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!
'In the Val Bevers, Engadine, 1880' [Switzerland]. No. 37 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A view in the valley of the River Inn near Bever (spelt Bevers u
1880
National Maritime Museum
'Mount Pers, Piz Palu, Zupo, Crastaguzza, Bernina, Morteratch & Buval; and the Morteratch Glacier; from near Montebello on the Bernina Road, 1880' [Switzerland]. No. 38 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the
1880
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'Piz Bernina, Scerscen, Roseg... Sella & Gluschaint and Tschierva &... Roseg Glaciers from the path leading to Alp Ota, 1880' [Switzerland]. No. 39 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned incompletely by the artis
1880
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'The villages of Silvaplana and Campfer, the Lake of Silvaplana and the Piz della Margna, Engadine [with] The Piz Julier, 1880' [Switzerland]. No. 40 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Three sections stuck together on the page
1880
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. A white porcelain dessert plate with a slightly indented gilt rim, as used on the royal yachts. There is a thin blue line around the edge. The maker's mark is impressed on the base and the date code for 1880. The retailer's mark is a printed g
1880
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. Bowl- Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Inside of bowl painted white, with four black painted lubber lines. Verge glass has small hole at centre (possibly to take a shadow pin). An azimuth circle of unusual type is fit
1880
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. Leather-bound writing case, the wooden box inside divided into three sections with four seperate compartments containing four small glass bottles with metal caps. There is a leather strap across the lid and a leather insert with compartments for pens et
1880
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. Needle for the miniature dip circle used as a vertical force instrument.
1880
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. Pair of 11 inch lens prisms forming part of declination and horizontal intensity magnetograph in a box. The second prism has been marked AST0720.1 and can be found via the Whole/Part toggle.
On manuscript: "162 Combination of cylindrical Lens and
1880
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. sail. There is a document for the dimensions of the masts and yards marked ZAZ6663.1, which can be viewed via the grey toggle to the right of the WHOLE field.
1880
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. Scabbard for solid half-basket hilted sword. The black leather scabbard comes complete with two gilt lockets, rings and a chape.
1880
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. Solid half-basket hilted sword, the hilt of the sword consists of a gilt solid half-basket guard, with a lion's-head pommel. The grip is made of white fish-skin and is bound with three gilt wires. The slightly curved, double-edged steel blade is a
1880
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. Solid half-basket hilted sword, which belonged to Captain Lord Francis Greenville Godolphin Osborne (1864-1924). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt solid half-basket guard with raised bars and a crown and anchor badge. There is a folding flap on t
1880
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. White porcelain cup with a gilt rim, foot and handle, as used on HMY 'Victoria and Albert' 1855. It is printed in blue with a design of a rope with a smaller rope looped around it. The maker's mark is printed on the base with the painted
1880
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. White silk programme, with silver thread fringe, printed in blue. Inscription: 'Royal Naval Athletic Sports, June 1st 1880. To take place on the Navy Recreation Ground [Sheerness]...'
1880
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Barkentine Violet of Bristol, W.H. Langdon Commander entering Leghorn 1880. original art: drawing
1880
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Box made from H.M.S. 'Resolute'. Box made from the timber of HMS 'Resolute'. It has green baize on the base and a hinged lid. A brass plaque on lid is inscribed: 'MADE AND PRESENTED TO ME BY MR EDWARD PRAILL SENR FROM THE TIMBERS
1880
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Button, Royal Marine Artillery uniform: pattern 1880. Four buttons. Domed and spherical. Smooth edge. Within a wreath on a lined background is a raised circular belt with buckle with ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY on it. In the centre is a pre-1901 crown with
1880
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Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a part plan and part profile for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, as converted to a mooring hulk at Plymouth Dockyard. The plan illustrates the proposed alterations to the capstans, and the proposed p
28 July 1880
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Celestial floor globe. Celestial floor globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Stanford GLB0160. Astronomical details on the sphere show constellations vaguely drawn, and these areas are outlined by dotted contours. Below the title cartouche, a
1880
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Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, as the Spanish Armada is sighted.. Framed engraving entitled: "Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, as the Spanish Armada is sighted". Below the image are facsimile signatures of the English commanders.
1880
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HMS Bacchante, September 1879, Captain Lord Charles Scott, conveying HRH Prince of Wales to Portland, from Portsmouth. Medium includes bodycolour.; Heightened with white.; Signed by artist and dated.
1880
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HMS Icarus, No.1120. Heightened with white.; Signed by artist and dated.
1880
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HMS Volage, No.1109. Medium includes bodycolour.; Heightened with white.
1880
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Imperial Society for the development of the Russian Merchant Service. Medal commemorating the Imperial Society for the development of the Russian Merchant Service. Obverse: The Head of the Emperor (right), surrounded by wreath of o
1880
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Medal commemorating the Tacna and Arica campaign, 1879-1880. Medal commemorating the Tacna and Arica campaign, 1879-80. Obverse: A five-pointed star with rays between the points; head of Bellona (centre) silver gilt surrounded by a band of blue enamel, in
1880
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Miniature: South Africa Medal 1877-79. Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L) Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Exergue:
1880
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Prize medal, International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880. Prize medal, International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880. Obverse: Veiled head of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem (left). Legend: 'MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MDCCCLXXX'. Reverse: With
1880
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Ruby (fl.1880); Cargo vessel; Barque. A waterline model of the four-masted barque Ruby (circa 1880), made entirely in wood and metal and painted in realistic colours. The vessel is depicted with fully-rigged set sails on all four masts and set in a realis
circa 1880
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Screw steamer Forest... H. Holt Commander... Morel Brothers & Co owners... Palmers shipbuilding & Iron Compy Builders. Signed by artist in plate and dated.; No.130.
1880
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Serpentine Swimming Club Medal. Obverse: Leander swimming across the Hellespont, hills in distance. Two towers (L) on the top of one Hero standing, waving a torch. Inscription: "PERGE ITA UT FIT". Exergue: "LEANDER MEDAL". Reverse: Ins
1889
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Slaves on HMS 'London' (?). Albumen print photograph showing slaves rescued from Arab dhows on the deck of HMS 'London', the depot ship at Zanzibar.
1880
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South Africa Medal 1877-79. Awarded to Adm-Fleet Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L) Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Exergue: a Kaffir
1880
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South Africa Medal 1877-79. Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L) Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Exergue: a Kaffir s
1880
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South Africa Medal 1877-79. Awarded to W W Hewett RN. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L) Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Exergue: a Kaffir shield crossed with asse
1880
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Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Standford GLB0161. Geographical details on the sphere include a note in the Pacific Ocean on the nomenclature, which reads: 'The original names assigned to th
1880
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The brig Martha Edmonds. A primitive ship’s portrait showing the brig ‘Martha Edmonds’ in full sail, broadside-on in a calm sea. Her name is visible on the flag flying from her main mast. Several figures can be seen on board and the smok
1880
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The Emigrants. A drypoint etching based on a painting of 1879, for which only a small repica now exists.
Sited in the London docks this complex image shows a woman carrying her child and their possessions, hesitating to take the hand proffered by the ma
1880
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Western portion of the Mediterranean Sea compiled from the most recent surveys London published by James Imray and Son 89 & 92 Minories 1880 constructed by James F. Imray. Scale: circa 1:1,000,000. Chart of the western Mediterranean. Lights coloured.
1880
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HMS 'Polyphemus' and other sketches. Inscribed by the artist, lower right of the ship drawing, 'HMS Polyphemus'; and with the number '2466' and a further number '(64)' lower left The strange looking vessel seen in
probably 1880s
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India, west coast. Jaygad (Jyghur) and entrance to Shastri River. Single sheet. Col. photozincograph. Scale: 1:17 000. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Variation shown. Abundant soundings. Scale in cables. Additional Places: Konkan, Jaigarh. Contents Note:
1880 (1879 survey)
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India, West Coast. Jaygad (Jyghur) and entrance to Shastri River. Surveyed by Navigating Lieutenant Frederick W. Jarrad R.N. assisted by Nav. Lieuts E. W. Petley & T.C. Pascoe, R.N. and Mr. P. J. Falle. By direction of Commander A.D. Taylor. 1879. Sin
1880 (1879 survey)
National Maritime Museum
Three studies of fighting vessels firing guns, possibly including HMS 'Devastation' and 'Thunderer'. The top two sketches are probably intended to depict the turret ships 'Devastation' (1871) and 'Thunderer(1872) during
probably 1880s
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