This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. 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
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 code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Firenze, Baptistry Central Door (Gates of Paradise)
Taken some time in 1850
Cornell University Library
Paris. Medici Fountain, Gardens of the Palais du Luxembourg
Taken some time in 1857
Cornell University Library
Amiens Cathedral West Facade. Jamb Figures on Right Side of Right Portal
Taken some time in 1858
Cornell University Library
Amiens Cathedral. Detail of Statues of Apostles (Embrasures)
Taken some time in 1858
Cornell University Library
Rouen. Drawing of the Tomb of the Cardinals of Amboise
Taken some time in 1858
Cornell University Library
Rouen. Vestiges of the Loggia of the Abbesses from the Abbey of Saint Amand
Taken some time in 1858
Cornell University Library
Alcalà de Henares. Puerta interior del Palacio Arzobispal
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library
Bourg-en-Bresse. Marguerite de Bourbon's Tomb, Brou Church
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library
Bourg-en-Bresse. Tomb of Philibert le Beau, Brou Church
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library
Bourges. Jacques Coeur Palace, Chapel Ceiling (Interior)
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library
Bourges. Jacques Coeur Palace, Chapel Staircase (Interior)
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library
Bourges. Jacques Coeur Palace, View from the Rue des Arênes
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library
Burgos. Tomb of Juan II of Castille and his wife, Isabella of Portugal, in the Miraflores Charterhouse
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library
Caen. Abbey Church of Saint Étienne, Nave (Interior)
Taken some time in 1865
Cornell University Library