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!
Plate 1. Situation of His Majesty's Frigate Java... Action with the American Frigate Constitution... rendered totally unmanageable. A hand-coloured aquatint depicting the three-hour battle between 'Constitution', the US frigate, and 'J
1 Jan 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with figurehead and alterations, for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. The old upper deck became a continuous qu
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck (gun deck) for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 181
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. The old upper deck became a continuous quarterdec
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum