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!
The French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans defeated off Belle Isle by Sir Edward Hawke on the 20th Novemr 1759. Engraved for Ashburton's History of England. Print
1792
National Maritime Museum
The Capture of Fort Louis, Martinique, 20 March 1794. On 5 February 1794, Sir John Jervis and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, arrived at Martinique and by 20th March the whole island, with the exception of Fort Bourbon and Fort Royal, had submitted.
1795
National Maritime Museum
Portrait of the ship Duff, Capt James Wilson.... Dedicated to.... the Missionary Society (in two positions). Print
20 Mar 1797
National Maritime Museum
A West Indiaman in a Storm. Medium includes etching. See also another copy, PAF7715 to which the name 'Protector' as that of the ship was attached as a previous title.
20 Mar 1834
National Maritime Museum
A West Indiaman in a Storm. Technique includes etching. The previous title used for this copy of this print named the ship as 'Protector', but on what grounds this is based is now uncertain. See also PAH0556, another copy with full letterpress.
20 Mar 1834
National Maritime Museum