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).
Wreck of the Cumberland Packet on the Island of Antigua in a dreadful Hurricane. Technique includes etching.
6 May 1809
National Maritime Museum
Wreck of the Travers, East-Indiaman, on a Rock near Sunken Island. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
27 May 1809
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honble Captain Lord Cochrane K.B. Engraved by Ridley from an Original Drawing by Thomson. European Magazine. Print
1 Jun 1809
National Maritime Museum
Nelson volunteering to board a captured American privateer, 20 November 1777. Print
4 Jun 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for the 'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809), a captured Dutch vessel, as converted to a single-masted sixty-nine foot light vessel.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master S
9 June 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the lower deck, and upper deck of 'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809), a captured Dutch vessel, as converted to a single-masted sixty-nine foot light vessel.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Ma
9 June 1809
National Maritime Museum
Gluckstadt (captured 1807) [alternative spelling: Glykstat]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Gluckstadt (captured 1807), a captured Danish Brig, fitted as an 18 gu
4 July 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Tower' (1809). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, upper deck, and lower deck for the 'Tower' (1809), a single-masted Impress Tender, as fitt
6 July 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Milford' (1809). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the alteration of the Clerk's Office on the quarterdeck just aft of the mizzen mast on 'Milford' (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitting at Plymouth Dockyard after launch.
10 July 1809
National Maritime Museum
18ft Gig (1809). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, half breadth, and longitudinal half breadth for a four-oared 18ft Gig (1809), built for J. M. H. [James Martin Hilhouse]. Mould Loft Number 23.
August 1809
National Maritime Museum
Stern hold and Hopkins at sea or a Stave out of Time (caricature). Mounted with PAG8601.; Hand-coloured.; No.89.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
Aug 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sternhold and Hopkins at Sea or a Slave out of Time (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Aug 1809
National Maritime Museum
The Grand Duke of Middleburg or the Late Ld C-t-m & Commodore Cur-ts paying their respects on their return from the Glorious Expedition (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Sep 1809
National Maritime Museum
Mast House, Blackwall. Print entitled 'Mast House, Blackwall'. See PAD1397, another copy.
1 September 1809
National Maritime Museum
Mast House, Blackwall. Print entitled 'Mast House, Blackwall'. The distinctive masting house built by John Perry beside his Brunswick Dock in about 1790 and demolished in 1862. It was a crane to put masts into ships in the dock, or take them out
1 September 1809
National Maritime Museum
A Design for a Monument To be erected in commemoration of the... Grand Expidition... 1809 (caricature) (Flushing). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.107.; No.92.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
14 Sep 1809
National Maritime Museum
The capture of Saint Paul near the Isle de Bourbon, 21 September 1809. In September 1809 the British attacked the French on Reunion. They disembarked their troops five miles to the north of St Paul. They took the town and turned the guns in the batteries
1812
National Maritime Museum
Trinity House. The inside of Trinity House at Trinity Square on Tower Hill. Rowlandson and Pugin's work depicts several of the Brethren of the Corporation gathered around a large table. The interior of the headquarters are highly ornate. The monthly
1 Oct 1809
National Maritime Museum
Mooring block (1809). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation, side view, and plan view of a mooring block, as drawn by Samuel Hemmans, Master Attendant at Chatham Dockyard (1799-1816).
11 October 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sabine (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth for Sabine (captured 1808), a captured French brig, as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard, prior to fitti
11 October 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sabine (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with after platform for Sabine (captured 1808), a captured French brig, as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard, prior to fitting as an 18-gun brig. The reverse of the plan state
11 October 1809
National Maritime Museum
Study of accommodation in a vessel, with inscription, '3rd Officer's Mess Room Wexford 1809.10.11'. Mounted in album with PAF2359-PAF2386, PAF2388-PAF2394.; Medium includes pen and black ink.
1809
National Maritime Museum
Pictural Plan of the grand Expedition, in the West Scheldt, Augt 1809; shewing the difficulty of approach to Antwerp. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
12 Oct 1809
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: two rowing boats covered with a tarpaulins in a river landscape. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5130, PAF5132-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
16 Oct 1809
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich. Other copies are PAD2213 and PAD2214 (see last for notes). From Cooke's 'Views on the Thames' .
1 Nov 1809
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: boy in rowing boat drawn up in a river landscape with houses. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5133, PAF5135.
8 Nov 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 5. Rusul Khyma, with the Attack of the H C-s Cruisers on the eveng. of the 11th Novr. 1809. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 8. The Storming of a Storehouse near Rusal Khyma... Novr 13th 1809. Print
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 9. Rus al Khyma... the situation of the Troops... Novr 13th 1809. Print
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph...Forces...Against the Arabian Pirates No 6. The Wall & Beach, near Rus ul Khyma, with Troops preparing to land....13th Nov 1809. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: a rowing boat with covered awning in a river landscape with windmill. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5132, PAF5134-PAF5135.
15 Nov 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 10. A View of Linga or Lung, from the Sea, during the destruction of the Dow's &c Novr.16th 1809. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Etchings... No.1, containing scenery on the River Thames. Rowing boat with shipped oars drawn up on a shore with other vessels and landscape beyond. Bound with PAF5129-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
27 Nov 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 12. The Attack on the Fort of Luft, Novr 27th 1809. Print
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: rowing boat on shore with landscape beyond. Bound with PAF5128, PAF5130-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
27 Nov 1809
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: small rowing boat covered with a tarpaulin. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5129, PAF5131-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
27 Nov 1809
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: moored vessel with tarpaulin awning in a river landscape with two men fishing. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5134.
5 Dec 1809
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 26 ft Yawl as built at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Dated: 6 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 12 oared, 28 ft Pinnace. Signed N. Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, c1795-?]
Dated: 6 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Barge. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32 ft Barge, as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed N. Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1802-1823].
Dated: 6 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: a Thames barge drawn up on the river bank silhouetted against the sky. Thames barges were used for the transport of goods along the river and the south-east coast. They were designed to be able to move freely in shallow waters. They were u
9 Dec 1809
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail for a 26 ft Yawl. Signed Joseph Tucker [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, ? -1813; Surveyor of the Navy 1813-1831].
Dated: 19 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for a 10 oared, 28 ft Pinnace. Signed Joseph Tucker [Master Shipwright, Plymouth, c1809-1813; Surveyor of the Navy,
Dated: 19 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for a 14? oared, 32 ft Pinnace. Signed Joseph Tucker [Master Shipwright, Plymouth, c1809-1813; Surveyor of the Navy,
Dated: 19 December 1809
National Maritime Museum