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).
Star: Order of Naval Merit, 2nd class. Star only. (badge not received). Eight pointed, gold rayed star charged with a gold cross enamelled white mounted with a gold anchor enamelled blue and surmounted by a gold crown enamelled red. Inscription: maker
1864
National Maritime Museum
Cutter Yacht Vindix, 45 Tons Winning the 100 Sovereigns Prize given by the Royal Cork Yacht Club at Queenstown 23rd July 1863. Hand-coloured.
15 Jan 1864
National Maritime Museum
Head and shoulders portrait of woman. Bound with PAF8987-PAF9008, PAF9010-PAF9017.
28 Jan 1864
National Maritime Museum
Head and shoulders portrait sketch of woman with eyes downcast. Bound with PAF8987-PAF9009, PAF9011-PAF9017.
29 Jan 1864
National Maritime Museum
25 ft lifeboat Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a two-masted 25 ft lifeboat Cutter proposed by the Portsmouth Officers to be adopted as an established rig.
Dated: January 1865
National Maritime Museum
Eddystone Lighthouse. Scale: Unknown. A model of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, completed in 1759, made entirely in wood with metal, cork, and glass fittings. The base of the model is realistically modelled in cork depicting the Eddystone reef with two
circa 1865
National Maritime Museum
25 ft lifeboat Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan with buoyancy tank, sheer lines with inboard detail, deck plan with buoyancy tanks for a 25 ft lifeboat Cutter, prposed by Admiral Elliott. Annotation on reverse states in red ink: "Not
Dated: 7 January 1865
National Maritime Museum
. Double-sided circular gilt locket. On one side a sepia photograph of engineer Mr Albert Norris, and on the other a section of the Atlantic cable layed by the 'Great Eastern' in 1866. Set as a brooch in an outer gilt frame with a pin and safety
circa 1866
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter for Indian Troopships. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter for Indian Troopships.
Possibly: 1866
National Maritime Museum
'Julia'. A sketch of Julia Mary Herschel by her sister Matilda Rose Herschel.
Drawing lessons formed an essential part of the education of any upper middle class Victorian girl, even those such as the Herschels whose parents valued and encourag
7 January 1866
National Maritime Museum
'Down current all. Jany. 1. 1867. 10.A.M. (7)'. The page is covered with studies of various Egyptian craft, including dahabeeyahs and gyassis. Some vessels are portrayed individually on a stretch of calm, reflecting water. In the middle of the s
1 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
'Deir Kadige noon - 1 P.M. Jany. 2. 1867 (28)'. The page is covered with studies of various Egyptian craft, including dahabeeyahs and gyassis. Some vessels are portrayed individually on a stretch of calm, reflecting water. At the bottom of the s
2 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
'Abou Ajees. 3.P.M. Jany. 3. 1867 (49)'. This watercolour-view by Edward Lear was taken in the afternoon on 3 January 1867 during the artist’s third visit to Egypt. It shows the banks of the Nile with palm trees and buildings. On the river
3 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
'Near Golosona. 3 Jany 1867. 4.40 P.M. (57)'. This watercolour-view of the Nile near Golosona by Edward Lear was taken in the afternoon on 3 January 1867 during the artist’s third visit to Egypt. It shows a dahabeeyah, a traditional Egypti
3 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
'Near Malatieh. 8.30.A.M. Jany. 3. 1867 40)'. This study of a gyassi on the Nile near Malatieh was taken on Edward Lear’s third journey to Egypt in 1867. The lateen-rigged traditional cargo vessel is portrayed on calm water in the early mo
3 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
'Opposite Abousnegarb. 2'15. Jany 3 1867. (47)'. This watercolour-view by Edward Lear was taken on 3 January 1867 during the artist’s third visit to Egypt. It shows a stretch of the Nile and its bank beyond it and with two traditional
3 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
32ft Galley (1867). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32ft galley.
Signed by Philip Thornton [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1864-1872]
14 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
Schooner Yacht Henrietta, 205 Tons, New-York Yacht Club... winner of the Great Atlantic Race... Dec 1866. Hand-coloured.
25 Jan 1867
National Maritime Museum
'Shetaal 30 Jany. 1867 (271)'. This sketch of the Nile by Edward Lear was taken on 30 January 1867 during the artist’s third visit to Egypt. It shows a traditional Egyptian cargo vessel crowded with a large number of people sailing along t
30 January 1867
National Maritime Museum
'Tozenji (Scene of the attack by Yaconins on Legation)' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 11 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and in the lower left corner of the drawing 'Tozenji' with the monogram sign
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tozenji, Yedo. (Residence of Sir R. Alcock)' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 10 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist in the lower left corner of the drawing 'Tozenji' with the monogram signature 'JHB' and date '1/68&
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tycoon's Palace, Osaka' [Japan]. No. 12 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '1/68'. 'Tycoon' (great lord) was originally an alternative Japanese term for describing
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Tycoon's summer gardens, Yedo' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 14 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '1/68'. 'Tycoon' (great lord) was originally an alternative Japanese term
January 1868
National Maritime Museum
'Burning house for the bodies of Priests, Honam Temple, Canton' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 32 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. This is a drawing of a small Buddhist fune
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
'Canton from the Heights' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 33 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. This overview of Canton (Guangzhou) appears to be from the high ground to the no
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
'On the Canton River' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 30 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. This evening view on the Pearl River running up to Canton may show the pagoda on Wha
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
'Temple at Canton displaying Buddha (past, present and future)' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 31 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. The presence of a set of three such gilded
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
Coconut. A Coconut that was recovered during excavations on the site of Deptford Dockyard. The coconut is severely discoloured.
Pre 1869
National Maritime Museum
'At Yokohama' [Japan]. No. 42 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/70'. It shows a street scene of wooden houses amid spindly trees, above which the cone of Mount Fuji is vis
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
'Japanese Junks'. No. 43 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/70'. The view shows two single-masted Japanese sailing craft with patched square cotton or canvas sails, others b
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
'Near Yokohama' [Japan]. No. 39 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '1/69'. A delicately lit country view, probably towards evening, with the sun coming from the left (west), rural
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
. Stick mounted barometer with thermometer also attached to the tube by brass and steel fittings. At foot of the glass tube a steel casing protects the mercury reservoir. The whole instrument is mounted on a mahogany blackboard with special wooden support
circa 1870
National Maritime Museum
6391. Electric twenty-four hour dial slave clock movement designed to operate with the Royal Observatory's Shepherd master clock system. It has a brass and steel, four pillar movement, the front plate stamped: ‘JM8274’, the black paper-co
circa 1895
National Maritime Museum
Great Equatorial Telescope (Merz 12.8-inch Visual Refractor). This hand-coloured print is of the Great Equatorial Telescope (the Merz 12.8-inch visual refractor) at Greenwich in the dome subsequently occupied by the 28-inch visual refractor [AST0932]. Thi
1870s
National Maritime Museum
Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Ltd. photograph album relating to port panorama, company offices and steamers. Contents (plate number):
[New Zealand]
Littelton Harbour Oct.1877 [large panoramic photograph – linen backed and folded] - Negative number: B1978(B
1870s-1880s
National Maritime Museum
Oshima, south coast of Japan. No. 44 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Oshima, S. coast of Japan' and dated 1/70: also, 'Oshima' on the bottom of the drawing. The view appears to be of wooded rocks
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
Revolver. Revolver. The stock has a wooden chequered grip fitted with a lanyard ring. The frame is a brass with a blued steel cylinder and steel octagonal barrel. The cylinder is chambered for six shots. Centrefire, double action. The barrel is of steel f
1870s
National Maritime Museum
View of San Sebastian. A dramatic evocation of the coast at San Sebastian in northern Spain. Monte Urgull rises up in the centre of the painting with the buildings of the Castillo de Santa Cruz de la Mota shown on the sides and summit. In the background l
1870s
National Maritime Museum
Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, 1871-1936. A life sketch for the painting of a group of officers, 'Naval Officers of World War I', 1921, at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG1913), by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope. This sketc
1920
National Maritime Museum
. War club from Fiji. A large paddle-shaped club, decorated overall with small carved zig-zags (tava-tava) and straight lines. On label: 'War canoe paddle New Guinea lent by Miss Lowe'. Very faint, hand - written paper label attached, which re
1872
National Maritime Museum
'View from our window Rome'. Although undated this drawing of the 'view from our window in Rome' was probably done by Matilda Rose on the same trip to Italy as other drawings in this collection which would give it a date of around Apri
circa 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold, and sections through Stations 30, 26, 14, 6, Y, O, and X for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck illustrating the details and deck layout for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy. The plan
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck illustrating the cabin arrangements for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy.
The cabins ill
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile illustrating the inboard details for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted as survey ship for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy.
Sign
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck illustrating the details and deck layout for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy.
Signed b
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Dreadnought (1875). Scale 1:48. A sheer drawing of the body plan, waterlines, half-breadths, as redesigned in conformity with arrangements approved 11 Sept 1872, for the turret battleship HMS Fury (renamed Dreadnought, 1875) while under construction. Con
15 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
. Used on Nares' Arctic expedition 1875-76. McClintock eight-man sledge. Iron-shod wooden runners of jointed contruction reinforced with copper pins. Runners lashed to eight cross bars with raw hide. Netting at each end with a canvas cover in the mid
1875
National Maritime Museum
. Used on Nares' Arctic expedition 1875. Small sledge made of four ski-shaped pieces of wood lashed to cross pieces with raw hide. Carved "ALERT", "DIS".
1875-6
National Maritime Museum
. Used on Nares' Arctic expedition 1875. Spare piece of Albert Hastings Markham's eight-man sledge. A wooden plank with rounded edges, a notch in each of the smaller sides. Groove for lashings at either end. A piece of rope attached by finer la
1875
National Maritime Museum
Boats for Arctic Service (1875). No scale. Plan showing the sail plans and vessel dimensions (compared to the ordinary service) for a 25ft Cutter or Yawl, 15ft and 20ft Ice boats, a 25ft Whaler, a 23ft Cutter, and a 12ft Punt, for use in the Arctic. The
6 January 1875
National Maritime Museum
18 ft Boat for the Coast Guard Service. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 18 ft Boat, built for the Coast Guard Service. Signed Alexander Moore [Chief Constructor, Devonpo
Dated: 24 January 1877
National Maritime Museum
16 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail elevation [cancelled] for a 16 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
18 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for an 18 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
20 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 20 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 23 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
25ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 25 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
27 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 27 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 28 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
30 ft and 32 ft Yawl or Barge. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 14-oared 30 ft and 32 ft Yawl or Barge.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 30 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
32ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 32 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
34 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan [cancelled] for a 34 ft Cutter.
Dated: 1878
National Maritime Museum
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
National Maritime Museum
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)
National Maritime Museum
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
National Maritime Museum
James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope (1880-1967). A three-quarter-length, full-face portrait showing Stanhope seated to the left with his hands on his lap wearing a black suit and black striped tie with pin. The painting is signed: ‘James Gunn&
1946
National Maritime Museum
Great Eastern (1858) anchored at Liverpool when used for advertising Lewis' Department Store, Liverpool. A starboard broadside view of the Great Eastern (1858), a passenger liner, later cable layer, anchored at Liverpool. Along her side is the advert
1886-early 1887
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital. A view of the Royal Naval Hospital from off the Isle of Dogs to the north-west, in squally weather, with a passenger paddle steamer in stern view on the left and a Thames barge under sail inbound for London with a load of hay on the ri
1 January 1886
National Maritime Museum
Annotated drawing of Greenwich Pier from the end of King Charles block. A rough sketch view westward, upriver, probably from a first floor window of the northern half of the Queen Anne Court when occupied by the Royal Naval Museum. The north end of the Ki
probably 1887
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class. Badge: Cross of twenty gold rimmed white enamel swords of descending length inward. Centre medallion consists of eight pointed silver star on a blue enamel background surrounded by a gold border. Encircling
1888
National Maritime Museum
Coin commemorating HMAS 'Sydney' and SMS 'Emden'. A Mexican dollar. Obverse: An eagle, a snake held in its beak and talons, poised on a prickly pear. Legend: 'REPUBLICA-MEXICANA'. Reverse: The cap of liberty, rays proceeding
1889 & 1914
National Maritime Museum
Coin commemorating HMAS 'Sydney' and SMS 'Emden'. Wallet for the Mexican dollar.
1889 & 1914
National Maritime Museum
Guns Crew at Work. It is very probable that this drawing dates from 1889 when Wyllie cruised on board the armed frigate HMS 'Black Prince' during naval manoeuvres in Lough Swilly on the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The resulting
probably 1889
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's 70th birthday, 1889. Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's 70th birthday, 1889. Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria crowned and veiled with orders (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD QUEEN OF GREAT
1889
National Maritime Museum
Fighting ships at sea, 1890s. Two black and grey wash study drawings, one above the other on one sheet, of naval vessels of the 1890s, though not of specifically recognizable classes. The upper one appears to show two or three first-class torpedo boats i
1890s
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Royal Observatory Magnetic Pavilion in Park. Floor plan entitled "Greenwich Royal Observatory Magnetic Pavilion in Park". Depicts five external views and a ground plan of the Pavillion.
1890s
National Maritime Museum
Lord Dufferin's Yacht Racing. Typical of the black and white drawings which Wyllie produced for publication in magazines, notably the 'Graphic', although it is not known where this drawing was reproduced. Wyllie has used white heightening (
1890s
National Maritime Museum
Seven studies of 'Orlando'-class armoured cruisers and torpedo boats. The larger twin-funnelled vessels are 'Orlando'-class armoured cruisers. There were seven vessels in the class, all launched in 1886 or 1887, and they were all sold
probably 1890s
National Maritime Museum
Straits of Gibraltar. This watercolour probably dates from the early 1890s and is likely to have been made while Wyllie was on a cruise on board the Orient Line 'Garonne' in 1893. Because some of the crew and passengers died of yellow fever the
early 1890s
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Display stand for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian line for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian ring for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian ring for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Pivot from display stand for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Terrestrial facsimile globe. Geographical details on the sphere show continents labelled 'EVROPA', 'AFFRICA' and 'ASIA'. The new continent America, which is not labelled, is separate from Asia. Am
Gores: circa 1556-60; Facsimile globe: 1890
National Maritime Museum
18 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan for a 34 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1894, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: 1891
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan for a 34 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1894, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: 1891
National Maritime Museum
34 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16, and 1:48. Lithograph showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and sail plan for a 34 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1894, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: 1891
National Maritime Museum
Badge and miniature: Order of the Bath, 3rd class (military). Order of the Bath awarded to Capt. A.B.Thomas RN in 1891. Neck badge (obv/rev). Badge: Gold rimmed, white enamel, eight pointed cross with a gold ball on each point; in each angle between the
1891
National Maritime Museum
Deck view on the 'Rome' (1881). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Rome' (1881); a view looking down on the port side of the Hurricane Deck, looking aft. The wheelhouse is on the left side of the image.
January 1892
National Maritime Museum
Ensign of the Imperial German Foreign Office (1892-1918). Ensign of the Imperial German Foreign Office (1892-1918). This was used as a state and civil ensign by the German colonies. The ensign is made of wool bunting with the design of the imperial eagle
1892- 1919
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Rome' (1881). Interior of the passenger liner 'Rome' (1881) showing the carved buffet (in hybrid Renaissance style) at the after end of the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Main Deck. The walnut panel
January 1892
National Maritime Museum