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).
. Bowl-Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Inside of bowl painted white with a black painted lubber line. Mounted on knife-edge pivots in aheavy brass gimbal ring which is attached by a heavy metal bracket to a wooden stan
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Half-basket hilted dirk, the hilt of the dirk consists of a gilt half-basket guard with a plain quillon. The guard is made in the form of a dolphin. The letters 'U S A' are engraved on the flat plate. The top of the pommel is embossed with an
early 20th century
National Maritime Museum
. Metal rectangular plaque for the model showing a design for connecting iron beams to the sides of wooden ships, as proposed by Mr G. Turner.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scabbard for a half-basket hilted dirk. The black leather scabbard has two gilt lockets and chape. The lockets are engraved with a knotted rope design in the wake of the rings. The shoe of the chape is made in the form of a dolphin.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scabbard for a United States of America Naval sword. The black leather scabbard has two gilt lockets and chape. Bands made in the form of plaited ropes support the rings on the lockets. The shoe of the chape is made in the form of a dolphin.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scabbard for solid half-basket hilted sword. The black leather scabbard has two gilt lockets and rings with gilt chape.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. A model of the stern section together with rudder, largely made in wood, the whole of which is mounted in a pair of figured wooden keel chocks on a polished rectangular moulded mahogany baseboard. The model itself is painted copper below
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Baseboard for the model of a stern section together with a rudder.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Model showing a design for connecting iron beams to the sides of wooden ships, as proposed by Mr G. Turner, Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, in 1862. The model has been made entirely in wood, with the wooden hull sections and con
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Plaque for the model of a stern section together with a rudder.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Tiller for the model of a stern section together with a rudder.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Silk flag, resist dyed. Red, with a white disc in the middle. Probably belonged to Adm Sir George St Vincent Duckworth King (1809-1891). Rope and toggle attached. Partial resist method of dyeing used.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. Solid half-basket hilted sword. The hilt consists of a gilt solid half-basket guard, with folding flap on the inside, raised bars and a crown and anchor badge. There is a lion's-head pommel and back-piece, the mane extending all the way down the ba
1862
National Maritime Museum
. tonnage. There is a tonnage chart marked ZAZ6926.1 and a letter marked ZAZ6926.2 which can be viewed via the grey toggle to the right of the WHOLE field.
1862
National Maritime Museum
. United States of America Naval sword, the hilt of the sword consists of pierced gilt half-basket guard with a dolphin-shaped quillon, which is embossed with the letters 'U S N' and a design of oak leaves and acorns. The top of the pommel is em
1862
National Maritime Museum
A two-decker at Naples. Ship portrait. Oil painting by A. de Simone, showing a Royal Naval two-decker of at least 90 guns making sail southward from the Bay of Naples. Another British two-decker is following, possibly under a Vice-Admiral of the Blue (si
1862
National Maritime Museum
Bombardment of Island 'Number Ten' in the Mississippi River By the Gunboat and Mortar fleet, under the command of Flag Officer A.H. Foote. Hand-coloured.
1862
National Maritime Museum
Celestial hand globe. Celestial hand globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Standford GLB0224. Astronomical details on the sphere include a labelled magnitude table below Crater. The Milky Way is labelled, and a total of 25 stars and three sta
1862
National Maritime Museum
Chart of a Voyage from England to Madeira. Constructed by Charles Hatch - teacher of Navigation London 1862.. Black and white manuscript chart in wooden frame of part of the Atlantic Ocean, showing the coasts of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, part of A
1862
National Maritime Museum
China Sea Singapore New Harbour surveyed by John Richards: Master, R.N. assisted by G.H. Inskip, & J.W. Reed, Masters R.N. H.M.S. Saracen 1858. Scale: 1:5966. Ungraduated chart with magnetic variation marked. Coordinates given.
Bibliography:Number 38
1886; 1862
National Maritime Museum
Coryton anchor. Scale: 1:12. Model of a Coryton anchor made entirely in iron. The model has patternated dark grey colour and has been made similar to the subject it depicts. There are two shackles attached to either end of the shank by bolts secured with
Unknown
National Maritime Museum
Enfield Pattern 1858. Naval Short Rifle. It is nearly fully stocked with brass plate and fore-end which is secured to the barrel by two steel bands, the upper of which bears a loop for a sling. Brass trigger guard to the front of which is secured the lowe
1862
National Maritime Museum
Half sovereign. Half sovereign recovered from the wreck of the 'Egypt' lost in 1932, in a presentation box. In gold letters inside the lid: 'STRAPPATA DALL' ARTIGLIO ALL' EGYPT. AL LARGO DI OUESSANT. IN 130 METRI DI FONDO. IN GUI
1862
National Maritime Museum
HMS James Watt. A port-broadside view of the James Watt stationary in Naples Bay. In the foreground on the right are three men rowing in a boat. Buildings can be seen in the left background with two ships in front of them. In the right background can be s
1862
National Maritime Museum
Lifesaving Society of the Mediterranean. Obverse: Upon an anchor the arms of the Society crowned, a lion couchant above. Legend: "SAUVETEURS DE LA MEDITERRANEE L'EMPEREUR PROTECTEUR" (inner line) "SAUVER OU PERIR". Reverse: Within
1866
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating a naval orphanage. Medal commemorating a naval orphanage. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon III, laureate (right). Legend: 'NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR.' Reverse: France seated (right), in an imperial crown, her left hand rest
1862
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the action in Hampton Roads, 1862. Medal commemorating the action in Hampton Roads, 1862. Obverse: Port broadside view of the Federal ship 'Monitor' and the Confederate ship 'Merrimac' behind, in action, both firing
1862
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Hamburg Society of Underwriters. Medal commemorating the Hamburg Society of Underwriters. Obverse: A ship on a wind, close hauled, in heavy sea. High rocks, (left). Legend: 'ANERKENNUNG TREUER PFLICHTERFÜLLUNG' (Ackn
1862
National Maritime Museum
O.H. Perry From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publisher.. Print
1862
National Maritime Museum
One of a collection of seven wash drawings of the Capture of Ningpo. 6. Capture of Ningpo - Breaches in the city wall. One of series of drawings depicting the capture of Ningpo during the Second Opium War in 1858. The city wall had been breached.
1862
National Maritime Museum
One of a collection of seven wash drawings of the Capture of Ningpo. 7. The Civil War in China: Expedition of Imperialists, headed by British Officers to Fungwha. Bombardment of the East Gate by field pieces of HMS Encounter and Sphinx. The civil war in C
1862
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, International exhibition, London, 1862. Obverse: Britannia seated with a lion at her feet, with a group of figures representing industry, agriculture and the arts. Reverse: Within an oak wreath. Inscription: '1862 LONDINI HONORIS CAUSA
1862
National Maritime Museum
Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, 1849. A composition in which the artist has incorporated recognizable features at Dover, about 1849, with imaginary narrative. The painting falls into two parts with a brig shown on the left amidst dark clouds and a stormy sea. I
1862
National Maritime Museum
Taiping Flag. Chinese flag captured during the Taiping rebellion. It is associated with the screw gunboat HMS Hardy involved in the storming and recapture of Ningpo from the Taipings by English, French and Imperial Chinese forces on 10 May 1862.
The fla
1862
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial hand globe. Terrestrial hand globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Stanford GLB0225. Geographical details on the sphere show labels for 'Enderby's Ld', 'La Terre Adele' and 'South Victoria' in the
1862
National Maritime Museum
The Painted Hall at Greenwich. An interior sketch showing an impression of the stairs leading up from the entrance vestibule towards the columned east end of the Painted Hall at Greenwich. On the left a woman and a boy (perhaps a naval cadet) stand in fro
1862
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral James Saumarez (1757-1836). A full-length portrait of James de Saumarez in vice-admiral’s full dress uniform. He wears the ribbons and stars of the Bath and the Swedish Order of the Sword, and the medals of the battles of St Vincent and
1862
National Maritime Museum
Warship. Scale: 1:12. A section of the ships' side complete with a hinged gun port of an iron fighting vessel. The model is made entirely of iron in its natural state, and is fully working. The exterior of the hull shows the gun port complete with tw
1862
National Maritime Museum
Warship. Scale: Unknown. Part of the hull for the model of the midship section of a shotproof ship.
1862
National Maritime Museum
Warship. Scale: Unknown. Part of the hull for the model of the midship section of a shotproof ship.
1862
National Maritime Museum
Warship. Scale: Unknown. Part of the hull for the model of the midship section of a shotproof ship. The bottom end of this section is almost detached from the rest of the part.
1862
National Maritime Museum
Warship. Scale: Unknown. Model of the midship section of a shotproof ship made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. One half of the model shows a conventional method of iron framing and construction, the half shows a hul
1862
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:24. A plan showing the midships half-section of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plan includes an horizontal section [plan view] of the side at the Portsill illustrating the composition of the ship
January 1862
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:48. A plan showing a midships half-section and midships plating expansion from the gunwales to the keel. The plan is entitled 'Sketch shewing Butts of Armour Plating & Hull Plating' of the broadside ironcl
14 February 1862
National Maritime Museum
Spanish men-of-war and other shipping in Southampton Water. No. 63 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
On the upper part of the sheet there is a study of sails and a drawing of a paddle steamer with two funnels. Beneath it is the inscription 'Spanish man of w
21 July 1862
National Maritime Museum
Terrific combat between the Monitor 2 guns & Merrimac 10 guns in Hampton Roads March 9th 1862. Hand-coloured.
1862
National Maritime Museum
Com. Farragut's Fleet, passing the Forts on the Mississippi, April 24th 1862. The U S Frigate Mississippi destroying the rebel Ram Manassas. Hand-coloured.
1862
National Maritime Museum
To John C. Morice Esq. this print of his Cutter Yacht Marina 65 tons. In the Collision with the Prince of Wales off the Nore Lightship, in the Royal Thames Yacht Club 1st Class Match, May 23rd 1862.... Hand-coloured.
3 Jul 1862
National Maritime Museum
To Nelson Arnold, Esq. R. St George's Y.C... Cutter Yacht Atalanta 27 Tons Winning... at the Royal Northern Yacht Club Regatta, off Dunoon, July 9th 1861. Hand-coloured.
13 Aug 1862
National Maritime Museum
Clipper ship Walmer Castle 1200 Tons. Print entitled 'Clipper ship Walmer Castle 1200 Tons'. It is hand coloured.
27 Aug 1862
National Maritime Museum
Clipper ship Lord Warden 1350 Tons. Print entitled 'Clipper ship Lord Warden 1350 Tons'. The print is coloured.
6 Sep 1862
National Maritime Museum
'The Fox House' inn, Longshaw, near Sheffield, Yorkshire and a drawing of the surrounding landscape which continues on PAI0953. No. 64 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Inscribed in the upper centre 'The Fox house 10 Sepr/62.'
‘The Fox
10 September 1862
National Maritime Museum
Landscape at Longshaw near Sheffield, Yorkshire, with 'The Fox House' inn. No. 65 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Inscribed in the upper right corner '------- and Fox House – Longshaw/10 Sepr 1862.'
‘The Fox House’ inn, b
10 September 1862
National Maritime Museum
The Clipper Screw Steamer Corcyra 791 Tons. The property of the Anglo Ionian Steam Navigation Company limited. Print
22 Sep 1862
National Maritime Museum
Venice, inscr 'Gave original to Mr Decimus Burton The Armenian Convent'. Throughout his career as a painter, Edward Cooke travelled extensively in Europe, visiting France, Holland, Italy, Spain, North Africa and Scandinavia. Paintings and drawin
October 1862
National Maritime Museum
Boats on shore inscr. ' Lago di Como. Colico '. Throughout his career as a painter, Edward Cooke travelled extensively in Europe, visiting France, Holland, Italy, Spain, North Africa and Scandinavia. Paintings and drawings resulted from all his
1 October 1862
National Maritime Museum