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).
'Elizabeth' (1832). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for 'Elizabeth' (1832), a 114ft three-masted ship-rigged merchant ship. Mould Loft Number 79.
1832
National Maritime Museum
'Royal George' (1827); 'Neptune' (1832); 'Royal William' (1833); 'Saint George' (1840); 'Trafalgar' (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for the 'Saint George' (184
August 1820
National Maritime Museum
'Trusty' (1834). 1:48. A ship plan showing the inboard profile for 'Trusty' (1834), a 111ft three-masted ship-rigged merchant ship. Mould Loft Number 82.
Reverse: An incomplete sheer lines for an unknown merchant ship.
circa 1834
National Maritime Museum
. A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A fiddle-pattern silver table fork belonging to Lieutenant John Irving (HMS 'Terror'). It was obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said tha
1824
National Maritime Museum
. Magnetic dial for latitude 51° North, set in a round, turned ivory case with a screw-fit lid. The dial is printed on painted and varnished compass card (red around the edge, the remainder yellow), on the underside of which is a bar magnet, set on a
1824
National Maritime Museum
. The Cosmosphere consists of a printed terrestrial globe, set inside a revolving glass celestial globe. It was invented by Dr William Muller, a major of the Royal Hanoverian Engineers from Woolwich, and made by the Cary brothers. In a pamphlet of 1829 ca
1824
National Maritime Museum
. Upper Bowl-Brass with black centre. Graduated in Roman and Arabic numerals I-XII and 1-12 around edges. Altitude sighter which swivels at centre of bowl. Thumb screw rack and pinion adjustment for altitude, arc is graduated 0-45 twice. Small vernier on
1824
National Maritime Museum
A goblet with water. Heightened with white.; Signed by artist and dated.
1824
National Maritime Museum
Chart of a part of the north eastern coast of America and its adjacent islands shewing the track and discoveries of his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla in search of a north west passage under command of Capt. W.E. Parry in the years 1821, 1822, 1823 a
1824
National Maritime Museum
Chart of part of the NE Coast of Australia by Phillip P. King Commander RN 1819 20-21 Sheet 2. Additions and corrections by Lieut. Roe RN to 1829 and by Captain Blackwood 1845.. Scale: circa 1:700,000. Claremont Isles to Palm Isles. Linen backed chart. Su
1845; 1824
National Maritime Museum
Chart of part of the NE Coast of Australia by Phillip P. King Commander RN 1819, 20, 21 Sheet 3...Additions by Lieut Roe RN 1829 and by Captain F.P. Blackwood RN 1844.. Scale: circa 1:700,000. Torres Strait Claremont Is. Linen backed. Manuscript annotatio
1844; 1824
National Maritime Museum
Circular box made from several ships. Circular box. The lid is inlaid with two concentric brass rings surrounding a small circular plaque with an engraved crest of an arm brandishing a scimitar, the motto: 'Pro Patria' and the letter 'B
1824
National Maritime Museum
Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Louis de la Caille (1714-62). Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Louis de la Caille (1714-1762). Obverse: Bust of the astronomer (right). Legend: 'N. LUDOVICUS LACAILLE.' Reverse: inscription, 'NA
1824
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 from the lines of Repulse with increased dimensions. The plan
July 1824
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. An handdrawn copy of a plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as ordered to be built. This plan seems to include the alterations shown on pla
24 February 1824
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Greek Independence and naval help from England. Medal commemorating Greek Independence and naval help from England. Obverse: Head of King George IV, hair tied with a ribbon (left). Legend: The King's title in Greek. Reverse: The
1824
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Charter of Devonport, 1824. Medal commemorating the Charter of Devonport, 1824. Obverse: Neptune standing in a sea-car drawn by two horses, his trident in his right hand, pointing towards the town and harbour in the distance (right
1824
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Charter of Devonport, 1824. Medal commemorating the Charter of Devonport, 1824. Obverse: Neptune standing in a sea-car drawn by two horses, his trident in his right hand, pointing towards the town and harbour in the distance (right
1824
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Charter of Devonport, 1824. Medal commemorating the Charter of Devonport, 1824. Obverse: Neptune standing in a sea-car drawn by two horses, his trident in his right hand, pointing towards the town and harbour in the distance (right
1824
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the opening of the North Sea Canal, 1824. Medal commemorating the opening of the North Sea Canal, 1824. Obverse: Head of King William I (left). Legend: 'WILHELMVS . I . BELGII . REX . LVXEMB . MAGN . DVX .' Reverse: Amsterdam
1824
National Maritime Museum
Norfolk Association for Saving Lives from Shipwreck. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria as a girl wearing a band in her hair (L) Legend: "VICTORIA" (L) "REGINA" (R). Reverse: Inscription within an oak wreath tied with ribbon. Legend: &quo
1840
National Maritime Museum
Planisphere. French cardboard planisphere, printed on card. A pierced card moves over a celestial map and this, in turn rotates on a third card marked with an hour scale and bound with red paper. On the reverse are printed instructions for its use.
1824
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Royal Astronomical Society. Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, awarded to Sir Harold Spencer Jones in 1943. Obverse: Head of Isaac Newton (L). Legend: " ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY INST: MDCCCXX Nudem Pellente Mathesi". Inscripti
1824
National Maritime Museum
Royal Astronomical Society Gold medal. Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, awarded to George Biddell Airy in 1833. Obverse: Head of Newton (L). Legend: 'ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY INST: MDCCCXX.', ' NUBEM PELLENTE MATHESI'. Inscript
1824
National Maritime Museum
Royal Charlotte [Queen Charlotte]. Figurehead of the Royal yacht 'Royal Charlotte', 1824. This superb late-Georgian example retrospectively represents the young Queen Charlotte (1744-1818, wife of George III) at just over half length, crowned, w
1824
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Gold Medal for Gallantry 1824-1857. Obverse: Head of George IV (L). Legend outer: 'ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK'. Legend inner: 'GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824
1831
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Gold Medal for Gallantry 1824-1857. Obverse: Head of George IV (L). Legend outer: 'ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK'. Legend inner: 'GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824
1843
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal 1824-1857. Obverse: Head of George IV (L). Legend outer: "ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK". Legend inner: "GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824". Below tr
1864
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal 1824-1857. Obverse: Head of George IV (L). Legend outer: "ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK". Legend inner: "GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824". Below tr
1838
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal 1824-1857. Obverse: Head of George IV (L). Legend outer: "ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK". Legend inner: "GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824". Below tr
1841
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver medal 1824-1857. Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver meda awarded to James Fitzjames for saving a Custom House Officer from drowning at Liverpool.
Obverse: Head of George IV (left). Legend outer: 'R
1824
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal 1857-1862. Obverse: Head of George IV (L). Legend outer: "ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK". Legend inner: "GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824". As MED05
1861
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal 1857-1862. Obverse: Head of George IV (L). Legend outer: "ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK". Legend inner: "GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824". As MED05
1859
National Maritime Museum
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal for Gallantry 1910-1936. Obverse: Head of George V (L). Legend outer: "ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOUNDED 1824 INCORPORATED 1860". Legend inner: "GEORGE THE FIFTH PATRON". Below trunc: &
1910-36
National Maritime Museum
Service vessel(1824); Ship's launch. Scale: 1:16. A contemporary full hull model of a proposed ship's launch for the transport of guns and laying out of anchors, designed by John Cow in 1824. Model is decked, equipped and mounted on its original
1824
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of the hulk of 'Trafalgar' 120 Guns moored at Sheerness. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9954, PAE9956-PAE9964.; Medium includes graphite.; Page 49.; Signed by artist and dated. Drawing for the etching in his 'Sketches of Shipping
1824
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. Limehouse. Signed by artist.
1824
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic "1256 (1840) "The country of Syria and
1840
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic "1256" (1840) "The country of Syr
1840
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic "1256" (1840) "The country of Syr
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic "The country of Syria and the fortress of A
1840
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic: "1256" (1840) "The country of Sy
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic: "1256" (1840) "The country of Sy
1840
National Maritime Museum
The Columbus Captn Wm McKellar. As She Appears opposite the Folley House, Blackwall Reach. Four-masted barque built by Charles Wood of Port Glasgow at Anse-du-Fort, Isle of Orleans, Quebec, and launched on 28 July 1824. Her dimensions were 301 ft x 50 ft
1824
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 40ft paddle Punt (1825). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a section through the paddle and crank, the inboard profile (basic), and plan view, for an unnamed 40ft double-ended hand-cranked paddle Punt for Virginia Water. The paddles are attached to the
December 1824
National Maritime Museum
View of yachts underway along a river, possibly racing, with rowing boats alongside and spectators on the bank in the foreground. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9912, PAE9914-PAE9964.; Medium includes brown ink.; Page 6.; Signed by artist. Drawing for t
1824
National Maritime Museum
. Brass plate. A flat, rectangular piece of brass with the corners cut. It is inscribed: 'Hecla & Fury 1824-5'. It would appear to relate to Sir William Edward Parry's third voyage in search of the North West Passage, 1824-25. The plate
1824-6
National Maritime Museum
Fishing boats and a paddle steamer, Boulogne. Though described in Bonington's 'Complete Paintings' ( ed. Patrick Noon, Yale U. P., 2008) as 'Fishing boats and a paddle steamer, Dieppe' this drawing bears an old inscription on the
1824-5
National Maritime Museum
Untitled chart of the north Polar (Arctic) Sea. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Black and white chart. Manuscript alterations and additions made in pen and ink on chart. Chart badly torn on top left hand side. Top right hand side of chart torn away along plat
(1824) 1818
National Maritime Museum
Captn Franklin, R.N. F.R.S. Commander of the Land Arctic Expedition with Fort Enterprise in the background. Print
1 Jan 1824
National Maritime Museum
Captn. Franklin, R.N. F.R.S. Commander of the Land Arctic Expedition with Fort Enterprise in the background. Print
1 Jan 1824
National Maritime Museum
Captn. Franklin, R.N. F.R.S. Commander of the Land Arctic Expedition with Fort Enterprise in the background. Print
1 Jan 1824
National Maritime Museum
Captn. Franklin, R.N. F.R.S. Commander of the Land Arctic Expedition with Fort Enterprise in the background. Print
1 Jan 1824
National Maritime Museum
Etchings of ships. Etching depicting the Eclipse (1822) a British steam packet built at Greenock, owned by the Steam Packet Company. Bound with PAD7696-PAD7718.
1 Jan 1824
National Maritime Museum
The James Watt Steam Ship 33. A simple starboard-broadside view of the James Watt with her sails fully rigged. Her name is inscribed on a triangular pennant flying at the top of the mainmast. Summary outlines denote smoke coming out of the funnel. ‘
1 Jan 1824
National Maritime Museum
Loss of the East Indiaman 'Fame', 1 Feb 1824. Inscribed: “Stationer’s Almanack for 1825. Loss of the Fame, East Indiaman. This Vessel, in which Sir Stamford Raffles & Family were coming to England, with a vast Collection of Natur
1824/5
National Maritime Museum
'Mrs Hannah More'. Hannah More was an important writer on a range of subjects including female education. She was an Evangelical believer in Christianity and strongly believed in the importance of action in the face of social injustice. Much o
1 March 1824
National Maritime Museum
Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824. London Docks. Signed by artist.
1 Mar 1824
National Maritime Museum
Spring Garden Estate, St George's. The property of I R Grosett Esquire MP. Print
1 Apr 1824
National Maritime Museum
Ebony and Ivory. A caricature of a tall, thin African man with a short, fat European woman on his arm; both are attired in fashionable dress. Below the image is the inscription: ‘Each gives to each a double charm/ Like pearls upon Ethiop’s Arm
1 May 1824
National Maritime Museum
Two men trawl fishing with man of war and yachts becalmed. From an original drawing in the collection of A. Champernowne. Technique includes etching.
1 May 1824
National Maritime Museum
Two men trawl fishing with man of war and yachts becalmed. From an original drawing in the collection of A. Champernowne. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
1 May 1824
National Maritime Museum
A Sketch at the Royal Academy - The Living Model (caricature). Print
1 Jun 1824
National Maritime Museum
Off the Cape. - A Man Overboard. From a picture by Wm. Daniell, R.A. Print
1 Jun 1824
National Maritime Museum
Ostend Packet in a Squall (caricature). Hand-coloured.; No.137.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
15 Jun 1824
National Maritime Museum
32ft Pinnace (1824). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and deck plan with longitudinal half-breadth as proposed for fitting 32ft 14-oared pinnaces of ships-of-the-line with a bow-mounted carronade to traverse the c
20 July 1824
National Maritime Museum
View of the large Ship Columbus on the day of her launch ...[at Orleans, Quebec].... 28th of July 1824..... Hand-coloured and signed 'FW del' at the bottom. The full inscription reads: 'View of the large Ship Columbus on the day of her laun
1824
National Maritime Museum
Peter Rainier Esqr Admiral of the Blue from an original Picture in the possession of the Honble Basil Cochrane Engraved by C Turner for Capt Brenton's Naval History. Print
1 Aug 1824
National Maritime Museum
Admiral The Honble Sir Alexr Inglis Cochrane, G.C.B. From an Original Picture by Sir Wm Beechey R.A. Engraved by C. Turner for Captn Brentons Naval Histy. Print
9 Aug 1824
National Maritime Museum
Medway Augt 9 1824, depicting a shipping scene with hulks, moored sailing vessels and small sailing craft and figures in the foreground. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9916, PAE9918-PAE9964.; Medium includes brown ink and graphite.; Page 10.; Signed by
9 Aug 1824
National Maritime Museum