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).
. A plaque, uniface. Within a belted circle (C), a ship on fire, a rowing boat proceeding to her. Inscription: 'In rememberance of Robert Taylor, late of Kingston, Jamaica. To Capt William Greenhorn, of the barque 'Reaper' of Grangemouth, i
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Calendar for the single year of 1853. The calendar is made from a disc of brass. Both side have tables with the days and months, with January to June on one side and July to December on the other.
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Combined ruler and horizontal dial for latitude 52° North. This dial is made of ivory and comprises two arms with a flat metal circular hinge. It has a six-inch rule, numbered and subdivided to eighths, tenths, twelfths and sixteenths. When the rule
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Dry compass
Card: Mica covered with paper, white with black markings, graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees. At centre part of card is a circle graduated in Roman numerals to 24 hours and an inner graduation quadrantal 1 - 8
Needle:
1853
National Maritime Museum
. One of two balloon messages, printed in black on white silk. The message reads: ''COPY / Provisions left in H.M.S. North Star, at Beechey Island. / Provisions, House and Steam Launch, at Port Leopold. / Spring Parties searching by Sledges, in
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Parian ware bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) on a round socle. He wears Vice-Admiral's uniform and the pupil of the left eye is drilled more deeply than that of the right. It was intended to form a pair with the bust of Wellington pu
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Parian ware bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) on a round socle. He wears Vice-Admiral's uniform and the pupil of the left eye is drilled more deeply than that of the right. It was intended to form a pair with the bust of Wellington pu
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Parian ware bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) on a round socle. He wears Vice-Admiral's uniform with three stars, a riband and two Naval gold medals. The pupil of the left eye is drilled more deeply than that of the right. It was inte
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Model of an anchor arm with fluke (1853) showing the palm on Mr Blake's plan. The model is made entirely from wood and consists of a rectangular section of arm with half of a palm and only part of the other side cut away into a sh
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Model of a Rodger's patent anchor (circa 1853). Model made entirely of metal and with a chrome finish (possibly a later finish). The shank is square in section and tapers out towards the crown where the arms curve upwards towards
1853
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Model of a Rodger's patent anchor (circa 1853). Model made entirely of metal and with a lacquered brass finish which is slightly tarnished. The shank is square in section and tapers out towards the crown where the arms curve upwar
1853
National Maritime Museum
Allyn's Patent American Capstan. Scale: Unknown. Large scale working model of a single drumhead capstan (1853) as patented by the American inventor Mr Allyn. The drumhead is made in brass and can be fitted with six capstan bars located in the square
1853
National Maritime Museum
Bay State Pl.10 a plate from J.W. Griffith's book on Naval Architecture (New York c.1853). Print
1853
National Maritime Museum
Black Sea Sevastopol Harbour from the Russian Survey of 1836. Single sheet. Scale: [ca.1:45 000]. Additional Places: Crimea, Sebastopol. Contents Note: Three views.
1853
National Maritime Museum
C.6. Chart shewing the North West Passage discovered by Capt. R. Le M. McClure, H.M. Ship Investigator: also the coast explored in search of Sir J.Franklin by Ross, Richardson, McClure, Austen, Penny, Rae, Kennedy & Bellot, Inglefield, Belcher. By E.A
1853
National Maritime Museum
C.6. Chart shewing the North West Passage discovered by Capt. R. Le M. McClure, H.M. Ship Investigator: also the coast explored in search of Sir J.Franklin by Ross, Richardson, McClure, Austen, Penny, Rae, Kennedy & Bellot, Inglefield, Belcher. By E.A
1853
National Maritime Museum
C.6. Chart shewing the North West Passage discovered by Capt. R. Le M. McClure, H.M. Ship Investigator: also the coast explored in search of Sir J.Franklin by Ross, Richardson, McClure, Austen, Penny, Rae, Kennedy & Bellot, Inglefield, Belcher. By E.A
1853
National Maritime Museum
Fishing smacks by Clamshell Cove on the Island of Staffa with Iona in the distance, 1853. Fielding, a pupil of John Varley, was a prolific exhibitor at the Society of Painters in Watercolours of which he was president from 1831 until his death in 1855. Co
1853
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Assistance' in the ice. In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his two ships, 'Erebus' and 'Terror', disappeared in the Canadian Arctic during their search for the North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Many search
1853
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Rattlesnake', 1853. After training as an artist Brierley went to Plymouth to study naval architecture and rigging, and in 1839 exhibited his first pictures at the Royal Academy. He travelled extensively. In 1841 he sailed to Australia and a
1853
National Maritime Museum
India- west coast chart of the coasts of Sindh and Kutch including the Gulf of Kutch surveyed by Lieut. A.M. Grieve I.N. assisted by Lieut. C.Y. Ward Messrs. Lamb, Barker, Brazier, Shairp and Stiffe Midn. H.C.B. Palinurus 1848-50. Scale: circa 1:750,000 (
1884; 1853
National Maritime Museum
Jug. Stoneware jug with a pewter lid, the interior is glazed. The jug is molded with an auction scene to one side, on the auctioneer's podium is a poster inscribed 'By Auction this Day a Prime Lot of Healthy NEGROES'. On other side, a maste
1853
National Maritime Museum
Lord Rosse's Great Reflecting Telescope, at Parsonstown, Ireland. Coloured cotton wall hanging, showing the so-called Leviathan of Parsonstown, a large reflecting telescope erected at Birr Castle in Ireland. At each corner is a brass eyelet from whic
1853
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the destruction of the Turkish fleet at Sinope, 1853. Medal commemorating the destruction of the Turkish fleet at Sinope, 1853. Obverse: Within a band with pearl ring, bust of the Sultan in a fez, aigrette, robe and orders (front) fac
1853
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the marriage of Admiral Prince Henry of Holland, 1853. Medal commemorating the marriage of Admiral Prince Henry of Holland, 1853. Obverse: Heads conjoined of Prince Henry and Amelia of Saxony (left). Legend: 'HENRICVS PRINC . NED
1853
National Maritime Museum
MOUILLAGE DES FLOTTES ANGLO - FRANCAISES TURQUE ET EGYPTIENNE DANS LE BOSPHORE 9bre 1853. Print on strecher frame entitled: MOUILLAGE DES FLOTTES ANGLO - FRANCAISES TURQUE ET EGYPTIENNE DANS LE BOSPHORE 9bre 1853. Lith par Sabatier et Bayot, navires par S
1853
National Maritime Museum
Pattern 1842. Percussion rifle-musket. The stock is possibly made of walnut. It is fitted with brass mounts: butt plate, trigger guard, fore-end cap and three ramrod pipes. An iron ramrod is fitted. A Lovell's spring catch to secure the bayonet proje
1853
National Maritime Museum
Print from the Statue of Lord Nelson, executed for the City of Norwich by Thomas Milner, Sculptor. Technique includes etching.
1853
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Medal 1774-1869. Awarded to Lieutenant Frederick Semple. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.L
1853
National Maritime Museum
South Africa Campaign Medal 1834-53. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Legend: "SOUTH AFRICA". Exergue: "1853"
1853
National Maritime Museum
South Africa Campaign Medal 1834-53. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: A lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Legend: "SOUTH AFRICA". Exergue: "1853"
1853
National Maritime Museum
South Africa Campaign Medal 1834-53. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Legend: "SOUTH AFRICA". Exergue: "1853"
1853
National Maritime Museum
South Africa Campaign Medal 1853. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Legend: "SOUTH AFRICA". Exergue: "1853".
1853
National Maritime Museum
Study of a foot and ankle. This 'study of a foot and ankle' was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 18 or 19 years old. While its possible that she or one of her sisters posed for this, it is more likely that the feet would have been a plaster
1853
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a brass mount. Shore end of cable. Stranded core of conductors surrounded by layers of gutta percha and tarred hemp. Outer sheathing consists of ten galvanised iron wires.
1853
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A portion of submarine cable. It is Cylindrical with a brass mount. The cable contains six copper wires, each one covered with two layers of gutta percha. These six insulated conductors are laid together and the interstices are fi
1853
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with brass mounts. The cable consists of six copper conductors covered first with india rubber and then with gutta percha and finally with hemp. The outer sheathing consists of twelv
1853
National Maritime Museum
Taming of the Shrew. Playbill, printed in black on white silk, advertising a performance of Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew' given on HMS 'Resolute' during the Franklin Search Expedition, 1852-4. It took place after the rescue
1853
National Maritime Museum
Telescopes, Reflecting. This is one of nine wall hangings, all on astronomical themes, that were among many produced by the Working Men's Educational Union in the 1850s. They were printed lithographically on cotton, probably to avoid paper duty. The
1853
National Maritime Museum
The North Sea, sheet II from Orfordness to Flamborough and Scheveningen to the Texel. Surveyed by Captains Hewett and Washington R.N. in H.M. SS Fairy and Blazer. Sold by J.D. Potter. Engrave by J&C Walker.. Scale: circa 1:350,000. Watermark: J. Whatm
1853
National Maritime Museum
The packet 'Antarctic'. A ship’s portrait of the packet ‘Antarctic’ which was built in 1851. She was mainly used on the Liverpool to New York transatlantic route. Her name is visible on the vessel and she is shown flying the Am
1853
National Maritime Museum
The ship Roxburgh Castle. This painting shows the ship 'Roxburgh Castle', of Green's Blackwall line, rescuing the crew of the burning 'British Merchant' of Newcastle on Tyne, about 60 miles south-east of St Helena on 17 January 18
1853
National Maritime Museum
U.S. Mail Steamer Illinois. Engraved for Stuart's Naval & Mail Steamers U.S.. This is a starboard, broadside view of the U.S. Mail paddle steamer Illinois, under steam in a calm sea. She is flying the American flag at her stern and a flag and pen
1853
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 45ft Coal Punt (1855). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail for an unnamed 45ft Coal Punt for service in Sierra Leone.
Signed by John Edye [Assistant Surveyor of the Navy] and Isaac
26 November 1853
National Maritime Museum
Various forms of Nebulae. This is one of nine wall hangings, all on astronomical themes, that were among many produced by the Working Men's Educational Union in the 1850s. They were printed lithographically on cotton, probably to avoid paper duty. Th
1853
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Wellesley (1815), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1852 at Chatham Dockyard. She was fitted as a guardship for the Ordinary.
Signed by Francis J Laire [Master Shipwr
6 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms and hold for Wellesley (1815), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1852 at Chatham Dockyard. She was fitted as a guardship for the Ordinary.
Signed by Fr
6 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Wellesley (1815), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1852 at Chatham Dockyard. She was fitted as a guardship for the Ordinary.
Signed by Francis J Laire [Master S
6 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Wellesley (1815), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1852 at Chatham Dockyard. She was fitted as a guardship for the Ordinary.
Signed by Francis J Laire [Master Shipwright, Chath
6 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
Yacht Double Ended Bermudian Yacht?. Signed by artist and dated in plate.
1853
National Maritime Museum
The Sverige Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine, January 1953. Print
Jan 1853
National Maritime Museum
23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail [modified in blue], and longitudinal half-breadth for an 8-oared 23 ft Cutter.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
25 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail [modified in blue], and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 25 ft Cutter.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail [modified in blue], and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 28 ft Cutter.
Annotated in pencil with record where copies were sent to: dated 1859, 1860, and 1861.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 12 oared, 28 ft Pinnace. Annotation in pencil dated 1880 relates to a 28 ft Pinnace and a 26 ft Pinnace.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
The Kent 1000 Tons being towed past Gravesend. A pier-side scene by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton showing the ‘Kent’ (with passengers, in starboard-bow view) being towed past Gravesend by a paddle steamer on the right of the image. Her sails are in
19 Jan 1853
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Gibraltar from the Queen of Spain's Chair, 22 January 1853; (verso, undated) St Angelo and Dockyard Creek, Malta. No. 31 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) A view southward towards Gibraltar and the Atlas mountains of the Moroccan coast be
January - May/June1853
National Maritime Museum
Chapel of St Matthias, Barbados with the graves of the officers of HMS Dauntless (with inset portrait of HMS Dauntless. Hand-coloured.
Feb 1853
National Maritime Museum
The Arrow Vice Commodore Chamberlayne, R.V.Y.C. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine February 1853. Print
Feb 1853
National Maritime Museum
The Brilliant Commodore G H Ackers, R.V.Y.S. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine for April, 1853. finished last in the 1st American Cup Race. Hand-coloured.
Apr 1853
National Maritime Museum
Fleet of the Water Club of Corke Harbour 1738. Mounted with PAH0437.
May 1853
National Maritime Museum
Two gentlemens boats Members of the Water Club of Corke Harbour 1738. Hunt's Yachting Magazine. Mounted with PAH0438.
May 1853
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) The 'Napoléon', French 100-gun screw ship, and the 'Jupiter', French 80, in Besika Bay, July 1853; (verso) a coastal magazine(?) on a headland, 21 May 1853. No. 32 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Two separate sketc
May - July 1853
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Leander, 50 guns, appointed to convey the Royal Commissioners to the Exhibition at New York. This tinted lithograph is a portrait of the 4th rate, 50-gun Leander (1848), which was appointed to carry the Royal Commissioners to the Exhibition of the
25 May 1853
National Maritime Museum