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).
A Toopapaoo of a Chief, with a Priest making his offering to the Morai, in Huoheine. Hand-coloured.; Plate VIII.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas from the Drawings of the Late James Webber. View in Queen Charlottes Sound, New Zealand. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate 1.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas... A sailing canoe of Otahaite. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate III.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas... The Plantain Tree in the Island of Cracatoa. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate IV.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas... The Resolution beating through the ice with the Discovery in the most eminent danger in the distance. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate IX.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas... View in Macao including the residence of Camoens, when he wrote his Lusiad. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate XII.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas... Waheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepeha, lying in state. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate VI.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas.... A View in the Island of Pulo Condore. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate XIV.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas.... Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the method of Drying Fish at St Peter & Paul. Kamtschatka. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate XI.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas.... Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the method of Drying Fish at St Peter & Paul. Kamtschatka. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate XI.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas.... View in Macao. Hand-coloured.; Text to plate on separate sheet.; Plate XIII.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Views in the South Seas.... View of the Harbour of Taloo, in the Island of Eimo. Hand-coloured.; Plate VII.
1 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Miranda (Emma Hamilton). Engraved by Caroline Watson 14 Aug 1809, engraver to Her Majesty, from the original Picture'. A print after a painting of Emma Hart, by George Romney. This dramatic sketch shows Emma posing as Miranda, from Shakespeare&
Published 14 April 1809
National Maritime Museum
Cassandra. Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture. Print. This is based on an oval format oil portrait (63.5 cms vertical height) of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, as Cassandra by Romney which was painted for or a
14 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sensibility. Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture. Print
14 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Defence' (1815); 'Benbow' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Defence' (1815), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Note that the plan is titled with her original n
15 April 1809
National Maritime Museum
Defence (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Defence' (1815), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as ordered to be built at Chatahm Dockyard. Note that the plan is under her original build name of 'Marathon&
15 April 1809
National Maritime Museum
Wreck of the Sceptre, 64 guns, in a tremendous Hurricane, Cape of Good Hope. Plate 32.
15 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
The Windham East India Man with the Fleet sailing from St Helena, under convoy of His Majesty's ship Monmouth. Hand-coloured.
24 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sir Charles Morice Pole Bart. Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Painted by J Northcote R.A. & Engraved by H.R. Cook by permission of Mr Asperne from the Portrait in the European Magazine. Print
29 Apr 1809
National Maritime Museum
Shooter's Hill, from Woolwich Reach. The development of Shooters Hill began in the 18th century although the Catharine Wheel Inn could possibly date back to the early years of the 17th century. A spa town was even proposed in the mid 18th century bec
1 Apr 1810
National Maritime Museum
This Print represents the Monument in Guildhall of the City of London, in Commemoration of Admiral Lord Visct Nelson. Technique includes aquatinting.
A detailed drawing of the monument to Nelson in the Guildhall of the City of London. There was a genuine
1 Apr 1810
National Maritime Museum
West India Docks. Copper-plate engraving entitled 'West India Docks', from the artist Samuel Owen's 'The Thames' series, 1809-11. These docks were built in 1799-1802.
A view across the import dock with warehouses in the distance.
1 April 1811
National Maritime Museum
HMS Thunderer in a storm off Crookhaven. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle', 1812. Pocock's initial preparatory sketch for this print is PAD8829. [PvdM 10/08]
30 Apr 1812
National Maritime Museum
Abercrombie (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Abercrombie (1809), a captured French Third Rate, as taken off at Portsmouth after having defects rectified. The plan illustrates the ship after her alterations to a British 74-gu
April 1813
National Maritime Museum
Abercrombie (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Abercrombie (1809), a captured French Third Rate, as taken off at Portsmouth after having defects rectified. The plan illustrates the ship after her alterations t
April 1813
National Maritime Museum
Abercrombie (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Abercrombie (1809), a captured French Third Rate, as taken off at Portsmouth after having defects rectified. The plan illustrates the ship after her alterations to a British
April 1813
National Maritime Museum
Abercrombie (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Abercrombie (1809), a captured French Third Rate, as taken off at Portsmouth after having defects rectified. The plan illustrates the ship after her alterations to a British 74-gun Third Rat
April 1813
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.1. View from the Deck of the Upton Castle Transport, of the British Army Landing. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.3. Part of the British Army, forming before Port Louis. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.4. Port Louis, from the Champ de Mars. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.5. The Town, Harbour, and Country, Eastward of Port Louis. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.6. The Town of Port Louis, from the West of the Harbour. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.7. The West of Port Louis from the Harbour. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.8. Port Louis, about one mile distant from the Shore. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Shipping off an East Coast Port. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes etching.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 11. A View of Luft, 26 Novr 1809. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 13. Schinaass from the sea. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 14. The Attack of the Enemy's Cavalry at Shinaass. Jany 2d 1810. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 16. The Storming of Schinaass, Jany 3d 1810. Print
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 2. Muskat Harbour from the Fisher-mens Rock. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 3. Muskat from the Harbour. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 4. A View of Mutra, from the East. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph...Forces....Against the Arabian Pirates No.1 The Fleet under Convoy of H.M.Ship Chiffone Captn Wainright, leaving Bombay. Septr 14 1809 From the Apollo Gate. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
Liffey (1813); Forth (1813); Severn (1813); Liverpool (1814); Glasgow (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Liffey (1813), Forth (1813), Severn (1813), Liverpool (1814), and Glasgow (1814), all fir-built 40-gun Fifth Rate, Frigates bu
16 April 1813
National Maritime Museum
The Glorious Defeat of the Spanish Armada, between Dover & Calais in 1588. Technique includes etching. This early 19th-century print is interesting as an example of how great events of natiional history are absorbed and represented for later audiences
17 Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum
34 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 14-oared 34 ft Cutter of the late Sir Home Popham. Signed H. Canham [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
Dated: 21 April 1813
National Maritime Museum
Studies of fishermen and craft, Portsmouth, 1813. No. 20 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801)
Schetky urged his students to draw everything and to annotate their drawings ‘No doubt you are sketching every day. Now I advise you to make minute studies of every
30 April 1813
National Maritime Museum
To the Right Honble Earl Spencer, This View of Port Ferrajo from within the Bay.... Hand-coloured.
Apr 1814
National Maritime Museum
View of the West Side of Porto Ferrajo Bay, With positions of the Captain 74 - Flora Inconstant, Southampton, Frigates. Hand-coloured.
Apr 1814
National Maritime Museum
Drawing of Round Tower, Portsmouth Harbour April 10th 1815. No. 25 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801)
The Round Tower was begun in about 1418 and completed in the 1420s to replace an older wooden Tower. It was intended to defend the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour
10 April 1814
National Maritime Museum
The 'Royal Sovereign' Conveying Louis XVIII to France, 24 April 1814. The monarchy was restored in France when Napoleon surrendered and was imprisoned in Elba. Louis XVIII left Dover for Calais, on the afternoon of 24 April 1814 aboard the yacht
1814
National Maritime Museum
Nap Dreading his Doleful Doom or his Grand Entry in the Isle of Elba (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate 328.
25 Apr 1814
National Maritime Museum
Lady Hamilton, Engraved by Henry Meyer from a Painting by Romney. Print
10 Apr 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate building at Plymouth Dockyard. The plan includes references relating to the construction.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate. The plan includes later alterations, which were sent to Plymouth for fitting the magazine and sail room in accordanc
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck illustrating the cabin layout for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck (quarterdeck and forecastle with enclosed waist) for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
His Most Gracious Majesty, George the Third. Engraved by H R Cook from an Original Painting for Giffords History of the War. Print
20 Apr 1815
National Maritime Museum
Tecumseth (1815), Newash (1815). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Tecumseth' (1815) and 'Newash' (1815), both 4-gun Schooners for La
23 April 1815
National Maritime Museum
A Virginia Pilot-Boat with a distant view of Cape Henry at the entrance of the Chesapeak. A vignette of the ‘Mary of Norfolk’ with five figures in port broadside view with a view of Cape Henry, Virginia, in the distance on the right featuring
29 Apr 1815
National Maritime Museum
Battle of the Nile, Augt. 1st 1798. Technique includes etching.; Plate II.
1 Apr 1816
National Maritime Museum
Engagement between His Majesty's Ship Amelia... and L' Arethuse French Frigate... off the Isles of Loss, on the Coast of Africa... 7 February 1813. A dramatic night scene depiciting the battle between the French 'Arethuse', in the left
1 Apr 1817
National Maritime Museum
West India Import Dock. Print entitled 'West India Import Dock'. it also apparently bears the name W. Clarke, though in what capacity is not stated since the visible legend here says it was 'Drawn and exgraved by I.C. Varrall [sic] for the
1 April 1817
National Maritime Museum
Grasshopper (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the cabins, bins and rooms as fitted between the decks for Grasshopper (1813), an 18-gun Brig Sloop.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1802-1823].
21 April 1817
National Maritime Museum
View of the Four Courts, looking down the River Liffey, Dublin. Print
7 Apr 1818
National Maritime Museum
32ft Boat (no date). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, section, inboard profile, longitudinal half-breadth, and half deck plan for a two-masted, thirty-two foot boat designed by Lieutenant Molyneux Shuldham (seniority: 15 April 1799). The plan i
15 April 1818
National Maritime Museum
Portraits of the Vessels on the Polar Expedition of 1818 Alexander Isabella Dorothea Trent. Hand-coloured.; Plate 20.
21 Apr 1818
National Maritime Museum
Portraits of the vessels on the Polar Expedition of 1818. Alexander Isabella Dorothea Trent. This coloured line engraving portrays the vessels Alexander, Isabella, Dorothea, and Trent, which formed part of the Polar Expedition of 1818. Above each portrait
21 Apr 1818
National Maritime Museum
N.W. View of Nelson's Monument, On the Denes Yarmouth, Norfolk. Engraved by W Deeble from a Drawing by J.S. Cotman for the Excursions through Norfolk. Technique includes etching.
1 Apr 1819
National Maritime Museum
Slight sketch of HMS 'Trincomalee' going into harbour, 1819. No. 31 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed across the upper edge of the sheet 'Trincomalee HMS Trincomalee going into harbour April 3d 1819 Jury rig/from India.'
HM
3 April 1819
National Maritime Museum
Proposed Rudder modifications for 74 gun ships. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing an elevation of the lower part of the rudder as modified to prevent the fouling by ropes and hawsers for 74 gun ships, as proposed by Mr Weeks, Assistant Master Shipwright of Chath
14 April 1819
National Maritime Museum