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).
'Asia' (1764). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building 'Asia' (1764), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Clevland [Secretary to the Admira
February 1758
National Maritime Museum
'Asia' (1764). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Asia' (1764), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
March 1758
National Maritime Museum
'Carcass' (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, sections, upper deck and hold for Carcass (1759), an 8-gun, sloop-rigged bomb vessel.
1758
National Maritime Museum
'Dragon' (1760); 'Superb' (1760); 'Bellona' (1760). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Dragon' (1760) and 'Superb' (1760), and 'Bellona' (1760
Circa February 1758
National Maritime Museum
'Hercules' (1759); 'Thunderer' (1760). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for 'Hercules' (1759), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Deptford Dockyard. The plan was later used for bu
Circa June 1758
National Maritime Museum
'Resolution' (1758). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the forecastle and quarterdeck, as proposed for 'Resolution' (1758), a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
1758
National Maritime Museum
'Resolution' (1758). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms as proposed for 'Resolution' (1758), a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
1758
National Maritime Museum
'Resolution' (1758). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck as proposed for 'Resolution' (1758), a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
1758
National Maritime Museum
'Resolution' (1758). Scale: 1:48. A ship plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) as proposed for 'Resolution' (1758), a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
1758
National Maritime Museum
. Calendar for the single year of 1758. The calendar is made from a disc of bronze with a dark and shiny finish. On one side of the calendar is a table with the months in three letter abbreviations and a table with the numbers for the number of days. Arou
1758
National Maritime Museum
. Inboard profile plan (front)
Quarterdeck & forecastle (back)
As a Bomb Vessel.
1758
National Maritime Museum
. Musketoon. The stock is made of walnut with a brass trigger guard and flat brass butt plate. The brass ramrod pipe contains a wooden ramrod with a flat brass tip. The lock is a flintlock, the rounded ordnance pattern. The barrel is brass with two steps
1758
National Maritime Museum
A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks. The exact location of the shipyard in this painting is unclear but it may be on the south bank of the Thames at Rotherhithe. The ship in the foreground ready for launching is a 24-gun sloop of war, much in use by the Navy for p
1758
National Maritime Museum
Capture of Louisbourg Medal 1758. Awarded to Capt. Alexander Schomberg. Obverse: A Grenadier (L) turning towards a woman crushed below the globe, who points to approaching boats, and a sailor waving his hat (R). Fame flying above with trumpet and wreath.
1758
National Maritime Museum
Capture of Louisbourg Medal 1758. Louisbourg was an important strategic naval, privateering and fishing base for the French in the North Atlantic. Its successful capture in 1758 ensured that the British could mount an attack on Quebec in 1759.
Obverse: A
1758
National Maritime Museum
Capture of Louisbourg Medal 1758. Obverse: A Grenadier (L) turning towards a woman crushed below the globe, who points to approaching boats, and a sailor waving his hat (R). Fame flying above with trumpet and wreath.Inscription on globe: "CANADA"
1758
National Maritime Museum
Carte de la Rade de Basque. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: [ca. 1:250 000]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Soundings. Scale in miles. Additional Places: Ile d'Aix, la Rochelle, Ile d'Oleron. Contents Note: Ships depicted at an
1758
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere are almost the same as Anich GLB0078. However, this globe has Greek letters of their Bayer notation added to the stars in manuscript and the zodiacal constellations numbered
1758
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere are the same as Anich GLB0078. There is a magnitude table below Crater in a cartouche, with the numbers of stars given for each magnitude class. A total of 1863 stars are dep
1758
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Anich GLB0077. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table below Crater in a cartouche, with the numbers of stars given for each magnitude class. A
1758
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Fragment from celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere are the same as Anich GLB0078. There is a magnitude table below Crater in a cartouche, with the numbers of stars given for each magnitude class. A total of 1863
1758
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) and the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Counter commemorating Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) and the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Boscawen (right), with hair long and tie
1758
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) and the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Counter commemorating Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) and the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Boscawen (right), with hair long and tie
1758
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Commodore Richard Howe (1726-1799) and William Pitt (1756-1806). Counter commemorating Commodore Richard Howe (1726-1799) and William Pitt (1756-1806). Obverse: Howe's half-length figure (three-quarter right), tie-wig, uniform,
1758
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Montcalm's successes in Canada. Counter commemorating Louis Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm's successes in Canada. Obverse: Youthful bust of Admiral Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793) with long ha
1758
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the Wesel, Oswego, Port Mahon and St David captured, 1758. Counter commemorating Wesel, Oswego, Port Mahon and St David captured, 1758. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XV, laureate (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XV ORBIS IMPERATOR 1758
1758
National Maritime Museum
Departement de la Manche. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: 1:86,400. Includes Cherbourg. Decorated with depiction of ships in a storm. The map is linen backed and segmented for folding into a slip case.
This is one of the 182 sheets of Cass
1789; 1758
National Maritime Museum
Hero (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for 'Hero' (1759), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Circa March 1758
National Maritime Museum
Hero (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle proposed (and approved) for 'Hero' (1759), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan includes later modifications regarding the bulkhead and foremast.
Circa March 1758
National Maritime Museum
Hero (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck proposed (and approved) for 'Hero' (1759), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Circa March 1758
National Maritime Museum
His Majesty's Ship the Grafton Commodore Charles Holmes, Commander, As she sailed to England with a Machine Constructed instead of her Rudder, which she lost in the late storm off Louisbourgh. Drawn by an Officer on Board. Engraved for the Universal
1758
National Maritime Museum
Knowles's Action off Havana. (Revised April 2013) In February 1748 Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles left Port Royal, Jamaica, with eight ships of the line, to make an attack on Santiago de Cuba. Delayed by contrary winds, he diverted his expedition to Po
1758
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) and the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Medal commemorating Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) and the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Obverse: Admiral Boscawen, half-length figure (right). Legend: '
1758
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the action at Saint Cast, 1758. Medal commemorating the action at Saint Cast, 1758. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XV in a long wig, laureate, and drapery (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICO XV . OPTIMO PRINCIPI . COMITIA ARMORICA.' (The
1758
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the capture of Goree, 1758. Medal commemorating the capture of Goree, 1758. Obverse: Bust of Britannia (left), head bound with fillet, hair twisted into a knot behind, no drapery. Behind, a trident projecting from the neck. Legend:
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Medal commemorating the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Obverse: Bust of Britannia (left), head bound with a fillet, hair twisted into a knot behind. No drapery. A small trident behind the neck and a small
1758
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Medal commemorating the capture of Louisbourg, 1758. Obverse: Bust of Britannia (left), head bound with a fillet, hair twisted into a knot behind. No drapery. A small trident behind the neck and a small
1758
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the successes of 1758. Medal commemorating the successes of 1758. Obverse: Bust of George II (left), laureate, hair long, in armour, with Ribbon and Star of Garter. Legend: 'GEORGIVS . II . REX.' Reverse: Britannia, seated on
1758
National Maritime Museum
Ocean (1761). Scale 1:48. A plan showing sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Ocean' (1761), a 90-gun Second Rate, three decker.
April 1758
National Maritime Museum
Pheonix (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing orlop deck with fore & aft, platforms, proposed for Pheonix (1759), a 64 - gun, Fifth Rate, two - decker.
1758
National Maritime Museum
Pheonix (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing quarter and forecastle decks proposed for Pheonix (1759), a 44 - gun Fifth Rate two - decker
1758
National Maritime Museum
Pheonix (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) proposed for Pheonix (1759), a 44 - gun, Fifth Rate, two - decker.
1758
National Maritime Museum
Pheonix (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the Upper deck plan proposed for Pheonix (1759), a 44 - gun Fifth Rate two - decker, with later accomodation detail added in October 1769, for fitting her at Portsmouth Dockyard.
1758
National Maritime Museum
Sandwich (1759); Blenheim (1761). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for Sandwich (1759) and Blenheim (1761), both 90-gun Second Rate, three-deckers.
circa August 1758
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Anich GLB0078. Geographical details on the sphere show California drawn as a peninsula. There is a hypothetical southern continent, which is labelled 'Terra A
1758
National Maritime Museum
Zie Jakob du Bucquoy in Prent, geetst naar 't Leeven. Gebooren te Amsterdam den 26 Octobr 1693. Text in Dutch below image.
1758
National Maritime Museum
[Bay of Bengal from Ceylon to Malacca]. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Scale: [ca. 1:4 500 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graaduated for latitude. No variation. Soundings. Additional Places: Andaman Sea, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, S
1758
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, 1758 - 1805, 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White. Oval bust-length miniature of Nelson in watercolour on ivory, turned half to sitter's right but looking out at the viewer, in an oval gold suspension locket edged with 38 we
after 1801
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, 1758 - 1805, 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White. This is not strictly a miniature, except in terms of small size. More accurately, it is a small stipple engraving of Nelson, head only in left profile, after Simon de Koster'
1807
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. Half-length facing left in rear-admiral's undress uniform, 1795-1812 pattern, wearing the St Vincent medal and the star of a KB. The empty right sleeve is pinned across and the upper part sl
1798
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. (Revised April 2013) A long bust-length portrait to left in vice-admiral's undress uniform, 1795-1812, wearing a hat. It has previously mistakenly been stated to relate to Keymer's po
circa 1801
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. A full-length portrait slightly to left, facing to right in vice-admiral’s undress uniform, 1795-1812. He is shown wearing his orders and holds a sword in his left and only hand, pointing
1801
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Graduated Bar Scale. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for a forty-five foot chain boat (1758), built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard. Another o
11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, longitudinal half-breadth, and half deck plan for a forty-five foot chain boat, to be built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard within six months of
circa 11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and half-breadth deck plan, for a forty-five foot chain boat for Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Thomas Slade [Surveyo
11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
36ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1758). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 20-oared, 36ft flat-bottomed Boat (1758) to carry 50 soldiers and 20 seamen. These shallow-draught boats were to be used for trans
April 1758
National Maritime Museum
HMS Monmouth burning the French frigate Rose, 1 July 1758. 'HMS ''Monmouth'' burning the French frigate ''Rose'', 1 July 1758'
1769
National Maritime Museum
Baltimore (1742). No scale (probably 1:48). Plan showing the inboard profile with the bomb bed for converting the Baltimore (1742), a 14-gun Sloop, into a Bomb Ketch. This was undertaken at Deptford Dockyard by Admiralty Order dated 4 September 1758.
S
6 September 1758
National Maritime Museum
'Pelican' (1757) 16-gun sloop. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the foremost platform, upper deck, and inboard profile with scroll head, as proposed for converting the 'Pelican' (1757), a 16-gun ship sloop, into a bomb vessel to carry one
9 September 1758
National Maritime Museum
'Pelican' (1757) 16-gun sloop. No scale, possibly 1:48. Plan showing the section of the bomb room and bed as proposed for converting the 'Pelican' (1757), a sixteen gun ship sloop, into a bomb vessel to carry one thirteen inch mortar.
circa 14 September 1758
National Maritime Museum
Baltimore (1742). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing the section through a bomb room and bed, as proposed for converting the Baltimore (1742), a 14-gun Sloop to a Bomb Ketch at Deptford Dockyard. This was undertaken at Deptford Dockyard by Admiralty
Circa September 1758
National Maritime Museum
Baltimore (1742). No scale (Probably 1:48). Plan showing the upper deck for converting Baltimore (1742), a 14-gun Sloop into a Bomb Ketch. This was undertaken at Deptford Dockyard by Admiralty Order dated 4 September 1758.
Initalled by Thomas Slade [Su
Circa September 1758
National Maritime Museum