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).
A Dutch Merchantman Attacked by an English Privateer, off La Rochelle. This painting is an allegorical evocation of the perils of seafaring in the early seventeenth century but, also, seems to record a particular incident. The painting shows two ships app
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National Maritime Museum
Brabantia. Berghen op zoom. Plate Number 169.; Text in Latin on reverse.
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National Maritime Museum
Commemorative counter depicting King James I and Prince Charles. Commemorative counter depicting King James I and Prince Charles. Obverse: Bust of King James (three-quarter right) in broad brimmed hat with jewel, lace ruff, ermine robes and collar of the
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National Maritime Museum
Enchvsa. Technique includes etching.; Plate Number 293.; Text in Latin on reverse.
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Forum Piscarium. Technique includes etching.; Plate Number 287.; Text in Latin on reverse.
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Forvm, Vulgo den Dam. Technique includes etching.; Text in Latin on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II gouvernant Parme & le Prince Maurice. Delfs Ziel. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No. 205.; Page No.155.; Text in Latin below image and on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II gouvernant Parme & le Prince Maurice. Nimmegen. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No. 201.; Page No.141.; 2.Tome T.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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National Maritime Museum
Soubs Philippe II, gouvernant Parme & les Estats. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.166.; Page No. 25.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II. gouvernant l'Archiduc Ernest & le Prince Maurice. Delfsiel. Plate No. 216.; Page No. 199.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & le Compte de Licestre, Nimmegen. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.199.; Page No.133.; 2.Tome 5.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & le Comte de Licestre. Bon. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.194.; Page No.213.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & les Estats. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.176.; Page No.59.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & les Estats. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.167.; Page No. 29.; 2 Tome E.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & les Estats. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.168.; Page No. 33.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & les Estats. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.177.; Page No.63.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe III gouvernant l' Archiduc Albert & le Prince Maurice. Text in French on reverse.; Plate 249.; Page 323.; Text in Latin below image.
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Soubs Philippe III gouvernant L'Arch. Albert & le Prince Maurice. Plate No.252.; Page No.345.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Philippe III gouvernant L'Archiduc Albert & le Prince Maurice. Plate No.263.; Page No.387.; Text in French on reverse.; Text in Latin below image.
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Soubs Phillipe II. gouvernant Parme & le Prince Maurice. Hulst. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.207.; Page No.163.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Phillippe III gouvernant l'Arch. Albert & le Prince Maurice. Plate 245.; Page 311.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Phillippe III gouvernant l'Archiduc Albert & le Prince Maurice. Plate 243.; Page 305.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French text on reverse.
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Soubs Phillippe III gouvernant l'Archiduc Albert & le Prince Maurice. Plate 244.; Page 309.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Phillippe III gouvernant l'Archiduc Albert & le Prince Maurice. Plate 246.; Page 313.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Soubs Phillippe III gouvernant L'Archiduc Albert & le Prince Maurice. Plate No.260.; Page No.375.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Sous Philippe 2, gouvernatn le Pr. de Parme & Duc d'Alencon. Antwerpen; Dutch fleet bringing Duke d'Alencon as Governor of the Netherlands. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.131.; Page No.379.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French
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Sous Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & le Comte de Licestre. Engelen. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.192.; Page No.107.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Sous Philippe II. gouvernant Parme & les Estats. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.165.; Page No. 21.; 2 Tome D.; Text in Latin below image.; Text in French on reverse.
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Sous Philippe second gouvernant Don Iean. Des Princen van Orangen Triumphante incomste binnen Brussel Ano D 1577 den 23 Septem. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.85.; Page No. 259.; Text in French on reverse.
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Sous Philippe Second gouvernant Don Loys de Requesens. Bergen op Soom; Magnus opem obsessis conatur fere, Zeland obsistunt, classem superabant navibus atq. In more praecipites Laethali vulnere Mauros Mergunt. Sanguiner's vomerent animas ut in undis.
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant Don Jean. Antwerpen; Hinc justis iterum exordescit montibus omnis Civis, quod sumptis se jungant, Teutones armis, Ire iterum in pugnas juvat, eicere urbe juvabat Perfidiae autores, sceteratio pectore gentem.. Technique inc
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Sous Philippe second, gouvernant Don Loys de Requeseris, Crimpen; Nilmirium adspirante Deo, Duce Principe belli, Hispanos Crimpis fulgentia ponere signa non semper fortuna eadem est quandoq Novera est, et quandoq bona est captada occasio semper. Technique
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Conseil des Estats. Antverpia; Nunc savire animus, nunc arce Antverpia junctas Hostiles recipit copias, quas Marte feroci. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.63.; Page No 199.; Text in French on reverse.
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Duc a'Alve; Bossuvius gessit certamina classica belli, Auspicio non felici, fit Maxima caedes, mergit Iber, multaeq natant in sanguine puppes, cum Duce mox totae veniunt invincula classes. Technique includes etchi
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Duc d'Alve, Briele; Sutera Alba novas meditatur ferrens artes. Perpetuas cunctis decimas imponit avarus. Lummaens comes hinc invadit classe Brielam, serga dat Hispanus Princeps revocatur ad urbes. Technique includ
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Duc d'Alve. S' Gertruidberg; Interea Auriacus Geertrudae milite Bergas Magnanimo invadit tecte sine caedibus ullis. Essugiunt Mauri, Redeunt in faedera Cives, concordes animis et amica pace ligantur. Technique
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Duc d'Alve; Quid Neptunicolas memorem acri Marte Zelandos, Agmina Sanguinolentorum quot mersa sub Undis. Et naves turbis faetas hostilibus omnes sic tandem indomitos sequitur vindicta Tyrannos. Technique includes e
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Duc d'Alve; Sensist Harlemum maculatam hanc sanguie dextram, vandaliciq, jugum terris miserabile Regni. Prima tamen forti quae pectore coede. Furentem Hesperium patrijs arcebas macribus hostem. Technique includes e
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Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Duc d'Alve; Solvat ut Harlemios dura obsidione sonojus Magnanimus, medio castra aggere saeva Dimensi Disponit properatg armis exscindere miles, Amstelius sed non victricia signa reportat. Technique includes etching
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