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).
[The English and Spanish fleets between Portland Bill and the Isle of Wight on 2 - 3 August 1588]. Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:300,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English mil
1590
National Maritime Museum
Action at Bergen, 3 August 1665. An incident following the Dutch defeat at Lowestoft, which was the first fleet action of the Second Dutch War, 1665-67. A returning Dutch East India and Smyrna fleet was forced to put into Bergen, Norway, a neutral port fo
1666
National Maritime Museum
The Dutch Fleet Returning from Bergen, 3 September 1665. The Dutch Fleet Returning from Bergen, 3[OS]/13 September 1665. The drawing is one of a series made when the Elder accompanied de Ruyter’s voyage to Bergen in the Autumn of 1665. This took pla
1665
National Maritime Museum
Admiral James Berkeley, 1680-1736, 3rd Earl of Berkeley. Although this painting bears Peter Monamy's signature below the buoy on the right it is unlikely that he was responsible for more than the marine background, since he is not otherwise known to
circa 1720
National Maritime Museum
The King leaving Westminster after the Coronation, 23 April-3 May 1685. A crowded scene of barges, yachts and boats off Westminster as the King leaves in his barge, which is shown starboard broadside on the right with the royal standard in the bow. In the
1685
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the Bath, 3rd class (military). Badge: Obverse and reverse. Gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, each point tipped with a small gold ball, and in each angle between the arms of the cross a gold lion. In the centre of the cro
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the Bath, 3rd class (military). Badge: Obverse and reverse. Gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, each point tipped with a small gold ball, and in each angle between the arms of the cross a gold lion. In the centre of the cro
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the Bath, 3rd class (military). Order of the Bath of Vice Adm David T Norris CB CMG. Neck badge: Gold rimmed, white enamel, eight pointed cross with a gold ball on each point, in the angle between each arm of the cross a gold lion. Three
after 1917
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the Bath, 3rd class. Badge: Obverse and reverse. Gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, each point tipped with a small gold ball, and in each angle between the arms of the cross a gold lion. In the centre of the cross is a dev
National Maritime Museum
Spanish Insolence chastized or a View of the Town Port & Forts of Porto Bello a------ by 6 of his Majesties Ships of War under the Command of Vice Admiral Vernon on ye 21 November 1739. Text in English below image.
3 May 1740
National Maritime Museum
To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet.... A port-broadside view of the Invincible on
1747
National Maritime Museum
'Hayling' (1760). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile with pencil modifications, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for 'Hayling' (1760), a single-masted sixty-six foot timber hoy for Portsmouth Doc
3 August 1759
National Maritime Museum
'Unity' (1707?), and 'Forester' (1748). No Scale. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, longitudinal half-breadth with deck details, for 'Unity' (1707?), and 'Forester' (1748), both single-masted sixty-six
3 August 1759
National Maritime Museum
'Industry' (fl. 1765). No scale. A plan showing the sections at frame twelve and at the midships for the 'Industry' (fl. 1765), a 6-gun brig to lie in the Bar of Senegal, as a floating battery.
3 March 1766
National Maritime Museum
'Industry' (fl. 1765). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the fore, aft, and lower aft platforms for the 'Industry' (fl. 1765), a 6-gun brig to lie in the Bar of Senegal, as a floating battery.
3 March 1766
National Maritime Museum
'Industry' (fl. 1765). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for the 'Industry' (fl. 1765), a brig, as proposed for fitting as a floating battery to lay within the Bar of Senegal and to carry six
3 March 1766
National Maritime Museum
'Industry' (fl.1765). No scale. A plan showing the sections at frames fifteen, nine, F, and M for the 'Industry' (fl.1765), a 6-gun brig to lie in the Bar of Senegal, as a floating battery.
3 March 1766
National Maritime Museum
Crescent (captured 1758). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the half-breadth for quarter deck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Crescent (1759), a captured French Frigate, as taken off/fitted as a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate
3 July 1771
National Maritime Museum
Hornet (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing external planking (in black ink) and internal planking (in red ink) layout for Hornet (1776), a 14-gun Sloop, as taken off while building. Hornet was launched in March 1776 at Deptford by Messrs Adam & Barnar
3 February 1776
National Maritime Museum
The Honble Admiral Keppel. Modelled from the Life by Tassie. Print
3 Apr 1779
National Maritime Museum
Swift (1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Swift (1783), a captured French merchant ship, as taken off and fitted as an 8-gun Brig Sloop for foreign s
3 December 1783
National Maritime Museum
Society at Sea. The Recreation of the Company on board the Halsewell in serene Weather, three Days before their Disolution, on the Night between the 5th & 6th of January 1786. A genre scene of passengers on board the Halsewell, engaging in various act
3 Apr 1786
National Maritime Museum
An English Privateer bringing in La Monsieur, a French Prize (caricature). Hand-coloured.
3 Jun 1792
National Maritime Museum
Map of the country westward of Lake Ontario to the River Mississippi and southward to the 37 [degree] of north latitude intended more immediately to show the frontier boundary between the United States and the Indian Tribes as expressed in their treaty of
1795
National Maritime Museum
Nelson in conflict with a Spanish launch at the blockade of Cadiz, 3 July 1797. Print
May 1809
National Maritime Museum
Nelson in conflict with a Spanish launch, 3 July 1797. After the Battle of St Vincent, 14 February 1797, the Spanish fleet was blockaded in Cadiz harbour by the British. The inshore squadron of the fleet was commanded by Sir Horatio Nelson. On 3 July, he
1806
National Maritime Museum
Nelson's Victory: - or - Good News operating upon Loyal Feelings (caricature). Hand-coloured.
3 Oct 1798
National Maritime Museum
An Ancient Bireme from Basius (Galleys 8). Vol I. Page 73. (Charnock).
3 Feb 1802
National Maritime Museum
An Ancient Bireme from Basius, having one tier of oars only (Galleys 9). Vol I. Page 114. (Charnock).
3 Feb 1802
National Maritime Museum
An Ancient Heptereme from Basius, said to have belonged to Pyrrhus King of Epirus (Galleys 6). Vol I. Page 72. (Charnock).
3 Feb 1802
National Maritime Museum
Trinkwasser-Quelle im Hyde-Park zu London
3 July 1802
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Cutting out the 'Curieux' at Martinique, 3 February 1804. The French brig sloop ‘Curieux’ was fitted out at Martinique in order to attack British interests. As she was a threat to British West Indian commerce, the British Commodore H
1805
National Maritime Museum
'Haddock' (1805), 'Magpie' (1806), 'Jackdaw' (1806), 'Cuckoo' (1806), 'Wagtail' (1806), 'Woodcock' (1806), 'Wigeon' (1806), 'Sealark' (1806), 'Rook' (1806), 'La
3 November 1805
National Maritime Museum
A Sailor's Observation on the Lamented Death of Lord Nelson (caricature). This contemporary caricature captures the grief felt by ordinary sailors when they heard the news of Nelson’s death. The sailor on the right is drinking to ‘The mem
3 Dec 1805
National Maritime Museum
Fifth annual message of President Thomas Jefferson, 12/03/1805
Taken 3 Dec 1805
The U.S. National Archives
Plan of the Attack of the Floating-Batteries before Gibraltar 13th Septr 1782. Pl XVIII Vol III Page 212. Print
3 Sep 1808
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 15. Schinaass from the right of the Encampment, on the Morning of the 3rd Jany. 1810. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. The second of a pair of paintings showing an action between the British ship 'Spartan' and Neapolitan and French squadron in the Bay of Naples (
1810
National Maritime Museum
'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804). Scale: probably 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck, middle deck, lower deck, and inboard profile for 'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804), a purchased merchant ship converted to a Sixth Rate Frigate, now fitted as a store
3 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
Sidney (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the plan of the after parts for the upper deck and lower deck as fitted in 1817 to the Sidney, a 6-gun Survey Vessel, and with modifications as suggested by Mr. Holbrook, her Commander. Signed Nicholas Diddams [M
3 February 1817
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of St Michael and St George, 3rd class. Badge: Seven rayed, fourteen pointed, white enamel star. In centre St Michael trampling Satan, surrounded by blue band inscribed: "AUSPICIUM MELIORIS AEVI". Reverse: Same motto with St George
1818
National Maritime Museum
Slight sketch of HMS 'Trincomalee' going into harbour, 1819. No. 31 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed across the upper edge of the sheet 'Trincomalee HMS Trincomalee going into harbour April 3d 1819 Jury rig/from India.'
HM
3 April 1819
National Maritime Museum
Skylark (1821); possibly Swift (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, lower deck with platforms, and a section illustrating the fixing of beams to the sides, for 160 ton Cutters building at Pembroke Dockyard. This relates to
3 November 1820
National Maritime Museum
Napoleon's new house at Longwood, St Helena, (on reverse). Bound with PAF2693-PAF2718, PAF2720.
3 Apr 1822
National Maritime Museum
View of Napoleon's house and garden on St Helena, (on reverse). Bound with PAF2693-PAF2717, PAF2719-PAF2720.
3 Apr 1822
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Illustrious' (74) and two other vessels, one jury rigged. No. 26 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed 'Sepr – 3d 1822', and annotated with the name of the ship 'Illustrious 74.'
HMS 'Illustrious'
3 September 1822
National Maritime Museum
Head and Bow of an unnamed First Rate. Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the front view of the bows, a starboard bow and head profile, and half-breadth plan of the bow for an unnamed First Rate, illustrating the position of the gun ports.
Signed by Thomas Rob
3 December 1823
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-01-03
3 January 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-02-03
3 February 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-03-03
3 March 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-03-03
3 March 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-04-03
3 April 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-04-03
3 April 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Study of HMS 'Benbow' and other vessels in Portsmouth Harbour, 1826. No. 22 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed in the upper right 'Portsmouth harbour/ May 3d - 1826.'
HMS 'Benbow', 72-guns, was launched at Rotherhi
3 May 1826
National Maritime Museum
French lugger off N. Foreland Mar 3 1829....? after Stanfield. original art: drawing
3 Mar 1829
National Maritime Museum
Fisherman's Huts at Luccumb Chine I of W. July 3 1831. Mounted with PAE5454.
1831
National Maritime Museum
Order of St.George for Military Merit, Knight, 3rd Class. Duchy of Lucca, Order of St George for Military Merit, awarded to Sir George Back (1796-1878). Badge: Silver cross patée; in the centre, a medallion showing: obverse: St George slaying the
1833
National Maritime Museum
A triple iron block drawn on the occasion of installation of the Egyptian Antiquities at the B M. Mounted with PAE5528.
3 Jun 1834
National Maritime Museum
Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana from original sketches by Cooke. Annotated original sketch made 3rd June. original art: drawing
1834
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Le Follet Courier des Salons' 1835-08-03
3 August 1835
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
'A Greenwich Pensioner!' HB sketches No.532. See description and notes for PAH3323, another copy.
3 April 1838
National Maritime Museum
A Greenwich Pensioner! [caricature of Richard Lalor Shiel MP]. HB Sketches No. 532. See also other copies: PAI5996 and PAF4083. This shows Richard Lalor Shiel (1791-1851), a Kilkenny-born Irish Catholic, educated at Stonyhurst and Trinity College Dublin,
3 April 1838
National Maritime Museum
HB Sketches No 532. A Greenwich Pensioner (caricature). See description and notes for PAH3323, another copy. PvdM 4/04
3 Apr 1838
National Maritime Museum
Loenen, Niewer Holk, the house of the artist's friend Mr Maes with figures under trees on reverse. original art: drawing
3 Aug 1838
National Maritime Museum
Slough. The 40ft reflector in process of demolition. This is one of a series of drawings done by Sir John Frederick William Herschel in 1840 when he had his father's 40ft reflector telescope dismantled fearing the by then severely rotten frame might
3 April 1840
National Maritime Museum
Ice chart of the southern hemisphere compiled from the voyages of Cook 1772-5, Bellingshausen 1819-21, Weddell 1822-4, Foster 1828-9, Biscoe 1830-2, Balleny 1839, D'Urville 1839, Wilkes 1839, Ross 1841-2-3, Scott 1901-4, and Shackleton 1908-9.. Singl
1910; 1874
National Maritime Museum