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).
'Nile' (1839). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan illustrating Seppings' diagonal bracing for 'Nile' (1839), a 98-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert Se
5 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Nile' (1839); 'Rodney' (1833); 'London' (1840). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for 'Nile' (1839), 'Rodney' (1833), and 'London' (1840), all 92-gun Second Rate, two-deckers. The pl
September 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Nile' (1839); 'Rodney' (1833); 'London' (1840). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with Seppings' diagonal bracing for 'Nile' (1839), 'Rodney' (1833), 'London' (1840), all 92-gun
September 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Nile' (1839); 'Rodney' (1833); 'London' (1840). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for 'Nile' (1839), 'Rodney' (1833), and 'London' (1840), all 92-gun Second Rate two-deckers. The plan
September 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Nile' (1839); 'Rodney' (1833); 'London' (1840). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for 'Nile' (1839), 'Rodney' (1833), and 'London' (1840), all 92-gun Second Rate, two-deckers. The plan inc
1828
National Maritime Museum
'Nile' (1839); 'Rodney' (1833); 'London' (1840). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Nile' (1839), 'Rodney' (1833), and 'London' (1840), all 92-gun Second Rate, two-decke
September 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Rodney' (1833), a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Pembroke Dockyard. The plan illustrates the cross riders and braces.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor
21 April 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for 'Rodney' (1833), a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
31 October 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Rodney' (1833), a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates alterations to the after bulkheads and the position of the wheel.
Initialled by Rober
31 October 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Rodney' (1833), a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
31 October 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Rosa Ordered to be Flogged'. Wood engraving by Slader after Harvey, and published by S.M. Slader. The engraving depicts an actual incident of brutality of an overseer against a female slave.
In 1825, Rosa was a heavily pregnant slave on a coff
1828
National Maritime Museum
. Awarded to Joachim D Heinrich Satow. Obverse: Head of Carl Johan XIV (R) with draped robe at neck. Legend: "CAROLVS XIV IOH.REX SVECIAE ET NORVEGIAE". Below: "L.G.". Reverse inscription: "ILLIS QUORUM MERUERE LABORES" (to t
1828
National Maritime Museum
. Rough piece of wood. Inscribed: 'African oak. Thunderer 80 guns building at Woolwich March 1828'.
1828
National Maritime Museum
. Round, folding table made of timber from HMS 'Temeraire' on central turned post and tripod base. Brass inscribed plaque in centre: 'MADE FROM THE TIMBERS OF H.M.S. ARIADNE Commanded By CAPT. FREDERICK MARRYAT R.N., C.B. IN 1828.'
The
1828
National Maritime Museum
A new chart of the western coast of North America. From the Gulf of Nicova to the Gulf of of California.. Scale: circa 1:2,750,000. Blue-backed, linen edged chart with seven insets and five views. Track of the Spanish Corvettes Descumbierta and Atrevida 1
1846; 1828
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir David Milne (1763-1845). A full-length portrait of the Admiral of the White, Sir David Milne. He stands facing slightly to left in rear admiral’s full dress uniform, wearing the star and neck decoration of a K.C.B., the star of St Janari
circa 1878?
National Maritime Museum
Cape Coast Castle - An English Settlement on the Coast of Africa 1828. A pen and drink drawing depicting a coast castle.
At first legitimate trade between Britain and Africa was conducted through well defended fortresses or 'castles'. A number
1828
National Maritime Museum
Explanation of a view of the Battle of Navarin exhibiting in the Panorama, Strand. Print
1828
National Maritime Museum
Favorite (1829); Hyacinth (1829); Racehorse (1830); Hazard (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Favorite (1829), Hyacinth (1829), Racehorse (1830) and Hazard (1837), all 18-gun flush-decked Ship Sloops. The plan includes alterations
4 September 1828
National Maritime Museum
Favorite (1829); Hyacinth (1829); Racehorse (1830); Hazard (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Favorite (1829), Hyacinth (1829), Racehorse (1830) and Hazard (1837), all 18-gun flush-decked Ship Sloops.
4 September 1828
National Maritime Museum
Favorite (1829); Hyacinth (1829); Racehorse (1830); Hazard (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Favorite (1829), Hyacinth (1829), Racehorse (1830) and Hazard (1837), all 18-gun flush-decked Ship Sloops. The plan includes deck detail alte
4 September 1828
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital, 1828, for George Cooke's 'Views in London and its Vicinity'. One of ten views done by Stanfield from 1827 for Cooke's 'Views in London and its Vicinity', which was issued serially in twelve parts of four c
1828
National Maritime Museum
Herring boat at the quay Great Yarmouth. Plate from Shipping and Craft by E W Cooke, inscribed 'Touched Proof Dec 1828'. Mounted with PAF3122-PAF3153, PAF3155-PAF3160.; Medium includes graphite.; Technique includes scratching out.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Higginson's Log. This is one of a number of instruments to measure a ship’s speed through the water. In this design, the log uses a spring balance held with the outer tube to record the pull of a rope attached to a log trailed behind the ship.
1828
National Maritime Museum
HMS Doris rounding to under all sail to pick up a man. Watercolour showing the ‘Doris’ in port quarter view (centre of image) ‘rounding to under all sail to pick up a man’.
1828
National Maritime Museum
HMS Victory, First Rate. 104 guns. Portsmouth Harbour. Plate from 'Shipping and Craft' by E. W. Cooke. Mounted with PAF3122-PAF3152, PAF3154-PAF3160.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin; George Philip Reinagle. Dedicated by Permission to and Patronized by H R H The Duke of Clarence. Lord High Admiral of Great Britain & Ireland (front cover). Pamphlet containing thirteen plates (Plate no.1 missin
1828
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan was altered to reflect the Indus 'as built' at Portsmouth Dockyard, which had been approved on 19 September 1840 wh
5 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan was later altered in April 1834 and again in July 1838. It is also a copy of ZAZ0444.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of th
5 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders and decks for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan also shows alterations to the magazine and stern.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the N
5 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with platforms for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan also includes undated faint pencil alterations.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert
5 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan was altered to reflect the Indus 'as built' at Portsmouth Dockyard, which had been approved on 19 September 18
5 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan was altered to reflect the Indus 'as built' at Portsmouth Dockyard, which had been approved on 19 September 1840 while she was
5 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
Landing from the ferry at Teignmouth, Devon. A view from the Bishopsteignton side of the shore at Teignmouth in Devon. A frigate is anchored in the bay together with a cutter in the foreground to the right. In the left foreground a ferry laden with passe
1828
National Maritime Museum
Master & Physician (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 9. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, master's [Royal navy]; clothing, outerwear: uniform, physician's [Royal navy]
1828
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Expedition to Morea, 1828. Medal commemorating the expedition to Morea, 1828. Obverse: France in a helmet, two flags in her left hand and a hammer in her right, standing on an antique galley, her shield (right). Legend: 'EXPED
1828
National Maritime Museum
Peter Boats at Greenwich. This vignette, mounted in an album with PAI3425-PAI3541 and PAI3543-PAI3776, is a plate from Cooke's series, 'Shipping and Craft', completed in 1829. Peter boats - of which none survive - were common Thames fishing
1828
National Maritime Museum
Prison-Ship 'York' in Portsmouth Harbour. Print. The 'York' was a 74-gun third rate built on contract at the Nelson Dock Rotherhithe, by Samuel and Daniel Brent shortly before they removed from what had been the Randall & Brent yar
1829
National Maritime Museum
Ranger (1820). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the elevation of the plate-protected capstan (iron plates on the whelps of the capstan), the main jeer bits, and the roller in the manger for Ranger (1820), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Sloop.
Signed by George Parkin [Ma
3 December 1828
National Maritime Museum
Route of the Expedition (1825) from Fort William to the Saskatchewan River. Chart: Route of the Expedition (1825) from Fort William to the Saskatchewan River - Murray 1828
1828
National Maritime Museum
ROUTE of the LAND ARCTIC EXPEDITION under the Command of Captn. J. Franklin RN. FROM GREAT SLAVE LAKE to GREAT BEAR LAKE RIVER Surveyed and Drawn by MR. E.N. Kendall, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR The Astronomical Observations by Captn. Franklin A.D. 1825.. Scale: [
1828
National Maritime Museum
Shroud turnbuckle (1828). No scale. A plan showing the side view of the shroud turnbuckle as fitted to the side of a ship, and the section through the turnbuckle to show the threads and connectors.
Reverse annotated: 'Jack in the boy for letting up
Circa June 1828
National Maritime Museum
Sparrow (1828). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the after part of the lower deck for Sparrow (1828), a 10-gun Cutter, illustrating the alterations to the cabin bulkheads as proposed by Lieutenant Commander John Moffatt [appointed: 18 July 1828; Lieutenant senio
31 July 1828
National Maritime Museum
Survey of the Cape of Good Hope by Lieut ATE Vidal of HMS Leven assisted by... under the direction of Captn WFW Owen 1822. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: [ca. 1:150 000]. Contents Note: Two views.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Tartar (1814). Scale: 1:96 and 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Tartar (1814), a 42-gun Large Frigate, illustrating the method of mooring and unmooring with the Moffet Patent Capstan and with the aid of the double pall cylinders.
Signed by J. J. H.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Tartar (1814). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck for Tartar, a 42-gun Large Frigate, illustrating the method of working the Moffat Patent Capstan, and another plan of the upper deck illustrating the working of the Moffat Patent Windlass (as sugges
Circa November 1828
National Maritime Museum
The DISCOVERIES OF THE EXPEDITIONS under the command of Captain Franklin R.N. near the mouth of the Mackenzie River And on the Sea Coast East and West a.D. 1825-1826. Those to the westward of Point Seperation having been made under the direction of Captn.
1828
National Maritime Museum
The east coast of Africa, including the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba by Captn. A.T.E.Vidal and the officers of H.M.S. Barracouta & Albatross, under the direction of Captn. W.F.W.Owen. 1823-4. Sheet 2.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:85 000]. Addit
1828
National Maritime Museum
The East Indiaman Earl of Balcarres. The painting has the additional title, 'The East Indiaman Earl of Balcarres off the coast of China' and is dated to 1828. The Earl of Balcarres was built for the East India Company in Bombay in 1815, and was
1828
National Maritime Museum
The Ship Morley and Other Vessels. The Morley is depicted in starboard, broadside view, under full sail, on a port tack. The British ensign flies from her stern and a pennant with her name from the mainmast. Several figures can be seen on the deck. At the
1828
National Maritime Museum
Three figures wearing sou'westers and a fourth figure, traced from one on reverse. Mounted with PAE6372.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48.Plan showing the hold section, illustrating the ballast layout for 30th July 1828 for Tyne (1826), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel.
NMM, Progess Book, volume 6, folio 549, states that 'Tyne' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on
circa. July 1828
National Maritime Museum
Vera Cruz, in Mexico. Fortress of San Juan de Ulloa. Conquest, 64, Comr Porter. Fishing boat. Sketched in 1828. original art: drawing
1828
National Maritime Museum
Warrant Officers. Boatswain (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 6. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, boatswain's [Royal navy]
1828
National Maritime Museum
Wasp (1812). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the outboard waterline profile of the Wasp (1812), an 18-gun Brig Sloop, rigged as a Ship-rigged Sloop, proposed by Captain Hayes. The plan shows the mast and yard details and positions. The ship was refitted as a s
28 April 1828
National Maritime Museum
Yarmouth Cobles, on the beach. Mounted with PAD1110. [probably Yarmouth, IoW]
1828
National Maritime Museum
'Ruby' (1838). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for 'Ruby' (1838), a 109ft three-masted ship-rigged merchant ship. Mould Loft Number 89.
The Lloyd's Survey Report (BRS278) confirms the dimensions and tonnage. The
January 1838
National Maritime Museum
'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners). Two Greenwich Pensioners lamenting changing times and standards. The one on the left is in right profile with his hands behind his back, has a peg-leg right leg and a shade under hi
1 January 1828
National Maritime Museum
1st Class of Petty Officers. Master at Arms, or Quarter Master (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, master at arm's [Royal navy]; clothing, outerwear: uniform, quarter master's [Royal navy]
Nov 1828
National Maritime Museum
1st Class of Petty Officers. Master's Assistant (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 8. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, master's assistant [Royal navy]
1828
National Maritime Museum
1st Class of Petty Officers. Midshipman (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 3. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, midshipman's [Royal navy]; Royal Naval uniform regulations 1787-1891
Nov 1828
National Maritime Museum