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).
'Barham' (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with some external detail for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan includes altera
19 January 1827
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop platform with fore & aft plaforms for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Oliver Lang
19 January 1827
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. This deck used to the lower deck when she was a 74-gun
19 January 1827
National Maritime Museum
'Caledonia' (1808); 'Saint George' (1840); 'Neptune' (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Saint George' (1840) building at Plymouth Dockyard, and for the 'Caledonia' (1808), repairing
20 June 1827
National Maritime Museum
'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the half stern framing for 'Rodney' (1833), a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates the timbers required for the circular stern.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the N
22 December 1827
National Maritime Museum
. A doll made from a corn husk and leaves. It has deerskin legs and wears a long black wool skirt decorated with beadwork and ribbon, black leggings also beaded, a pink cotton overdress secured with a square silver brooch and a black shawl. An associated
1827
National Maritime Museum
. Open half-basket hilted sword, which belonged to Captain George Bohun Martin (1799-1854). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt openwork half-basket guard with a crown over a foul anchor surrounded by a wreath inserted in the outward bars. The sword
1827
National Maritime Museum
. Seal skin purse or pouch, hand sewn with sinew and decorated with appliquéd decoration of diamond shapes glued across the top of the opening and around the edge of the flap. A label states: 'Indian purse brought by Franklin for his daughter
1827
National Maritime Museum
. Socle for the bust of King George IV [ I.e. the square base, not the actual round socle in the technical sense, which is part of or fixed to the bust. PvdM 9/06]
1827
National Maritime Museum
. Solid half-basket hilted sword, which belonged to Admiral William Sidney Smith (1799-1892). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt solid half-basket guard, which has been cast in one piece. The guard has raised bars and a crown and anchor badge. The s
1827
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. The black leather scabbard has two gilt lockets with rings, and chape, which are engraved with threads and scrolls. The scabbard is in two pieces and is supported on a piece of wood.
1827
National Maritime Museum
. The compass, like this ship’s steering compass, is one of the most important navigational instruments, since it enables mariners to know the direction in which they are sailing. The compass card of this example is made of paper and is marked with
1827
National Maritime Museum
. William Edward Parry's attempt on the North Pole 1827. Message, hand written on vellum 'This Boat is left for Captain Parry and his party on their return from attempting to reach the North Pole. It as particularly requested that she may not be
1827
National Maritime Museum
A mid on half pay. Tower Hill (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
1827
National Maritime Museum
A plan of the harbour near Singapore by Captn Dl Ross FRS Marine Surveyor General 1827. Single sheet. Ms. Medium: Paper watermarked Whatman 1821. Physical description Note: Drawing-pin holes at the mid points of each edge. Scale: [ca. 1:16 000]. Cartograp
1827
National Maritime Museum
A survey of Mozambique Harbour by Lieut Wm Mudge asisted by Mr Jas Badgley Midn under the direction of Captn WFW Owen 1823. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:35 000]. Contents Note: Sailing directions, Inset: Fort St Sebastian commenced in 1508 and finish
1827
National Maritime Museum
Africa Sheet II From the River Gambia to Cape Lopez and Annabona including the Bight of Biafra by Mr DeMayne, Captain WFW Owen, Captain ATE Vidal and Captain Denham 1812, 1826 and 1839-1846. Scale: circa 1:3,000,000. Linen backed chart. Contains 12 views.
1847; 1827
National Maritime Museum
Africa, sheet IV from Hollams Island to Cape Correntes including the Cape of Good Hope... from 1822 to 1826. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen-backed. Scale: [ca. 1:1 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Variation shown. Contents Note: Track of HMS Her
1827; 1851
National Maritime Museum
Astronomy, New System. A satirical print depicting the old zodiacal signs thrown out (centre) and replaced by new signs for a new age and society. These include John Bull for the old bull of Taurus, three men drinking (like fishes) for Pisces, and a soldi
1827
National Maritime Museum
Barham (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shpwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 18
19 January 1827
National Maritime Museum
Button, Honourable East India Company uniform: pattern. Button. Rope twist outer edge. Within a wide circular border on a textured background is a lion, standing on the left hind leg on a rope, holding a crown.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun, Second Rate, two-decker. A copy was sent to Bombay on 31 October 1827.
Signed by Robert Seppings
3 October 1827
National Maritime Museum
Colour, Royal Marines (Woolwich Division). Colours of the Royal Marines, Woolwich Division presented to Greenwich Hospital by William IV. Almost completely disintigrated. Originally a Union Flag. Tassel attached. Formerly nailed to staff, now removed. Ba
1827
National Maritime Museum
Commercial Docks. Print entitled 'Commercial Docks'. A copper-plate print of the Surrey Commercial Docks at Rotherhithe. They date back to the 17th century, covered about ten acres in Queen Anne's time and were then used by Greenland whaler
1827
National Maritime Museum
Counter Commemorating HMS 'Adventure' and 'Beagle', 1826-1827. Counter Commemorating HMS 'Adventure' and 'Beagle', 1826-27. Obverse across the field: 'GEORGE IV.' Legend: 'H . B . M . S . ADVENTURE AN
1827
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Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan for Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops. Signed R[obert] Seppimgs (Surveyor of the Navy)
28th June 1827
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (cancelled 1832), Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan with platforms, for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops, at Plymouth Dockyard. The pan also has a
28th June 1827
National Maritime Museum
Dedicated by special Permission to, and Patronized by, Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Adelaide. Visits of William the Fourth, when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth, in the Year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses
1827
National Maritime Museum
Dr. Kitchener. A print of William Kitchener (1778-1827), after a portrait by Rubidge. As a wealthy man, Kitchener was able to indulge his interests in music, gastronomy, and optics and published on all three. He was also an avid collector of telescopes, o
1827
National Maritime Museum
Fort Rouge, Calais. The oil painting, 'Wreckers off Fort Rouge' - a stormy view from seaward - was an early success of Stanfield's. It won him a £50 premium from the British Institution when it was exhibited there in 1828, and was eng
1827
National Maritime Museum
Full Pay/ Full pay in good quarters (caricature). Medium includes graphite and watercolour wash.Inscribed lower left in ink 'FULL PAY' and signed by the artist in ink lower right, 'ROwlandson'. 'Full pay in good quarters' app
1827
National Maritime Museum
Ganges & Blanche becalmed in the swell off the Bar of Rio Augst/27. Signed by artist and dated.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Government of Madras Silver Medal. Obverse: A ship sinking, in heavy seas, two others in distress in distance, three figures on beach in foreground, promontary with two minarets and flagstaff (L). Reverse: Inscription in Persian. [English translation] &qu
1827
National Maritime Museum
Grass ring. A grass ring with an attached label: 'This Indian grass was platted by Her Majesty The Queen of the Huron tribe in Lower Canada & presented to J. Nelson at the Palas Royal Lauret - near Quebec Augt 3rd 1827'. The Huron-Wendat s
1827
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich (Greenwich Hospital and River Thames). A plate from George Cooke's 'Views in London and its Vicinity', looking broadly west across the Greenwich Hospital frontage from off the George Tavern (replaced in 1837 by the Trafalgar Taver
1827
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich (Greenwich Hospital and River Thames). See PAI8605, another copy.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich. Plate 47 from George Cooke's 'Views in London and its Vicinity', completed in 1834, looking broadly west across the Greenwich Hospital frontage from off the George Tavern (replaced in 1837 by the Trafalgar Tavern). This is not vi
1827
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Half Pay / Admiral----- a French commander defeated by Elliot 1760 (caricature). Medium includes graphite and watercolour wash. Inscribed in ink 'HALF PAY' lower left and signed by the artist in ink 'Rowlandson' lower right. Inscribed
1827
National Maritime Museum
HMS Royal George [George IV]. Figurehead of HMS 'Royal George' in the form of a bust of George IV in Roman armour, crowned with a laurel wreath. The ship was a 120-gun first-rate, originally the 'Neptune' but renamed during building a
1827
National Maritime Museum
Hoisting sail in a boat. Rowlandson made a large number of drawings connected with the sea, particularly of travel by sea, with which he was well acquainted. He crossed to the Continent on a number of occasions on his way to France, Holland, Germany and I
1827
National Maritime Museum
Landing from the packet. Medium includes watercolour wash.; Exhibition: Masters of the Sea, 1987, Cat No 50.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Large Gold medal, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827. Half of a circular shagreen box for a large Gold medal of the Société de Géographie de Paris, awarded to Captain John Franklin in 1829 (the first such award).
1827
National Maritime Museum
Large Gold medal, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827. Large Gold medal of the Société de Géographie de Paris, awarded to John Franklin in 1829 (the first such award). The obverse depicts Minerva seated holding a l
1827
National Maritime Museum
Large Gold medal, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827. Société de Géographie gold medal awarded to Sir John Ross in 1834 for his voyage to the polar seas. The obverse depicts Minerva seated holding a laurel wreath
1827
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the appointment of the Duke of Clarence as Lord High Admiral. Medal commemorating the appointment of the Duke of Clarence as Lord High Admiral. Obverse: Head of the Duke of Clarence (right). Legend: 'H.R.H. WILLIAM HENRY DUKE OF C
1827
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Battle of Navarino, 1827. Medal commemorating the Battle of Navarino, 1827. Obverse: The head of Pallas Athene in a helmet (right). Legend: 'LA FLOTTE ANGLO FRANCO RUSSE VAINQUIT LES TURCS A NAVARIN LE 20 8. 1827 .' (The
1827
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral. The Duke of Clarence appointed Lord High Admiral, 1827. Obverse: Head of the Duke of Clarence (right) Legend: 'H.R.H. WILLIAM HENRY DUKE OF CLARENCE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND I
1827
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral. The Duke of Clarence appointed Lord High Admiral, 1827. Obverse: Head of the Duke of Clarence (right) Legend: 'H.R.H.WILLIAM HENRY DUKE OF CLARENCE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IR
1827
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal. Medal commemorating the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of a three-masted merchantman under sail. Legend: 'GLOUCESTER & BERKELEY CANAL'. Exergue: 'C
1827
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Navy agent refusing to pay prize money (caricature). Medium includes graphite and watercolour wash.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Numbered wooden bars for signal flag game. Eight wooden bars with numbers marked on the surface. Part of the signal flag game.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1843-56. Full dress coat worn by Lieutenant James Saumarez Mann (entered the Royal Navy 1835, died 1851). The fact that Mann was a commissioned officer is indicated by two rows of ten buttons. His rank is designated by the dis
1827; altered 1843
National Maritime Museum
Signal flag game part. Unidentified object. Part of the signal flag game.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Signal flag game. Signal flag game. Two spinners and thirty-two playing pieces contained in a round tin with a lid. It consists of two pairs of revolving discs, each with a compass rose in the centre of the top disc, surrounded by four apertures which rev
1827
National Maritime Museum
Small boat and crew on a beach with lobster pots, with faint inscription. Heightened with white.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Steam Engine, Elevation plan & section of a steam-boat. Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes etching.; Plate No IV.; Stored in mount with PAD6672.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Steam Engine, Elevation plan & section of a steam-boat. Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis. Technique includes etching.; Plate No IV.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Stone for New London Bridge on the Wharf, Isle of Dogs. Signed by artist and dated.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Study of a barge. A man in a boat alongside a barge. Medium includes graphite and watercolour.; Signed by artist.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere include reports on explorations in the north polar region: 'The sea seen by Mr Mackenzie 1789' and 'Note: On Whale Island a Post is erected with the lat.e
1827
National Maritime Museum
The best view I ever had of the Ganges December 14 [1827]. Bound with PAF0222, PAF0224-PAF0251.
1827
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826), Alarm (cancelled 1832), Conway (1832), Imogene (1831). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the stern quater galleries for ships similar to Tyne (1826), Alarm (cancelled 1832), Conway (1832), Imogene (1831), all 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel.
circa. February 1827
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing hold and sections illustrating the distribution of ballast and stowage for Tyne (1826), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel in the second Experimental Cruise 14th June 1827. Ballast has colour code reference.
NMM, Progess Bo
Circa June 1827
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the hold section, illustrating the ballast layout for July 1828 for Tyne (1826), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel. The plan includes a table of weight for tanks, cables, and anchors.
NMM, Progess Book, volume 6, folio 54
circa July 1828
National Maritime Museum
Unknown vessel. Undetermined scale. The model shows Sir William Congreve’s proposal for driving a boat (1827) by wave power. Although it appears to be a solid hull, it has been hollowed out, and weighted, and so might have been used for practical de
1827
National Maritime Museum
View of the banks of the River Douro on approaching the City of Oporto. Hand-coloured.; Title also in Portuguese.
1827
National Maritime Museum
View of Windsor Castle from Slough house. View of Windsor Castle from Slough House.
The Herschel family home in Slough, Observatory House, was chosen for its relatively close proximity to Windsor Castle since William could be called upon at any time of d
1827
National Maritime Museum
Waterloo (fl.1827). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, ticked outline of the stern board, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Waterloo (fl.1827), an 82-gun Second Rate, two-decker belonging to 'His Netherlands Majesty'.
Signed
24 April 1827
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: 1:24. A working model of a paddle wheel oscillating engine (circa 1827). The model has been made in metal, the steam feed pipes are copper, the crankshaft is made of steel, and the frame and other components are made of brass. The three cylinder
circa 1827
National Maritime Museum
A View of Ramsgate, with the Emma, Sir William Curtis's Yacht. Hand-coloured.
Jan 1827
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Grampus' as a hospital ship off Greenwich. Vignette, signed by artist lower left, 'W. P. Kay'. In 1821, on the official foundation of the (merchant) Seamens' Hospital Society, the Admiralty allocated it the 'Grampus'
about 1827, or later
National Maritime Museum