henry Moses (c. 1782 - 1870). The London Docks were developed over a century and a half and handled more traffic than anywhere e
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. The warehouses at London Docks held 220,000 tons of goods and the vaults held 60,000 pipes of wine which belonged to the Wine Merchants of London. A pipe was a cask of wine cont
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Vessels off the Tower. Print
A variety of sailing ships, barges and rowing boats in the Upper Pool near the Tower of London, one of Henry Moses' series 'Sketches of shipping' (
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Vessels off the Tower. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
View of Port Macquarie, at the entrance of the River Hastings, New South Wales. Print
1 Mar 1825
National Maritime Museum
Edward Somerset, Marquis of Worcester OB 1667. From the original of Vandyke, in the collection of His Grace, The Duke of Beaufort. Technique includes etching and stipple engraving.
1 Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Edward, Lord Hawke, K.B. Admiral of the Fleet. Painted by F. Cotes, Esq. R.A. Presented to Greenwich Hospital by Edward, Third Lord Hawke. Print. Original plate (proof with letter) from E. H. Locker's 'Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders...(1
1 Mar 1831
National Maritime Museum
John Benbow, Esqre. Admiral of the Blue. Painted by Sir G Kneller, Bart. Presented to Greenwich Hospital by His Majesty King George the Fourth.. Technique includes stipple engraving. Original plate for E. H. Locker's 'Memoirs of Celebrated Naval
1 Mar 1831
National Maritime Museum
Scuttle fitting for Frigates, Sloops, and smaller vessels, specifically Tyne (1826) and Vernon (1832). Scale: 1:4. Plan showing a part section illustrating the fitting of a scuttle to the Lower Decks of Frigates, Sloops and smaller vessels, as invented b
1 March 1833
National Maritime Museum
The H.C.S. George the Fourth Captn T.W. Barrow, at the Entrance of the Straights of Sunda, Feby 1830 (plate altered from Sir David Scott). Starboard stern view of a three-masted East Indiaman George the Fourth, running before the wind into the Straights o
1 Mar 1833
National Maritime Museum
The H.C.S. Sir David Scott Captn D.I. Ward, at the Entrance of the Straights of Sunda Feby 1830. Print
1 Mar 1833
National Maritime Museum
Queen Victoria's Visit to HMS 'Queen' at Portsmouth, 1 March 1842. The painting records an event which took place on first of March 1842, during Queen Victoria's visit to Portsmouth. The Queen was accompanied by her husband Prince Alb
1842
National Maritime Museum
Plate XI. Baltic. The English & French Fleets in the Baltic, 1854. The Fleet provisioning at sea. Hand-coloured.; Title also in French.
1 Mar 1855
National Maritime Museum
The English and French Fleets in the Baltic, 1854. The Fleet Provisioning at Sea. Hand-coloured.
1 Mar 1855
National Maritime Museum
To His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge... the storm in Balaklava Bay on the 14th Nov, 1854, during which H.R.H. was on board H.M. steam frigate Retribution. Colnaghi's authentic series. Print
1 Mar 1855
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Graduated bar scale, approximately 1:96. A plan showing the sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The body was originally attached, and is catalogued separately as NPC51
1 March 1859
National Maritime Museum