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).
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
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
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
Volunteers of the first and second Class (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 5. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, volunteer's [Royal navy]
Nov 1828
National Maritime Museum
Circular stern for two- and three-decker ships of the line. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a stern quarter elevation, and half-deck plans for roundhouse, quarterdeck, upper deck, and middle deck (or lower deck) for two- and three-decker ships of the line. The
12 November 1828
National Maritime Museum
Confiance (1827). No scale. Plan showing a section through, and front view of the wheel, and framing blocks for the Haslenben patent paddle wheel, as fitted to the Confiance (1827), originally ordered as a 10-gun Brig Sloop, converted and completed as a
2 November 1829
National Maritime Museum
A ship's stove. A study for a vignette to illustrate a list of plates. Mounted with PAE6420.
17 Nov 1829
National Maritime Museum
A Light Air of Wind. From the Original Picture in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Montagu. Technique includes etching.; Plate No 4.
1 Nov 1830
National Maritime Museum
Advertising bill ('Abolition of Colonial Slavery... Meeting'). Letterpress poster advertising a meeting for the Abolition of Colonial Slavery. The meeting was to be held in Wakefield (Yorkshire) on November 4, 1830. The poster provides a list of
4 November, 1830
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Barham On her passage to the Mediterranean with Sir Walter Scott on Sunday 6th Novbr 1831 Latde 48o 8' Noth Longde 5o 50' Wet. 'Barham' is shown on her passage to the Mediterranean with Sir Walter Scott on Sunday 6 November 1831
1833
National Maritime Museum
The barque 'Belzoni' entering the Harbour of Port Louis, Mauritius, Nov 1827. Inscribed: "The Belzoni. Andrew Talbert Commander, entering the Harbour of Port Louis, Mauritius, Novr 1827. Dedicated with permission Messrs Dunbar & Sons, b
21 Nov 1832
National Maritime Museum
Capstan of the Royal George (100 guns) sunk at Spithead 29th Augst 1782 - Recover'd from the wreck Octr 1839, drawn whilst in the Dockyard, Portsmouth. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist.
7 Nov 1834
National Maritime Museum
Russell (1822); chain lockers for 74-gun Third Rates. No scale. Plan showing the elevation through the gun deck (lower deck) and orlop deck, the plan of the gun deck, and the plan of the orlop deck and hold illustrating the method of fitting the chain lo
1 November 1835
National Maritime Museum
'Cumberland' (1842). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline and some framing detail, sheer lines with midship framing and alterations, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Cumberland' (1842), a 70-
10 November 1835
National Maritime Museum
The Wreck of the Clarendon West Indiaman, At the moment she struck on the Shingles, in Chale Bay, Isle of Wight, From a sketch made on the spot by W Daniell, R.A. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes etching.
Nov 1836
National Maritime Museum
To The Peninsular Steam Navigation Company This Print of their splendid New Steam Ship Iberia passing the Rock of Gibraltar... dedicated by... W J Huggins. This starboard, stern quarter, view of the paddle steamer Iberia shows her under steam, with a jib
Nov 1836
National Maritime Museum
65ft Mooring Chain Lighter Number 2 (1837). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a sixty-five foot mooring chain lighter Number 2 (1837).
Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipw
2 November 1836
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Royal Hanovarian Guelphic Order, 2nd class. A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. The badge of a Knight Commander, of the Royal Hanovarian Guelphic Order awarded to Sir John Franklin on 25 January 1836. It was obtained from t
1836
National Maritime Museum
Copied from a sketch of the valley of Santa Cruz, Madeira, taken from the Portella 2000ft above the Sea. Bound with PAE9965-PAE9966, PAE9968-PAE9984.
Nov 1839
National Maritime Museum
Intended to convey an idea of the situation of Town of Santa Cruz, Teneriffe. Bound with PAE9965, PAE9967-PAE9984.
Nov 1839
National Maritime Museum
'Diligente' (fl.1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck fittings, for 'Diligente' (fl.1839), a slave brigantine that was captured by HMS 'Pearl'. The plan includes
12 November 1839
National Maritime Museum
Entre Montes na Ribeira de S. Domingas Citio da Mara - St. Jago - 16 Nov: 1839. Bound with PAE9965-PAE9969, PAE9971-PAE9984.
16 Nov 1839
National Maritime Museum
Intended to represent the Cidad, or Ancient Capital of St. Jago, showing the Cathedral, Bishop's Palace & View taken from the Garden of a ruined Convent. Nov: 16. 1839. Bound with PAE9965-PAE9968, PAE9970-PAE9984.
16 Nov 1839
National Maritime Museum
Porto Praya, St Jago. Cape di Verdi. 19. Nov: 1839. or Point San Antonio, panoramic view (continued from previous page). Bound with PAE9965-PAE9967, PAE9969-PAE9984.
19 Nov 1839
National Maritime Museum
To Sir Simon H Clarke, Bart. this Print of his Schooner Kate, R.Y.S. in a Gale of Wind on the 4th of November 1840... is Dedicated by... W.J. Huggins. Hand-coloured.
1841
National Maritime Museum
Attack and capture of St Jean D'Acre by a combined squadron under Adm Sir Robert Stopford, 3rd Novr 1840. Signed by artist and dated, on reverse.
18 Nov 1840
National Maritime Museum
Attack and capture of St Jean D'Acre by a combined squadron under Adm Sir Robert Stopford, 3rd Novr 1840. Signed by artist and dated, on reverse.
21 Nov 1840
National Maritime Museum
Plymouth Sound. Vignette.; Technique includes etching.; Plate No 245.
1 Nov 1841
National Maritime Museum
The Bristol Channel Mission Cutter Eirene from a sketch taken in Pennarth Roads... Revd John Ashley L.L.D. Chaplain to the Mission. Hand-coloured.
29 Nov 1843
National Maritime Museum
Petrel opium clipper schooner (shown off China coast 1844). Signed by artist and dated.
13 Nov 1844
National Maritime Museum
Simoom (1849). No scale. [Copy of a] Plan showing the proposed arrangement by R. Napier of the screw shaft for Simoom (1849), a Second Class Frigate, completed as a screw Troopship.
1 November 1845
National Maritime Museum
Kingfisher (1845). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the stern elevation and plan for the tiller arrangement as fitted to Kingfisher (1845), as-gun Third Class Brig. Signed John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, February 1835-?].
12 November 1845
National Maritime Museum