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).
'Shipping Sugar'. This print is taken from William Clark’s ‘Ten views in the island of Antigua, in which are represented the process of sugar making, and the employment of the Negroes’ (Thomas Clay, London, 1823). It shows the
1823
National Maritime Museum
. An earthenware jug with purple lustre decoration. It is hand-painted with a picture of a brig under sail on one side within a coloured floral wreath. On the other side, a similar wreath surrounding a verse: 'Success unto the hope/And prosperous may
1823
National Maritime Museum
. Caribou sinew thread, with an associated label inscribed: 'Rein-deer sinew prepared as thread by the Esquimaux used in the Arctic Overland Expedition under Sir J. Franklin 1823.' Associated with Franklin's first overland expedition of 1
National Maritime Museum
. Net purse, belonged to Eleanor Anne Franklin (nee Porden). Silver net purse on a frame, with a tassel at the end in the shape of a crown with bead tassel attached. Label: 'To E.A. Porden on her marriage with Captain Franklin 16 Aug 1823'.
1823
National Maritime Museum
A Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Pictures of the late John Julian Angerstein, Esq. containing a finished etching of every picture, and accompanied with Historical and Biographical Notices by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, an
1823
National Maritime Museum
A Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Pictures of the late John Julian Angerstein, Esq. containing a finished etching of every picture, and accompanied with Historical and Biogrphical Notices by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and
1823
National Maritime Museum
A CHART of the DISCOVERIES & ROUTE of the NORTHERN LAND EXPEDITION under the command of CAPTAIN FRANKLIN, R.N. in the years 1820 & 21 Laid down under his inspection by the OFFICERS ASSISTING IN THE EXPEDITION. Scale: [circa 1:1,000,000]. Printed c
1823
National Maritime Museum
An Outline to shew the CONNECTED DISCOVERIES of Captains Ross, Parry & Franklin IN THE YEARS 1818,19,20 AND 21.. Scale: [circa 1:5,000,000]. Printed Black and White chart, showing the discoveries in Arctic Regions of Canada in the years 1818, 1819, 18
1823
National Maritime Museum
An outline to show the connected discoveries of Captains Ross, Parry and Franklin in the years 1818, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23.. Scale: [circa 1:3,000,000]. Chart of the Arctic. Partly coloured. Shows discoveries of Franklin, Ross and Parry from the years 181
1823
National Maritime Museum
Childers (1827); Cruizer (1828); Favorite (1829); Hyacinth (1829); Racehorse (1830); Hazard (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building Childers (1827), Cruizer (1828), Favorite (1829), Hyacint
September 1823
National Maritime Museum
Commemorative medal depicting Johan Kepler (1571-1630). Commemorative medal depicting Johan Kepler (1571-1630). Obverse: Bust of the astronomer (right). Legend: 'JOANNES KEPLERUS.' Reverse: Inscription, 'NATUS AN. M.D.LXXI. VIEL IN REGNO WI
1823
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Sheerness dockyard, 1823. Counter commemorating Sheerness dockyard, 1823. Uniface, a plan of Sheerness Dockyard, below the stern of the three-decker, HMS 'Howe', in dry dock. Legend: 'BASIN AND DOCKS AT SHEERNESS BEGUN
1823
National Maritime Museum
Diana van Amsterdam Kaptein. F.Box.(Pennant inscribed 134). original art: drawing
1823
National Maritime Museum
HMS Thames. Figurehead of HMS 'Thames' , a 46-gun fifth-rate (frigate) built at Chatham Dockyard in 1823. It is a vigorously carved male head-and-shoulders bust, white-painted, of a scowling, bearded river god no doubt intended to represent the
1823
National Maritime Museum
James Park Esqr. Late First Master-Attendant of His Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth. Print
1823
National Maritime Museum
List of Cambridge University students awarded honours in 1823, including George Airy.. List of Cambridge University students awarded honours in 1823. Airy is listed as a Wrangler, indicating that he gained a first class degree in Mathematics.
1823
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Anne Hilarion de Contentin, Comte de Tourville (1642-1701). Medal commemorating Admiral Anne Hilarion de Contentin, Comte de Tourville (1642-1701). Obverse: Bust of Admiral de Tourville with long hair in cap and feather and dou
1823
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Duc d'Angoulême and the capture of Cadiz, 1823. Medal commemorating Admiral Louis Antoine Angoulême, Duc de Bourbon (1755-1844) and the capture of Cadiz, 1823. Obverse: Head of Admiral Duc d'Angoulêm
1823
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Medal commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-79). Obverse: Bust of Captain Cook in uniform (left). Legend: 'JACOBUS COOK.' Reverse: Inscription, 'NATUS AN . M . DCC . XXVIII . MARTON IN CU
1823
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the visit of King George IV to Southampton, 1823. Medal commemorating the visit of King George IV to Southampton, 1823. Obverse: Head of King George IV, laureate (left). Legend: 'GEORGIUS IV D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX.' Revers
1823
National Maritime Museum
Representation of the brig 'Vigilante'. The print shows plan and sections of the ‘Vigilante’, indicating the dreadful conditions in which people were transported across the Atlantic Ocean. The ‘Vigilante’ was captured by
1823
National Maritime Museum
Sir George Eyre, (c.1770 - 1839), Vice-Admiral of the Red. Rectangular miniature in watercolour, with gum arabic, on paper in a gilded rectangular window mount. There is also a red leather case from which it has become separated, catalogued as MNT0077. T
1823
National Maritime Museum
Square copper sheet. A square copper sheet with a circular depression in the centre. Inscribed:' P O Aug 1823' with a broad arrow. There are small holes all over the sheet and a small part of the edge is missing.
1823
National Maritime Museum
The Slave Ship 'Vigilante'. The print shows plan and sections of the Vigilante, indicating how slaves were transported. The caption reads: ‘The representation of the brig Vigilante from Nantes, a vessel employed in the slave trade, which w
1823
National Maritime Museum
The Thames at Shillingford. A Thames landscape seen from Keen Edge ferry, Shillingford, in Oxfordshire, looking upstream, with Dorchester Abbey visible in the distance on the right and Sinodun Hill (also known as Wittenham Clump) in the background. The Ri
1823
National Maritime Museum
Token decorated with a broad arrow and inscription: 'PO AUG 1823'. Copper uniface token decorated with a broad arrow and inscription: 'PO AUG 1823'. The token was found under a post or flagstaff on HMS 'Victory' during repair
1823
National Maritime Museum
Tweed (1823), Success (1825), Rainbow (1823), Crocodile (1825), Nimrod (1828)} Atholl Class + Volage (1825), Tyne (1826), Imogene (1831), Conway (1832), Alarm (cancelled 1832). Various scales 1:8 + 1:24. Plan showing the method of fitting an iron tiller t
27th December 1823
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 46ft single-masted Ordnance Lighter (1824). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, half section through the main hatch, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details, for an unnamed 46ft si
8 December 1823
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 46ft single-masted Ordnance Lighter (1824). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, half section through the main hatch, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details, for an unnamed 46ft si
November 1823
National Maritime Museum
[English Channel, from the meridian east to the Downs]. Single sheet. Coloured manuscript drawn in ink, pencil and coloured wash on paper. Scale [circa 1:4,500]. Graduated. Contains an inset chart of the Royal Sovereign shoals and a view of St Etienne, as
1823
National Maritime Museum
Image taken from page 43 of 'Mackenzie's Guide to Inverness ... With excursions to Beauly, etc. [With illustrations.]'
Taken some time in 1823
The British Library
Getuigschrift van Verdiensten behorend bij de gouden erepenning van Maatschappij Felix Meritis, uitgereikt aan Joachim Pieter Asmus
6 January 1823
Rijksmuseum
Op deze prent staat de aankondiging van een schaatswedstrijd in 1823. Bovenaan staat de tekst: ‘Hardrijderij op schaatsen te Leeuwarden, op Saturdag den 18 Jan. 1823. om eene prijs van vijftien gouden ducaten’. Daaronder staat een namenlijst v
18 January 1823
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
Admiral Lord Nelson, Engraved by Turner from a Drawing by R Bowyer, Esqr for Capt Brenton's Naval History. Print
1 Feb 1823
National Maritime Museum
Carronade slide for Quarter Deck and Forecastle on Frigates. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a plan and elevation at a carronade slide fitted to Frigates and smaller vessels, on the inside and outside principle.
14 February 1823
National Maritime Museum
Interieur van de Nieuwe Lutherse Kerk te Amsterdam, voor de brand van 1822
15 February 1823
Rijksmuseum
To James Weddell, Esqr R.N... the brig Jane and cutter Beaufoy on 20th February 1823, bearing up in 74o 15' (Being the highest Southern Latitude ever reached). Hand-coloured. James Weddell's 1822-24 expedition to Antarctica was to find new seali
Oct 1826
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Viscount Nelson. Painted by S. Dekoster. Engraved by Edward F. Finden London Pubd for the Proprieter March 1823. Print
Mar 1823
National Maritime Museum
The notorious Black Billy 'At Home' to a London Street Party. Coloured etching published by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row. The scene is at Charing Cross, near the equestrian statue of Charles I. Billy Waters is entertaining the passing crowd
March 1823
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Engraved by Turner, from a Picture by Sir Wm Beechey, R.A. For Captn Brenton's Naval History. Print
1 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Captain Franklin R.N Commander of The Expedition To The Mouth of The Copper-Mine River And shores of The Polar Sea, Engraved by W.T. Fry From an Original Drawing By T. Wageman. Published for the New European Magazine. Print
1 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Study of a pair of dividers. Mounted with PAE6644, PAE6646-PAE6647.
15 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Study of a wheelbarrow, rake and spade. Mounted with PAE6645-PAE6647.
15 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Collingwood, For Captn Brenton's Naval History. Print
1 May 1823
National Maritime Museum
Symptoms of not having been often to Church (caricature). Hand-coloured.
16 May 1823
National Maritime Museum
Frolic (1820); Goldfinch (1808); Redpole (1808); Hope (1824); Magnet (1823); Procris (1822); Weazle (1822); Hearty (1824); Lapwing (1825); Harpy (1825); Fairy (1826); Espoir (1826); Calypso (1826); Recruit (1829); Rapid (1829); Myrtle (1825); Musquito (18
14 June 1823
National Maritime Museum
'Wight' (circa 1823). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Wight' (circa 1823), a single-masted fifty-one foot victualling hoy.
Signed by William Stone [Mast
4 July 1823
National Maritime Museum
'Wight' (circa 1823). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck ,and hold with fore and aft platforms for 'Wight' (circa 1823), a single-masted fifty-one foot victualling hoy.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford D
4 July 1823
National Maritime Museum
Zephyr (1823), Tyrian (1826). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Zephyr (1823) and Tyrian (1826), 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloops, completed as Packets. According to the annotations dated 14 July to 29 August 1823, cop
14 July 1823
National Maritime Museum