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).
Sir S. Smith Defending the Breach of d' Acre, against Bonaparte. Print
12 Mar 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with some outboard detail for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down and fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813.
Sig
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The lower deck used to be the orlop deck when sh
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The plan illustrates the storage divisions for t
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the platform in the hold for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The plan illustrates the storage divis
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The roundhouse was part of the quarterdeck when
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The spar deck used to be the upper deck when she
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The upper deck used to be the lower deck when sh
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Decatur. Late Commander of the American Frigate President captur'd by HMS Endymion Captn Hope, off New York, 15th Jany 1815. Stipple engraving.
27 Mar 1815
National Maritime Museum
Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York, 29th Octr 1814. The picture is inscribed "Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York, 29th Octr 1814" but H.I. Chapelle in the Mariner's Mirror vol XVIII writes: "
27 Mar 1815
National Maritime Museum
Study of the stern of a small merchant ship. No. 39 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Inscribed in the upper left 'In the Town camber/Portsmouth harbour/March 27th 1815' and annotated with colour notes.
This is probably a visiting Dutch vessel sketche
29 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Lady Hamilton, Engraved by Henry Meyer from a Painting by Romney. Print
10 Apr 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate building at Plymouth Dockyard. The plan includes references relating to the construction.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate. The plan includes later alterations, which were sent to Plymouth for fitting the magazine and sail room in accordanc
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck illustrating the cabin layout for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck (quarterdeck and forecastle with enclosed waist) for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
His Most Gracious Majesty, George the Third. Engraved by H R Cook from an Original Painting for Giffords History of the War. Print
20 Apr 1815
National Maritime Museum
Tecumseth (1815), Newash (1815). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Tecumseth' (1815) and 'Newash' (1815), both 4-gun Schooners for La
23 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Oproep om te strijden in het leger van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, door het bestuur van de stad Vlaardingen
26 April 1815
Rijksmuseum
A Virginia Pilot-Boat with a distant view of Cape Henry at the entrance of the Chesapeak. A vignette of the ‘Mary of Norfolk’ with five figures in port broadside view with a view of Cape Henry, Virginia, in the distance on the right featuring
29 Apr 1815
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 77ft Brig (circa 1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unknown 77ft 10-gun Brig. The guns are stated as being ten long 24 pounders. However, which ship it was is at present unknown, and ne
May 1815
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
Things as they Have Been. Things as they now are (caricature). Technique includes stipple engraving.; Hand-coloured.; No.110.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
8 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
Things as they have been. Things as they now are. (caricature). Hand-coloured. Portrait of Lord Cochran taken during his confinement in the Kings Bench prison in 1815 the morning dress as he then was (caricature)
8 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
Things as they have been. Things as they now are. Dedicated without permission to all whom it may concern or please by their obedt servt R. Bothsides (caricature). Hand-coloured.
8 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
'Minotaur' (1816). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section with diagrams illustrating the method of attaching the beams to the sides for 'Minotaur' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
18 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
Brig 18 Guns, First Rate 120 Guns, Corvette Ship 20 Guns. Plate No.1.
Jun 1815
National Maritime Museum
Frigate new construction 60 guns; frigate 38 guns, cutter. Plate No.5.
Jun 1815
National Maritime Museum
Montreal (1814). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Montreal (1814), a 22-gun Sloop, as built in April 1813.
Signed by Thomas Strickland [Master Shipwright, Kingston Nav
June 1815
National Maritime Museum
Montreal (1814). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard details and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Montreal (1814), a 22-gun Sloop, as altered in April 1815 to include a spar deck.
Signed by Thomas Strick
June 1815
National Maritime Museum
Niagara (1814). Scale: 1:96. Plans showing the body plan, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Niagara (1814), a 20-gun Ship Sloop, as built.
Signed by Thomas Strickland [Master Shipwright, Kingston Naval Yard, 1814-18
June 1815
National Maritime Museum
'Minotaur' (1816). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section with diagrams illustrating the method of attaching the beams to the sides for 'Minotaur' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as building at Chatham Dockyard.
1 June 1815
National Maritime Museum
To Captain H Hope... of His Majesty's Frigate Endymion... the Morning after the Action with the American United States Frigate President, Jany 16th 1814.... Print. The ships shown in the image are, from left to right: the 'Majestic', '
1 Jun 1815
National Maritime Museum
British Sailors Boarding a Man of War. Technique includes etching. The cutting-out raid was a method of attack usually undertaken while the enemy ship was at anchor in the dead of night. The attackers, leaping from their small boats would storm and with l
Published 4 June 1815
National Maritime Museum
Francis II Emperor of Austria Engraved by Meyer from a Painting by A Dumont. Technique includes etching.
12 Jun 1815
National Maritime Museum
Modeste (captured 1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Modeste (captured 1814), a captured French 40-gun Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off at Portsmouth Do
15 June 1815
National Maritime Museum
Floating Dock at Rotherhithe. A floating dock is one that can be flooded to receive the hull of a ship and then pumped dry, though in early examples like this ship would have been floated in at high tide and the dock drained on the ebb before being closed
1 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Floating Dock at Rotherhithe. Print: see PAD1419, another copy, for details. Fron Cooke's 'Views on the Thames'.
1 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
The Entrance to the London Docks. Print entitled 'The Entrance to the London Docks'. It is almost certainly from a series publication but which has not yet been determined.
1 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
The late Sir Willm. Skeffington Bart. &c. &c. Engraved by T. Blood, for the European Magazine from an original Painting by S. Drummond. Technique includes stipple.
1 Jul 1815
National Maritime Museum
The Nelson on the Stocks, building at Woolwich in the Year 1814. Etching from Cooke's 'Views on the Thames' showing HMS 'Nelson' (1814) near to completion at the Royal Dockyard in Woolwich in 1814. The image shows the bow and sta
1 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
The Nelson on the Stocks, building at Woolwich in the Year 1814. Hand-coloured. During the Napoleonic War there was a huge expansion in shipbuilding at the Royal Dockyards on the Thames. The 'Nelson' - named after the hero of Trafalgar - was ju
1 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Nelson. Technique includes etching. A head-and-shoulders portrait showing Nelson facing to the right, within a circular border. It is placed against a highly romanticized setting of sea, waves, sky and rocks. The letters ‘NELSON’ are inscribed
Published 6 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
'Zephyr' Spithead July, 1815. The vessel is probably HMS 'Zephyr', a brig-sloop of 16 guns, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on the 28 April 1809, and sold 29 January 2828 to T. Pitman to be broken up.
Inscribed upper right 'Zephy
11 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platofrms for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, as fitted as a 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between March 1814 and March 1816 Canopu
12 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing sections to illustrate the method of bolting the side timbers to the beams for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, as fitted as a 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between
12 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, as fitted as a 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between March 1814 and March 1815 Canopus underwent a lar
12 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, as fitted as a 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between March 1814 and March 1815 Canopus underwent
12 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, as fitted as a 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between March 1814 and March 1815 Canopus underwent a Large Repair
12 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
This representation of the Battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscribed to Commodore Perry, his officers and Gallant Crews... Second View. Print
26 Jul 1815
National Maritime Museum
Express (1805?). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck, and fore and aft platforms for 'Express' (1815?), a 4 gun Schooner/Advice Boat. 'Express' was acquired in America, possibly purchased in 1809 [Dittmar], or captured in 1815 [
29 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Express (1815?). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Express' (1815?), a 4-gun Schooner/Advice Boat. 'Express' was acquired in America,
29 July 1815
National Maritime Museum
Wreck of an old French brig Dover Aug 1815. Medium includes watercolour.
Aug 1815
National Maritime Museum
Lady Hamilton sitting in a chair with her chin resting on her hand). Print
1 Aug 1815
National Maritime Museum
The West India Docks. Print entitled 'The West India Docks' and, lower right of image, 'for the Beauties of England & Wales' which shows it is a plate for this well-known multi-volume work of 1801-15 by E. W. Brayley and John Britt
1 August 1815
National Maritime Museum
Scene in Plymouth Sound in August 1815 Sub-Title: The 'Bellerophon' with Napoleon Aboard at Plymouth (26 July - 4 August 1815). Napoleon surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of the 'Bellerophon', 74 guns, on 15 July 1815. They sai
1816
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Nelson mortally wounded on the quarter deck of the Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar. Print
20 Aug 1815
National Maritime Museum
Ramillies (1785). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing an elevation illustrating the sytem for pumping water from casks in the hold to the upper deck, and a pump elevation, as designed by Captain Truscott, and fitted to Ramillies (1785), a 74 gun, Third Rate, two d
28 August 1815
National Maritime Museum
A Boatman's Cabin Dover Sep 1815. Medium includes graphite underdrawing.
Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
At Dover Sep 1815. Medium includes grey wash and graphite underdrawing.
Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
First half of a panorama, the 'General View of St Helena' (on reverse and continued onto next page). Bound with PAF0058-PAF0065, PAF0067-PAF0077.; Hand-coloured.
1 Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
General View of St Helena. Plate from Five Views of the Island of St Helena.... Hand-coloured.; Pamphlet with seven pages of text in English and five plates, unbound.; Other plates are PAF5011-PAF5014.
1 Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
No 2, View of the High Knowle, & Waterfall at the head of James's Valley. Bound with PAF0058-PAF0067, PAF0069-PAF0077.; Hand-coloured.
1 Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
No 3, View from Diana's Seat looking to the Northward. Bound with PAF0058-PAF0068, PAF0070-PAF0077.; Hand-coloured.
1 Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
No 4, View from Diana's Peak looking Southward toward Sandy Bay. Bound with PAF0058-PAF0069, PAF0071-PAF0077.; Hand-coloured.
1 Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
No 5, View of the High Knowle, & Rupert's Hill, looking Northward. Bound with PAF0058-PAF0070, PAF0072-PAF0077.; Hand-coloured.
1 Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum
Seacombe Ferry, Liverpool. Hand-coloured aquatint. View of the ferry jetty. There are several boats on the water including a large battleship in the left middle distance, with several smaller sailing vessels and rowing boats in the foreground. On the r
1 Sep 1815
National Maritime Museum