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).
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section illustrating the cross bolting for the floors on the keel, and the midship section illustrating the method of fixing the deck beams to the sides for 'Black Prince' (1816), a
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48 and 1:24. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the method of making the hooks and crutches,
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) illustrating diagonal decking and diagonal carlines proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms illustrating diagonal decking and diagonal carlines proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, bui
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle as proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck illustrating diagonal decking and diagonal carlines proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48 and 1:24. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan wa
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan was then se
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan was then sent t
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Pitt' (1816) and 'Agincourt' (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the N
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan was then se
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Slave Trade'. Morland exhibited the original oil painting from which this print is derived, ‘Execrable human traffick, or the affectionate slaves’, at the Royal Academy in 1788. It illustrates how pervasive the question of the aboli
1814
National Maritime Museum
'Standard' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for 'Standard' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by George Parkin [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1813-1830].
6 December 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Midship section for for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surve
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
2 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station '28' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
Si
March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section through Station '28' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name
4 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plans showing the section through Station 'T' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker to be built at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
The
23 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Telavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station 'T' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
Sig
March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Telavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station 'T' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
3 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Telavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station 28 for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'The slave ship Brooks'. This is a late variant of the well-known and widely copied set of stowage plans of the Liverpool slave ship 'Brooks', first published in 1789 (see ZBA2745).
The Liverpool ship, the ‘Brooks’, was u
1814
National Maritime Museum
'Triumph' (1764). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the outboard profile and section for 'Triumph' (1764), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as hulked and fitted as a Lazaretto with a roof.
Signed by Edward Churchill [Assistant to Master Shipw
7 April 1814
National Maritime Museum
. Cutlass, the hilt of the cutlass consists of either a steel or an iron guard which has been painted black, made in the form of a double-disc. The tongue at the back of the guard is rolled up and has a slot for a knot near the pommel. The cutlass has an
1814
National Maritime Museum
. Gold double-link chain, of the fetter type (with long flattened links). On an attached label: 'Gold Chain presented to our Father the late Commander Richard Gunning Jeffreys Royal Navy, when serving as Midshipman on board H.M.S. "Undaunted&quo
1814
National Maritime Museum
. Naval cutlass. The hilt of the cutlass consists of a figure-of-eight guard. The guard is of blackened steel bent round from the tang to form an oval shell, the centre part of the trailing edge of which is bent over. The knuckle guard is enlarged to for
1814
National Maritime Museum
. Press moulded black basalt lid, decorated with a wandering line pattern.
1814
National Maritime Museum
. Press moulded black basalt sugar bowl with a glazed interior, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). It is decorated overall with a wandering line pattern.
1814
National Maritime Museum
. Press moulded black basalt sugar bowl with a glazed interior, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). It is decorated overall with a wandering line pattern. On each side is a shell in relief. On one side the shell bears a design of a monu
1814
National Maritime Museum
. Scabbard for Naval cutlass. The scabbard is all metal and is fitted with two rings for suspension.
1814
National Maritime Museum
A Collier in the Thames. Oil painting, inscribed signed and dated, lower left, 'J Salmon- 1874 / Collier on the Thames'. This is a good and late example of an oil painting by a London and Kent artist who was much more prolific and better known
1874
National Maritime Museum
A new chart of the Gulf of Finland surveyed by order of the Emperor of Russia and King of Sweden with additions and improvements including the newly erected lighthouses &c. under the direction of General Leonty Spafereiff. Accompanied with a book of S
1845; 1814
National Maritime Museum
A Prospect from Cape Coast Road of Elmina, St Iago, Phipp's Tower, Cape Coast Castle, and Fort Royal. Drawing
1814
National Maritime Museum
African Hospitality. A print of Morland’s original oil painting, depicting a European ship wrecked on the coast of Africa. Africans are shown helping distressed Europeans.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820); Venus (1820); Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Blanche (1819). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Thetis (1817), and with later alterations to the diagonal riders for Arethusa (1817)
27 July 1814
National Maritime Museum
Badge commemorating the Royal Bristol Volunteers. Badge commemorating the Royal Bristol Volunteers. Obverse: The city's coat of arms - a ship and castle - with crest above. Legend: (outer) 'ROYAL BRISTOL VOLUNTEERS'; (inner) 'VIRTUTE E
1814
National Maritime Museum
Bahama (captured 1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bahama (captured 1805), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates her as taken off at Chatham Doc
December 1814
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, 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
19 October 1814
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, fitted as an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between March 1814 and March 1815 Canopus underwent a large repai
23 November 1814
National Maritime Museum
Chart of Amphila Bay, surveyed in Decr. 1809 & Jany. 1810, by Henry Salt Esq. and Captn. Thos. Weatherhead.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:55 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for lat & long. Variation shown. Scale in nautical miles. A
1814
National Maritime Museum
Chart of Terra Australis ... South Coast, sheet V. 1798, 1802 & 3.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:1 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated chart. Additional Places: New South Wales, Bass Strait, Tasmania. Contents Note: Inset:[Port Philip & Wes
1814
National Maritime Museum
CHART OF TERRA AUSTRALIS BY M FLINDERS COMMR OF HM SLOOP INVESTIGATOR South Coast Sheet V 1798, 1802 & 3. Scale: circa 1:1m. Bass Strait. Printed tracks of Francis & Norfolk.
Insets: 1. [PORT PHILLIP & WESTERN PORT] circa 1:350,000; 2. [TWO F
1814
National Maritime Museum
CHART OF TERRA AUSTRALIS BY M. FLINDERS COMMR. OF H.M. SLOOP INVESTIGATOR South Coast Sheet V/1798. 1802. & 3.. Scale: [circa 1:1,000,000]. Black and white printed chart of part of the coast of New South Wales and Victoria, including Port Phillip, par
1814
National Maritime Museum
Chart of the harbour of Point de Galle. Surveyed in January and March 1800, by Capt. David Inverarity. To whom this plate is inscribed, by his most obliged A.Dalrymple.. Scale: [ca. 1:6 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Scale in nautic miles. So
1814
National Maritime Museum
Chart of Van Diemens Land by M. Flinders 1798-9. South coast, sheet VI.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: [ca.1:1 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated chart. Variation shown. Additional Places: Tasmania. Contents Note: Inset: Sullivan Co
1814; 1843
National Maritime Museum
Chinese fisherman. Print from an original drawing also in the collection, PAD8646.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the Congress of Vienna, 1814. Counter commemorating the Congress of Vienna, 1814. Obverse: Peace, standing, holding an olive branch in her right, spilling a cornucopia from her left hand; a barrel (left) and a ship behind, two ships
1814
National Maritime Museum
Crown. A crown piece. Obverse: Engraved on a smooth surface a royal crown (centre) surrounded by a laurel garland tied with ribbon and legend and circular inscription in four lines. Legend: 'FRENCH NATIONAL SHIPS CAPTURED OR BURNED'. Below:
1814
National Maritime Museum
Cutters under sail in a river, probably the Bristol Avon. The view is probably upstream near the mouth of the Bristol Avon with two cutters – typically Bristol pilot craft based near there at Pill – coming out on a beam wind followed by a merc
1814
National Maritime Museum
Fireships firing rockets and details of storage and launch (Misc 34) Plate to The Details of the Rocket System. Plate 12.
1814
National Maritime Museum
French naval ensign (1794-1814 and after 1830). French national flag and ensign - this design was in use from 1794-1814 and after 1830. The ensign is made of wool bunting with a linen hoist and is hand sewn. A rope is attached for hoisting. The design c
1814
National Maritime Museum
Halifax halfpenny token. Halifax halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of King George III, laureate, in mantle (right). Legend: 'HALFPENNY TOKEN . 1814.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a full-rigged ship under topsails and fore-sail. Legend:
1814
National Maritime Museum
HMS Aboukir. A finely executed pencil and wash drawing of the 74-gun 'Aboukir' built in1807 on contract at Frindsbury, opposite Chatham Dockyard on the Medway, shown in fine port-bow view and near-all plain sail, hove-to in light airs off a head
1814
National Maritime Museum
Launch of the Nelson, the sketch made for Cooke's Thames by Clennel. Drawing
This sketch depicting the launch of HMS 'Nelson' in 1814 was drawn for Edward Cooke's 'Thames' series by the artist Luke Clennel.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Mallacca, with the Hope at anchor in the Roads. The artist James Wathen sailed to India and China in 1811 with his friend Captain James Prendergast. In 1814, Wathen published a two-volume account – ‘Journal of a voyage to India and China&rsquo
1814
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Captain Lewis Warrington (1782-1851) and the action between USS Peacock and HMS Epervier, 1814. Medal commemorating Captain Lewis Warrington (1782-1851) and the action between USS 'Peacock' and HMS 'Epervier', 1814.
1818-19
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Captain Robert Henley (1783-1828) and the Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814. Medal commemorating Captain Robert Henley (1783-1828) and the battle of Lake Champlain, 1814. Obverse: Bust of the captain in uniform (right). Legend: 'ROB
1817
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Captain Thomas Macdonough (1783-1825) and the battle of Lake Champlain, 1814. Medal commemorating Captain Thomas Macdonough (1783-1825) and the Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814. Obverse: Bust of the captain in uniform (right). Legend:
1818
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Louis XVIII landing at Calais, 1814. Medal commemorating Louis XVIII landing at Calais, 1814. Obverse: Head of Louis XVIII with long hair (right). Legend: 'LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE'. Reverse: France crowned adv
1814
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating peace in Europe, 1814. Medal commemorating peace in Europe, 1814. Obverse: Three figures holding hands. Male figure carrying fasces, female figure holding olive branch, and second female laureate. A dove with an olive branch above, ray
1814
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bombardment of Cattaro, 1814. Case for the medal commemorating the bombardment of Cattaro, 1814.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bombardment of Cattaro, 1814. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Cattaro, 1814. Obverse: Bird's-eye view of Cattaro. On semicircular ribbons: (above) 'CATTARO', (below): 'FORTITUDINE'. Reverse: Port bro
1814
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the siege of Londonderry, 1688. Medal commemorating the siege of Londonderry, 1688. Obverse: Bust of George Walker in a long wig (three-quarter left). Legend: 'GEORGE WALKER, DEFENDER OF DERRY 1688'. Reverse: Through the port
National Maritime Museum
Mons. Télescope Philosophe. A hand-coloured etching showing a grotesque head of a man above a group of instruments including telescopes, an octant, dividers, set square, square rule and a globe. The print is listed in the 'Bibliographie de la
1814
National Maritime Museum
North west side of the Gulf of Carpentaria by M.Flinders, Commander of H.M.S. Investigator 1803.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:400 000]. Additional Places: Arnhem Land. Contents Note: Tracks of Investigator and Cumberland.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Nova Scotia halfpenny token. Nova Scotia halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of King George III, laureate, in mantle. Legend: 'HALFPENNY TOKEN . 1814.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a full-rigged ship under sail. Legend: 'FOR THE CONVENIE
1814
National Maritime Museum