This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Don Jean de Castro. Print from Joseph-Francois Lafitau's 'Histoire des decouvertes et conquetes des Portugais dans le monde' (volume 2, page 427) showing Don Juan de Castro (1500-48) in a roundel holding a palm.
Juan de Castro was a Portu
October 1547
National Maritime Museum
List of names of adventurers to join Drake voyage, 1588.. List of 'The names of such adventurers as will adventure in a voyage with Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake knights as followeth', 56 names; endorsed and signed by John Evelyn, 24 Oct
1588-10-24
National Maritime Museum
Action in the Straits of Dover, 23 October 1602. Page 44. Taken from 'tome 6, lib 2' of a work of which the annotated title is not easily readable lower left. Though geographically fanciful, London, Dover Flushing (Vlissingen) and Calais are mar
1605
National Maritime Museum
The Return of Prince Charles from Spain, 5 October 1623. (Updated, November 2013) This large painting shows the English fleet arriving in the Solent led by 'Prince Royal'. It is bearing Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham - for whom this
1623
National Maritime Museum
Two signatures of Oliver Cromwell 19th October 1651 & 11th August 1657. 2. Oliver Cromwell's House Whitehall. Four small plates.; Mounted on sheet with PAI8825, PAI8827-PAI8828.
1650s
National Maritime Museum
A description of Ceylon. The taking of the City of Jafnapatnam; Caletyre (Ceylon) 15 Oct 1655. Chap. XLIV.; Page 795.
1703
National Maritime Museum
A Council-of-war in the Dutch fleet off Terschelling, 7-17 October 1658. The Dutch fleet is depicted lying-to off Terschelling soon after nine o’clock in the morning for the captains to go on board the flagship for orders. In the left middle distanc
1658
National Maritime Museum
The Dutch fleet beating up the coast off the North Frisian Islands 8-18 October 1658. The Dutch fleet viewed from the weather quarter close-hauled on the starboard tack in a fresh breeze and a lumpy sea. Most of the ships are under courses and main topsai
1658
National Maritime Museum
Dutch fleet beating up the coast off the North Frisian Islands 9 [OS] / 19 October 1658. One of a series of drawings made by van de Velde the Elder while accompanying the Dutch fleet under Jacob van Wassenaer on the expedition into Danish waters when Holl
October 1658
National Maritime Museum
The Dutch Fleet tacking off the North Frisian Islands, 9/19 October 1658. The Dutch Fleet tacking off the North Frisian Islands, 9 [OS]/19 October 1658. This would appear to be the seventh of a series of drawings connected with the Northern expedition of
1658
National Maritime Museum
The Dutch Fleet approaching the Jutland Coast, about 10 [OS]/20 October 1658?. original art: drawing
Despite being faintly inscribed ‘Forgery’ (due possibly to some curious features in rig), Robinson sees no need to doubt the authenticity of t
1658
National Maritime Museum
The action at Vigo from the westward 12 [OS]/23 October 1702. A remarkably fluent and economical drawing of the action at Vigo Bay that took place in the opening year of the War of the Spanish Succession. Admiral George Rooke, in command of a large Anglo-
1707
National Maritime Museum
Deptford (1732). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for Deptford (1732), a 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. This ship was built to replace the previous Deptford (1719), a 50-gun ship.
1 October 1729
National Maritime Museum
The European Race (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
10 Oct 1738
National Maritime Museum
The Taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22nd.of Novr. 1739 with six Men-of-War only. Hand-coloured.; Heightened with white.
28 Oct 1743
National Maritime Museum
Swan (1745); Tavistock (1745); Falcon (1745); Badger (1745); Hornet (1745); Hound (1745); Raven (1745); Scorpion (1745). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Swan (1745), Tavistock (1745), Falcon (1745),
24 October 1744
National Maritime Museum
A Fleet Wedding Between a brisk young sailor & his Landlady's Daughter at Rederiff (caricature). Mounted with PAG8515.; Text in English below image.; No.2.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
20 Oct 1747
National Maritime Museum
'Mortar' (1759); 'Carcass' (1759). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Mortar' (1759), a ketch-rigged B
10 October 1758
National Maritime Museum
A new map of the Province of Quebec, according to the royal proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763, from the French surveys connected with those made after the war, by Captain Carver, and other officers in His Majesty's service.. Single sheet. Hand
1776
National Maritime Museum
To the President... of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures & Commerce. This plate of the New Invented Expedition Crane is humbly Dedicated by...John Webb, the Inventor, October 1764. Print. A working sketch of Webb's Expeditio
Oct 1764
National Maritime Museum
'Experiment' (1765). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Experiment' (1765), a purchased merchant ship, as taken off at Deptford Dockyard in September 1765 and
October 1765
National Maritime Museum
The Farm Yard. Print by Pierre Charles Canot after Peter van Laer entitled 'The Farm Yard'. It shows peasants, cattle and horses in a farmyard.
Dutch painter and printmaker, Van Laer, nicknamed "Il Bamboccio" (little clumsy one) on ac
1 October 1768
National Maritime Museum
Bristol (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with alterations, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Bristol (1775), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. The plan includes a table of mast and yard dimens
14 October 1768
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the bay, rock and town of Gibraltar, from an actual survey by an officer who was at Gibraltar from 1769 to 1775, with the works, batteries and incampment of the Spanish Army on the 19th of Octor. 1782, the position of the combined fleet and the at
1783
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A calm after a storm. Bonace apres une Tempete. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.7. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7526, PAD7528-PAD7531.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A first Rate in a light Breeze, with a View of Dover. Un Vaisseau de guerre du premier rang dans une brise avec une vue de Douvre. Technique includes etching.; Pla
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Frigate in a Fresh Gale with a View of Sheerness. Une Fregate dans un coup de vent avec une Vue de Sheerness. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.2. Book II.;
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Frigate Wreckt. Fregate qui fait Naufrage. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.6. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7525, PAD7527-PAD7531.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Moonlight in a Calm. Un Clair de Lune dans un tems de bonace. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.11. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7530.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A sea Engagement between the English and French. Combat Naval entre les Anglois et les Francois. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.8. Book II.; Stored with PAD
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A storm, with a Greenland ship skudding before the Wind. Tempete, avec un Vaisseau de Greenland que coure devant le Vent. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.5.
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. A Strong Gale with a Squall of Rain. Un Vent fort avec une bourasque de Pluie. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.4. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD7523, PAD7
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. Noon with a Frigate at Anchor. Representation de Midi, et une Fregate a l'ancre. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.9. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-PAD752
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. Sunset with a Fleet returning Home. Le Coucher du Soliel avec le retour d'une flotte. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.10. Book II.; Stored with PAD7521-
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Twelve Views of shipping by J Cleveley Junr. Douze Vues des Vaisseaux par J. Cleveley Junr. Yachts in a Calm with a View of Harwich. Des Vaissaux dans un tems de bonace avec une Vue de Harwich. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.1. Book II.; Stored wit
1 Oct 1770
National Maritime Museum
Weazle (1745). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck and fore & aft platforms for Weazle (1745), a 16-gun two-masted Ship Sloop. The Weazle had been on a voyage to West Africa in February 1770 and was to be sent again in
16 October 1770
National Maritime Museum
Glasgow (1757). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarter deck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Glasgow (1757), a 20-gun Sixth Rate.
Signed by Edward Hunt [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1767-1772]
10 October 1771
National Maritime Museum
Orpheus (1774). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan proposed for Orpheus (1774), a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate, as built at Harwich by Mr Brs Bernard and Turner. Signed John Williams (Surveyor of the Navy)
15 October 1771
National Maritime Museum
Endeavour (1768). Scale: 96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, upper deck, forecastle, fore & aft falls (a type of platforms), lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Endeavour (1768), after being re-fitted at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by William G
16 October 1771
National Maritime Museum
'A Sticker-up of Bills on Tower Hill at the Rendezvous at the King's Arms' [Bray album]. No. 10 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049)
Titled as above and signed, twice, 'AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray), once on the drawing itself with
October 1774
National Maritime Museum
Man carrying a sack [Bray album]. No. 13 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049)
Dated and signed 'Oct 74 AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray), this was almost certainly observed in London while Bray was on his way to join the 'Pallas' at Portsmou
October 1774
National Maritime Museum
Man having his shoes polished [Bray album]. No. 12 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049)
Dated and signed 'Oct 74 AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray) this is another telling social vignette of town life, probably seen in London while Bray was on the way
October 1774
National Maritime Museum
A New Method of Macarony Making, as practised at Boston. This print shows the British perspective on events in America. It condemns the violent defiance of law and order, such as the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm, the Commissioner of Customs at B
12 October 1774
National Maritime Museum
Full length portrait of a Polynesian man, possibly Omai?. This engraving after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell i
25 Oct 1774
National Maritime Museum
Diadem (1782); Magnanime (1780); Sampson (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Magnanime (1780), and in 1776 approved for Sampson (1781), and in 1778 for Diadem (1782), all
10 October 1775
National Maritime Museum
31ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1775). Scale: 1:24. Plans showing the body plan, midship section, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 31ft flat-bottomed Boat for carrying 40 Soldiers and 16 Sailors. The plan also has an annotated list of the builder
18 October 1775
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (1776). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck and fore & aft platforms for Daphne (1776), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop, as fitted at Woolwich Dockyard.
The plan includes a table of the mast and yard dimens
10 October 1776
National Maritime Museum
A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of General Sr William Howe KB in New York and east New Jersey,against the American forces commanded by General Washington, from the 12th of October to the 28th of November 1776. Wherein is
1777
National Maritime Museum
The Seat of Action between the British and American Forces or An Authentic Plan of the Western Part of Long Island with the engagement of the 27th August 1776. Print.
22 Oct 1776
National Maritime Museum
51ft Well Boat (1777). Scale: 1:38.4. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck plan for a proposed single-masted fifty-one foot well boat (1777). A copy was sent to Plymouth Dockyard in 1777 f
30 October 1776
National Maritime Museum
Squadron of Imperial Russian Fleet... burning the Turkish Fleet in Cheseme Bay... 7th July 1770 (before letters). Print; one of a set of four recording the action. For the painting, see BHC0419.
1 Oct 1777
National Maritime Museum
Alexander (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the elevation, sections, and plan of the main yard for Alexander, a 74-gun, Third Rate two-decker.
24 October 1778
National Maritime Museum
40ft Gunboat (1779); Number 20 (1779). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 40ft Gunboat, with a stern-mounted gun. According to the annotation Gunboat Number 20 was built in 1779 for t
Circa October 1779
National Maritime Museum
The 'Quebec' and 'Surveillante' in Action, 6 October 1779. The British and French frigate action represented in this painting was desperately fought. The frigates were accompanied by cutters, the 'Quebec', 32 guns, by the
1781
National Maritime Museum
The Liberty of the Subject [the Press Gang] (caricature). [No.15.] At the time this print was made 'liberty' was most generally understood as the concept of 'British liberty' as a whole, in opposition to foreign and especially Catholi
15 Oct 1779
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the Downs with the flats of the North and South Forelands from the observations of Joseph Ross, a Pilot belonging to Trinity House.. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and Fren
20 October 1779
National Maritime Museum
A plan of the posts of York and Gloucester in the Province of Virginia, established by His Majesty's army under the command of Lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, together with the attacks and operations of the American & French forces commanded by G
1782
National Maritime Museum
42ft Gunboat (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 20-oared, 42ft Gunboat with a stern-mounted gun, for the defence of Gibraltar in 1782.
9 October 1782
National Maritime Museum
Distress Of the Centaur on the Night of the 16th of Septr, 1782... passage from Jamaica... storm... foundered Twelve persons only escaping from the Wreck. Sepia aquatint inscribed with a description of the picture: 'Distress of the Centaur on the Nig
20 Oct 1783
National Maritime Museum
Preservation of Cpt Inglefield, the Master, and Ten of the Crew of the Centaur in the Pinnace... on the Great Western Ocean, and after seventeen days at sea, arrived at Fayal. Print
20 Oct 1783
National Maritime Museum
Dissolution of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
Dissolution of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
Unlading of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
Unloading of a Cutter, From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr Newton. Print
1 Oct 1785
National Maritime Museum
Arrival of Their Sicilian Majesties at Naples, 12 October 1785. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies comprised Naples and the island of Sicily. Under King Ferdinand IV and Queen Maria-Carolina it proved a valuable foothold for British Mediterranean operations
1787
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan illustrates the vessel prior to the after capstan being moved forward, as agreed in October 1787 by the Su
Pre October 1787
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan illustrates the vessel prior to the after capstan being moved forward, as agreed in October 1787 by the Surveyor of
Pre October 1787
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with some fore and aft platform detail for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker.
Pre October 1787
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker.
Pre October 1787
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sternboard outline with decoration detail for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. The whole plan is enclosed within a decorative boarder.
Pre October 1787
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker.
Pre October 1787
National Maritime Museum
50ft Lighter (circa 1788). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed [and approved] for a fifty foot lighter, for service in Woolwich Dockyard. Note she was built with the modificat
8 October 1787
National Maritime Museum
50ft Lighter (circa 1788). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the upper deck, and fore and aft platforms proposed [and approved] for a 50ft lighter for service in Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1787-1790].
8 October 1787
National Maritime Museum
31ft Chain Boat (1788). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, section through the windlass, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan proposed [and approved] for a thirty-one foot chain boat for Deptford Doc
26 October 1787
National Maritime Museum
Andrew Wilkinson Esqr late Captain of his Majesty's Ship the Grafton.... Print
26 Oct 1787
National Maritime Museum
European Magazine Broadstairs in the Isle of Thanet. Technique includes engraving.
1 Oct 1789
National Maritime Museum
The scene before Gibraltar. On the Morning of the 14th of September 1782. Stored in mount with PAH7809.
7 Oct 1789
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Dock Yard at Woolwich. Print, titled as above, from Dodd's 'Dockyard' set of six (1789-90). The subtitle states that 'This view is taken from the Thames opposite the New Offices looking down the River, and comprehends what is
29 October 1789
National Maritime Museum
Portrait, supposed to be Sir Francis Drake From the Original, in the possession of C Chadwick, Esqr. Gentleman's Magazine Oct 1790 Pl II p.879. Print
Oct 1790
National Maritime Museum
View of Westminster Bridge Including Westminster Hall and the Abbey. Hand-coloured.
1 Oct 1790
National Maritime Museum
The Mutineers turning Lieut Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty [ 29 April 1789]. HM sloop 'Bounty' was a small West Indiaman of 250 tons, previously called 'Bethia', and purchased by
2 October 1790
National Maritime Museum
57ft Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth combined with a longitudinal half-breadth deck plan, for a proposed 57ft Mooring Lighter.
Signed by Edward Sison
18 October 1790
National Maritime Museum
The Neglected Tar (caricature). Text in English of the ballad 'The Neglected Tar' appears below the image and the number 268 immediately above the song text. Thie illustration shows a naval seaman in tattered clothes (short jacket, striped trou
1 Oct 1791
National Maritime Museum
The Rabbits. A copper engraving depicting a black street vendor selling rabbits to a fashionably dressed white woman. She picks up one of the dead rabbits by the leg and says ‘O la, how it smells – sure it’s not fresh’. The kneelin
8 October 1792
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honourable Lord Hood, Vice Admiral of The Red, and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean. Technique includes stipple engraving.
8 Oct 1793
National Maritime Museum
Commencement of the Action between the Crescent and La Reunion off Cape Barfleur October 20 1793. Medium includes pen and black ink.
Jul 1801
National Maritime Museum
The 'Agamemnon' engaging four French frigates and a brig near Sardinia, 27 October 1793. The third, but second in order of events, in a series of ten drawings (PAF5871–PAF5874, PAF5876, PAF5880–PAF5881 and PAF5883–PAF5885) of m
1810
National Maritime Museum
25 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 25 ft Yawl.
Annotation dated: 31 October 1793
National Maritime Museum
An exact Representation of Launching the Prince of Wales Man of War, before their Majesties, at Portsmouth. Technique includes etching.
1 Oct 1794
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 30ft Shallop (never built). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an Unnamed 30ft Shallop (never built), for the West India trade.
Signed by George Hilhouse [Shipbuilder and Merchant], possibl
October 1795
National Maritime Museum
An exact Representation of the Capture of three Ships of the Line, and total defeat of the French Fleet, by a Squadron under Command of Admiral Lord Bridport, on the 23 of June, 1795. Print
1 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
John Willett Payne, 1752-1803. Print, titled 'Commodore Payne', inscribed 'Orme Junr Sculp, 1795'; published by Edward Orme. Payne- from a West Indies planter family- was a successful naval officer, a rake, and courtier and confidant
1 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
The Rt Honble Thomas Lord Graves, Admiral of The White, European Magazine. Print
1 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum