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!
Rodney's Fleet Taking in Prizes after the Moonlight Battle, 16 January 1780. A painting showing a scene after the Moonlight battle 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, durin
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National Maritime Museum
The Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, during the War of American Independence, and on his way out he convoyed supplies to the beleaguered
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National Maritime Museum
The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. An unusual representation of the Moonlight battle, during the War of American Independence, 1775-83. Cape St Vincent is on the south coast of Portugal and the site of several important
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National Maritime Museum
The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. Oil painting (in temporary slip-type frame)
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National Maritime Museum
Snap (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the elevation and plan of the upper deck for fitting the Snap (1812), a 12-gun Brig, for a Surveying Vessel.
16 January 1821
National Maritime Museum
Snap (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for fitting the Snap (1812), a 12-gun Brig, as a Surveying Vessel.
16 January 1821
National Maritime Museum