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).
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, and sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Vigilant' (1821), 'Basilisk' (1
circa March 1820
National Maritime Museum
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821); 'Swift' (1821). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the sections at Stations '14' and 'M', and midship sections for 'Vigilant' (1821),
circa March 1820
National Maritime Museum
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821); 'Swift' (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for 'Vigilant' (1821), 'Basilisk' (1822), and
October 1820
National Maritime Museum
Alarm (cancelled 1826), Andromeda (launcehed as Nimrod (1828)). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Alarm (cancelled 1826) and Nimrod (under original name of Andromeda), both originally 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate, but N
4th April 1820
National Maritime Museum
Asia (1824); Bombay (1828). Scale: 1: 48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Asia (1824) and Bombay (1828), both 84-gun Second Rate, two-deckers, building at Bombay Dockyard, India. The plan includes later undated alterations.
February 1820
National Maritime Museum
Bombay (1828); Asia (1824); Powerful (1826); Formidable (1825); Vengeance (1824); Monarch (1832); Thunderer (1831); Clarence (1827). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, with modifications dated 1821, for 'Bombay' (1828), 'Asia
22 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (cancelled 1832), Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the midship section for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops. Initialled R[obert] S[eppings] and J[oseph] T[ucker] (Su
24 November 1820
National Maritime Museum
Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with additional riders for Diana (1822), Thames (1823); Mermaid (1825), and Unicorn (1824), all 46-gun, Fifth Rate, Frigates building at Chatham Do
30 July 1820
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India.
July 1820
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert Seppings [Survey
July 1820
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1821); Formidable (1825); Powerful (1826). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle (with alterations) for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, built in Bombay, India. The plan was then used as reference for the cabin
July 1820
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1821); Formidable (1825); Powerful (1826); Thunderer (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck (with alterations) for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India. The plan was then used as reference for the
July 1820
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1821); Thunderer (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the diagonal bracing for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India. The method of diagonal framing depended upon how the frames h
circa July 1820
National Maritime Museum
Martin (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Martin (1821), a 20-gun flush-decked Ship Sloop.
Circa August 1820
National Maritime Museum
Martin (1821); Rose (1821). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section (midship?) for the Martin (1821), a 20-gun flush-decked Ship Sloop, and for Rose (1821), an 18-gun Ship Sloop, both building at Portsmouth Dockyard.
August 1820
National Maritime Museum
Martin (1821); Rose (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Martin (1821), a 20-gun flush-decked Ship Sloop. The plan was to be used for fitting out the Rose (1821), also an 18-gun Ship Sloop, where her form would allow.
August 1820
National Maritime Museum
Nemesis (1826); Druid (1825); Stag (1830); Forth (1833); Seahorse (1830); Severn (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Nemesis (1826) and Druid (1825), and later with alterations dated J
20 November 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing fore and aft platforms for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop), in Penbroke Dockyard. Initialled H.P, J.T, R.S. [Henry Peake, Joseph Tucker, Robert Seppin
3rd January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the Inboard profile plan for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success. Initialled H.P, J.T and
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success. Initialled H.P, J.T and R.S.
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success.
Initialled H.P
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success.
Initialled H.P, J.T and R.
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Thunderer (1831). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the framing profile (disposition), and half-stern framing for 'Thunderer' (1831), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 181
5 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824), Powerful (1826), Formidable (1825), Monarch (1832), Thunderer (1831). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Vengeance' (1824), 'Powerful' (1826), 'Formidable' (1825), and 'Monarch
22 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824), Powerful (1826), Formidable (1825), Monarch (1832), Thunderer (1831). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Vengeance' (1824), 'Powerful' (1826), 'Formidable' (1825), 'Monarch
22 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for building 'Vengeance' (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surve
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for building 'Vengeance' (1824), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surveyor o
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for building 'Vengeance' (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Rober
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for building 'Vengeance' (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppin
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck for building 'Vengeance' (1824) (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surve
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824); Powerful (1826); Formidable (1825); Monarch (1832); Thunderer (1831); Asia (1824); Bombay (1828). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck for 'Vengeance' (1824), 'Powerful' (1826), 'Formidable' (1825),
22 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Hebe (1826); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Amazon (1821); Aeolus (1825) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Thames (1823); Fox (1829); Unicorn (1824); Daedalus (1826);
March 1823
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms with modifications for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops, at Plymouth Dockyard. Ini
10th January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops, at Plymouth Dockyard. The plan also has a
10th January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827); Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831); Inconstant (cancelled 1832); Jason (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Madaga
1 February 1820
National Maritime Museum
Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Druid (1825); Africaine (1827); Jason (cancelled 1831), Pique (cancelled 1832), Tigris (cancelled 1832), Statira (cancelled 1832), Stag (1830), Forth (1833), Severn (cancelled 1831), Seahorse (1830), Euphrates
1 February 1820
National Maritime Museum
Hind (1814); Wye (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile and plan of the stern quarter of Hind (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop, illustrating the fitting of an iron tiller and spiral wheel. According to a pencil annotation on ZAZ3983 this tiller
11 March 1820
National Maritime Museum
Powerful (1826); Monarch (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Powerful (1826), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan was later used for Monarch (1832), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
14 March 1820
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops, at Plymouth Dockyard. Signed H[enry] Pe
10th April 1820
National Maritime Museum
Minerva (1820). Scale: 1:24 and 1:48. Plan showing the elevation of the bow and head, and a plan of the head, for the Minerva (1820), a 46-gun Fifth Rate Frigate building at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by William McPherson Rice [?]
13 April 1820
National Maritime Museum
Rochfort (1814) [alternative spelling: Rochefort]; Revenge (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Rochfort (1814), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after repairs, and alterations for carrying a flag
10 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Rochfort (1814) [alternative spelling: Rochefort]; Revenge (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Rochfort (1814), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after repairs, and alterations fo
10 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Rochfort (1814) [alternative spelling: Rochefort]; Revenge (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Rochfort (1814), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after repairs, and alterations for carrying a
10 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Rochfort (1814) [alternative spelling: Rochefort]; Revenge (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Rochfort (1814), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after repairs, and alterations for carrying a flag officer, b
10 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (cancelled 1832), Porcupine (cancelled 1832), Nimrod (1828) ex Andromeda. Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for building the Daphne (cancelled 1832), Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops, at Plymouth Dockyard, and
10th June 1820
National Maritime Museum
Skylark (1821). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the sections at frame 14 and M, and the midship section for Skylark (1821), a 10-gun Cutter to be built at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831].
Note: annotation regard
14 June 1820
National Maritime Museum
Skylark (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Skylark (1821), a 10-gun Cutter being built at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor o
14 June 1820
National Maritime Museum
Chain Pumps proposed for H M Ships (1820). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the profile, plan and section to illustrate the method of working the chain pumps on H M Ships using the Capstan, as proposed by Mr. Edwards.
Signed by John Edye [Assistant to Survey
26 September 1820
National Maritime Museum
Hindostan (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Hindostan (1841), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, to be built at Plymouth Dockyard.
Signed by Henery Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Jo
12 October 1820
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan includes alterations made in green and red ink dated February 1824.
Signed by Joseph Tucker
12 October 1820
National Maritime Museum