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).
'Tycoon's Palace, Yedo (inside the outer moat)' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 8 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist, as title, and dated on the album page, and signed 'JHB' on the lower left corner of the drawing. 'Tycoo
1868
National Maritime Museum
. Dry compass
Card: Mica band with open centre. Painted black with white markings graduated to quarter points. Card set on aluminium framework.
Needle: The six narrow edge bar needles are in three sets of two. They are held by two cross rods which go
1868
National Maritime Museum
27ft Steam Cutter (1868). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, rig, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 27ft Steam Cutter built at Bermuda for Gannet (1857), a 9-gun wooden screw sloop. The cutter was rigged as a two-masted standing lug-rigged cutte
Circa July 1868
National Maritime Museum
27ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.5. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 27ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.5.
Signed by Ebenezer Wood [Assistant Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, November 1862-1870].
31 October 1868
National Maritime Museum
29ft Steam Pinnace No.6. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth, for a 29ft Steam Pinnace No.6.
Signed by Henry Cradock [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1862-1869].
21 May 1868
National Maritime Museum
A deck scene on the 'Great Eastern'. A rare view of life on deck aboard the transatlantic steam ship ‘Great Eastern’. It was made during the first leg of the 1865 transatlantic cable-laying voyage of the ship, then the largest paddle
1868
National Maritime Museum
Abyssinian War Medal 1867-8. Awarded to Thomas Barnardiston. Obverse: Small bust of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L) surrounded by a band of nine foliated triangles and between each, letters forming the word "ABYSSINIA". Reverse: inscript
1868
National Maritime Museum
Abyssinian War Medal 1867-8. Obverse: Small bust of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L) surrounded by a band of nine foliated triangles and between each, letters forming the word "ABYSSINIA". Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath and p
1868
National Maritime Museum
Buertman aground on Terschelling Sands. A study for the pastel drawing and large oil at the Royal Holloway College. original art: drawing
1868
National Maritime Museum
China Sea SINGAPORE STRAIT By Staff Commander JW Reed Navg Lieuts TH Tizard... Assisted by the Officers of HMS Rifleman 1865-69.... Scale: circa 1:100,000.
1870; 1868
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Henry Caldwell (1815-68). Marble bust of Commander Henry Caldwell on an integral square base inscribed on the front ' Commodore Caldwell CB ADC / MDCCCLXVIII [1868]'. The sitter is shown head and full shoulders in full-dress commodore&
1868
National Maritime Museum
England East coast Pakefield Gatway to Orfordness by Staff Commander E.K. Calver R.N. 1867. Scale: circa 1:50,000 (bar). Chart with one inset Insets: Southwold Harbour from Southwald Harbour Company Plan 1908 circa 1:60,000 (bar)
1872; 1868
National Maritime Museum
England East coast Pakefield Gatway to Orfordness by Staff Commander E.K. Calver R.N. 1867. Scale: circa 1:50,000 (bar). Chart with one inset Insets: Southwold Harbour from Southwald Harbour Company Plan 1908 circa 1:60,000 (bar)
1872; 1868
National Maritime Museum
Karia [Kariya], west coast of Japan. No. 28 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Karia. Japan. West Coast' and 'Karia' in watercolour in the lower right corner of the drawing. The drawing shows a count
1868
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating astronomers Pierre Jules Janssen (1824-1907) and Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920). Medal commemorating astronomers Pierre Jules Janssen (1824-1907) and Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920). Obverse: Bearded heads of Janssen and L
1868
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Brazilian fleet off Humaita, 1868. Medal commemorating the Brazilian fleet off Humaita, 1868. Obverse: Four ships of war steaming up a narrow river, forts on the right firing. Point of land on left. Legend: 'A ESQUADRA BRAZILE
1868
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the deliverance of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh from assassination, 1868. Medal commemorating the deliverance of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh from assassination, 1868. Obverse: Inscription (within a rose garland), 'WELCOME TO OUR SAILOR
1868
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating The Duke of Edinburgh and HMS 'Galatea'. Medal commemorating The Duke of Edinburgh and HMS 'Galatea'. Obverse: The Duke's bust (left), in naval full dress uniform, wearing the Ribbon and the Star of the Garter.
1868
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the International Maritime Exhibition, Havre, 1868. Medal commemorating the International Maritime Exhibition, Havre, 1868. Obverse: Heads of the Emperor Napoleon III, laureate, and the Prince Imperial conjoined (left). Legend: '
1868
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the International Maritime Exhibition, Havre, 1868. Medal commemorating the International Maritime Exhibition, Havre, 1868. Obverse: Medallions of the heads of the Emperor Napoleon III (right) facing left and of the Prince Imperial (l
1868
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Royal Naval Temperance Society. Medal commemorating the founding of the 'Reindeer' Temperance Society. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of full-rigged ship under sail. Legend 'ROYAL NAVAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY'. R
after 1871
National Maritime Museum
Nelson's Column. Model of Nelson's Column in bronze on a square ebonized wooden base. It shows the memorial as designed by the architect William Railton and the sculptor E. H. Baily (1788-1867) including Edwin Landseer's four lions added in
1868
National Maritime Museum
Night octant. The sextant has an anodized brass frame and a wooden handle. The tangent screw is on top of the index arm and the clamping screw is on the back. The instrument has no shades, but a star glass (stellar lenticular). Index- and horizon-glass ad
circa 1868
National Maritime Museum
Peter Denny, 1821-1895. Peter Denny, the fifth son of William Denny (1779–1833), was born at Dumbarton where the family had been involved in boat building since at least the middle of the 18th century. He joined his two elder brothers engaged in iro
1868
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval Temperance Society medal. Royal Naval Temperance Society medal.
Obverse: A three-masted ship under sail. Legend: 'ROYAL NAVAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.'
Reverse: Inscription, within a wreath of laurel. Inscription: 'INSTITUTED ON
1868
National Maritime Museum
The paddle steamer 'Ella'. A painting of the paddle steamer 'Ella' by Cumbrian artist William Mitchell of Maryport (1806-1900), shown in port broadside view off simple port installations on a wooded shore. It is almost certainly a Brit
1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tozenji (Scene of the attack by Yaconins on Legation)' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 11 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and in the lower left corner of the drawing 'Tozenji' with the monogram sign
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tozenji, Yedo. (Residence of Sir R. Alcock)' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 10 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist in the lower left corner of the drawing 'Tozenji' with the monogram signature 'JHB' and date '1/68&
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tycoon's Palace, Osaka' [Japan]. No. 12 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '1/68'. 'Tycoon' (great lord) was originally an alternative Japanese term for describing
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tycoon's summer gardens, Yedo' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 14 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '1/68'. 'Tycoon' (great lord) was originally an alternative Japanese term
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Entrance to Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 16 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '3/68'. Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of modern Nagasaki prefecture, in the south-west of t
March 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Nagasaki, Japan'. No. 15of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'Nagasaki, Japan' and dated '3/68'. Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of modern Nagasaki prefecture, in the extreme sout
March 1868
National Maritime Museum
27ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.4. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth for a 27ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.4.
Signed by Henry Cradock [Master Shipwright, Portmouth Dockyard, 1862-1869].
11 March 1868 (29 February 1868 crossed out)
National Maritime Museum
28ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.3. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth and half-deck plan, for a 28ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.3.
Signed by Henry Cradock [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth
11 March 1868 (29 February 1868 crossed out)
National Maritime Museum
Tasuke Bay, Hirado, Japan. No. 21 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Taske Bay, Hirado, Japan' and dated '4/68'. Tasuke (Tas'ke) is a small bay and town on Hirado island, facing east into the Sp
April 1868
National Maritime Museum
38 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 16 oared, 38 ft Pinnace for screw ships. Copies sent to the Royal Dockyards. Includes annotations for 1880.
Dated: 17 January 1853
National Maritime Museum
'"Waka Miya" Temple at Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 17 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '6/68'. View of the entrance to a Shinto shrine, with the distinctive 'torii'
June 1868
National Maritime Museum
Falmouth from Pendennis Castle. June 28/68. original art: drawing
28 Jun 1868
National Maritime Museum
'At Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 19 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'At Nagasaki', and dated '7/68'. Even today there are a number of traditional stone bridges like this spanning the small water
July 1868
National Maritime Museum
'At Yokohama' [Japan]. No. 9 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist in the lower right corner of the drawing 'Yokohama' with the monogram signature 'JHB' and date '7/68'; and on the album page, as title.
July 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 18 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'Nagasaki', and dated '7/68'. Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in the extreme south-west of t
July 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tombs of the 47 Ronins, Yedo' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 13 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the foot of the drawing, as title, preceded by the monogram signature 'JHB' and date '7/68'. The revenge of the 47 ro
July 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Yobuko, west coast, Japan'. No. 20 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '7/68'. A country view towards an inlet from the sea, with a road in the foreground. To the left Japanese
July 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Furuye, Hirado' [Japan]. No. 24 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '8/68'. Furuye lies on longitude 129. 31 east of Greenwich, on the west side of the large gulf called Yebu
August 1868
National Maritime Museum
View of rocks and islets off Sotome (Nagasaki), Japan. No. 25 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'On the west coast of Japan', with the date '8/68'. Japanese inshore fishing boats, shown against a bac
August 1868
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of sailing vessel with square sails - unfinished (on reverse). Bound with PAF9398, PAF9400-PAF9411.
31 Aug 1868
National Maritime Museum
Kigatsu, Hirado, Japan. No. 23 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Kigatsu', with the date '9/68'. A view north across the bay and part of the village of Kigatsu, on the east side of Hirado island (se
September 1868
National Maritime Museum
Kigatsu, Hirado, west coast of Japan. No. 22 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Kigatsu - Hirado, W. coast of Japan, 9/68'. A view out from a bay, with the small coastal village of the title in the foreground.
September 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Priest's house, Hirado' [Japan]. No. 27 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '10/68'. A view on Hirado island, along the flank of a Japanese house on the right, towards ano
October 1868
National Maritime Museum
The arrival of HMS 'Pearl' and 'Sylvia' at Sakitsu Ura, Amakasu Island, Japan. No. 26 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'Sagitsu / W. coast of Japan. / (arrival of HMS Pearl & Sylvia) / 10/68
October 1868
National Maritime Museum