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!
. Dirk, after 1856, which belonged to Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss (1866-1938). The hilt of the dirk has inversed quillons with acorn ends. In the centre of the quillions on the obverse side there is an oval plaque decorated with a crown
1881
National Maritime Museum
. Scabbard for dirk, after 1856, which belonged to Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss (1866-1938). The black leather scabbard has a gilt top locket with a ring each side and a gilt chape. The throat of the scabbard is slotted on the reverse si
1881
National Maritime Museum
1. Barque-rigged ironclad (H.M.S. Alexandra at sea). 2. H.M's Gunboat Decoy at sea. 3. HMS Alexandra in a breeze. 4. H.M's Despatch-vessel Helicon at sea. 5. Ship rigged ironclad (HMS Achilles in port). Signed by artist.
1881
National Maritime Museum
Carte Telegraphique de la Turquie d'Asie 1881. Single sheet. Lith. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: [ca.1:3 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Scale in Turkish hours. Additional Places: Turkey. Contents Note: Shows telegraph cables and stations. I
1881
National Maritime Museum
Inchrhona Inch Line. Hamilton, Fraser & Co. Liverpool. Signed by artist and dated in plate.
1881
National Maritime Museum
Key attached to a ribbon. Key attached to a ribbon for the gold pocket watch
1881
National Maritime Museum
Les Deux Amis (The Two Friends). Travel and parting are often the subjects of Tissot’s pictures during his last years in London. He became preoccupied with images of leave taking and with themes of travel and escape. Here the flux and change of trav
1881
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Obverse: A Maltese cross with five arms, laurel leaves between them; a five-pointed star (centre) surrounded by a band of blue enamel, inscribed: 'CAMPAÑ
1881
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Obverse: A Maltese cross with five arms, laurel leaves between them; a five-pointed star (centre) surrounded by a band of blue enamel, inscribed: 'CAMPAÑ
1881
National Maritime Museum
Monarch (1881); Service vessel; Cable repair ship. Scale: 1:72. A contemporary full hull model of the cable repair ship ‘Monarch’ (1881) mounted in a scenic dry dock baseboard. It is fully rigged and complete with a variety of equipment needed
1881
National Maritime Museum
Pewter Trophy won at Deptford Regatta 1881. Pewter trophy won at the Deptford Regatta in 1881.
Two-handled pub tankard or loving cup. Straight sides with a pair of scroll handles, on a raised foot. The front is crudely engraved in a cartouche: '1881
1881
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal: National Fisheries Exhibition. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem and veil. Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". On tablet: "1881 NATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION". Reverse: A tablet in front of clumps of seaweed, a shell an
1881
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society of Australasia. Obverse: A draped figure (L) placing a wreath on the head of a man kneeling (R). The Southern Cross above. Legend: "VIRTUTE PARATUM". Reverse: A wreath. Inscription: "AWARDED TO CHARLES SIBLEY 10TH JANY.
1897
National Maritime Museum
Royal Marine Artillery uniform: pattern 1881. Tunic of Lieutenant-Colonel E.C.L. Durnford, Royal Marine Artillery. The tunic is of blue wool and has a standup collar of buckram faced with red wool and edged with gold lace. There is heavy gold piping aroun
1881
National Maritime Museum
Sailing ship Sparkling Wave in a calm sea. Paper support cracking and mounted on backing, but some areas missing.
1881
National Maritime Museum
The Boat Builder's Yard, Cancale, Brittany. A scene in a boat builder's yard at Cancale, Brittany, on the north-west coast of France. Brittany had many beach boatyards of the kind portrayed. In the foreground to the right, a girl with strong fac
1881
National Maritime Museum
The brigantine 'L'Avennire'. A ship’s portrait of the brigantine ‘L’Avennire’ shown broadside-on. She is shown making her way through the deep ocean with both her deck houses clearly visible. A number of sailors are
1881
National Maritime Museum
The East African slave trade: Examination of captured slaves in the British Consul-General's court at Zanzibar. Published in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 December, 1881. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
1881
National Maritime Museum
Liverpool pilot schooner No 2, the 'Leader', leading a fleet of vessels over the Mersey bar during a gale, 8 February 1881. This painting records an incident at Liverpool on 8 February 1881 when the pilot ‘Leader’ led a fleet of vess
1899
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 28 ft Cutter, with standing lug, prepared with reference to the Controller's circular dated July 1878 for fitting gatling and other guns. Signed W. B. Robinson [Chief Constructor, Portsmou
Originally dated: November 1880, corrected to 17 March 1881
National Maritime Museum
Screw steamer Joshua Nicholson ...Charles Tully & Co owners... Tyne shipbuilding Coy Builders.... No.136.
Jun 1881
National Maritime Museum
Messrs Donald Currie & Co's Royal Mail steam ship Grantully Castle built by Messrs Barclay Curle & Co.... Hand-coloured.; Signed by artist in plate.
1 Jun 1881
National Maritime Museum