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 Taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22nd.of Novr. 1739 with six Men-of-War only. Hand-coloured.; Heightened with white.
28 Oct 1743
National Maritime Museum
Suffisante (1795). No Scale. Plan showing the upper deck, and fore & aft platforms for Suffisante (1795), a captured French Brig, as taken off prior to being fitted as a 16-gun Brig Sloop.
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockya
28 October 1795
National Maritime Museum
The Sailor and Banker, or The Firm in Danger (caricature). Hand-coloured.
28 Oct 1799
National Maritime Museum
Argus (1813). No scale, probably 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck, with sail, food and storage bin elevations, for Argus (1813), an 18-gun Brig [Brigantine] Sloop at Sandwich by Mr Hills.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813],
28 October 1812
National Maritime Museum
Argus (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing part of the midship section illustrating the method of fixing the upper deck beams to the sides for Argus (1813), an 18-gun Brig [Brigantine] Sloop building at Sandwich by Thomas Hills.
Initialled by William Rule
28 October 1812
National Maritime Museum