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 Wreck of the Hindostan; East-Indiaman, on the Wedge Sand, off Margate, Jan 11 1803 showing the Margate Boat saving part of the Crew. Hand-coloured.
31 Jan 1803
National Maritime Museum
Cleopatra 32 Guns Launched at Bristol, December, 1779. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'.
31 Jan 1805
National Maritime Museum
Situation of His Majesty's Ship Defence and her Prize the St Ildefonso. This is a plate from 'The Naval Chronicle' , 1806, subsequently extracted and hand-coloured. It shows the day after the Battle of Trafalgar, with the captured and dism
31 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Captain Hugh Downman. Engraved by H.R. Cook from an original Miniature. Print
31 Jan 1809
National Maritime Museum
Captain Hugh Downman. Engraved by H.R. Cook. from an original Miniature. Print
31 Jan 1809
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Nelson's Squadron skilfully manoeuvering against a superior French Force in 1795. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle', 1812. Pocock's preparatory drawing for this, clearly based on a sketch provided by someone else ('WHR
31 Jan 1812
National Maritime Museum
Captain George Mundy. CB. RN. Hargrave of Liverpool Pinxt. Plate 501. T. Blood sculpt. Print
31 Jan 1818
National Maritime Museum
Tyrian (1826). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a section and framing elevation for Tyrian (1826), a 10-gun Brig/Brig Sloop (completed as a Packet) and Brigs of 235 tons. According to the annotation dated 31 January 1825, copies of this plan were also sent for
31 January 1825
National Maritime Museum