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).
Belette (1814); Gannet (1814). No scale, probably 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck, with cabin and bin layouts, and the fore & aft platforms for Belette (1814) and Gannet (1814), both 18-gun Brigs to be built by Messrs Larking & Spong, at King
29 November 1813
National Maritime Museum
Belette (1814); Gannet (1814). No scale, probably 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Belette (1814) and Gannet (1814), both 18-gun Brigs to be built by Messrs Larking & Spong at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
The plan shows the run of deck planking
29 November 1813
National Maritime Museum
Belette (1814); Gannet (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, with pencil annotations, for Belette (1814) and Gannet (1814), both 18-gun Brigs to be built by Messrs Larking & Spong at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Signed Henry Peake [
29 November 1813
National Maritime Museum
Destruction of American fleet by Sir G Collier's squadron in Penobscot Bay Aug 14 1779. Vignette.
1 Nov 1814
National Maritime Museum
Dr Herschel, Member of the Royal Society of London..... This half-length portrait of William Herschel shows him wrapped up warm, ready for observing, against a background of trees at night with a crescent moon and stars (part of the constellation of Gemin
1 November 1814
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 26 ft Yawl built at Deptford by Messrs Harper & Wilson, and returned to Portsmouth from the Semiramis (1808), a 36 gun Fifth Rate Fr
Dated: 30 November 1814
National Maritime Museum
Disembarkation of the Troops at Gravesend Bay under the Command of Sir George Collier, R.N. Vignette.
30 Nov 1814
National Maritime Museum
'A View from Trinity College, Cambridge'. This caricature entitled 'A View from Trinity College, Cambridge' shows a don in a gown and mortar board and metal frame glasses walking across the grounds.
Richard Dighton (1795/6-1865) was t
November 1815
National Maritime Museum
Bonaparte in Torbay, at Anchor, on board His M Ship Bellerophon, Capt F C Maitland, July 24, 1815, previous to his sailing for St Helena (Eurotas and Liffey in background). Technique includes etching. The artist is George Tobin (1768-1838) who as a lieut
1 Nov 1815
National Maritime Museum
37 ft Pinnace (1815). Scale : 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 18 oared, 37 ft Pinnace, built for Tremendous (74-gun, Third Rate two-decker, launched in 1784).
Dated: 10 November 1815
National Maritime Museum
38 ft Pinnace (1815). Scale : 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 18 oared, 38 ft Pinnace, built for Tremendous (74-gun, Third Rate two-decker, launched in 1784).
Dated: 10 November 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gorée. Drawing of French trading post on Gorée Island, off the coast of Senegal. Dated, monogrammed and watermarked 1814. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
15 November, 1815
National Maritime Museum
Capture of L' Immortalite Octr. 20th. 1798 [by the 'Fisgard']. Print
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of L' Immortalite Octr. 20th. 1798 [by the 'Fisgard']. This images shows port stern quarter views of the L'Immortalite (on the left) and the Fisgard (on the right) as they both run before the wind, engaging in broadside gun ba
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Desiree - July 7th 1800. The plate represents the sloop 'Dart', commanded by Captain P. Campbell in the act of boarding and taking the French frigate 'La Desiree'. 'Dart' is in the centre of the picture.
Inscrib
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of the Santa Dorotea, 15th July 1798. This hand-coloured aquatint depicts the capture of the Spanish ship ‘Santa Dorotea’ by the English ‘Lion’ on 15th July, 1798. The ‘Lion’ is in the centre right of the pictur
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
General the Earl of Moira. Engraved by H.R. Cook from the Picture by M.A. Shee R.A. for Gifford's History of the War. Print
9 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Needham's Point, Carlisle Bay, Barbados. Vignette.; PL. CCCCXCVII.
30 Nov 1817
National Maritime Museum
An Interesting scene on board an East Indiaman, showing the Effects of a heavy Lurch, after dinner (caricature). Hand-coloured.; No.120.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
9 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Vice Admiral Benbow. Born 1650, -Died 1702, See p.9. D Parkes delint 1818 from the original Painting in the Grand Jury Room in the Guild Hall Shrewsbury. Frontispiece to Vol LXXXIX. Pt.II. Print
17 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Vice Admiral Benbow. Born 1650: -Died 1702. see p.9. Frontispiece to Vol IXXXIX Pt.II. Print
17 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Vice Admiral Benbow. Born 1650: -Died 1702.From the original Painting in the Grand Jury Room in the Guild Hall Shrewsbury. Frontispiece to Vol LXXXIX Pt II. Print
17 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of two rabbits in a field. Mounted with PAE6546, PAE6548-PAE6552.
19 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Study of a spaniel. Mounted with PAE6546-PAE6547, PAE6549-PAE6552.
19 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of two cows, one standing and one lying down, after Cuyp. Mounted with PAE6546-PAE6550, PAE6552.
20 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Study of a bulldog. Mounted with PAE6546-PAE6549, PAE6551-PAE6552.
20 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Head of a dog and sketch of two cows standing. Mounted with PAE6546-PAE6551.
26 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
Captain John Toup Nicolas. C.B. K.C. St. F and S. Plate DXXI. Print
30 Nov 1818
National Maritime Museum
'Ant' (1815). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing inboard and external profile, three sections, deck plan, and bottom plan for the 'Ant' (1815), a seventy-two foot swim-head barge built in Deptford Dockyard. Later modifications dated '18
1November 1819
National Maritime Museum
66ft Open Barge (fl. 1819). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing three sections, profile, deck plan, and hold plan for a sixty-six foot open swim-headed barge for Deptford Dockyard.
Note that this plan, with alterations, was used for the building of two barges
1 November 1819
National Maritime Museum
Billy Waters. Billy Waters was born in America and lost his leg when a seaman in the 'Ganymede', sloop, under (later Sir) J. Purves, as a result of falling from her topsail yard. The print may be engraved in reverse if ZBA2427 correcty shows him
1 November 1819
National Maritime Museum
51ft Mud Boat (1815). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longlitudinal half-breadth for a fifty-one foot, fifty-five ton mud boat, as built in 1815, and with later proposed modifications.
Signed by George Parkin [Master Shipwr
4 November 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
Report of the Committee to which was referred the Constitution of the State of Missouri, 11/29/1820
Taken 29 Nov 1820
The U.S. National Archives
A Margate Packet, The Effects of a Squall, or a Sudden Shift of Ballast (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Plate number 20.
6 Nov 1821
National Maritime Museum
A portrait head, full face. Mounted with PAE6598-PAE6601, PAE6603-PAE6604.
13 Nov 1821
National Maritime Museum
Old Copper the Waterman and the Duke of Grafton. (caricature). Technique includes engraving.
1 Nov 1822
National Maritime Museum
Pylades (1824). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Pylades (1824), an 18-gun Sloop (later Corvette) building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1
14 November 1822
National Maritime Museum
Pylades (1824). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with after platform and hold for Pylades (1824), an 18-gun Sloop (later Corvette) building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert Seppings [
14 November 1822
National Maritime Museum
Pylades (1824). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Pylades (1824), an 18-gun Sloop (later Corvette) building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-18
14 November 1822
National Maritime Museum
Small sheet of studies; soldiers, female figures and a dairy or ale house. Mounted with PAE6613-PAE6615, PAE6617-PAE6618.
19-22 Nov 1822
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Bt. B.C.B. Vice Admiral of Great Britain From an original Picture by Carbonier in the possession of Captain Brenton, Engraved by C. Turner for Capt Brenton's Naval History. Print. The artist is likely to be Casimir Carbonn
1 Nov 1823
National Maritime Museum
40 ft Barge for His Majesty. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for a 40 ft 6-oared 40 ft Barge for the use of His Majesty [King George IV].
Dated: 7 November 1823
National Maritime Museum
Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855). Technique includes etching.; Mounted with PAD3546.
24 Nov 1823
National Maritime Museum
The Columbus (or Great American Raft). 'Columbus' was a four-masted barque built by Charles Wood of Port Glasgow at Anse-du-Fort, Isle of Orleans, Quebec, and launched on 28 July 1824. Her dimensions were 301 ft x 50 ft 6ins x 22 ft 5 in, 3690
Nov 1824
National Maritime Museum
Feierliche Tafel im großen Redoutensaal anlässlich der Vermählung von Erzherzog Franz Karl von Österreich mit Prinzessin Sophie von Bayern am 4. November 1824
4 November 1824
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Fishing Peterboat with tarpaulin covered deck shelter and figures, moored near buildings. Medium includes graphite.
30 Nov 1824
National Maritime Museum
'Ganges', 84 Guns (from "Sketches of Shipping in Portsmouth Harbour, Drawn and Etched by Henry Moses").. The two-decker ‘Ganges’, in two positions, at anchor in Portsmouth harbour: centrally in port-broadside view, and at l
1 Nov 1825
National Maritime Museum
'Ganges', 84 guns, in Portsmouth Harbour. The two-decker ‘Ganges’, in two positions, at anchor in Portsmouth harbour: centrally in port-broadside view, and at left, a little further away, stern-on. Around and behind her other shippin
1 Nov 1825
National Maritime Museum
Point Steer, Portsmouth, or, the Coxwain Carousal (caricature). Mounted with PAG8645.; Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.; No.134.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
1 Nov 1825
National Maritime Museum
Deptford New Church and Governor's House. Mounted with PAD0838. Two small sketches of the spire at Deptford New Church and the Governor's House. Thomas Archer designed St Paul's Church in Deptford, which was consecrated in 1730.
Nov 1826
National Maritime Museum
The Clyde, Capt D.N. Munro off Point Natal, Nov 1st 1826 in a gale.... Messrs Fairlie, Bonham & Co..... Dramatic coloured aquatint print depicting the Clyde, a British East Indiaman, caught in a gale.
May 1827
National Maritime Museum
Calypso (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan and the upper deck and lower deck plans for Calypso (1826), an 18-gun Brigantine, as completed as a two masted yacht. Signed G.Perkin (Master Shipwright)
10 November 1826
National Maritime Museum
Alarm (cancelled 1832), Tyne (1826), Imogene (1831) [ex Pearl while building], Conway (1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with midship framing and longitudinal half breadth for Alarm (cancelled 1826), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Sloop at D
13th November 1826
National Maritime Museum
'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Rodney' (1833), a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
17 November 1826
National Maritime Museum
Hyppolite Bisson Lieutenant de Vaisseau Ile a L'Orient en 1797, mort a Stampalie le 5 Novbre 1827. Capitaine du Panayoty. Print
5 Nov 1827
National Maritime Museum
Extraordinary Gazette, Saturday November 10th 1827 - Admiral Codrington & his Allies lending the Brave Greeks a hand & teaching the Ottoman how to respect Treaties (caricature). Hand-coloured.
10 Nov 1827
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Position of the Allied Squadrons and Turkish Fleet. In the Action of the 20th Octr 1827 at Navarino. From a sketch by an Officer of the Dartmouth. Print
20 Nov 1827
National Maritime Museum
Nautical Dispute (caricature). Three Greenwich Pensioners, one with a peg-leg, disputing the points of a sea action round a tavern table, using the broken stems of clay pipes as ships (a common factor in various similar prints). Two sit on plain Windsor c
21 November 1827
National Maritime Museum
2d Class of Petty Officers. Cockswaine (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 1. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, cockswaine's [Royal navy]
Nov 1828
National Maritime Museum
Rigging details of the yards of Thetis, Nov 1828. Mounted with PAE5415.
Nov 1828
National Maritime Museum