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!
'An Emblematic design in Memory of our Much lamented Hero Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte &c &c...'. Technique includes etching. A populist print produced within four months of the Battle of Trafalgar, where the death of Nelson at th
Published 9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
'England expects every man to do his duty. Lord Nelson explaining to the officers the plan of attack previous to the Battle of Trafalgar Position of the combined forces of France and Spain'. Hand-coloured. See better version PAG9025.
Published 9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
'England expects every Man to do his duty. Lord Nelson explaining to the officers the Plan of Attack previous to the Battle of Trafalgar'. Technique in the crayon manner? See better version PAG9025.
Published 9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
'England expects every man to do his duty. Lord Nelson explaining to the Officers the Plan of Attack previous to the Battle of Trafalgar, and Position of the Combined Forces of France & Spain...'. Hand-coloured. Two images on one plate. This
Published 9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
A Correct Representation of the Funeral Car which conveyed the Body of Lord Nelson from the Admiralty to St Pauls Jany 9th 1806. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting Nelson's funeral car with red curtains behind it. Inscribed round the top:
Feb 1806
National Maritime Museum
A Correct Representation of the Funeral Car which conveyed the Body of Lord Nelson from the Admiralty to St Pauls Jany 9th 1806. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting Nelson's funeral car with red curtains behind it. Inscribed round the top:
Feb 1806
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronti &c &c &c. Technique includes roulette work and stipple engraving.; Text in English below image.
9 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Interment of Nelson at St Paul's, 9 January 1806. original art [B2019 is not a watercolour but another copy of the aquatint. PvdM Feb 2005]
Nelson’s coffin lies on a catafalque directly beneath the dome. Around it are thousands of spectators i
Published 9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
Interment of Nelson at St Paul's, 9 January 1806. original art: drawing. Nelson's funeral in St Paul's Cathedral was a major state occasion. This painting by William Orme depicts the oration given alongside Nelson's coffin.
9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum