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).
42ft Gunboat (1781). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 42ft Gunboat, with a stern-mounted gun.
23 August 1781
National Maritime Museum
His Majesty's Ship the Alarm, a fifth Rate... conducting a Spanish Prize into Gibraltar. This print, published by Carington Bowles in 1781, is inscribed: 'His Mjesty's ship the Alarm, a fifth rate carrying 36 Guns, and 300 Men; Conducting a
31 Aug 1781
National Maritime Museum
Count De Grasse. London Magazine Augt 1782. Technique includes etching.
Aug 1782
National Maritime Museum
The Habeas Corpus, or The Wild Geese flying away with Fox to America (caricature). Technique includes engraving.; Hand-coloured.; Plate No.9.
27 Aug 1782
National Maritime Museum
Royal George sunk at Spithead, 29th August 1782. Signed by artist and dated.
1800
National Maritime Museum
Sinking of H.M.S. Royal George at Spithead at 9 o'clock A.M. Augt 29th 1782 from an original Drawing in the possession of Henry Slight Esqr by whom this Print is Published 1839. Print
1839
National Maritime Museum
Spithead, with the exact situation and appearance of the Royal George wrecked - with above 600 people on board - 29 August 1782. Others in series are PAF4927-PAF4959, PAF4961-PAF4963.; Page 21. Fourth image.; Text in English with image.
1891
National Maritime Museum
Squirrel (1785). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the sternboard and counter with some framings as proposed, and approved, for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton.
13th August 1783
National Maritime Museum
Squirrel (1785). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the Inboard profile plan for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton.
Annotation in top right: "A Copy was sent to Mr Barton 14th August 1783 for building the
14th August 1783
National Maritime Museum
A Plan of the Batteries erected before Gibraltar with the attacks made by sea and land on that garrison... on the 13th September 1782. Print
16 Aug 1785
National Maritime Museum
A View from Gibraltar of the Spanish Batteries erected in the late Siege before that Garrison. Technique includes engraving.
16 Aug 1785
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Grand Attack upon Gibraltar September 13th 1782. Technique includes engraving.
16 Aug 1785
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Straits of Gibraltar with the Coast of Barbary from Cape Spartel to Ceuta Point. Technique includes engraving.
16 Aug 1785
National Maritime Museum
Sr Francis Drake. London; Engraved for Harrison's Edition of Rapin. Print
9 Aug 1786
National Maritime Museum
Timber carriage (circa 1786). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the sections through the axles, the side elevation, and a plan view for a carriage to transport timber. The plan also includes the reference relating to the various components, the materials to be
12 August 1786
National Maritime Museum
The Death of Lord Robert Manners (at the Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782). Print
15 Aug 1786
National Maritime Museum
Sorlings (1789). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Sorlings (1789), a purchased Survey Vessel.
Signed by Martin Ware [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, March 1787 - June 179
5 August 1789
National Maritime Museum
Sorlings (1789). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck with some details for Sorlings (1789), a purchased Survey Vessel.
Signed by Martin Ware [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, March 1787 - June 1795].
5 August 1789
National Maritime Museum
George III in HMS Southampton reviewing the fleet off Plymouth, 18 August 1789. 'George III in HMS Southampton reviewing the fleet off Plymouth, 18 August 1789'. The Carnatic is shown just right of the centre of the picture, heading the line of
1789
National Maritime Museum
Foudroyant (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Foudroyant (1798), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Plymouth Dockyard. A copy of this with the deck plans was sent to Plymouth Dockyard on 14 January 1790. The pencil altera
24 August 1789
National Maritime Museum
The Launch of the North West America at Nookta Sound Being the first vessel that was ever built in that part of the Globe. Print
16 Aug 1790
National Maritime Museum
Speed's Monument. In the Chancel of St Giles's, Cripplegate. Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1791
National Maritime Museum
Monarca (1780). No scale. Plan showing a part elevation, and two sections illustrating a method of stopping shot holes in warships, as tried in Portsmouth Dockyard on Monarca (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, fitted as a 68-gun Third Rate, two-decke
9 August 1791
National Maritime Museum
'Royal Escape' (1743). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan for the 'Royal Escape' (1743), a single-masted sailing Lighter bu
26 August 1791
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital. Plate 13 from a series. A rustically fanciful view from the Isle of Dogs, with a Naval sailor and his lass in the foreground and anglers on the right. The breeze is taking vessels down stream but those coming up are flat-aback and poss
1 August 1792
National Maritime Museum
Lion (1777) [alternative spelling Lyon]. No scale. Plan showing the quarter deck, after part of the upper deck, and after part of the lower deck for Lyon (1777), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as modfied and fitted for the reception of Lord Macartney,
20 August 1792
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Town, Fortifications & Environs of Dunkirk. Key to plan below image.
25 Aug 1793
National Maritime Museum
Proposed Magazine lantern. Scale: 1:6. Plan showing front, side and back elevations for a proposed Magazine lantern.
Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
August 1794
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl. Thsi plan recorded as Draught No. 3 [See ZAZ7122 for Draught No. 1].
Annotation dated: 9 August 1794
National Maritime Museum
21 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 21 ft Yawl.
Annotations dated: 19 June and 30 August 1794
National Maritime Museum
William (purchased 1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section, inboard profile, and deck plan for William (1795), a Barge as fitted as a one-gun Gunboat for Sir Sydney Smith. Plan shows the single 24 pounder cannon mounted in the bow, and two
August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Map of the country westward of Lake Ontario to the River Mississippi and southward to the 37 [degree] of north latitude intended more immediately to show the frontier boundary between the United States and the Indian Tribes as expressed in their treaty of
1795
National Maritime Museum
50ft Buoy Boat (1795). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed [and approved] for a fifty foot buoy boat, later built at Portsmouth.
Signed by Edward Tippet [Master Shipwr
8 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Achille (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth for 'Achille' (1798), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, based on the 'Pompee' (1793), a captured French Third Rate. The plan incorporates t
14 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Achille (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Achille' (1798), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Gravesend by Mr Cleverley, based on the 'Pompee' (1793), a captured French Third Rate.
Sig
14 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Arab (captured 1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with port side stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Arab (captured 1795), a captured French 16-gun Sloop (corvette), as taken off at Portsmou
14 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Bay of Maran, Martinique. Hand-coloured.; Attached to and mounted with PAG8927.; Plate No.1.
1 Aug 1796
National Maritime Museum
Pigeon Island, Martinique. Hand-coloured.; Attached to and mounted with PAG8926.; Plate No.2.
1 Aug 1796
National Maritime Museum
S.W. View of Forts Bourbon & Louis in the Island of Martinique, 5 Feb - 22 Mar 1794. Hand-coloured.; Plate No.4.
1 Aug 1796
National Maritime Museum
A Representation of the Engagement between His Majesty's Frigate the Indefatigable and the French Frigate La Virginie, at Midnight, on the 20th of April 1796... struck to Sr Edward Pellew. Hand-coloured aquatint shows two naval vessels engaged in bat
15 Aug 1796
National Maritime Museum
To the Directors and subscribers of the Missionary Society, this portrait of the Ship Duff.... Hand-coloured.
29 Aug 1796
National Maritime Museum
Adml Jervis From the original Picture in the Collection of Adm. Barrington. Print
1 Aug 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing the inboard profile for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy,1784-1806], and William Rule
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun, Third rate, two-decker.
Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [Surveyor of the Na
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, prior to the modifications to the carronade ports on the quarterdeck.
Initialled by John Henslow
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [S
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Horatio Nelson Esqr now Sir Horatio Nelson K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron. From an Original Picture in the possession of W.Locker Esqr- Lieut. Govr of Greenwich Hospital'. Stipple engraving. A print after the three-quarter length portra
Published 14 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson Esqr now Sir Horatio Nelson KB Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron from an original Picture in the possession of Wm Locker Esqr - Lieut Govr of Greenwich Hospital. Print
14 Aug 1797
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson Esqr now Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron. From an Original Picture in the possession of W. Locker Esqr - Lieut. Govr. of Greenwich Hospital. - Price. Stored in mount with PAD3886.
14 Aug 1797
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Esqr. now Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, From an Original Picture in the possession of W. Locker Esqr. - Lieut Govr of Greenwich Hospital. Print
14 Aug 1797
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson. Proof before title. This is an early proof impression of the first engraved portrait of Nelson, published when he was a rear-admiral. The source is the oil portrait of him as a captain by J. F. Rigaud (BHC2901) completed in or shortly afte
Published 14 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
Captn Faulknor in the Zebra of 16 guns storming Fort Royal, Martinique...Commanded by Rochambeau. Hand-coloured.
15 Aug 1797
National Maritime Museum
The Lapwing, under Captain Barton, capturing a French Frigate in the West-Indies. A coloured aquatint depicting the English 28-gun, 6th rate ‘Lapwing’, under the command of a Captain Burton, capturing the French frigate Decius and sinking the
21 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
Bonetta (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for the Bonetta (captured 1798), a captured French privateer, as fitted as an 18-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwr
August 1798
National Maritime Museum
Henry D'Esterre Darby Esqr. Captain of His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon Aug 1st 1798. Print
Jan 1801
National Maritime Museum
Perspective plan of the Glorious Victory obtained by Admiral Lord Nelson over the French Fleet on the 1st of August 1798. Print
Nov 1798
National Maritime Museum
Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. who gloriously defeated the French Fleet off the Mouth of the Nile - August 1st 1798. Print
1 Aug 1798
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798. A depiction of a battle during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802. On 19 May 1798, Napoleon sailed from Toulon on his hazardous adventure to Egypt, capturing Malta en route. On realizing this, Rear-Admiral Sir H
1808
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798. An important naval engagement during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802. On 19 May 1798, Napoleon sailed from Toulon on his hazardous adventure to Egypt, capturing Malta en route. On realizing this, Rear-Admiral
1801
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798: End of the Action. On 19 May 1798, Napoleon sailed from Toulon on his hazardous adventure to Egypt, capturing Malta on the way. On 1 August, Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson sighted Alexandria, with its harbour full o
1799
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Nile: Destruction of 'L'Orient', 1 August 1798. An unfinished painting of the Battle of the Nile. Nelson's decisive victory over the French off the coast of Egypt led to the disintegration of Napoleon's army by i
1825
National Maritime Museum
View 1st of the Memorable Victory of the Nile, Gained in August 1798, over the French by the British Fleet in Aboukir Bay.... Inscription in English below image.
1802
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 32 ft Pinnace. Signed Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, c1795-?].
Dated: 2 August 1798
National Maritime Museum
Flibustier (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing sections through Station 6 and Station 2, body plan with transom outline, sheer lines with inboard details, and deck with longitudinal half-breadth for Flibustier (1798), a captured French one-gun Gun
4 August 1798
National Maritime Museum
View 4th of the Memorable Victory of the Nile Gained in August 1798 over the French by the British Fleet in Aboukir Bay. Technique includes aquatint.
Nov 1799
National Maritime Museum
Bonetta (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bonetta (captured 1798), a captured French privateer, as fitted as an 18-gun Ship
16 August 1798
National Maritime Museum
Action between 'Leander' and French two-decker 'Genereux', 18 Aug 1798. This illustrated letter to his father, the marine painter William Anderson, was written in 1800 while Anderson was serving as a midshipman on the 'Bellona
1800
National Maritime Museum
'His Majesty’s Ship Naiad of 38 guns Capt. Pierepont Engages & takes Le. Decade a french Frigate of 44 guns off Cape Finister Aug 24 1798'. A naive drawing depicting the chase and capture of 'Le Decade' by the 'Naiad
circa 1800
National Maritime Museum
Archibald Dalzel Esqr. Governor of Cape Coast Castle & its dependencies, on the coast of Africa. A print depicting Archibald Dalzel, the governor or Cape Coast Castle.
Archibald Dalzel (1740–circa 1811) was born in Kirkliston in Scotland. He s
12 August 1799
National Maritime Museum
Landing of English troops at Calantsoog, North Holland, 27 August 1799. The Rotterdam artist Langendijk was a painter and etcher, but is now known chiefly for his drawings. The landing of Anglo-Russian forces on the Dutch coast near Den Helder commanded b
1799
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Griffith From an Original Miniature in the Possession of Capt Walter Booth. From an Original Miniature in the Possession of Capt Walter Booth . Portrait of Walter Griffith, Esq. Commander of a division of his Majesty's ships and vessels at
1 Aug 1800
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Griffith. From an Original Miniature in the possession of Capt. Walter Booth. Print
1 Aug 1800
National Maritime Museum
Captain Lewis Mortlock gallantly defending His Majesty's Sloop of War Wolverene... against the united attack of Two French Luggers... near Boulogne, Jany 3rd 1799... attended by his favourite Newfoundland dog.... Print
20 Aug 1800
National Maritime Museum