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!
'Neptune drawn by Sea Horses, and preceded by Tritons bearing Emblematic Devices, Supporting his favorite Son Admiral Lord Nelson, in his Last Moments'. A naïve print showing the apotheosis of Nelson. At the point of death following the fat
Published 14 March 1806
National Maritime Museum
. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting the body of Nelson lying in state. Inscribed below: 'Representation of the BODY of the Late Illustrious ADMIRAL LORD NELSON lying in STATE in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital'. Mounted in a bla
14 Mar 1806
National Maritime Museum