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).
Oproep om te strijden in het leger van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, door het bestuur van de stad Vlaardingen
26 April 1815
Rijksmuseum
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
Private William Lewis 469, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 30 April 1817
Lives of the First World War
View of the Four Courts, looking down the River Liffey, Dublin. Print
7 Apr 1818
National Maritime Museum
Gezicht op de Waterloo-bridge, vanaf de oostzijde van het terras van Somerset
12 April 1818
Rijksmuseum
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
Unnamed 60ft Sailing Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed sixty foot sinlge-masted sailing mooring lighter (no date) t
27 April 1819
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 60ft Sailing Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with platforms, for a proposed unnamed sixty foot sailing mooring lighter (no date) for the Cape of Good Hope.
Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor o
27 April 1819
National Maritime Museum
A man standing with legs astride, wearing black hat, blue jacket and tweed trousers. A full-length view of a man, standing with legs astride, wearing black hat, blue jacket and tweed trousers. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) form
10 April 1820
National Maritime Museum
Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops, at Plymouth Dockyard. Signed H[enry] Pe
10th April 1820
National Maritime Museum
Minerva (1820). Scale: 1:24 and 1:48. Plan showing the elevation of the bow and head, and a plan of the head, for the Minerva (1820), a 46-gun Fifth Rate Frigate building at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by William McPherson Rice [?]
13 April 1820
National Maritime Museum
Self portrait profile head of E W Cooke aged 10 years. Mounted with PAE6592-PAE6594.
Apr 1821
National Maritime Museum
16 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 4-oared 16 ft Cutter received on Mr. Pelham's Contract dated 17 December 1817. Signed J. Nolloth [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1817-18
Dated: 13 April 1821
National Maritime Museum
Napoleon's new house at Longwood, St Helena, (on reverse). Bound with PAF2693-PAF2718, PAF2720.
3 Apr 1822
National Maritime Museum
View of Napoleon's house and garden on St Helena, (on reverse). Bound with PAF2693-PAF2717, PAF2719-PAF2720.
3 Apr 1822
National Maritime Museum
A Humebugging attempt to Dissect a Naval Estimate (caricature). Hand-coloured.
22 Apr 1822
National Maritime Museum
Sheet of three studies of a child's hands and one of a foot. Mounted with PAE6625.
23 Apr 1822
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Engraved by Turner, from a Picture by Sir Wm Beechey, R.A. For Captn Brenton's Naval History. Print
1 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Captain Franklin R.N Commander of The Expedition To The Mouth of The Copper-Mine River And shores of The Polar Sea, Engraved by W.T. Fry From an Original Drawing By T. Wageman. Published for the New European Magazine. Print
1 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Study of a pair of dividers. Mounted with PAE6644, PAE6646-PAE6647.
15 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Study of a wheelbarrow, rake and spade. Mounted with PAE6645-PAE6647.
15 Apr 1823
National Maritime Museum
Spring Garden Estate, St George's. The property of I R Grosett Esquire MP. Print
1 Apr 1824
National Maritime Museum
Jack's Trump of Defiance (caricature). Technique includes etching. This is one of Cruikshank's illustrations to Matthew Henry Barker's 'Greenwich Hospital' (London, 1826), f. p. 21. A preliminary pencil study is one of a number on
Apr 1825
National Maritime Museum
Distant View of Sydney, from the Light House at South Head, New South Wales. Print
1 Apr 1825
National Maritime Museum
This Plate representing the Ship 'Woodford'... Captain Alfred Chapman... 1824... on her Passage from Madras to England (stern view). Print captioned 'This Plate representing the Ship ''Woodford''... Captain Alfred Chapma
1 April 1825
National Maritime Museum
This Plate representing the Ship Woodford... Captain Alfred Chapman... 1824... on her Passage from Madras to England (bow view). Hand-coloured.
1 Apr 1825
National Maritime Museum
This Plate representing the Ship Woodford... Captain Alfred Chapman... 1824... on her Passage from Madras to England (stern view). **This is a duplicate record for PAH8473**. Print entitled 'This Plate representing the Ship Woodford... Captain Alfred
1 Apr 1825
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-04-03
3 April 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-04-03
3 April 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Sheet of studies of nine Classical heads, all named. original art: drawing
12 Apr 1826
National Maritime Museum
Three Classical figures inscribed 'Briseis, Amorino, Psiche'. original art: drawing
14 Apr 1826
National Maritime Museum
Three Classical heads inscribed 'Eraldi, Achilles, Troclus'. original art: drawing
14 Apr 1826
National Maritime Museum
HM Frigate Glasgow (Captain) The Honble J A Maude. 23 April 1826. Port side view of HM Frigate Glasgow at anchor with sails unfurled to air and gun ports open. Figures are visible on the deck. Other vessels can be seen in the background including a square
1826
National Maritime Museum
A Head for the Cabinet (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
Apr 1827
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan for Tyne (1826), a 28-gun Sixth Rate vessel built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14 April 1827
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan, showing the fore & aft platforms for Tyne (1826), as a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel as built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14th April 1827
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle for Tyne (1826), as a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel as built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14th April 1827
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for Tyne (1826), as a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel as built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14th April 1827
National Maritime Museum
'Victory' in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827. No. 21 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed in the upper right 'Victory April 27 – 1827 – Portsmouth Harbour.'
Schetky made a number of drawings of 'Victory' as she
27 April 1827
National Maritime Museum
Dutch galliot; coasting brig; sailing barges; fishing boat; West Indiaman On the Thames. Shipping on the Thames has played a significant part in London's history. By 1700 about 70% or more of England's foreign trade was handled by London, as the
Apr 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gravesend. A wherry and a group of fisherfolk. Exhibited London 1970. No.59. Mounted with PAE6449.
Apr 1828
National Maritime Museum
HM Yacht The Prince Regent and her ship's boat, Causand Bay Rigged Yacht, a Portsmouth Wherry and a pleasure yacht. No.6.
Apr 1828
National Maritime Museum
The Wolf brig of war (late of the Royal Navy) making Signal and laying to, for a Pilot off Dover. This print depicts a Brig (two masts). The Wolf of 1826, which this record had been linked to, was a three-masted Ship Sloop. Therefore, it is likely the ima
Apr 1828
National Maritime Museum
'It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh?'. Caricature of a black servant in exaggerated footman’s livery, which is entitled 'Sketches of Character - Footman - pl. 9', above the i
April 1829
National Maritime Museum
The Modern Perseus endeavouring to save Britannia (caricature). Hand-coloured.
9 Apr 1829
National Maritime Museum
Shipwrecked passengers No.36. 'They're Saved! They're Saved!' Depicting a man on ropes from a broken mast holding a woman with a child. Mounted with PAH7417.
Apr 1830
National Maritime Museum
Shipwrecked passengers No.7. My Child! My Child! Depicting a woman in the sea holding her child up near a broken mast. Mounted with PAH7418.
Apr 1830
National Maritime Museum
The H.C. Ship Bridgewater Capt J.R. Manderson, entering Madras Roads April 10th 1830 under Jury Masts, after the Gales of the 7th of March. Hand coloured aquatint showing the Bridgewater (1812) running into Madras on 10 April 1830 under a jury rig and sto
1833
National Maritime Museum
Station Ship of the Coastal Blockade - Rye. Signed by artist and dated.
12 Apr 1830
National Maritime Museum
Capstans on the beach at Brighton with a snatch block; nets and clothes drying, Apr 27 1830. Mounted with PAE5438, PAE5440.
27 Apr 1830
National Maritime Museum
John Hearle's Fire and Wash Engine Pump as fitted to Caledonia (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing a section though the Caledonia (1808), a 102 gun First Rate, Three Decker, illustrating the use of John Hearle's Fire and Wash deck Engine Pump as
21 April 1831
National Maritime Museum
The capture of the Spanish slave brig Marinereita, by H. Majesty's brig Black Joke April 26th 1831. Medium includes pen and ink.; Signed by artist and dated.
1834
National Maritime Museum
Two schooners, close-hauled, with a small boat. original art: drawing
11 Apr 1832
National Maritime Museum
Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as taken off.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1830-1837].
17 April 1832
National Maritime Museum
To His most Gracious Majesty King William the 4th, This Plate representing a View of the Island of St Helena, from a Painting in His Majesty's possession...is...inscribed.... Hand-coloured.
20 Apr 1832
National Maritime Museum
The Way of the World (Greenwich Pensioners) (caricature). Grant's Oddities No 7. Two battered Greenwich Pensioners, one missing all four limbs, the other an arm and a leg, in conversation outside a building marked 'The Helpless Ward' of the
26 April 1834
National Maritime Museum
The East India Ship Duke of Buccleuch, (Captn Alexr Henning) in a hurricane off the Mauritius, attempting to wear. Print entitled 'The East India Ship 'Duke of Buccleuch', (Captn Alexr Henning) in a Hurricane off the Mauritius, attempting
Apr 1835
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Le Follet Courier des Salons' 1835-04-06
6 April 1835
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Le Follet Courier des Salons' 1835-04-06
6 April 1835
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen