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;
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Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
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'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with elevations illustrating the drawers and racks for 'Impregnable' (1810),a 90-gun Second Rate three-decker.
Signed Edward Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard
7 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
. Card-Mica covered with paper. Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 points. Decorated East point.
Needle- Flat edge bar needle which tapers outwards from the centre to near the ends, where it rounds off gradually to flattened ends, this being a fea
1817
National Maritime Museum
. Circular, brass calendar inscribed '1817 A Calendar...by Kempson & Son, Birmingham'. A table of Sundays for the year and a number of special dates are given on one side. On the other are shown dates of the new moon and full moon and a nu
1817
National Maritime Museum
. Gold mourning ring commemorating John Malcolm Stevens (died 1817). White enamel is applied around the bezel of the ring inscribed onto which and executed in gold are the words 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ' and 'OB 8 JULY 1817 AET 20'. T
1817
National Maritime Museum
. lines & profile
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 361, states that 'Rhin' (1806) arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 17 August 1815 and docked on 3 May 1817. She was undocked on 9 August 1820 having undergone 'large repairs' tha
1817
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the Archipelago H.B.M.S. Tagus F.W.D. Dundas - Captain Benj. Hunter - Master drawn by C.R. Malden, Admty. Midn.. Scale: circa 1:400,000. Manuscript chart in two parts of the Aegean Sea showing tracks of HMS Tagus in 1816 and 1817 carrying the B
1817
National Maritime Museum
All Cruizer class (1796) in existance in 1817. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the 18-gun Brig Sloops (described as brigantines). The plan includes alterations to the shot locker near the main hatchway, dated 1823, and also to the magazine (
8 April 1817
National Maritime Museum
Athol (1820), Niemen (1820). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with corrected deck heights and longitudinal half breadth for building Athol (1820), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, of Lach at Woolwich Dockyard, and in 1818, another ship of Ri
May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Athol (1820). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with modifications to the decks longitudinal half breadth proposed and approved for Athol (1820), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, to be built at Larch. See ZAZ3213 for the corrected plan. Signe
May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Athol (1820). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half breadth for building Athol (1820), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop in Larch, as corrected - see ZAZA3212.
annotated, top right: "17th June 1817 A Copy went to Woolwich Ya
June 1817
National Maritime Museum
Back view of a horse with farm machinery and landscape in the background. Mounted with PAE6520.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Figure of a man holding a stick and a woman facing him. Mounted with PAE6521-PAE6523.
1817
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Thetis' chain pump part. Part of a chain pump - five copper links joined together (two still swivel). From the wreck of HMS 'Thetis' 1817. The pump is severely discoloured.
1817
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Thetis' copper bolts. Two copper bolts, one plain the other with washers attached. The bolts are bent and very corroded with barnacles attached. From the wreck of HMS 'Thetis' lost off Cape Frio 5th December 1830 with 800,000 d
1817
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Thetis' copper sheathing. Copper bolt from HMS 'Thetis' 1817 lost off Cape Frio 5th December 1830 with 800,000 dollars on board. The fittings were recovered from the bottom of Thetis Cove now known as Saco dos Ingléses i
1817
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Thetis' long copper bolt. Long copper bolt with a washer on one end. From the frigate H.M.S. 'Thetis' which was wrecked off Cape Frio, Brazil in 1830. The bolt is bent in various places and the surface is severely corroded.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Isis (1819). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Isis (1819), a 50-gun (later 58-gun) Large Fourth Rate Frigate, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the internal riders in the hold, bow and stern.
22 December 1817
National Maritime Museum
Marengo (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Marengo (1806), a captured French Third Rate, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard prior to being broken up in N
29 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth. Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth (1748-1817). Obverse: Sir J. Duckworth's head (left). Legend: 'ADMIRAL SIR J. T. DUCKWORTH BART G. C. B.' Reverse: Inscription (within oak wreath
1818
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth. Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth (1748-1817). Obverse: Sir J. Duckworth's head, (left). Legend: 'ADMIRAL SIR J. T. DUCKWORTH BART G. C. B.' Reverse: Inscription (within oak wreat
1818
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating G. MacGregor and the expedition to Florida, 1817. Medal commemorating G. MacGregor and the expedition to Florida, 1817. Obverse: A cross fitchee surrounded by a laurel wreath. Legend: 'DUCE MAC GREGORIO - LIBERTAS FLORIDARUM.'
1817
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833). Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833). Obverse: Bust of Giesecke (right). Legend: 'C . L . GIESECKE . EQV . AVRAT . MIN . PROF . S . HON . S . D . A . HIB . R . S.'
1817
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Expedition of the corvette 'Uraine', 1817. Medal commemorating the expedition of the corvette 'Uraine', 1817. Obverse: Head of King Louis XVIII with long hair (right). Legend: 'LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET
1817
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the journey to Brazil of Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria, 1817. Medal commemorating the journey to Brazil of Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria, 1817. Obverse: Bust of the Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria (left). Legend: 'LEOPO
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the opening of the new harbour of Middelburg, 1817. Medal commemorating the opening of the new harbour of Middelburg, 1817. Obverse: The Netherlands crowned, seated beneath a fruit tree, her shield and a crowned pedestal beside her, s
1817
National Maritime Museum
Pocket chronometer. Pocket chronometer in a hallmarked silver consular case. It has a full-plate fusee movement, unsigned and unnumbered, with a spring detent escapement and compensation balance with helical balance spring. The watch has a white enamel di
circa 1817
National Maritime Museum
Portsmouth Harbour, with further indecipherable inscription, a view out to sea with shipping, and figures and cows in foreground. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9920, PAE9922-PAE9964.; Page 14.; Signed by artist.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Richard Dale Esq. President of the Washington Benevolent Society Philadelphia. Print
1817
National Maritime Museum
RY Royal George. Gold-painted figurehead of the 330-ton royal yacht 'Royal George' (1817). It shows a bust of King George III wearing a laurel wreath, supported by two Africans copied from Wedgwood’s famous abolitionist medallion. It indic
1817
National Maritime Museum
Slight sketch of 'a Captain in the Navy'. Stored loose at back of album PAI4289 with PAI4321-PAI4331.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Small figure with a wooden leg playing a violin. Mounted with PAE6525-PAE6527, PAE6529-PAE6531.
1817
National Maritime Museum
This geographical plan of the Island of Saint Helena is dedicated by permission to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Lieut. R.P. Read.. 2nd edition. Single sheet, hand coloured engraving. Scale [1:9,050]. North is at 223
1817
National Maritime Museum
Venus (1820); Melampus (1820); Amazon (1821); Minerva (1820); Latona (1821); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Aeolus (1828) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Hebe (1826); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Fox (1829); Proserpine (183
September 1817
National Maritime Museum
Waterloo (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Portsmouth Dockyard. Note that the plan is under her original building name of 'Talavera'.
July 1817
National Maritime Museum
19 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 19 ft Yawl, for the Ordinary. Ordered to be built in August 1817.
Dated: 1817
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm (1768-1838). Head-and-shoulders plaster bust on a round socle, the sitter being dressed in flag-officer's uniform, with epaulettes. The captain's naval gold medal for San Domingo (1806) hangs from under the left lape
1817 or 1827
National Maritime Museum
A View and Plan of Longwood House, St Helena The Residence of Napoleon Bonaparte. No. 13 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c.... Plate 3, Vol III.
1 Jan 1817
National Maritime Museum
Action off Camperdown, Octr 11th 1797. Hand-coloured. Admiral Duncan's flagship 'Venerable' (blue at the main) engaged with Admiral de Winter's 'Vryheid', which was totally dismasted before surrendering.
1 Jan 1817
National Maritime Museum
Capture of the Chesapeake, June 1st 1813. Hand-coloured aquatint showing the capture of the American frigate Chesapeake (right) by HMS Shannon (left). This was a short but bloody battle on the 1st of June 1813 during which over 120 men died.
1 Jan 1817
National Maritime Museum
Capture of the Maria Riggersbergen, Octr. 18th. 1806. Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1817
National Maritime Museum
Capture of the Maria Riggersbergen, Octr. 18th. 1806. Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1817
National Maritime Museum
Destruction of the French Fleet in Basque Roads - April 12th 1809. Hand-coloured.
1 Feb 1817
National Maritime Museum
Sir J. T. Duckworth's Action off St. Domingo, Feby 6th. 1806. A hand-coloured engraving depicting the 'Acasta', right foreground, and the 'Magicienne', left of centre, in the Action of St Domingo on 6 February 1806, as part of a s
1 Feb 1817
National Maritime Museum
Sidney (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the plan of the after parts for the upper deck and lower deck as fitted in 1817 to the Sidney, a 6-gun Survey Vessel, and with modifications as suggested by Mr. Holbrook, her Commander. Signed Nicholas Diddams [M
3 February 1817
National Maritime Museum
'Justitia' (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an incomplete profile illustrating the manner of fitting trusses in the gunports and hold of 'Justitia' (1807), a captured Danish Third Rate, in preperation for an experiment to illustrate S
15 February 1817
National Maritime Museum
Paramaribo a la Riviere de Surinam Dedie... as a majeste le Roi des Pajs-Bas, Grand Duc de Luxembourg.... Hand-coloured.
15 Feb 1817
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Clorinde, Feby 26th 1814. Hand-coloured etching and aquatint showing HMS Eurotas in action with La Clorinde (1808). La Clorinde is shown on the left. She was captured the day after the action by the Dryad and Achates.
1 Mar 1817
National Maritime Museum
Commencement of the Battle of Trafalgar - Octr 21st 1805. Plate 1.
1 Mar 1817
National Maritime Museum
Commencement of the Battle of Trafalgar - Octr 21st 1805. Plate I.
1 Mar 1817
National Maritime Museum
Diligence (1818); Bramble (1822); Swift (1821); Sparrow (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with midhips framing and inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Diligence, a Revenue Cutter. The pla
12 March 1817
National Maritime Museum
Lapwing (1816); Fancy (1817); Kite (1817); Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818); Speedy (1828). No scale, possibly 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for Lapwing (1816), as fitted for a Revenue Cutter, and later used for Fancy (1817); Kite (181
Dated: 12 March 1817
National Maritime Museum
Sir William Hamilton, K.B. F.R.S. Engraved by W T Fry from an original Drawing made at Naples by C Grignon. Print
27 Mar 1817
National Maritime Museum
Enchantress (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Enchantress (1804), a 4-gun Ship Sloop as fitted in March 1817 for a quarantine vessel.
Signed by Edward Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth
29 March 1817
National Maritime Museum
Engagement between His Majesty's Ship Amelia... and L' Arethuse French Frigate... off the Isles of Loss, on the Coast of Africa... 7 February 1813. A dramatic night scene depiciting the battle between the French 'Arethuse', in the left
1 Apr 1817
National Maritime Museum
West India Import Dock. Print entitled 'West India Import Dock'. it also apparently bears the name W. Clarke, though in what capacity is not stated since the visible legend here says it was 'Drawn and exgraved by I.C. Varrall [sic] for the
1 April 1817
National Maritime Museum
Grasshopper (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the cabins, bins and rooms as fitted between the decks for Grasshopper (1813), an 18-gun Brig Sloop.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1802-1823].
21 April 1817
National Maritime Museum
Evening scene. State of the Shipping in the Mole, the Batteries, & the Castle at about 8 pm. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.; Mounted with PAF4864.
15 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
General Engagement. Viewed from an eminence, South of the City. Hand-coloured.; Plate No 2.
15 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Town and Mole of Algiers and it's vicinity with the disposition of the British and Netherland Fleets Augt. 27: 1816. Medium includes graphite.; Hand-coloured.; Mounted with PAF4863.
15 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Scuppers for Ships of the Line and Frigates. No scale. Plan showing a part section at deck level illustrating the fitting of a scupper to Ships of the Line and Frigates. The plan is also annotated with a reference key.
22 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Fancy (1817); Kite (1817); Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sections at Station 14, Midship, and Station M, with pencil modifications and partial frame profile, for Revenue Cutters built at Plymouth Dockyard and Pater [Pembro
Dated: June 1817
National Maritime Museum
East India House. Hand-coloured.
The British headquarters of the East India Company were in Leadenhall Street in London. This engraving was made after the building had been rebuilt in 1799. By the early 1800s, the East India Company, which had held the m
1 Jun 1817
National Maritime Museum
This Geographical Plan of the Island & Forts of St Helena is dedicated... to Field Marshall His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Lieut R P Read. Hand-coloured.
4 Jun 1817
National Maritime Museum
Gun deck (lower deck) scupper for a 74 gun ship. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a part section illustrating the scupper on a gun deck (lower deck) for a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Edward Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1815-1
16 June 1817
National Maritime Museum
possibly Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818), and Speedy (1828) and Snipe (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Revenue Cutters to be b
Dated: 26 June 1817
National Maritime Museum
possibly Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818), and Speedy (1828) and Snipe (1828). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing sections at Station 14, Midship, and Station M for Revenue Cutters to be built at Pater [Pembroke Dockyard]. These could relate to both the Revenue Cu
Dated: 26 June 1817
National Maritime Museum
Snipe (1828); Speedy (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with platforms for Snipe (1828) and Speedy (1828), two Revenue Cutters to be built at Pater [Pembroke Dockyard]. Initalled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 18
Dated: 26 June 1817
National Maritime Museum
Alacrity (1818), Ariel (1820), Barracouta (1820), Beagle (1820), Brisk (1819), Bustard (1818), Cygnet (1819), Delight (1819), Eclipse (1819), Emulous (1819), Falcon (1820), Frolic (1820), Onyx (1822), Opossum (1821). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a part sect
July 1817
National Maritime Museum
Rocky coastline, Kynance Cove, Cornwall, 1817. No. 45 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Inscribed in the lower left 'at Kynance in Cornwall/july 1817.'
Kynance Cove is dramatically located on the western side of the Lizard Peninsula near Helston. In t
July 1817
National Maritime Museum
First view of HM Sloop El Vincego I W Wright Esqr. Commander, Taken in the Bay of Quiberon, on the 8th of May 1804. Hand-coloured.
1 Jul 1817
National Maritime Museum