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!
'Atalante' passing Sambro (Nova Scotia) at sunset. 'Atalante' is depicted in the centre of the composition surrounded by three sailing boats. The coast of Sambro (Nova Scotia) provides the backdrop.
Inscribed: "HMS Atalante passi
1851
National Maritime Museum
'Boscawen' (1842); 'Cumberland' (1842). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship.
On the reverse is a pla
May 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the fittings for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 195
May 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship.
On the reverse is a plan showing the hold with sections for 'Bosca
May 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship.
On the reverse is a plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'B
May 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Portrait of M Rose Herschel aged 7 by her sister Maria, aged 11'. A small watercolour of Matilda Rose Herschel by her sister Sophia Maria Herschel.
Drawing lessons formed an essential part of the education of any upper middle class Victorian g
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Airy's Transit Circle. There are parts marked AST0991.1-66 which can be found via the Whole/Part toggle. Object glass 8.1 inches aperture, 11 feet 7 inches focal length, magnification 195 (180 for the Sun). Eye-end: originally 7 vertical fixed w
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Airy's Transit Circle. There are parts marked AST0991.1-66 which can be found via the Whole/Part toggle. Object glass 8.1 inches aperture, 11 feet 7 inches focal length, magnification 195 (180 for the Sun). Eye-end: originally 7 vertical fixed w
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Airy's Transit Circle. There are parts marked AST0991.1-66 which can be found via the Whole/Part toggle. Object glass 8.1 inches aperture, 11 feet 7 inches focal length, magnification 195 (180 for the Sun). Eye-end: originally 7 vertical fixed w
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Airy's Transit Circle. There are parts marked AST0991.1-66 which can be found via the Whole/Part toggle. Object glass 8.1 inches aperture, 11 feet 7 inches focal length, magnification 195 (180 for the Sun). Eye-end: originally 7 vertical fixed w
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Airy's Transit Circle. There are parts marked AST0991.1-66 which can be found via the Whole/Part toggle. Object glass 8.1 inches aperture, 11 feet 7 inches focal length, magnification 195 (180 for the Sun). Eye-end: originally 7 vertical fixed w
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Parian ware ewer, moulded overall in high relief. On the body are four scenes from the life and death of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)-the Nile, St Vincent, Copenhagen and Trafalgar as on Nelson's column. The stem is formed as four dolphi
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Playbill advertising a performance given during the Franklin Search Expedition, 1850-1. It is printed in black on linen with a seam down the left hand side and a line of stitching at the bottom. The notice is surmounted by the Royal Coat of Arms and Pri
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Royal Marines sword, which is thought to have belonged to General John Tatton Brown-Grieve (1795-1880). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt openwork half-basket guard, with the Queen's cypher and a crown inserted in the outward bars. There is
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Thermometer with scale 0 - 102 degrees Celcius. Serial number 297, in cylindrical metal case.
1851
National Maritime Museum
. Whaling harpoon. Double shaft, barbed head. For use with gun. Inscribed 'R. Mitchell and Son PHD. Mazinthien 1851'. 'Mazinthien' home port, Peterhead in 1851.
1851
National Maritime Museum
ARCTIC AMERICA Discoveries of the Searching Expedition under the Command of Captn. H.T. Austin. R.N.C.B. & Captn. Penny. 1851. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Black and white chart of Artic North Canada. Manuscript correction in pen ink to "Beaufort&
1851
National Maritime Museum
ARCTIC AMERICA Discoveries of the Searching Expedition under the Command of CAPTN. H.T. Austin. R.N.C.B. & CAPTN. Penny. 1851.. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Black and white chart of Artic North Canada.
1851
National Maritime Museum
Arctic America Discoveries of the searching expeditions under the command of Captn H T Austin RN CB & Captn Penny 1851. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:2 000 000].
1851
National Maritime Museum
Details of military uniforms, including helmet. Mounted with PAE5769-PAE5772, PAE5774-PAE5777.
1851
National Maritime Museum
Discoveries in the Arctic Sea between Baffin Bay and Melville Island; shewing the coasts explored on the ice, by Captn. Ommanney & the officers of the expeditions under the command of Captain H.T. Austin R.N.C.B. and Captain W. Penny; also by the Honb
1851
National Maritime Museum
English Maidens' Song. Song lyrics printed on silk on board HMS 'Assistance', during Austin's Franklin Search expedition 1850-51. The Royal arms are printed above the text. 'The English Maiden's Song / Sung in the Pantomime
1851
National Maritime Museum
HM Steam Frigate Terrible, 800 Horse Power. HMS 'Terrible' was launched at Deptford in February 1845. She was a large 19-gun paddle-frigate, and served during the Crimean War. Medium includes white heightening.
1851
National Maritime Museum
Islands East of Java from Baly to Timor. By Lieut HDA Smits, Dutch Royal Navy 1848.. Scale circa 1:2,000,000. 7 insets.
Insets: 1. [Java] Pampang Bay circa 1:100,000; 2. [Lombok] Pidioe Bay circa 1:100,000; 3. [Sombawa] Taliwang Bay circa 1:100,000; 4. [S
1851
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Grinnell Arctic Expedition, 1851. Medal commemorating the Grinnell Arctic Expedition, 1851. Obverse: Port broadside view of a topsail schooner, her bow embedded in the ice, another in distance (right). Above: 'ADVANCE RESCUE
1851
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating The Tees Navigation Company. Medal commemorating The Tees Navigation Company. Obverse: Starboard bow view of a brig under sail. Legend, (outer) 'TEES NAVIGATION COMPY . MELIORA SPERAMUS'; (inner) 'INCORPORATED BY ACT OF
1851
National Maritime Museum
North Atlantic Ocean, 1850. Single Sheet. Engraved. Scale: [Circa 1:10,000,000]. Manuscript annotations showing tracks of ships, Shannon, Prince of Wales, Seringapatan, and Agamemnon, 1851 to 1868.
1851; 1851
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Great Exhibition 1851. Obverse: Conjoined heads of Victoria and Albert (L). Legend: "VICTORIA D:G:BRIT:REG: F.D. ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX MDCCCLI". Reverse: Britannia crowning industry, the four continents behind. Legend: "DISS
1851
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Great Exhibition. Obverse: Conjoined busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Concort (L) dolphin below, a trident right.Inscription: "VICTORIA D:G:BRIT:REG:F:D. ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX MDCCCLI". Inscription on edge: "MESSRS. GREEN.
1851
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a brass mount. There are four single copper wires each covered with two layers of gutta percha, tarred hemp and ten stranded iron wires.
1851
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of the first submarine cable. It was laid between Dover and Cape Grisnez. The cable is black but appers to be starting to rust.
1851
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. Submarine cable. Cylindrical section of submarine cable consisting of a central core of seven copper conductors compounded first with india rubber, then a layer of gutta percha and finally tarred hemp. The outer sheathing consists
1851
National Maritime Museum
The Right Hon. Earl St Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet, G.C.B. &c. Engraved by permission from an Original Picture by Sir W Beechey R.A. in the Possession of Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.B. &c. Technique includes etching.
1851
National Maritime Museum
The Right Hon. Earl St. Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet, G.C.B. &c. Engraved by permission from an original picture by Sir. W. Beechey, R.A. in the possession of Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker G.C.B. &c. Print
1851
National Maritime Museum
To the Commodore & Members of the New York Yacht Club This Print of the Yacht America... dedicated by Brown & Severin. Hand-coloured.
1851
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. A hand drawn copy of a plan dated 17 April 1841 showing the inboard profile with details for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
19 April 1851
National Maritime Museum
Embarkation of the Rifles from Dover Harbour for the Cape in Jany 1851. Drawing
Jan 1851
National Maritime Museum
"Toppmössa af Hvadmal från Nora Fjerdhundra 1/6 storlek. " Akvallererad, blyertsskiss av V. Gyllenskiöld.
1 January 1851
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
"Värmland, Dahlby" Blyertsskiss av J.V. Wallander . En man och en kvinna , i profil, samt dräktdetaljer med beskrivande texter av jacka, liv, vante etc.
1 January 1851
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet