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).
Deptford (1732). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for Deptford (1732), a 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. This ship was built to replace the previous Deptford (1719), a 50-gun ship.
1 October 1729
National Maritime Museum
The Farm Yard. Print by Pierre Charles Canot after Peter van Laer entitled 'The Farm Yard'. It shows peasants, cattle and horses in a farmyard.
Dutch painter and printmaker, Van Laer, nicknamed "Il Bamboccio" (little clumsy one) on ac
1 October 1768
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A calm after a storm. Bonace apres une Tempete. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.7. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7526, PAD7528-PAD7531.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A first Rate in a light Breeze, with a View of Dover. Un Vaisseau de guerre du premier rang dans une brise avec une vue de Douvre. Technique includes etching.; Pla
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Frigate in a Fresh Gale with a View of Sheerness. Une Fregate dans un coup de vent avec une Vue de Sheerness. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.2. Book II.;
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Frigate Wreckt. Fregate qui fait Naufrage. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.6. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7525, PAD7527-PAD7531.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Moonlight in a Calm. Un Clair de Lune dans un tems de bonace. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.11. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7530.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A sea Engagement between the English and French. Combat Naval entre les Anglois et les Francois. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.8. Book II.; Stored with PAD
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A storm, with a Greenland ship skudding before the Wind. Tempete, avec un Vaisseau de Greenland que coure devant le Vent. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.5.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Strong Gale with a Squall of Rain. Un Vent fort avec une bourasque de Pluie. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.4. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7523, PAD7
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. Noon with a Frigate at Anchor. Representation de Midi, et une Fregate a l'ancre. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.9. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD752
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. Sunset with a Fleet returning Home. Le Coucher du Soliel avec le retour d'une flotte. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.10. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. Yachts in a Calm with a View of Harwich. Des Vaissaux dans un tems de bonace avec une Vue de Harwich. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.1. Book II.; Stored wit
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Squadron of Imperial Russian Fleet... burning the Turkish Fleet in Cheseme Bay... 7th July 1770 (before letters). Print; one of a set of four recording the action. For the painting, see BHC0419.
1 Oct 1777
National Maritime Museum
Dissolution of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
Dissolution of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
Unlading of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
Unloading of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
European Magazine Broadstairs in the Isle of Thanet. Technique includes engraving.
1 Oct 1789
National Maritime Museum
View of Westminster Bridge Including Westminster Hall and the Abbey. Hand-coloured.
1 Oct 1790
National Maritime Museum
The Neglected Tar (caricature). Text in English of the ballad 'The Neglected Tar' appears below the image and the number 268 immediately above the song text. Thie illustration shows a naval seaman in tattered clothes (short jacket, striped trou
1 Oct 1791
National Maritime Museum
An exact Representation of Launching the Prince of Wales Man of War, before their Majesties, at Portsmouth. Technique includes etching.
1 Oct 1794
National Maritime Museum
An exact Representation of the Capture of three Ships of the Line, and total defeat of the French Fleet, by a Squadron under Command of Admiral Lord Bridport, on the 23 of June, 1795. Print
1 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
John Willett Payne, 1752-1803. Print, titled 'Commodore Payne', inscribed 'Orme Junr Sculp, 1795'; published by Edward Orme. Payne- from a West Indies planter family- was a successful naval officer, a rake, and courtier and confidant
1 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
The Rt Honble Thomas Lord Graves, Admiral of The White, European Magazine. Print
1 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
To the Lords Commissioners... This Print of the Celebrated Victory obtained by the British Fleet under the Command of Earl Howe over the French Fleet on the Glorious First of June 1794. Print.
1 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
Defeat of the French Fleet by Sr Cloudesley Shovell August 13th 1704. Technique includes engraving.
1 Oct 1796
National Maritime Museum
Sir Wm Sydney Smith [William Sidney Smith]. Print. Smith (1764-1840) was an individualist with a flair for guerrilla warfare. He was frigate captain at the start of the French Revolutionary War and in 1795 was captured on the coast of France during a cut
Published 1 October 1796
National Maritime Museum
The Burning of His Majesty's Ship L' Impetueux, 71 Guns in Portsmouth Harbour August 29th 1794 at 9 o'Clock at Night. Technique includes etching.
1 Oct 1796
National Maritime Museum
A Representation of the Jason 38 guns, capturing the La Seine a French Frigate of 42 Guns near the Penmark Rocks, June 30th 1798. Text in English below title.
1 Oct 1798
National Maritime Museum
The Gallant Nelson bringing home two uncommon fierce French Crocodiles from the Nile as a present to the King (caricature). Hand-coloured.
1 Oct 1798
National Maritime Museum
Field Marshall Count Alexander Suworow [Suvorov] Rymnikski Aetat 69 European Magazine. Technique includes etching.
1 Oct 1799
National Maritime Museum
No.10. The Fisherman's Hut (caricature). Print
A fisherman has brought his catch home and is enjoying smoking a pipe outside his small cottage. His wife and three children are keeping him company.
1 Oct 1799
National Maritime Museum
Winch apparatus for a Ballast Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:8. A plan showing the plan, elevation, and section for the winch[?] apparatus belonging to a ballast lighter (no date).
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 1795-1799
1 October 1799
National Maritime Museum
Johnny New-come in the Island of Jamaica. Hand-coloured engraving, with twenty-one frames depicting a tale of 'Johnny New-come in the Island of Jamaica'. The captions read as follows (from top-left): (1) 'Johnny Newcome.' (2) 'Dam
1 October 1800
National Maritime Museum
The Perilous situation of Charles Sturt Esqr, Member for Bridport on 20th of Septr 1800. Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
1 Oct 1800
National Maritime Museum
Sir James Saumarez Bart. K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron European Magazine. Technique includes etching.
1 Oct 1801
National Maritime Museum
The Dart sloop of War, boarding La Desiree French frigate. Vignette.
1 Oct 1801
National Maritime Museum
To Admiral Sir Hyde Parker... His Majesty's Baltic Fleet... The Danish Line of Defence off Copenhagen with... Nelson approaching to the attack.... Hand-coloured.
1 Oct 1801
National Maritime Museum
West India Docks. View of the Opening of the Grand Dock with.... the Henry Addington... decorated with the colours of all Nations.... 27 August 1802, and the Echo?. Print
1 Oct 1802
National Maritime Museum
Iohn Bazely Esqr Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron. Engraved by Ridley from a Miniature by Thos Langdon. Print
1 Oct 1805
National Maritime Museum
Five images stuck on one sheet: 1. the Ball which mortally wounded... Nelson. 2. Coat and waistcoat... 3. Nelson 4. Double-headed bar shot 5. Portion of Victory's mast with hole shot through it. The images are: 1. the Ball which mortally wounded Ne
1 Oct 1806
National Maritime Museum
The Inside of St Pauls Cathedral as Fitted up for the Funeral of Lord Nelson. Print
The inside of St Paul's Cathedral in October 1806 on the evening of Lord Nelson's funeral.
1 Oct 1806
National Maritime Museum
Captain William Rogers capturing the 'Jeune Richard', 1 October 1807. The artist intended this painting to commemorate a 'very gallant action in the West Indies' on 1 October 1807. At dawn, off the coast of Barbados, a lookout aboard t
1808
National Maritime Museum
Windsor Castle Packet, and La Genie Privateer... To William Rogers Esq commanding the Windsor Castle... engaging and capturing a French Privateer Schooner of superior force on 1st October 1807.... Print
Dec 1807
National Maritime Museum
A View of the East India Docks. Framed print entitled 'A View of the East India Docks'. An inscription on the print reads 'The East India Docks are solely for the accommodation of shipping employed by the English East India Company...'
1 October 1808
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
Cape Ricardo, Straits of Malacca. Print. Cape Rachado, or Tanjung Tuan, was chosen by the Portuguese as the site for a lighthouse, built in 1528-29. The battle of Cape Rachado was fought between the Portuguese and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) fleets
1 Oct 1810
National Maritime Museum
Pedro Branco, Straits of Malacca. Print. 'Pedro Branco.' Plate 44 from T. and W. Daniell, 'A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the way of China'. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810.
1 Oct 1810
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Loire Octr. 18th. 1798. This hand-coloured aquatint depicts the 'Anson' fighting broadside to broadside with the French ship 'Loire', with the 'Kangaroo' offering support from her stern quarter. 'Loire'
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
Cutting out the Hermione from the Harbour of Porto Cavallo, Oct 25th 1799. Hand-coloured.
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
Destruction of the Danish Fleet before Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. Plate II.
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
Two gentlemen on a headland, one with a telescope, looking out onto a coastal shipping scene, possibly inscribed ' Sheerness' across left foreground and with inscription, 'Published by H. Moses Oct.1. 1824.'. Mounted in album with PAE9
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
A View of London Taken From Greenwich Park. Framed and glazed colour print showing a view of Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames from high ground in Greenwich Park.
1820-10-01
National Maritime Museum
'Royal George' (1817). No scale. A plan showing the proposed arrangement of decoration of the figurehead, sternboard and broadside of the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' (1817). The plan is titled 'Military and Naval', with pencil
Dated: 1 October 1821
National Maritime Museum
Arrival at Brandenburgh House of the Watermen &c. with an Address to the Queen on the 3d October 1820. The Watermen on the River Thames were responsible for the movement of goods and passengers. The Company of Watermen and Lightermen had been establis
1 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
The City Basin, Regent's Canal. Mounted with PAD1415-PAD1416.
The Regent's Canal was built to link the Grand Junction Canal's Paddington Arm, which opened in 1801, with the Thames at Limehouse. One of the directors of the canal company was
1 Oct 1822
National Maritime Museum
'Surat Castle'. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Surat Castle'. Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist. It shows the East Indiaman 'Surat Castle', presumably in the East India Dock at Blac
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
'Trafalgar' 120 Guns. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled ''Trafalgar' 120 Guns'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. Port-bow to broadside view of the ship, roofed over in ordinary (reser
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
'Trafalgar' 120 Guns. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled ''Trafalgar' 120 Guns'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. Starboard-bow view of the ship in ordinary (reserve) with lower masts
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
'Trafalgar' 120 Guns. Print from Moses' Sketches of Shipping, entitled 'Trafalgar 120 Guns'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. Starboard-quarter view of the ship in ordinary (reserve) and roofed over, moored in the basin
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
'Trafalgar' in the Basin Sheerness. Print from Moses' Sketches of Shipping', entitled ''Trafalgar' in the Basin Sheerness'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. Stern and starboard-quarter view of the ship in
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
An Indiaman in Barnard's Yard Deptford. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'An Indiaman in Barnard's Yard Deptford'. Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist. Barnard's were a well known family of s
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
Blackwall Basin. Signed by artist. from 'Sketches of shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824.' The Indiaman in the centre is flying launching flags, suggesting this records the aftermath of her launch.
1 Oct 1824
National Maritime Museum
City Canal. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'City Canal'. Signed, dated and inscribed by artist. The view shows the Indiamen in the City Canal which by-passed the Isle of Dogs to the north. There is a related wa
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
Flamsteed House [Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park]. Flamsteed House, the original Observatory building at Greenwich, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke and built in 1675-76. John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, lived and worked
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
Hulks at Sheerness. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Hulks at Sheerness'. Signed, inscribed and dated. Two two-deckers moored up as accommodation hulks off Sheerness Dockyard, and connected by rope bridges. A th
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
Medway August 9 1824. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Medway August 9 1824'. Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist. Study of a Medway boatman with a four-oared gig, its name 'Hero' inscribed on th
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
Medway. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Medway'. Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist. A view on the Medway, possibly at Sheerness, since it seems to be a breezy and estuarial one, with hulks laid up along
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
Sailing match August 16 1824. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Sailing match August 16 1824'. A sailing match off Westminster, possibly for the Duke of Cumberland's Cup. Signed, inscribed and dated by the
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum
Sheerness Yard from the window of the Fountain Inn. Print from Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Sheerness Yard from the window of the Fountain Inn'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A view from a window of the Fo
1 October 1824
National Maritime Museum