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!
'Ardent' (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Ardent' (1796), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, describing the fore and aft bolt in the hanging and lodging knees. Those in black ink are well drove and cl
30 April 1804
National Maritime Museum
. Lloyd's presentation sword belt. Presented to Lt Robert Fowler for his part in the repulse of Adm Linois squadron, 15 February 1804. Black leather, embroidered with a wave pattern in gold wire with clusters of five sequins at intervals. Has six gil
1804
National Maritime Museum
. Naval cutlass. The hilt consists of a figure-of-eight guard. The guard is of blackened steel bent round from the tang to form an oval shell, the centre part of the trailing edge of which is bent over. The knuckle guard is enlarged to form an oval nera
circa 1800
National Maritime Museum
. Presentation sword, which belonged to Captain E.H. Columbine (died 1811). The hilt of the sword is gilt, whilst the pommel is made in the form of a bearded human face surrounded by laurel leaves. The guard is a flat portion, decorated with seven stars o
1804
National Maritime Museum
. Scagliola plinth for the bust of H. Nelson, having a bronze plaque with inscription.
1804
National Maritime Museum
60ft Water Tank Vessel (1804). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, basic profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for a three-masted, cedar-built, copper-fastened, sixty foot water carrier for the Jamaica Station, as designed by Captain Andrew Fitzh
1804
National Maritime Museum
A scene on board His Majesty's ship 'Deal Castle', Captain J. Cumming, in a voyage from the West Indies in the year 1775. In 1771 the topographical artist Thomas Hearne accompanied Sir Ralph Payne, the recently appointed Governor-General of
1804
National Maritime Museum
Chart of the coasts of Spain and Portugal, from Cape Pinas to the Strait of Gibraltar, constructed and carefully drawn from the most recent observations made by the officers of the French and Spanish navies.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Sheet backed with
1804
National Maritime Museum
Chiffonne - The ship which Charles Adam took from the French at the Seychelles Islands. Pen and grey wash drawing of (La) Chiffonne (1799), a French frigate taken by the British in 1801. The drawing is signed "Jne Shertcliffe delinr 1804" and in
1804
National Maritime Museum
Dauntless (1804); Valorous (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Dauntless (1804) and Valorous (1804), both 18-gun Ship Sloops building at Hull by Mr Blunt. The plan includes alterations proposed by Mr Stainforth, MP.
Signed by John
31 July 1804
National Maritime Museum
Dauntless (1804); Valorous (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Dauntless (1804) and Valorous (1804), both 18-gun Ship Sloops building at Hull by Mr Blunt. The plan includes alterations proposed by Mr Stainforth, MP.
Signed by John Hens
31 July 1804
National Maritime Museum
Dauntless (1804); Valorous (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Dauntless (1804) and Valorous (1804), all 18-gun Ship Sloops building at Hull by Mr Blunt.
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806]
4 August 1804
National Maritime Museum
Dauntless (1804); Valorous (1804); Combatant (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Dauntless (1804), Valorous (1804) and Combatant (1804), all 20-gun Ship Sloops building at Hull and Thorne by Mr Blunt. The plan includes alterations
July 1804
National Maritime Museum
Dauntless (1804); Valorous (1804); Combatant (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with platforms for Dauntless (1804), Valorous (1804) and Combatant (1804), all 18-gun Ship Sloops building at Hull and Thorne by Mr Blunt. The plan includes th
July 1804
National Maritime Museum
Dauntless (1804); Valorous (1804); Combatant (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Dauntless (1804), Valorous (1804) and Combatant (1804), all 18-gun Ship Sloops building at Hull and Thorne by Mr Blunt.
[Note: Rif Winfield claims the buil
July 1804
National Maritime Museum
Destruction of the Spanish Armada, Septr 1588 from The British Trident. Technique includes etching.
1804
National Maritime Museum
Etched by Captain Hastings.... from a sketch made... 1804 during a storm between Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope in which the ship Prince of Wales (Indiaman).... was totally lost. (proof). This dramatic etching is from an oil painting by Hastings (17
circa 1804
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Park on Easter Monday. A view south towards the Observatory. Some of the figures on the hill have been 'tumbling' - a traditional, indecorous and sometimes dangerous occupation on the steep slopes of the Park. At least two one-legged G
1804
National Maritime Museum
Island of Mauritius. Single sheet. Ms. Scale: ca. 1:500 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 263 degrees. Rhumb lines. Latitude and longitude noted. Anchorages and rocks but no soundings shown. Scale in leagues. Contents Note: The chart shows the roads
1804
National Maritime Museum
John Gronnet & the White Hoods take Oudenarde & break down the Gates, 1379. Print
1804
National Maritime Museum
John Willett Payne, 1752-1803, Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rectangular upright enamel miniature in a plain gilded wooden frame. It bears a full inscription on the reverse: ' "John Willett Payne Esq" Rear Admiral, Treasurer of Greenwich Hospita
March 1804
National Maritime Museum
King Richard and his Council go down the Thames in a Barge to confer with the Rebels. Print
High taxation (because of a failing war with France), together with an unpopular government during the 1370s, heightened tensions between the peasantry and their
1804
National Maritime Museum
Lady Hamond (fl.1804); Adonis (1806); Alban (1806); Alphea (1806); Bacchus (1806); Barbara (1806); Cassandra (1806); Claudia (1806), Laura (1806); Olympia (1806); Sylvia (1806); Vesta (1806); Zenobia (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with h
1804
National Maritime Museum
Lieutenant George Lawrence (ca.1730-1808). A half-length portrait, very slightly to the right, showing Lawrence in a brown coat and white stock, wearing a grey wig.
George Lawrence was secretary to Admiral John Byng during his Mediterranean campaign and h
1804
National Maritime Museum
Lloyds Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword. Lloyds Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword to Lieutenant Robert Fowler active 1793-1846. The hilt consists of a gilt metal pommel and back-piece in the form of lion's skin and a diamond-knur
1804
National Maritime Museum
Lloyds Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword. Lloyds Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword. Owned by Captain Henry Wilson (Hon. East India Co.). The hilt consists of a gilt pommel and back-piece in the form of a lion's skin. The quillon i
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Count Wachtmeister (1641-1714). Medal commemorating Admiral Count Wachtmeister (1641-1714). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Wachtmeister with long hair, draped (right). Legend: 'HANS . WACHTMEISTER . COMES . SENAT . R . ET . THAL
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Commodore E Preble and the bombardment of Tripoli, 1804. Medal commemorating Commodore E. Preble (1761-1807) and the bombardment of Tripoli, 1804. Obverse: Bust of Commodore Preble in uniform (left). Legend: 'EDWARDO PREBLE DUCI S
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the camp at Boulogne, and the planned invasion of England, 1804. Medal commemorating the camp at Boulogne, and the planned invasion of England, 1804. Obverse: The Emperor Napoleon I seated on a throne with two attendants standing behin
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the invasion of England, 1804. Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon I, laureate (right). Legend: 'NAPOLEON EMP . ET ROI.' Reverse: Hercules wresting with the giant A
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Monument to the Fallen at the battle of Copenhagen. Medal commemorating the Monument to the Fallen at the Battle of Copenhagen, 1804. Obverse: View of the monument on a mound. Legend: 'DE FALDT MEN DANMARK STOD.' Exergue:
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804. Medal commemorating the invasion of England, 1804. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon I laureate (right). Legend: 'NAPOLEON EMPEREUR.' Reverse: Hercules standing strangling a lion wi
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804. Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon I (right). Reverse: Hercules standing strangling the Nemaean lion with a rope. Legend: 'EN L
1804
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804. Medal commemorating the planned invasion of England, 1804. Obverse: Head of the Emperor Napoleon I, laureate. Reverse: Hercules standing strangling a lion with a rope similar to preceding but rope
1804
National Maritime Museum