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;
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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).
Book of Shipping by R Ackermann, No.96 Strand. Technique includes etching.; Bound in paper covers with PAD7610-PAD7611, PAD7613.
1 Mar 1796
National Maritime Museum
Book of Shipping by R Ackermann, No.96 Strand. Technique includes etching.; Bound in paper covers with PAD7610-PAD7612.
1 Mar 1796
National Maritime Museum
43ft Lighter (1796). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 43ft 40 ton Lighter (1796) built for use in Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Doc
12 March 1796
National Maritime Museum
'View of the Telegraph erected on the Admiralty Office, Charing Cross in Feby 1796'. Text in English within plate. The print dates from the year that the Revd Lord George Murray designed the original arrangement, although telegraph or semaphore
Published 26 March 1796
National Maritime Museum
The Desperate action between the Terrible and Vengeance Dec 1757. Technique includes engraving.; Vignette.
Mar 1797
National Maritime Museum
Title page. A Book of Boats & other Vessels by J.T. Serres. Marine Painter to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence. Sett 1st. Hand-coloured title plate to 'A Book of Boats & other Vessels by J.T. Serres. Marine Painter to His Majesty
Jan 1797
National Maritime Museum
Vera Effigies Praeclarissmi Viri Domin Thomae Smith Equitus Aurati Etc. Print
1 Mar 1797
National Maritime Museum
Eclipse (1797); Flamer (1797); Furnace (1797); Furious (1797). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the cross section and elevation through Frame 19 for Eclipse (1797), Flamer (1797), Furnace (1797), and Furious (1797), 12-gun Gunboats built by Perry & Co, Blac
14 March 1797
National Maritime Museum
Eclipse (1797); Flamer (1797); Furnace (1797); Furious (1797). Scale: 1:48? Plan showing the netting stantion for Eclipse (1797), Flamer (1797), Furnace (1797), and Furious (1797), 12-gun Gunboats built by Perry & Co, Blackwall.
Initialled by Willi
14 March 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Harmony' (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the midship section, profile, and deck plan proposed [and not approved] for a sixty-six foot barge named 'Harmony'.
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 17
17 March 1797
National Maritime Museum
Portrait of the ship Duff, Capt James Wilson.... Dedicated to.... the Missionary Society (in two positions). Print
20 Mar 1797
National Maritime Museum
Victor (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Victor (1798), an 18 gun flush-decked Ship Sloop (later Sixth Rate Corvette) building at Lynn by Messrs
21 March 1797
National Maritime Museum
Victor (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showng the framing profile (disposition) for Victor (1798), an 18 gun flush-decked Ship Sloop (later Sixth Rate Corvette) building at Lynn by Messrs Brindley.
Signed John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and
21 March 1797
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Action between the British and Spanish Fleets, off Cape St Vincent, the 14th of February 1797. Print
27 Mar 1797
National Maritime Museum
North Country (Merchant) Shipping in a calm off Flamborough Head. Print
30 Mar 1797
National Maritime Museum
'San Damaso' (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun (lower) deck for 'San Damaso' (1797), a captured Spanish Third Rate, as taken off prior to fitting as a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
March 1798
National Maritime Museum
'San Damaso' (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with after platform for 'San Damaso' (1797), a captured Spanish Third Rate, as taken off prior to fitting as a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
March 1798
National Maritime Museum
'San Damaso' (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'San Damaso' (1797), a captured Spanish Third Rate, as taken off prior to fitting as a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
March 1798
National Maritime Museum
Cabins for Troop Transport Ships. No scale. Plan showing sections for two, three and four-man cabins aboard two deck ships and frigates as fitted for transporting troops.
March 1798
National Maritime Museum
Eugenia (captured 1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and long longitudinal half-breadth for Eugenia (captured 1797), a captured French privat
12 March 1798
National Maritime Museum
Eugenie (captured 1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and long longitudinal half-breadth for Eugenia (captured 1797), a captured French privat
12 March 1798
National Maritime Museum
Eugenie (captured 1797). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Eugenia (captured 1797), a captured French privateer, as fitted at Plymouth as a 16-gun brig sloop.
Signed by John Marshall [Master Shipwright, Plymouth
12 March 1798
National Maritime Museum
Sir Henry Trollope. A Braver or more Dauntless Spirit Did never float upon the swelling Tide. Shakespear. Print
24 Mar 1798
National Maritime Museum
Captain Sir Edward Berry of the Vanguard. See PAD3437 for an complete copy with full lettering and notes.
1 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
Captn. Sir Edward Berry, of the Vanguard, Engraved by Ridley from an Original Miniature by Grimaldi. Print, from the 'European Magazine'. Berry was Nelson's flag-captain in the 'Vanguard' at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798.
1 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
Nelsonian Medal. Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile. Europe's Hope and Britain's Glory. Almighty God has Blessed His Majesty's Arms. Victory of the Nile August. 1. 1798. Engraved (by Permission of Alexander Davison, Esq) for the Anti Jaco
1 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
View of London from Greenwich Park. People enjoying the views of London from Greenwich Park. The River Thames and St. Paul's Cathedral are visible in the distance. The spire of St Alfege's, Greenwich is in the centre and the tower of St Nicholas
2 March 1799
National Maritime Museum
Captain Sir Thomas B. Thompson of the Leander [Thomas Boulden Thompson]. Print
15 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
'Delft' (1797). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, and lower deck, fore and aft platforms, and inboard profile for 'Delft' (1797), a captured Dutch Third Rate, as taken off at Chatham Dockyard prior t
21 March 1799
National Maritime Museum
Captain Lewis Mortlock of His Majesties Sloop of War Wolverene of 12 Guns & 70 men, who gallantly distinguished himself in attacking & defeating two French Luggers of Superior Force. One of 16 guns the other 14 guns & 140 Men each off Boulogne
23 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
Captain Lewis Mortlock of His Majesty's sloop of war Wolverene of 12 guns & 70 men, who gallantly distinguished himself in attacking & defeating two French luggers of Superior Force, one of 16 guns the other 14 guns & 140 men each, off Bo
23 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
Captain Lewis Mortlock of His Majesty's Sloop of War Wolverine of 12 guns & 70 Men, who gallantly distinguished himself in attacking & defeating two French Luggers of Superior Force off Boulogne on the 3d Janry. 1799, and died in consequence
23 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Bay of St Jean D'Acre and environs sent to the Admiralty from thence on 23rd March 99 by Sir Sidney Smith Kt. Senior officer on the Levant Station. Single sheet. Ms. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude and longitude marked. A
1799
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Nelson, KB and the Victory of the Nile. This Portrait...at the...L'Orient's Tremendous Explosion...Inscribed to J J Angerstein.... Text in English below image.
25 Mar 1799
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital in the distance and the 'Augusta' royal yacht , 5 April 1795. The fuller text description of this illustration for the 'Naval Chronicle' is 'View of the River Thames, with Greenwich Hospital in [the] distance an
1 March 1800
National Maritime Museum
The Hoche in tow of the Doris. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'. A stern view of both the Doris and the Hoche, both running before the wind towards a coastline. The captured French Le Hoche, although towed by the Doris, has her main sails hoi
1 March 1800
National Maritime Museum
View of Greenwich Hospital. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle', March 1800; for notes see PAD2198, another copy.
1 Mar 1800
National Maritime Museum
Buonaparte leaving Egypt. Hand-coloured caricature of 'Buonaparte leaving Egypt'. Text in English below image.
Another satire on Napoleon in Egypt, ridiculing the French leader’s campaign there. Napoleon departed secretly on 23 August 179
Published 8 March 1800
National Maritime Museum
The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 30 March 1800. 'The capture of the ''Guillaume Tell'', 30 March 1800' by Arthur Ackland Hunt.
1888-9
National Maritime Museum
The Capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’, 30 March 1800. A painting detailing the capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’. She is shown on the left of the painting, with her last mast, the mizzen, falling forward over the starboard side, her en
1835
National Maritime Museum
The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 31 March 1800. The second of a pair of drawings (PAF5878–PAF5879) of which the first (PAF5878) shows the start of this action. This drawing shows the end, with the completely dismasted and surrendered &
1802
National Maritime Museum
The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 31 March 1800. This is one of a pair of drawings of this action (PAF5878–PAF5879). Napoleon captured Malta in 1798, en route to invade Egypt, and the French held possession until a tight naval blockade
1802
National Maritime Museum
Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea [Pensioners] (caricature). Mounted with PAG8544.; Hand-coloured.; No.33. See PAD4733, another copy for notes.
Bound in album PAG8512 with p
Mar 1801
National Maritime Museum
Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea. [Caricature of Greenwich and Chelsea pensioners]. A celebrated Dighton print of two battle-scarred veterans in animated conversation on a
March 1801
National Maritime Museum
Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes. From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea (caricature). See PAD4733, another copy, for a description of this etching which depicts a Greenwich and Chelsea Pensioner exchanging tales
March 1801
National Maritime Museum
Captain William Locker. Print entitled 'Commodore Willm Locker', taken from the 'Naval Chronicle' biography of him following his death in 1800 while still in post as Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital; from the oil by Stuart, sh
1 Mar 1801
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honble Lord Keith K B, Vice Admiral of the Red. Technique includes etching.
1 Mar 1801
National Maritime Museum
A plan of the operations of the British forces in Egypt from the landing in Aboukir Bay on the 8th of March to the Battle of Alexandria March 21st inclusive. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: ca. 1:70 000 (bar). Cartograph
1801
National Maritime Museum
Commerce de Marseilles. Print. Coloured etching showing the the port side of the Commerce de Marseilles (1788), which was captured from the French at the Siege of Toulon and added 29 August 1793. Commerce de Marseiiles was an 118 gun, first rate three dec
21 Mar 1801
National Maritime Museum
Halifax (captured 1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Halifax (captured 1797), a captured French privateer, as fitted at Plymouth Docky
25 March 1801
National Maritime Museum
Halifax (captured 1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for Halifax (captured 1797), a captured French privateer, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard in 1801 as 12-gun Armed Brig. Halifax was originally given the name 'Mary
25 March 1801
National Maritime Museum
The British Fleet off Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, 28 March 1801 [before the Battle of Copenhagen]. The British fleet under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, with Nelson (flying blue at the fore) as second-in-command, is shown here during its southward passage of th
1810
National Maritime Museum
The British fleet passing up the Sound 28th March 1801. The British fleet is shown passing up the sound between Denmark and Sweden on 28th March 1801. The drawing has the names of some of the vessels shown, written in the margin of the picture, and notes
January 1802
National Maritime Museum
Battle of Copenhagen 30 March 1801 He British fleet in the Sound (with key). Medium includes gouache.; Signed by artist and dated.
1804
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Edward Thompson. Engraved by Ridley from an Original Miniature Painting in the possession of Lady Popham. Print
1 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Edward Thompson. Engraved by Ridley from an Original Miniature Painting in the possession of Lady Popham. Print
1 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
The Glorioso. Spanish Ship of war, mounting 70 guns, Taken by Captain Buckle in his Majesty's Ship the Russel. Vol III page 111. The engraving is from John Charnock's 'History of Marine Architecture' (London, 1802), Vol. III, p. 111. I
1 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
The Isis late the Diamant of 56 Guns, captured from the French 1747. Vol II page 116. Print
1 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
Plate depicting ships captured by Nelson 1793-1801 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and Battle of Copenhagen. Print
16 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
Ocean (1805). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing a profile illustrating the main and middle wales (Anchor Stock method of planking) as fitted for the Ocean (1805), a 110-gun, First Rate, three-decker; and a profile illustrating the main wale layout (Top & But
23 March 1802
National Maritime Museum
Draft of the Busy Cutter, in the Service of the Customs. Vol III. Page 404.
25 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
Stern Views of the Terrible and Monarque, French Ships of War. Vol III page 116.
25 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
A Venetian Galleon 1564 and A ship belonging to the Spanish Armada (Galleys 11). Vol II. Page 24. (Charnock).
30 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
View of the Wolverne, armed according to a new method proposed by Capt Schank. Vol.III page 367.
30 Mar 1802
National Maritime Museum
Presidential Appointment of Hore Browse Trist as Collector for the District of Mississippi, 03/07/1803
Taken 7 Mar 1803
The U.S. National Archives
'Ant' (1798). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Ant' (1798), a schooner-rigged tender. It is not known if the 'Ant' w
12 March 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Swift' (1794). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Swift' (1794), a forty-nine foot schooner, ex-Virginia pilot boat.
Signed by H
12 March 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Physical Aid, - or - Britannia recover'd from a Trance: - also - the Patriotic Courage of Sheery Andrew; & a peep thro' the Fog' (caricature). Hand-coloured print 'Physical Aid, - or - Britannia recover'd from a Trance:
Published 14 March 1803
National Maritime Museum
The gallant behaviour of Sir Sydney [Sidney] Smith at the Siege of Acre. Print showing Captain Sir Sidney Smith leading the Turkish forces that repulsed Napoleon's besieging forces from Acre in 1799, when Smith (in the 'Tigre') was supporti
Published 19 March 1803
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl.
Paper watermarked: 1804
National Maritime Museum
Merton Place in Surry, the Seat of Admiral Lord Nelson. Technique includes engraving.; Pl.55.
1 Mar 1804
National Maritime Museum
'Etna' [Aetna] (1804). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, section at forward bomb bed, upper deck, fore and aft platforms for the 'Etna' [Aetna] (1804). The ship was a bomb vessel and these plans display how she was fitt
12 March 1804
National Maritime Museum
To The Rt Honble George Lord Keith... This Plate representing the Commencement of the Action of the Adml Mitchell Cutter... with a French Gun-brig and Six Armed Sloops and Schooners, near Boulogne, Oct 31 1803 Is... Inscribed by... R Livesay. Hand-coloure
12 Mar 1804
National Maritime Museum
To The Rt Honble George Lord Keith... This Plate representing the Conclusion of the Action of the Adml Mitchell Cutter... with a French Gun-Brig and Six Armed Sloops and Schooners, near Boulogne, Octr 31 1803 Is... Inscribed by... R Livesay. Print
12 Mar 1804
National Maritime Museum
Loss of the 'Magnificent', 25 March 1804. The wreck of the 'Magnificent', 74 guns, took place early in the Napoleonic War, 1803-15. Commanded by Captain W. H. Jervis (formerly Ricketts), the ship was one of twenty sail of the line bloc
1839
National Maritime Museum