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' (possibly 1789). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Asia' (possibly 1789), a Spanish 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as taken off at P
3 October 1811
National Maritime Museum
'Odin' (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Odin' (1807), a captured Danish Third Rate, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1811 pr
3 October 1811
National Maritime Museum
'Redoubtable' (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an incomplete sheer lines (no waterlines) for 'Revenge' (1805), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] an
5 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
'Tremendous' (1784). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Tremendous' (1784), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as repaired at Chatham Dockyard between 1807-1810.
Signed by Robert Sep
24 December 1811
National Maritime Museum
. Gold mourning ring commemorating Thomas Wells (died 1811). It is presumed the deceased is a relation of Commander Thomas Wells (died 1825) as the ring entered the collection through a donor with family connections to Commander Wells.
The centre of the
1811
National Maritime Museum
. lines & profile
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 354, states that 'Didon' arrived at Plymouth Dockyard on 11 May 1811, had her copper removed and middle to large repairs done. She was taken to pieces in August 1811.
1811
National Maritime Museum
. lines & profile for the Alarm
A fine contemporary model of which is in the Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. The model is both rigged and with contemporary sails, complete with its original case.
1811
National Maritime Museum
. Small fragment of red bunting with associated paper 'A piece of the flag that was taken in the Coronne frigate off Lissa by Capt Whitby of H.M. Ship Cerberus March 13th 1811'. Fragment only remains. Item is accompanied by a label. Part of an
1811
National Maritime Museum
379. John Roger Arnold, London c.1811 No.379
1 day marine chronometer in mahogany box
For notes on John Roger Arnold, see pp.xxx
Box/Mounting
Three-tier mahogany box measuring 125mm high, 135mm wide, and 122mm deep. The lid has ebony stringing to t
1811
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the entrance of the West Scheldt with a plan for attacking the French fleet with fire ships by Nicholas Tomlinson Captain Royal Navy 1811. Single sheet. Coloured manuscript, drawn in ink and wash on paper. Scale [circa 1:23,000 (bar)]. This ske
1811
National Maritime Museum
A view on the coast near Portsmouth, 1811. No. 12 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed in the upper right 'on the coast near/Portsmouth - 1811.'
In addition to his marine work Schetky was also an accomplished landscape artist.
1811
National Maritime Museum
An American Ship in Distress. Although it was painted five years earlier, this may possibly be the work exhibited by Whichelo at the Royal Academy in 1816 with the title, 'The packet and an American ship coming into Margate in a storm with pilot boat
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol farthing token. Bristol farthing token. Obverse: Port bow view of a full-rigged ship under topsails. Legend: 'PATENT SHEATHING NAIL MANUFACTORY . BRISTOL.' Reverse: Inscription, 'FARTHING TOKEN'. Legend: 'PAYABLE AT BRISTO
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol halfpenny token. Bristol halfpenny token. Obverse: Port-bow view of a full-rigged ship under topsails. Legend: 'PATENT SHEATHING NAIL MANUFACTORY . BRISTOL.' Reverse: Inscription, 'HALFPENNY TOKEN'. Legend: 'PAYABLE AT BRI
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol halfpenny token. Bristol halfpenny token. Obverse: Upon a shield the arms of the city, crest above. Legend: 'VIRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA . 1811' Reverse: Inscription, 'B & B COPPER Co.' (Bristol Brass and Copper Company). Legend:
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol penny token. Bristol penny token. Obverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted sailing-barge. Legend: 'PATENT SHEATHING NAIL MANUFACTORY BRISTOL'. Reverse: Inscription within a circle, 'PENNY TOKEN'. Legend: 'PAYABLE, BY
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol penny token. Bristol penny token. Obverse: Port-bow view of a full-rigged ship under topsails. Legend: 'PATENT SHEATHING NAIL MANUFACTORY . BRISTOL.' Reverse: Inscription within a circle, 'ONE PENNY TOKEN'. Legend: 'PAYABL
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol penny token. Bristol penny token. Obverse: The coat of arms (helmeted with supporters) of the city, crest above; below, inscribed on a ribbon, 'CIVITAS BRISTOL'. Reverse: Bust of King George III with short hair. Legend: 'ONE PENNY T
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol penny token. Bristol penny token. Obverse: Upon a shield the arms of the city, crest above. Legend: 'VIRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA 1811'. Reverse: Inscription, 'B B & COPPER Co' (Bristol Brass & Copper Co). Legend: 'ONE PEN
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol penny token. Bristol penny token. Obverse: Within a circular garter the arms of the city, crest above. Legend: 'VIRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA . 1811.' Reverse: Prince of Wales feathers, coronet and motto 'ICH DIEN'. Legend: 'ONE PE
1811
National Maritime Museum
Bristol silver shilling token. Bristol silver shilling token. Obverse: A circular view of the castle and a ship (left) within an inscription, buckled band, crest above. On buckled band: 'VIRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA'. Legend: 'BRISTOL TOKEN FOR XI
1811
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) with alterations for Cambridge (1813), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan shows the diagonal ledges and deck planking, as proposed by Robert Seppings.
Signed by Robert Seppings
March 1811
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms with alterations for Cambridge (1813), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan shows the diagonal ledges, as proposed by Robert Seppings.
Signed by Robert Seppings
March 1811
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle with alterations for Cambridge (1813), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
March 1811
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with alterations for Cambridge (1813), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan shows the diagonal ledges and deck planking, as proposed by Robert Seppings.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor
March 1811
National Maritime Museum
Captain Phipps Hornby. This miniature is entitled 'Captain Phipps Hornby' is contained within a gilt frame with wooden surround with integral stand. There is an inscription on this object.
1811
National Maritime Museum
Chart of the Gulf of Bohus or the Sleeve by Gustav Klint 1806. Scale: circa 1:200,000. On the back is a manuscript index to the Atlas from which the chart came. Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1854 Insets: 1. Plan of the Tislern Rocks [on the same scal
1811
National Maritime Museum
Childers (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Childers (1812), an 18-gun Brig Sloop, building at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan describes her rig as a brigantine.
Initalled y William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of
4 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
Commemorative medal depicting Joseph Louis La Grange (1735-1813). Commemorative medal depicting Joseph Louis La Grange (1735-1813). Obverse: Bust of the mathematician (left). Legend: 'JOSEPH LOUIS LAGRANGE.' Reverse: Inscription, 'NÉ
1811
National Maritime Museum
Cornwallis (purchased 1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (upper deck) for Cornwallis (purchased 1805), a 50-gun Fifth Rate 'spar-decked' Frigate, as refitted from a storeship at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan records the ship under her
Circa December 1813
National Maritime Museum
Cornwallis (purchased 1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Cornwallis (purchased 1805), a 50-gun Fifth Rate 'spar-decked' Frigate, as refitted from a storeship at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan records the ship under her later name
Circa December 1813
National Maritime Museum
Cornwallis (purchased 1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Cornwallis (purchased 1805), a 50-gun Fifth Rate 'spar-decked' Frigate, as refitted from a storeship at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan records
Circa December 1813
National Maritime Museum
Cornwallis (purchased 1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck (quarterdeck, covered waist, and forecastle) for Cornwallis (purchased 1805), a 50-gun Fifth Rate 'spar-decked' Frigate, as refitted from a storeship at Woolwich Dockyard. Th
Circa December 1813
National Maritime Museum
Death of Nelson. Nelson was struck by a musket ball fired from the French ‘Redoutable’ at approximately 1.30 pm on 21 October 1805. The ball struck him in the top of the shoulder and went downwards through his left lung and spine. Nelson fell
1811
National Maritime Museum
Douglas penny token. Douglas penny token. Obverse: View of Peel Castle and shore, a cutter under sail in the foreground. Legend: 'PEEL CASTLE ISLE OF MAN'. Reverse: Inscription, 'DOUGLAS BANK TOKEN ONE PENNY 1811'.
1811
National Maritime Museum
Eyafialla Iokul, Mount Hekla, & the River Elvas, from the Westward. Plate 13.
1811
National Maritime Museum