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!
A representation of His Majesty's Sloops Fairy of 16 Guns... and Harpy of 18 Guns... engaging the French National Frigate La Pallas mounting 44 Guns... off St Maloes, 6th Feby 1800. Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1818
National Maritime Museum
Nautical Experience (caricature). Plate 105.; Hand-coloured.; Text in English above image.
1 Jan 1818
National Maritime Museum
Order of St Michael and St George, 1st class. Collar: Composed alternately of gold crowned lions, white enamel maltese crosses and cyphers "S.M." and "S.G." At top and bottom of the collar are two winged lions, bottom one surmounted by
1818
National Maritime Museum
Order of St Michael and St George, 1st class. Ribbon blue, with a centre red stripe.
1818
National Maritime Museum
Order of St Michael and St George, 1st class. Star: Seven rays of silver between each is a smaller ray of gold. Superimposed, a red enamelled cross with in the centre, a medallion of St Michael trampling Satan surrounded by a blue band with the motto: &q
1818
National Maritime Museum
Porträtt av Carl Ludvig von Rothstein, löjtnant vid Andra livgardet I 2.
1 January 1818
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden