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).
Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronti &c &c &c. Technique includes roulette work and stipple engraving.; Text in English below image.
9 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Interment of Nelson at St Paul's, 9 January 1806. original art [B2019 is not a watercolour but another copy of the aquatint. PvdM Feb 2005]
Nelson’s coffin lies on a catafalque directly beneath the dome. Around it are thousands of spectators i
Published 9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
Interment of Nelson at St Paul's, 9 January 1806. original art: drawing. Nelson's funeral in St Paul's Cathedral was a major state occasion. This painting by William Orme depicts the oration given alongside Nelson's coffin.
9 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
Lord Nelson explaining to the Officers the Plan of Attack previous to the Battle of Trafalgar. Two images on one sheet.; Technique includes stipple engraving.; Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, officer's [Royal navy], See better v
9 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
The Funeral Car in which the body of the late Vice Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson was conveyed from the Admiralty to St Paul's Cathedral for interment on January 9, 1806. Mounted with PAH7304-PAH7306. This small bill flyer commemmorates the funeral
19th century
National Maritime Museum
The Funeral Car on which the body of our late Vice Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson was conveyed from the Admiralty to St Paul's Cathedral for Interment, in one of the greatet processions that ever was beheld, on the 9th Jany 1806. Hand-coloured. Box
10 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
The Funeral Car on which the Body of our late Vice Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson was conveyed from the Admiralty to St Paul's Cathedral... 9 Jany 1806. Hand-coloured.; No.42.
10 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Immortal Nelson. The Glory of his Country! The Terror of her Enemies! and a Luminous Example to Posterity!!! Crown'd with Victory this Illustrious Hero nobly Fell in the service of his Country. In the memorable Engagement with the Combined Fleets of
11 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Prince Frederick (captured 1796). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck for Prince Frederick (captured 1796), a captured Dutch 66-gun Third Rate, as fitted as an Hospital Ship. She was fitted at Plymouth Dockyard between D
11 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
An Exact Representation of the Grand Funeral Car which carried the Remains of Lord Nelson to St Pauls on Thursday January 9th 1806. An illustration of the funeral car which carried the coffin of Lord Nelson to St Paul's Cathedral. Underneath the pri
13 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Lord Nelson's Coffin with description of the ornaments and devices thereon. The ornate state casket that surrounded Nelson’s plain pine coffin. It was decorated with gilded devices commemorating his life and career. Hand-coloured.; Key in Engli
13 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Message of President Thomas Jefferson transmitting a copy of a treaty with Tripoli, 01/13/1806
Taken 13 Jan 1806
The U.S. National Archives
Plan of the Platform and Disposition of the Bannerolls, Trophies, &c. around the Coffin, at the Funeral of the much lamented Lord Nelson, under the Dome of St Paul's Cathedral, on the 9th January 1806.. Technique includes aquatint.; Hand-coloured
13 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
A Perspective View of the Grand Funeral Car which carried the Body of the much lamented Lord Nelson From the Admiralty to St Pauls, in great Procession, on the 9th January, 1806. Text in English below title.
14 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Laying in State of the Remains of our illustrious Hero Lord Nelson in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Hand-coloured.
15 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Death of Lord Nelson on board the Victory. Engraved for Duncan's Life of Lord Nelson. Print
15 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Ode, By Henry James Pye, Esq. P.L Performed at St. James's January, 18, 1806, On The Anniversary of Her Majesty's Birth Day. Print
18 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
A Monumental Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Admiral Lord Nelson who in the moment of Victory gloriously fell fighting for his Country on the 21 Octr 1805. Hand-coloured.
20 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
A Monumental Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Admiral Lord Nelson who in the moment of Victory gloriously fell fighting for his country on the 21 Octr. 1805. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a monument surmounted by Britannia holding a wreat
20 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
A Monumental Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Admiral Lord Nelson who in the moment of Victory gloriously fell fighting for his country on the 21 Octr. 1805. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a monument surmounted by Britannia holding a wreat
20 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
A Monumental Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Amiral Lord Nelson who in the moment of Victory gloriously fell fighting for his Country on the 21 Octr. 1805. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a monument, a bust of Nelson stands in front of a
20 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Nelson the Hero of the Nile, of the Battle of Copenhagen, falling into the Arms of Victory.... Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting Nelson on the deck of a warship supported by a figure representing Victory (right) and crowned by Fame
20 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
This Shallop, Which brought the Body of the ever to be lamented Lord Nelson From Greenwich to Whitehall Stairs, on the 8th of January, 1806, in one of the greatest Aquatic Processions that ever was beheld on the River Thames, is upwards of one hundred yea
21 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Lord Nelson's Banner of Emblems, As carried in the Funeral Procession on the 9th of January, 1806, from the Admiralty to St. Paul's. Print.
25 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
The Magnificent Funeral Car Built for the sole purpose of Conveying the Remains of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson to St Pauls Cathedral, for Interment, on Thursday the 9th of Jany. 1806. Print showing 'The Magnificent Funeral Car Built for the sol
28 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Earl of Abergavenny. Print depicting exploration of the wreck of Earl of Abergavenny, with key and the image of Tonkins diving machine. Inscribed: "The present state of the Abergavenny in 10 fathoms of water & sunk 5' 6'' in sand &
29 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Situation of His Majesty's Ship Defence and her Prize the St Ildefonso. This is a plate from 'The Naval Chronicle' , 1806, subsequently extracted and hand-coloured. It shows the day after the Battle of Trafalgar, with the captured and dism
31 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
. Length of white metal chain with two watch keys, a fob and a clip associated with watch JEW0250.
National Maritime Museum
. Pocket watch in silver pair case (composite). Thirty hour duration, single train, gilt metal four pillar fusee movement with verge escapement. Brass balance with steel flat spiral balance spring. Pierced and engraved balance bridge. Silver regulating d
1807-08 (outer case)
National Maritime Museum
Button, Honourable East India Company uniform: pattern. Two buttons. Rope twist outer edge. Within a wide circular border on a textured background is a lion, standing on the left hind leg on a rope, holding a crown.
before 1807
National Maritime Museum
George III terrestrial floor globe. One of a pair of 18 inch diameter floor globes (the celestial globe is ZBA5106). It is mounted in a mahagony tripod stand with a compass in the base. The dedication, below a cameo of Captain Cook supported by the seated
1807 or later
National Maritime Museum
A Bermudian Sloop, with a view upon the Spanish Main ca.1807. Technique includes etching.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
A schooner with a view of New York. Gvelette, et vue de New York. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Getting up a Kedge Anchor. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Heaving a Lead. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7766. See PAD7785 for further information.
Published 1 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Heaving the Lead. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7765. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount And Baron Nelson, Drawn from life the 11th Decr 1800 by S. De Koster. Engraved from the original Drawing in his Possession by T.Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount And Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th December 1800 by S. De Koster. Engraved from the original drawing in his possession by T. Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount and Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th December 1800 by, S. De Koster. Engraved from the original drawing in his possession by T. Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount And Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th Decr 1800 by S. De Koster. Engraved from the original Drawing in his Possession by T. Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount and Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th Decr 1800 by, S. De Koster. Engraved from the original Drawing in his Possession by T Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Launching a Dover Cutter. Hand-coloured.See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Men of War getting under weigh. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Porträtt av Knut Gustaf Winroth, underlöjtnant vid Göta livgarde I 2.
1 January 1807
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Post Captain. This is one of the 33 plates that made up the first and only volume published (of three intended, comprising 100 in all) of Atkinson's 'A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sailor (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: dress, seaman's.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sailors. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7762. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sailors. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7763. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
The Fisherman. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Watermen. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Two unnamed 62ft Mooring Lighters (1807). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for two unnamed 62ft Mooring Lighters to be built at North Yarmouth by Mr John Preston,
13 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 18
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Pea
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
The Rapenburg, Leiden, three Days after the Explosion of a Powder Ship on 12 January 1807
15 January 1807
Rijksmuseum
The True Briton East Indiaman sailing from the Outward bound East India Dock.... Hand-coloured.
30 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
22ft Cutter (1808). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, the midship section, and the longitudinal half-breadth for a 22ft five-oared clinker-built Cutter (1808). Mould Loft Number 16.
Signed by George Hilhouse [Shi
January 1808
National Maritime Museum
55ft one-gun Gunboat (circa 1808). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, longitudinal half-breadth, profile, and deck plans for a 55ft one-gun Gunboat (circa 1808) built at Gibraltar.
Reverse of the plan: Plan showing the mast, yard and sail plans fo
Possibly early 1808
National Maritime Museum
Board Room of the Admiralty. Print. Plate 3 in volume 1 of Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' ( 3 vols, 1808-11); has extensive accompanying descriptive letterpress in the book.
Published 1 January 1808
National Maritime Museum
Coasting Schooner. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.See PAD7785 for further information, this probably being from the second set of Atkinson prints mentioned there.
1 Jan 1808
National Maritime Museum
Dock at Bristol with a Trader. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured. See PAD7785 for further information, this probably being from the second set of Atkinson prints mentioned there.
1 Jan 1808
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Pensioners. For description, see coloured copy PAD7775. This example is an uncoloured impression on a full untrimmed sheet, sound but in need of cleaning and flattening of old folds.
1 January 1808
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Pensioners. One of a series of prints of seamen and shipping by Atkinson, on which see PAD7785 for further information. One man is sitting on a bench to the left by the corner of a masonry wall, with a crutch leaning on the seat beside him. The
1 January 1808
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Pensioners. Stored in mount with PAD7775, which see, for notes.
1 Jan 1808
National Maritime Museum
HMS Caledonia (1808); Warship; 1st rate; 120 guns. Scale: Unknown. A model made in two halves showing two designs for the circular stern for HMS Caledonia (1808), made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull, rudder
Unknown
National Maritime Museum