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).
. Half-basket hilted Army sword which is reputed to have belonged to Captain Sir Robert Oliver. The hilt consists of a gilt open-work half-basket with the pierced cypher of King George IV set in the obverse and a short upturned quillon with disc terminal.
1829
National Maritime Museum
. Horizontal pedestal dial for latitude 53° North. The base of the sundial is circular and made of wood with printed paper. The hour and minute circles are drawn with scrolled leaf ends. Within the hour circle is a circular table giving the equation o
1829
National Maritime Museum
. Inboard profile plan with attached document. The document can be viewed via the toggle next to the WHOLE/PART field.
1829
National Maritime Museum
. Scabbard for half-basket hilted Army sword. The scabbard is black leather with two gilt lockets with rings and gilt chape with marked shoe. The mid locket differs in design from the top locket and chape. All gilt parts are decorated with lines and scrol
1829
National Maritime Museum
. Scimitar, which belonged to Captain John Croft Hawkins (1798-1851). The hilt of the scimitar is of the 'Mameluke' type. The polished ivory grip is set with four jewelled studs on each side. The sword has an embossed gilt back-piece, gilt quill
1829
National Maritime Museum
. Table thermometer in gothic style bronze frame.
Width 3.25" (8.2 cm)
Graduated -10 deg to 140 deg F.
1829
National Maritime Museum
1079. Pocket chronometer movement with dial and hands. It has a three-quarter plate fusee movement signed and numbered, with a spring-detent escapement (the detent is missing) and compensation balance with free-sprung helical balance spring. The watch has
1829
National Maritime Museum
A crowd of shipping in harbour, including Thames barges and brigs. Mounted with PAE6355.
1829
National Maritime Museum
Alligator (1821). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation and plan illustrating the glass frame fitted to the Argand Lamp for the binnacle light of Alligator (1821), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Sloop.
Signed by Joseph Seaton [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockya
27 November 1829
National Maritime Museum
An outline chart, for the purpose of marking off the track of a ship.. Single sheet, engraving. 2 leaves joined on blue paper backing, further backed with linen. The backing is now separated from the chart to facilitate display. Ships' tracks are dr
1846; 1829
National Maritime Museum
Captain James Cook, James Cook Painted by N.Dance. Engraved by W Holl. Print
1829
National Maritime Museum
Clarkson Stanfield, 1793-1867. A half-length portrait to right, looking forward to meet the gaze of the viewer. The sitter wears a brown jacket with a velvet collar against a plain background. His left arm rests on the back of the couch or chair in which
1829
National Maritime Museum
Drunken Sailors. Inscribed 'J. Locker 1829'. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection. For further information on black sailors see Bolster (1997:4): 'ships and boats were a pipeline to freedom and a refuge for slaves on the l
1829
National Maritime Museum
Dutch Schuyt etc Blackwall Reach. Plate from Shipping and Craft by E W Cooke 1829. Mounted with PAF3122-PAF3146, PAF3148-PAF3160.
1829
National Maritime Museum
Fly (1831), Harrier (1831), Argus (cancelled 1831), Acorn (cancelled 1831). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for an 18-gun Corvette, sent to Portsmouth Dockyard for Fly (1831) and Harrier (1831), and sent to Plymouth dockyard for Argus (cance
circa. May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Fly (1831), Harrier (1831), Argus (cancelled 1831), Acorn (cancelled 1831). Scale 1:48 . Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and longitudinal half breadth for a new 18-gun Corvette, sent to Portsmouth
circa May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Fly (1831), Harrier (1831), Argus (cancelled 1831), Acorn (cancelled 1831). Scale 1:48 . Plan showing the upper deck plan, inboard profile and lower deck with platforms for a new 18-gun Corvette, sent to Portsmouth Dockyard for Fly (1831) and Harrier (18
1829
National Maritime Museum
Fly (1831), Harrier (1831), Argus (cancelled 1831), Acorn (cancelled 1831). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building a 18-gun Corvette, sent to Portsmouth Dockyard for Fly (1831) and Harrier (1831), and sent to Plymouth dock
circa. May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital. This image originally appeared as plate 5, p.20 in 'Trotter's Selected Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles around London' (1839), where it bore the artist and engraver credits (left and right under the image) and the
1839 or later
National Maritime Museum
HMS Favourite. Figurehead of HMS 'Favourite', comprising a female figure in a high-waisted dress and necklace, with a rose in her hair.The ship was an 18-gun sloop bult at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1829. She became a coal hulk in 1859 and was sold
1829
National Maritime Museum
HMS Penelope. Figurehead of HMS 'Penelope' in the form of a female figure with crossed arms wearing a cloak. The ship was a 46-gun fifth-rate (frigate) originally laid down at Portsmouth until the frames were transferred and relaid in November 1
1829
National Maritime Museum
Inconstant (cancelled 1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Inconstant (cancelled 1832), a 46-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate, at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Na
2 June 1829
National Maritime Museum
Lighters used for lifting the centres of the New London Bridge. John Rennie's new London Bridge of five stone arches, built up-stream of the old one in 1823-31, was opened by William IV.
original art: drawing
1829
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Andrea Doria tercentenary, 1829. Medal commemorating Admiral Andrea Doria tercentenary, 1829. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Andrea Doria in armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'ANDREAS AB AVRIA'. Reverse: Inscription within
1829
National Maritime Museum
Nelson's Pillar, Sackville-Street, Dublin. Technique includes engraving. This print depicts the Nelson Pillar in what was Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street), Dublin. It was erected in 1808 and stood until 1966 when the IRA blew up Nelson&r
1829
National Maritime Museum
Original grave marker of John Adams, Bounty mutineer. Head board of John Adams who died in 1829 - the last of the Bounty mutineers to survive on Pitcairn. A wooden board with an ornamental curved top, covered on one face with sheet lead with the inscripti
1829
National Maritime Museum
Pique (cancelled 1832); Andromeda (1829); Seahorse (1830); Stage (1830); Euphrates (cancelled 1831); Maeander (1840); Forth (1833); Inconstant (cancelled 1832); Orpheus (cancelled 1831); Severn (cancelled 1831); Tiber (cancelled 1831); Manilla (cancelled
October 1829
National Maritime Museum
Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour with the convicts going on board. Plate from Shipping and Craft by E W Cooke 1829. Mounted with PAF3122-PAF3147, PAF3149-PAF3160.; Medium includes graphite.; Heightened with white.
The 'York' was a 74-gun thir
1829
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Obverse: Conjoined heads of Mercury, in a cap and Pallas Athene, in a helmet (L) Legend: "ARTS AND COMMERCE PROMOTED". Reverse: Legend: "LIEUT T. WILLIAMS
1829
National Maritime Museum
Robert Blake, General at Sea, 1598-1657. This retrospective, highly romanticized portrait was painted some 170 years after Blake's death. It shows him full-length to the left, wearing a breast-plate and leather coat with a red sash and cloak, breeche
1829
National Maritime Museum
Royal Marines. Drummer. (uniform). Plate 51.; Signed by artist in plate. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, drummer's [Royal marines]
1829
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1843. This uniform was originally made in 1829 by Clancy of Dublin; the sleeves were altered for the 1843 uniform regulations. The primary difference between the patterns of 1827 and those of 1843 is the white slash and blue c
1829; altered 1843
National Maritime Museum
Russian naval school (good conduct) prize medal. Russian naval school (good conduct) prize medal. Obverse: Head of Czar Nicolas I (right). Legend in Russian (By the grace of God, Nicholas I, Emperor of all the Russias). Reverse: A trophy of a bow of a boa
1829
National Maritime Museum
Russian naval school prize medal. Russian naval school prize medal. Obverse: Head of Czar Nicolas I (right). Legend in Russian (By the grace of God, Nicholas I, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias). Reverse: A goddess (Minerva), seated with a sceptre
1829
National Maritime Museum
The Greenwich Pensioner. A Greenwich Pensioner, probably a Hospital Boatswain from his laced cuff, seated in a carved chair by a table, filling his 'chalk' (clay pipe) from a rectangular tobacco box. On the table are a tankard of ale, a newspape
1829
National Maritime Museum
The Harbour, (Le Creux Island of Serk) with passengers from Guernsey Landing. Print
1829
National Maritime Museum
The Jessie and Eliza Jane in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1829. A hand-coloured aquatint by Edward Duncan, after William John Huggins, depicting the Jessie (left foreground; starboard broadside) and the Eliza Jane (right background; port quarter) with Ta
1829
National Maritime Museum
The Lady Kennaway off Margate, homeward bound in 1827. A hand-coloured aquatint of the three-masted 573 ton British East Indiaman ‘Lady Kennaway’, which made three voyages for the company between 1825 and 1829. Huggins depicts her homeward bou
1829
National Maritime Museum
The Stationer's Barge, Sion House. Plate from Shipping and Craft by E W Cooke 1829. Mounted with PAF3122-PAF3148, PAF3150-PAF3160.; Medium includes graphite.; Heightened with white.
1829
National Maritime Museum
The United Kingdom (Edinburgh) steam vessel. 1000 tons burthen. & 200 horse power. Print
1829
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the side elevation of the yard as secured to the mast after the hoisting gear has been removed (figure 3), and a side and front elevation of the yard fitted with the gear, blocks, clasp and slings for hoisting t
2 May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Wherries at Richmond. A slight sketch with further sketches on reverse. Mounted with PAE6407.
1829
National Maritime Museum
Winchester (1822). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an elevation of the main and fore hatches as fitted to Winchester (1822), a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate. The plan illustrates the position of the tanks, provisions &c, and was altered to propose alternativ
March 1830
National Maritime Museum
Yarmouth Coble on the beach. Plate from Shipping and Craft by E W Cooke 1829. Mounted with PAF3122-PAF3151, PAF3153-PAF3160.; Medium includes bodybolour and graphite.
1829
National Maritime Museum