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!
Battle of Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. Single sheet. Engraving. Contains a view of the city of Copenhagen from the outer road. The ships involved in the action are depicted in profile and named. Text in a box on the right lists the participant ships. Text
1801
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Copenhagen 2 April 1801 (with key). Medium includes gouache.; Signed by artist and dated.
1803
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. In 1801 the northern powers of Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, the last three under pressure from the mentally unstable Tsar Paul I - formed an armed coalition that constituted a threat to British interests in
1801
National Maritime Museum