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).
Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood in a pigtai
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood in a pigtai
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Alexander Hood, Visc
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Alexander Hood, Visc
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Alexander Hood, Visc
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood
1794
National Maritime Museum
L'Observatorie est un Edifice que le Roy a Fait Commener Environ L'annee 1667, Sur un Lieu Eminent a L'extremite du Saubourg de St Jacues.... Engraving of the Paris Observatory, which was founded in 1667. The instruments being used in the f
1729 or later
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Edward Vernon, 1684-1757. A three-quarter-length portrait to right in a brown cloth coat and black full-bottomed wig. He holds a baton in his right hand, and stands against a background of rock. On the right there is a two-decker ship with a red e
Begun in mid-1730s-43
National Maritime Museum
Warship; Third rate; 60 guns. Scale: 1:48. A Georgian full hull model of a 60-gun, two-decker ship of the line (circa 1735). The model is decked, equipped and rigged. The rigging is believed to be contemporary, with a small portion replaced in 1935. The m
circa 1735
National Maritime Museum
Admiral John Jervis, 1735-1823, 1st Earl of St Vincent. A full-length portrait to left in admiral's full-dress uniform, 1795-1812, wearing the ribbon and Star of the Bath and the St Vincent medal. Jervis's right hand rests on his sheathed sword
1806
National Maritime Museum
Royal Escape (1736). No scale. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail and scroll figurehead, two longitudinal half-breadths for Royal Escape (1736), as proposed to be rebuilt.
Old style: Circa February 1735; New Style year is 1736
National Maritime Museum
Robert Blake General and Admiral of the Forces of England &c Denatus 17 Aug 1657 Aetat 59. Technique includes etching.; Text in English below title.
24 Jan 1740
National Maritime Museum
Robert Blake, General and Admiral of the Forces of England. Technique includes engraving and etching.; Text in English below image.
24 Jan 1740
National Maritime Museum
Devonshire (1745); Newark (1747). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Devonshire (1745) a 1741 Establishment 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker. The plan shows the p
circa 1746-7
National Maritime Museum
The South-West Prospect of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk. Text in English below image.
7 Jan 1741
National Maritime Museum
'Granado' (1742) bomb vessel. No Scale. A plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, inboard profile with stern-quarter decoration and figurehead, and a longitudinal half-breadth plan for the 'Granado' (1742). This ship w
Probably 1742
National Maritime Museum
. Marble base (hollow construction) for the bust of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757)
1743-4
National Maritime Museum
. The other part of SCU0057.3, which is the pedestal for the bust of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757)
1743-4
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757). Head-and-shoulders marble bust on a round socle, with its original inscribed pedestal and plinth in two parts
The sitter is shown facing half to his right, with a cloak over the right shoulder and under the left arm. T
?1744
National Maritime Museum
Victory (1737); Warship; First rate; 100 guns. Baseboard for a contemporary full hull model of the Victory (1737), a 100-gun three-decker first-rate ship of the line.
Possibly about 1744
National Maritime Museum
Grampus (1746), Saltash (1746). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the amalgamated body plans, and the sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth of both the Dolphin (1732) and Otter (1742), both early two-masted Sloops. This plan was then us
Circa January 1745
National Maritime Museum
Grampus (1746). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Grampus (1746), a 14-gun early two-masted Sloop built at Hull. According to ZAZ5037 the body plan is the same as for Dolphin (173
17 January 1745
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the southern part of South America with the track of the Centurion from the Island of St Catherine to the Island of Juan Fernandes in which is inserted the variation and soundings observ'd on board her; together with her deviation from her
[1748]
National Maritime Museum
Plate money square. Plate money. Roughly square copper plate. Stamped 'FRS 1749', '2 DALER SILF MYNT'. Cancelled Swedish copper being exported as bullion. From the wreck of an unidentified merchantman circa 1780-1815, found in the Sout
1748 or 9
National Maritime Museum
Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810, 1st Baron Collingwood. A full-length portrait to the right, showing Collingwood in rear-admiral’s full dress uniform of the 1795–1812 pattern (with inaccuracies), wearing his medals for the First o
1827
National Maritime Museum
Wasp (1749). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some detail, the sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and fore & aft platforms for Wasp (1749), an 8-gun Sloop as built at Portsmouth by Mr. Peir
Circa 1749
National Maritime Museum
. The octant has a mahogany frame and index arm, boxwood limb, brass fittings and a brass stop for the index arm. There is no tangent screw and the clamping screw, which is broken and possibly an old replacement, is on the back of the index arm. The octan
circa 1750
National Maritime Museum
. The octant has a pear-wood frame, limb and index arm; brass fittings and a brass stop for the index arm, with an inlaid ivory plate on the crossbar, and two red socket shades. Index-glass adjustments can be made by a screw and on both horizon glasses by
circa 1750
National Maritime Museum
Captain Justinian Nutt, 1700-58. (Updated, October 2017) A half-length portrait slightly to left in captain's undress uniform, 1748-67, and white wig. The portrait is set in a plain background inside a painted oval.
The sitter was master of the
circa 1750
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Valk GLB0102. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table below Corono Australis in a cartouche with the symbol of the Sun above it with text. The M
Plates produced: 1715; Globe assembled: 1750
National Maritime Museum
Mrs Justinian Nutt (née Elizabeth Cooke), 1726-97. (Updated, October 2017) A half-length portrait slightly to right in a painted oval with a plain background. She wears a black velvet saque, or dress, open at the sleeves and front to reveal a low-
circa 1750
National Maritime Museum
To the Rt Honble Dunk Earl of Hallifax... This Plate... the Stern Views of the Terrible and Neptune..., also that of the Severn..., three of the six French Men of War taken by the British Fleet under the Command of Sir Edward Hawke... Octr 14 1747. Print
29 Jan 1751
National Maritime Museum
Fly (1752). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for Fly (1752), an 8-gun Ketch-rigged Sloop.
Signed by Peirson Lock [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard 1742-1755 (died)].
Circa January 1752
National Maritime Museum
Speedwell (1752). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Speedwell (1752), an 8-gun two-masted Sloop. The alterations on the plan were to be conformed to by Chatham Dockyard.
Sig
22 January 1752
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed Buss (1752). Scale: 1:48. A contemporary copy of a plan showing the body plan, annotated deck plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed Buss, for the Society of the Free British Fishery.
Original signe
28 January 1752
National Maritime Museum
Admiral William Waldegrave (1753-1825) 1st Baron Radstock. Head-and-shoulders classical-style plaster bust of Admiral William Waldegrave on a low octagonal flat base surmounted by grommet of rope on the front side only. The sitter faces forward, his hair
1818
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere include two compass cards, one with Italian names and the other with Dutch names of the compass points. California is represented as an island. Australia and the land nor
Plates produced: 1688; Gores produced: 1707; Globe assembled: 1754
National Maritime Museum
. The octant has a mahogany frame and index arm with a boxwood limb, brass fittings and a brass stop for the index arm. An inlaid plate in the crossbar is now missing. There is no tangent screw and the clamping screw, which is broken, is on the back of th
circa 1755
National Maritime Museum
Drawing of a turret clock escapement. Harrison’s own manuscript drawing of his design for the escapement of the turret clock at Trinity College, Cambridge, for which he was paid three guineas in 1755. The escapement itself was then made by the Londo
about 1755
National Maritime Museum
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Viscount St Albans. Head-and-shoulders terracotta bust of Francis Bacon, the head turned to sitter's right, in contemporary 17th-century dress including hat, and signed on reverse 'Michl. Rysbrack 1755'.
This is
1755
National Maritime Museum
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). Head-and-shoulders terracotta bust of Oliver Cromwell, bare-headed, in armour decorated with a Medusa head on the cuirass. This is one of eight busts of British worthies made by Rysbrack for Sir Edward Littleton's new hou
possibly 1732, or by 1755-7
National Maritime Museum
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618). Terracotta head-and-shoulders bust, in contemporary late-16th or early 17th century dress including hat, signed on the reverse 'Michl. Rysbrack 1757'.
This is one of eight busts of British worthies - three now
1757
National Maritime Museum
William Carnegie (1756-1831), 7th Earl of Northesk. (Updated September 2014) Carnegie, a younger son of the admiral sixth Earl of Northesk, entered the Navy in 1771 and became a captain in 1782. From 1788, after the death of his elder brothers, he was sty
1805
National Maritime Museum
'Dorsetshire' (1757). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Dorsetshire' (1757), a modified 1745 Establishment, 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as originally designed to carry 70-guns.
Pre 1757
National Maritime Museum
Guadalupe (1763). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline with some detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half breadth for Guadalupe (1763), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate.
note: see nalso ADMC 2450A, A reverse at Yarmout
1757 ta 1763 (order to launch dates)
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew (1757-1833), 1st Viscount Exmouth. Over life-size marble statue, bare-headed, facing the front, torso turning to sitter's left, with the head turned strongly to his right and the right leg stepping out in line with it. The r
1846
National Maritime Museum
Halfpenny token commemorating Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). Halfpenny token commemorating Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Pellew, laureate, in a tie-wig (left) larger than preceding. L
1797
National Maritime Museum
Halfpenny token commemorating Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). Halfpenny token commemorating Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Pellew in a tie-wig and uniform (left). Legend: 'GLORIOVS
1796
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, 1758 - 1805, 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White. Oval bust-length miniature of Nelson in watercolour on ivory, turned half to sitter's right but looking out at the viewer, in an oval gold suspension locket edged with 38 we
after 1801
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, 1758 - 1805, 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White. This is not strictly a miniature, except in terms of small size. More accurately, it is a small stipple engraving of Nelson, head only in left profile, after Simon de Koster'
1807
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. Half-length facing left in rear-admiral's undress uniform, 1795-1812 pattern, wearing the St Vincent medal and the star of a KB. The empty right sleeve is pinned across and the upper part sl
1798
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. (Revised April 2013) A long bust-length portrait to left in vice-admiral's undress uniform, 1795-1812, wearing a hat. It has previously mistakenly been stated to relate to Keymer's po
circa 1801
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. A full-length portrait slightly to left, facing to right in vice-admiral’s undress uniform, 1795-1812. He is shown wearing his orders and holds a sword in his left and only hand, pointing
1801
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Graduated Bar Scale. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for a forty-five foot chain boat (1758), built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard. Another o
11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, longitudinal half-breadth, and half deck plan for a forty-five foot chain boat, to be built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard within six months of
circa 11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and half-breadth deck plan, for a forty-five foot chain boat for Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Thomas Slade [Surveyo
11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
An account book of the slave ship MOLLY at Bonny Island.. The account book was kept between 1 February 1759 and 27 April 1759. The accounts includes cargo bound for Bonny; list of bills played at Bonny; 286 Africans purchased at Bonny including 125 men, 1
1759-02-01 - 1759-04-27
National Maritime Museum
Saint Florentine (captured 1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Saint Florentine (captured 1759), a captured French 60-gun privateer, as taken off prior to
Late 1759/early 1760
National Maritime Museum
Plan von Damgarten in Schwedisch Pommern welches von den Konig Preuss Armei unter Comando des General Lieutenants. Print
1 Jan 1759
National Maritime Museum
Defence (1763); Kent (1762); Cornwall (1761); Arrogant (1761). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with quarter gallery decorations, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Defence (1763), Kent' (1762), 'Cornwall'
15 January 1759
National Maritime Museum
A branch of the bread fruit tree with fruit. The first of two such breadfruit engravings published in John Hawkesworth's 'Voyages' (an account of the journeys by Captain Cook, Vice Admiral John Byron, and Joseph Banks published on behalf of
1770s
National Maritime Museum
A view of the Indians of Terra del Fuego in their hut (without title). Alexander Buchan was a Scottish landscape artist on Captain James Cook's first Pacific voyage, in the 'Endeavour' (1768-71). Appointed by Joseph Banks, Buchan's fie
1760s
National Maritime Museum
Plates of Cook's Voyages - Voyage 1. Vice Admiral John Byron accompanied George Anson on his circumnavigation of the globe (via the Falkland Islands and through the Pacific) in the 1760s. Byron was published (along with Captain James Cook and Joseph
1760s
National Maritime Museum
The attack of Captain Wallis in the Dolphin by the natives Otaheite. Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-1795) took command of the frigate Dolphin (back from John Byron's circumnavigation of the globe). Wallis' description of Tahiti (as published by Joh
1760s
National Maritime Museum
View of Matavia Bay in Otaheite taken from One Tree Hill. Otaheite was originally named Port Royal Harbour in King George the Third's Island by Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-1795). The view is taken from One Tree Hill, and the tree is a new species of
1760s
National Maritime Museum
View of the Indians of Terra del Fuego in their hut.. Alexander Buchan was a Scottish landscape artist on Captain James Cook's first Pacific voyage, in the 'Endeavour' (1768-71). Appointed by Joseph Banks, Buchan's field drawings (alon
1760s
National Maritime Museum
View of the inside of a house on the island of Ulietea, with representation of a dance. This drawing was developed by Cipriani, from several of Sydney Parkinson’s drawings of dancing Raiateans. Ulietea (Raiatea) was the center from which the Society
late 1760s-70s
National Maritime Museum
Frances Nelson, 1761-1831, 1st Viscountess Nelson. Oval miniature in watercolour on paper, in an oval wooden presentation frame. The sitter is shown long bust-length turned to her right but looking back over her left shoulder to viewer's right. She w
1798
National Maritime Museum
Engraved by Capt Baillie of the 17th Regiment of Dragoons in the Year 1761. Stored in mount with PAD7142.
1761
National Maritime Museum
Engraved by Capt Baillie of the 17th Regiment of Dragoons in the Year 1761. Stored in mount with PAD7142.
1761
National Maritime Museum
'Félicitié' driven ashore at Scheveningen by the 'Richmond', 24 January 1761. This was a minor Anglo-French action during the Seven Years War. It involved the 'Félicité' which had just left Cherbou
1761
National Maritime Museum
Prospect of the French Frigat la Felicite Capt Denel chased upon the shore, at the Height of 's Gravezand and by an English Frigat, the Richmond Capt Elphinstone. Print
25 Jan 1761
National Maritime Museum
San Antonio (captured 1762) [alternative spelling: Saint Antonio]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and midship section with sternboard outline for San Antonio (captured 1762), a capture
Circca 1763-5
National Maritime Museum
'Monarch' (1765); 'Ramilies' (1763); 'Invincible' (1765); 'Robust' (1764); 'Magnificent' (1766); 'Marlborough' (1767). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines with stern quarter dec
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
Ajax (1767). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, and sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Ajax (1767), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by William Bately [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
Raisonnable (1768) [alternative spelling: Raisonable]; Agamemnon (1781); Belliqueux (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Raisonnable (1768), and later for Agamemnon (1781) and
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
Trident (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Trident (1768), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, to be built at Plymouth. The pla
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
'Saint Albans' (1764). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck for 'Saint Albans' (1764), a 64-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
circa 1764
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail, for an 8-oared, 28 ft Cutter, as taken off at Woolwich Dockyard.
Dated: 1764
National Maritime Museum
Sundial. Horizontal garden dial with a circular plate and solid triangular gnomon. The hours are denoted by Roman numerals in the standard hours sequence IIII-XII-VIII with smaller divisions of 10 minutes around the circumference and the half-hours denote
1764 -1783
National Maritime Museum
Victory (1765); Warship; First rate; 100 guns. Scale: 1:60. A model of H.M.S Victory (1765) made entirely in wood that has been painted in realistic colours with metal fittings. The vessel is shown in a launching cradle on a slipway. The hull is painted w
Mid-18th century
National Maritime Museum
A flag officer, previously thought to be Sir Chaloner Ogle (1729-1816), Admiral of the Red. A three-quarter-length portrait showing the sitter turned half to viewer's right, in the flag officer's full-dress uniform of 1767-83 and apparently wear
1767-83
National Maritime Museum
'Raisonnable' (1768) [Alternative spelling: Raisonable]. Scale: 1:48. A ship plan showing the inboard profile for 'Raisonnable' (1768), a 64-gun Third Rate two-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of
21 January 1767
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) and the Cinque Ports banquet, 1839. Medal commemorating Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) and the Cinque Ports banquet, 1839. Obverse: Within a wreathed border the
1839
National Maritime Museum
'Discovery' run onto rocks in Queen Charlotte Sound. This print shows George Vancouver's ship 'Discovery' on the rocks in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. The Chatham is visible in the background.
It appeared as plate 4 in V
1770s
National Maritime Museum
'View from Point Venus, Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]'. Hodges' paintings of the Pacific are vivid records of British exploration. He was appointed by the Admiralty to record the places discovered on Cook's second voyage, undertaken in t
Late 1770s
National Maritime Museum
A fly-trap, figures and handles of the same instruments made in Otaheite. Otaheite was originally named Port Royal Harbour in King George the Third's Island by Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-1795). The first encounter between the Europeans and the nativ
1770s
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Country scene with mountain range and two figures. This is likely a scene from Yoolee-Etea. The voyagers and natives had good relations and were fond of trading commodities. Yoolee-Etea was an island visited after Otaheite by Captain James Cook during the
1770s
National Maritime Museum
Entrance of Endeavour River in New South Wales.. Scale: 1:35,000. Ungraduated engraved chart with a key to the plan.
[1770]
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Exploring and surveying a volcano. Drawing done by William Alexander. Likely in 1769- early 1770s.
Many drawings and engravings were put in John Hawkesworth's Voyages (an account of the journeys by Captain Cook, Vice Admiral John Byron, and Joseph
1770s
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