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).
View of the Pellew Islands, as taken by Mr Devis from the Observatory on Oroolong. Print
1 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
Foudroyant (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Foudroyant (1798), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
15 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
The Exeter Capt Lestock Wilson Com. An Outward bound East Indiaman sailing from the Downs... (Not the Exeter. Print
29 May 1788
National Maritime Museum
Arthur Phillip Esq Captain General & Commander in Chief, in & over the Territory of New South Wales. Print
1 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, midship section, and a plan and section through the centreboard casing, proposed and approved for building Trial (
12 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and a plan and section through the centreboard casing, proposed and approved for building Trial (1790), an 8-gun s
Dated: 28 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck [upper deck] and hold with fore & aft platforms for Trial (1790), an 8-gun single-masted Cutter, with three sliding keels as proposed by Captain Schank.
28 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
The Thames or the Triumph of Navigation (caricature). 'The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation', by the artist James Barry (1741-1806. The image includes two couplets from the poem 'Cooper's Hill' by Sir John Denham (1615-1669):
1 May 1791
National Maritime Museum
Samuel Lord Hood. Member for Westminster. Engraved for the Senator Drawn from the Life by W.H. Brown, Engraved by W. Grainger. Print
11 May 1791
National Maritime Museum
Alfonso de Albuquerque, A.D.1509. Governor of India. Literary Magazine. Print
1 May 1792
National Maritime Museum
Galic Perfidy, or the National Troops Attachment to their General after their Defeat at Tournay (caricature). Hand-coloured.
12 May 1792
National Maritime Museum
References to the print of the Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the morning of the 27th of Novr 1781. Hand-coloured.
25 May 1792
National Maritime Museum
Redoubt (purchased 1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms for Redoubt (purchased 1793), a merchant ship purchased and fitted as a 20-gun Sixth Rate floating battery armed with 20 x 42 pounder carronades.
May 1793
National Maritime Museum
Redoubt (purchased 1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard for Redoubt (purchased 1793), a merchant ship purchased and fitted as a 20-gun Sixth Rate floating battery armed with 20 x 42 pounder carronades.
May 1793
National Maritime Museum
Redoubt (purchased 1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck and cabin platform for Redoubt (purchased 1793), a merchant ship purchased and fitted as a 20-gun Sixth Rate floating battery armed with 20 x 42 pounder carronades.
May 1793
National Maritime Museum
Redoubt (purchased 1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and upper deck for Redoubt (purchased 1793), a merchant ship purchased and fitted as a 20-gun Sixth Rate floating battery armed with 20 x 42 pounder carronades.
May 1793
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Great Arsenal at Venice, which has two Gates, one for the Workmen to enter at, the other for the Ships. Hand-coloured.
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Anson in the Centurion with a crew of 227, 30 of which were boys, on the 20th of June 1743 about two in the afternoon attacks and in less than half an hour obliges to strike and surrender the rich Acupulco ship Nuestra Senora de Capodongo comman
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Evening, or Sun setting. Le Soir, ou Soleil couchant. Plate No.100.
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Poll and my Partner Joe (caricature). Text in English below image.
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Poor Tom Bowling (caricature). Text in English below image. Plate No. 274.
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
The Greenwich Pensioner (caricature). Bears no: 262. This image was printed above the text of Charles Dibdin's song 'The Greenwich Pensioner' [?trimmed off this copy - to check]. Two Pensioners are seated at a table outside the door or what
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
The Nottingham Captain Saumarez takes the Mars. In June 1746 the French sent a powerful force to re-take Louisbourg and capture Nova Scotia. A long stormy journey from Brest and disease defeated them and the third surviving commanding officer, de la Jonqu
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
The Resolution Excise Cutter. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes roulette work.
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
To the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Chesterfield, & the Rt. Honble Lord Walsingham. - Postmasters General, This Plate representing the Gallant Action between his Majesty's Packet Antelope, & the French Privateer L' Atalante... [2 Dec 1794]. T
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Tom Tackle relieving an Old Shipmate (caricature). Text in English below image.
12 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Charles Wildbore Esq Secretary to the Corporation of Trinity House for 32 years. The print depicts Charles Wildbore Esq Secretary to the Corporation of Trinity House for 32 years. Trinity House is the light-house authority for the coast of England and Wa
20 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
View of the Storming and taking the Fort and Town of Fort Royal in the Island of Martinico, by General Sir Charles Grey, and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, March 24th 1794. Print
20 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
View of the storming and taking the Fort and Town of Fort Royal, in the Island of Martinico, by General Sir Charles Grey, and Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, March 24 1794. Print
20 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Diligence (1795); Seagull (1795); Curlew (1795); Harpy (1796); Hound (1796); Chamelion (1795) [alternative spelling: Cameleon]; Racoon (1795); Kangaroo (1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, lower deck with hold and platform f
1 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
A Representation of His Majesty's Frigate La Concorde Engageing Two French Frigates The L' Engageante and La Resolve on the 23d April 1794 off the Isle of Bas.... Hand-coloured.; Technique includes pen and ink style lithograph. The identity of t
5 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
Raven (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Raven (1796), a fir-built, 18-gun Brig being built by Wallis at Blackwall. As the ship was to be armed with carronades extra chocks or fillings were to be added below each por
6 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
Requien (captured 1795) [alternative spelling: Requin]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Requien (captured 1795), a captured French cutter, as taken off[?
7 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
Cochrane attacking five French storeships, 17 May 1795, The Prevoyant dismasted. Drawing
1796
National Maritime Museum
Raven (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for Raven (1796), a fir-built, 18-gun Brig being built by Wallis at Blackwall.
20 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
Raven (1796). Scale:1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Raven (1796), a fir-built, 18-gun Brig, as being built by Wallis at Blackwall.
20 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
A True British Tar (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
28 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
A True British Tar (caricature). This is a caricature of Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence, who was a professional naval officer under Nelson, his friend, and from 1830 the ‘Sailor King’ William IV. It shows him as a ‘tar’ in
28 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
'Leda' (1800). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Leda' (1800), a 38-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate, building at Chatham Dockyard.
11 May 1796
National Maritime Museum
A View of the British Fleet, under the command of Admiral Sir John Jervis, breaking through the Spanish Line, and separating one third of their Fleet from the main body - off Cape St Vincent, February 14th 1797. Stored with PAG8946.
1 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
Hector Rose Esqr. Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House. Print. Rose served in the Royal Navy before being appointed the Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House. Like all Deputy Masters, he was responsible for the day-to-day running
1 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Vesuvius' (1776) bomb vessel. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck with mortar beds, and lower deck for 'Vesuvius' (1776), a bomb vessel, as fitted with the alterations proposed by Colonel Congreve.
Signed by
12 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Vesuvius' (1776) bomb vesssel. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the section through the foreside of the after motar bed, and a section through the afterside of the foremost mortar bed for 'Vesuvius' (1776), a bomb vessel, as fitted to the
12 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral, Knight of the Garter etc, born 1536 died 1624. Print
20 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
The Pelican Brig, beating the French frigate Medea, into Guadaloupe, after an Action of 2 hours. Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD5506.
25 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
Escape of HMS 'Clyde' from the Nore mutiny, 30 May 1797. During the mutiny at the Nore, off Sheerness, which followed on from that at Spithead, only two ships' captains managed to maintain some control of their commands. One of these was C
1830
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Clyde' Arriving at Sheerness After the 'Nore' Mutiny, 30 May 1797. During the mutiny at the Nore, off Sheerness, which followed on from that at Spithead, only two ships' captains managed to maintain some control of their comm
1830
National Maritime Museum
'Railleur' (captured 1797). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Railleur' (captured 1797), a captured French Privateer, as taken off at
May 1798
National Maritime Museum
The Village of Almandral in the Bay of Valparaiso with a distant View of the Andes. Print. Possibly after the Sykes who was one of Vancouver's midshipmen (N Rigby 6/04)
1 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan includes pencil outlines of deck planking.
Signed by John H
15 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate three-decker building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan includes diagonal riders and bracing, which may be a later addition t
15 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan includes pencil outlines of deck planking.
Signed by John Henslow [Sur
15 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan includes pencil annotations relating to the
15 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker building at Chatham. The plan includes pencil outlines for some of the deck planking.
Signed by
15 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [S
15 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
Death of Capt Hood in the.... action.... off Brest 21st of April 1798 between HMS Mars of 74 guns and the French ship l' Hercule with the same..... Print
15 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
Rehearsal of a French Invasion as Performed before the Invalids at the Islands of St Marcou on the Morning of ye 7 of May 1798 (caricature). Hand-coloured.
18 May 1798
National Maritime Museum
The 'Vanguard' disabled and in tow by the 'Alexander' (Capt Ball), 22 May 1798. The fourth, but fifth in order of events, in a series of ten drawings (PAF5871–PAF5874, PAF5876, PAF5880-PAF5881 and PAF5883–PAF5885) of mainly
1810
National Maritime Museum
The 'Vanguard' disabled and in tow by the 'Alexander', 22 May 1798. This is either a rough study by Nicholas Pocock for PAF5876 or a copy from it. The style suggests that the latter is more likely and that the artist is probably Pocock
about 1810
National Maritime Museum
Captn Sir Thomas B. Thompson of the Leander [Thomas Boulden Thompson]. Technique includes etching.
Thompson was one of Nelson's 'band of brothers' at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, commanding the relatively small 'Leander'. He
1 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Esqr. now Lord Nelson, K.B. Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron, From an Original Picture painted in the Year 1786. Print
1 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
This Scene in the most Glorious Engagement that ever Dignified the Naval Tactics of Great Britain, by Admiral Lord Nelson on the 1st of August 1798 off the mouth of the Nile, is taken in the heat of Action just before the Orient Blew Up. Hand-coloured.; T
1 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, section, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl.
Dated: 6 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 8-oared 28 ft Pinnace.
Dated: 6 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
This Portrait of Captain George Westcott, who fell on board his Majesty's Ship the Majestic of 74 guns, having bravely defended the Honor of the British Flag in the ever memorable Victory of the Nile, on the 1st August 1798; is respectfully Inscribed
12 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
Engagement of the Wolverene Gun Vessel.... with 2 French Luggers on the 4th Jany 1799. Hand-coloured.
15 May 1799
National Maritime Museum
100ft Flat-Bottomed Mud Barges (circa 1800). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the plan, elevation and sections for two different designs of 100ft flat-bottomed mud barges (circa 1800), illustrating the different methods of carrying and discharging soil excavat
circa May 1800
National Maritime Museum
100ft Flat-Bottomed Mud Barges (no date). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing a section, constructional profile, and deck plan for two proposed 100ft flat-bottomed mud barges (no date) of different designs for transporting and depositing soil dredged by a steam
13 May 1800
National Maritime Museum
The Nymph Frigate passing the Round Tower on Portsmouth Point, on her leaving the Harbour; with a view of Spithead, and St Helen's at a distance. Technique includes etching.
19 May 1800
National Maritime Museum
A Dialogue between a British Tar and a French Citizen, A Loyal Sketch in Verse (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English to either side of image.; Page No.296.
21 May 1800
National Maritime Museum
Sir J.B. Warren's Action off Ireland with a Squadron of French Frigates. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'.
31 May 1800
National Maritime Museum
From Sir William Hamilton's Collection (caricature). Nelson as a Greek Vase. Hand-coloured.
8 May 1801
National Maritime Museum
A Royal Salute The Squadron saluting his Majesty on board the Southampton Frigate at the Naval Review off Plymouth Sound. Print
19 May 1801
National Maritime Museum
Captn Edwd Riou Commander of the Guardian Frigate in the year 1789 but late of His Majesty's ship Amazon who fell gloriously in the Attack of the Danish Fleet and Batteries off Copenhagen April 2nd 1801. Print, from MNT0216.
28 May 1801
National Maritime Museum
The Flowing Bowl, or, Sailors Return'd (caricature). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: dress, sailor's Four sailors are sitting around a table in a cottage to rest and refresh after a long journey. Their bags are still unpacked and t
1 May 1802
National Maritime Museum