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).
Sr John Lockhart Ross Bart Vice Admiral of the Blue. Print, from the 'Naval Chronicle'. Stored in mount with PAD2986.
1 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
Sr John Lockhart Ross Bart Vice Admiral of the Blue. Print, from the 'Naval Chronicle'; stored with PAD2987
1 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
'Boyne' (1810); 'Union' (1811); 'Princess Charlotte' (1825); 'Royal Adelaide' (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Boyne' (1810), and later for &
13 August 1801
National Maritime Museum
View of Admiral Lord Nelson's Squadron bearing down to Attack the Line of Defence before Copenhagen Aprl 2nd 1801. The Danish Force consisted of six sail of the Line and 11 Floating Batteries Bomb Ships Schooners and Gun Vessels: Flank'd by the
17 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
View of Admiral Lord Nelson's Victory over the Danes, before Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. After a desperate Engagement of 4 hours the whole of the Danish line to the Southward of the Crown Islands consisting of seventeen Sail was Taken, Burnt or Sunk.
17 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
View of Admiral Lord Nelson's Victory over the Danes, before Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801..... Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
17 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
Flat-bottomed Gunboats, numbers 102, 138, 141, 146, 147, 148, and 149.. No Scale. Plan showing the inboard profile of a flat-bottomed Gunboat, illustrating how Numbers 102, 138, 141, 146, 147, 148, and 149 were fitted for lowering the carronade or howitz
Circa August 1801
National Maritime Museum
Prince of Wales (fl.1801). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Prince of Wales (fl.1801), a 67ft Rowing Galley. She may have been a rowing gunboat.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [
25 August 1801
National Maritime Museum
A Brig, with a view of Old Harry in Studland Bay. Hand-coloured.; Plate No.5.
6 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
A Frigate, with a View of the Culvort Cliff, in the Isle of Wight. Hand-coloured.; Plate No.3.
6 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
A ship of the Line sailing from the Downs with a view of Sandown Castle at Deal. Hand-coloured.; Plate No.2.
6 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
A Snow in the Sound at Plymouth with a view of the Miew Stone. Plate No.4.; Hand-coloured.
6 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
A Three Decker at Spithead with the Isle of Wight at a Distance. Plate No.1.; Hand-coloured.
6 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Ant' (1798). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck and quarter deck for 'Ant' (1798), a schooner-rigged tender. It is not known if the 'Ant' was a purchased merchant vessel, or an ex-French vessel. The date and place i
circa August 1803
National Maritime Museum
A Veteran's Address to a Young Sailor (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
13 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
The Veteran's Address to a Young Sailor (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
13 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
'A Correct View of the French Flat-Bottom Boats, intended to convey their Troops, for the Invasion of England, as seen afloat in Charante Bay in August 1803' (Rafts 3). Print depicting 'A Correct View of the French Flat-Bottom Boats, intend
Published 17 August 1803
National Maritime Museum
Lighter Number 1 (1804). No scale. A plan showing the upper deck for Lighter Number 1, a single-masted thirty-five foot lighter for Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Edward Sison [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1801-1816].
29 August 1803
National Maritime Museum
Lighter Number 2 (1804). No scale. A plan showing the upper deck of Lighter Number 2 (1804), a single-masted thirty-five foot lighter for Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Edward Sison [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1801-1816].
29 August 1803
National Maritime Museum
View of Tetuan, on the Coast of Morocco. Vignette.; Technique includes etching.
31 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
Mr Henry Greathead of South Shields, the Inventor of the Life Boat. European Magazine. Print
1 Aug 1804
National Maritime Museum
'The West India Docks in the Isle of Dogs with Greenwich Hospital in the Foreground, Drawn in the Camera Obscura of the Observatory'. This is one of two views, the other being towards London, which Pugh drew from the viewing-table of the camera
11 August 1804
National Maritime Museum
The West India Docks in the Isle of Dogs with Greenwich Hospital in the foreground. Drawn in the Camera Obscura of the Royal Observatory. Print
11 Aug 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Honourable George Berkley, Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron. Print
31 Aug 1804
National Maritime Museum
Jack Junk's Opinion of the French Language (caricature). Mounted with PAG8553.; Hand-coloured.; No.40.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
Aug 1805
National Maritime Museum
'Project' (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan for the 'Project' (1806). The plan also depicts a modified midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail showing the mortar beds, a longitudinal half-breadth, and upper deck
5 August 1805
National Maritime Museum
'Dove' (1805?). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for 'Dove' (1805?), a four gun despatch cutter. There is some confusion as to whether this is the vessel that was the ex-mercantile cutter 'Ariadne' (
7 August 1805
National Maritime Museum
The 'Phoenix' in chase of the 'Didon', 18 August 1805. This was purchased for the Museum from Davis, a London dealer, by Sir James Caird in 1948 with PAH9534. It was then believed to show the frigate 'Amethyst' in chase of th
1808
National Maritime Museum
Victory... in the Gale that succeeded the Battle of Trafalgar, the remains of... Nelson on board (proof). Hand-coloured.
Aug 1806
National Maritime Museum
'Belleisle' at the close of the Action off Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Inscribed: “Situation of His Majesty's Ship BELLISLE [sic], Wm Hargood Esqr Captain, with the NAIAD Frigate, Captain Thos Dundas, taking her in Tow at the close of
12 Aug 1806
National Maritime Museum
'Belleisle' at the close of the Action off Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Inscribed: “Situation of His Majesty's Ship BELLISLE [sic], Wm Hargood Esqr Captain, with the NAIAD Frigate, Captain Thos Dundas, taking her in Tow at the close of
12 Aug 1806
National Maritime Museum
'Belleisle' towed to Gibraltar, 24 October 1805. Inscribed: “His Majesty’s Ship BELLISLE [sic], Wm Hargood Esqr Captain, in Tow of the NAIAD Frigate Captain Thos Dundas, near Gibraltar on the Morning 24th October 1805 having narrowly
12 Aug 1806
National Maritime Museum
Dick Dock, or the Lobster & Crab (Greenwich Pensioner caricature). Two Greenwich Pensioners sit outside a riverside tavern drinking and smoking. One, with a wooden leg, is shaking hands with a one-armed soldier (whose jacket is miscoloured blue rathe
16 Aug 1806
National Maritime Museum
64ft Water Carrier (1806). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, modified sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and midship section proposed [and approved] for a sixty-four foot water carrier (1806).
29 August 1806
National Maritime Museum
64ft Water Carrier (1806). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the deck and platforms proposed [and approved] for a sixty-four foot water carrier (1806).
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813], and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806
29 August 1806
National Maritime Museum
Jack Bowlings Voyage to the Gretna Green Tabacconist. Mounted with PAG8564.; Hand-coloured.; No.53.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
30 Aug 1806
National Maritime Museum
15ft Yawl (1807). Scale: 1:24. A ship plan showing two body plans, a sheer lines with inboard detail, and the longitudinal half-breadth with half deck plan for an eight-oared 15ft Yawl (1807). The second body plan is described as the "improved body&q
August 1807
National Maritime Museum
22ft Cutter (1807) for HM Customs. Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 22ft Cutter (1807), designed for HM Customs.
circa August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Britannia in tribulation for the loss of her Allies or Iohn Bulls advice (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Aug 1807
National Maritime Museum
Pillar proposed in Honour of Lord Nelson. Gentleman's Magazine Aug 1807. Pl.II. p.713. Print
Aug 1807
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Hydra cutting out ships at Bagur Aug 7th 1807. The lithograph shows a bow port-quarter view of the 38-gun HMS Hydra very close to the Catalan coast. Although her sails are unfurled, they are hanging loose and the sea is calm, as her starboard guns
1833
National Maritime Museum
To Rear Admiral Munday C.B. this Print representing the Capture of the Fort & Vessels in the Spanish Harbour of Begu, by H.M.Ship Hydra, Capt G Munday Aught 7th 1807. Print
1833
National Maritime Museum
Pelican (captured 1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Pelican (captured 1806), a captured French Brig, as taken off. The dotted red lines illustrate
13 August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Pelican (captured 1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Pelican (captured 1806), a captured French Brig, as taken off. The dotted black lines illustrate her as fitted as an 18-gun Brig Sloop at Portsmouth Dock
13 August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] a
6 August 1806
National Maritime Museum
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Louis Bart, K.M.T & K.F. &c. &c. &c. Print.
15 Aug 1807
National Maritime Museum
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, Bart. K.M.T. & K.F. &c &c. By family tradition, Louis's great-grandfather was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV of France. His own father was a schoolmaster and he entered the Navy in 1769. From 1771, when he
15 Aug 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sailors Carousing (caricature). This is Ward's mezzotint after Ibbetson's oil painting of the same title; see BHC1090. PvdM 8/03
21 Aug 1807
National Maritime Museum
'Dromedary' (1808). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the partial inboard profile, and fore and aft platforms for 'Howe' (1805), purchased in India as a frigate, with annotations for her conversion to a twenty-four gun storeship, and rename
31 August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Doctors Commons. Doctors Commons was the colloquial name for the College of Advocates and Doctors of Law, situated near St. Paul's Cathedral.
Print
1 Aug 1808
National Maritime Museum
Ornen (1807). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, longitudinal half-breadth, and upper deck with platforms, for 'Ornen' (1807), a captured Danish Paket, now a Schoone
22 August 1808
National Maritime Museum
18ft Gig (1809). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, half breadth, and longitudinal half breadth for a four-oared 18ft Gig (1809), built for J. M. H. [James Martin Hilhouse]. Mould Loft Number 23.
August 1809
National Maritime Museum
Stern hold and Hopkins at sea or a Stave out of Time (caricature). Mounted with PAG8601.; Hand-coloured.; No.89.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
Aug 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sternhold and Hopkins at Sea or a Slave out of Time (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Aug 1809
National Maritime Museum
Hoe Chu Fou Toe a Chinese Fort near Canton. Hoe Chu Fou Toe (Dutch Folly Fort) was one of the most popular motifs for Western artists visiting Canton from 1780. It was an oval fort built by Dutchmen on a sand bar in the Canton River. It lay about 800 metr
1 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Purfleet. Copper-plate print, entitled 'Purfleet'. Purfleet is on the Essex (north) shore of the Thames 16 miles east of London. This print is one in Owen's series 'The Thames' of 1809-11.
1 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
South West View of Canton. Hoe Chu Fou Toe (Dutch Folly Fort) on the Canton River lies east of the foreign factories. The factories can be seen in the background.
1 Aug 1810
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Launching of his Majesty's Ship Queen Charlotte from Deptford Yard July 17th 1810. Hand-coloured.
7 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
'The Empress's wish or Boney Puzzled!!' (caricature). Print 'The Empress's wish or Boney Puzzled!! (caricature)'.
A satire on Napoleon’s frustration and anger at British superiority and strength in the naval war. Playi
Published 9 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Achates (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration detail, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Achates (captured 1809), a captured French Bri
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Achates (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Achates (captured 1809), a captured French Brig as fitted at Deptford Dockyard as a 16-gun Brig.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Deptfor
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Salisbury (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building Salisbury (1814), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Salisbury (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Salisbury (1814), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with 'pink' stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cambridge (1815), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-181
15 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Wm Hodges R A. Mounted in album with PAI2280-PAI2373, PAI2375-PAI2464.; Vignette.; Page 48.
15 Aug 1810
National Maritime Museum
Goodwill (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with proposed alterations to the bulkhead and stem for the Goodwill (1810), a sailing Lighter for Chatham.
Signed by George Parkin [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard 1806-1813].
21 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval Asylum from Greenwich Park.. Vignette. An aquatint from the 'Naval Chronicle', August 1811, subsequently hand-coloured. It shows the scaffolding in place for the northward extension of Alexander's east wing, which with the west
August 1811
National Maritime Museum
Ships of William the Conqueror, 1066. Technique includes mixed methods.
Aug 1811
National Maritime Museum
Ships of William the Conqueror, 1066. Technique includes mixed methods.
Aug 1811
National Maritime Museum
Jack, hove down - With a Grog Blossom Fever (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate 78. This cartoon makes much play on the drinking habits of sailors. 'Jack' is shown ill in his hammock surrounded by bottles of 'Grog'. The doctor seems re
12 Aug 1811
National Maritime Museum
Jack in a White Squall, Amongst Breakers - on the Lee Shore of St. Catherines (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Page No.79.
16 Aug 1811
National Maritime Museum
Diligent (captured circa 1800). No scale. Plan showing an incomplete inboard profile, the poop deck, upper deck, and lower deck for Diligent (captured circa 1800), a captured French Storeship, used as a Storeship at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Edward S
24 August 1811
National Maritime Museum
Hindostan (1804). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the inboard profile, spar deck, upper deck, gun deck, and orlop deck for Hindostan (1804), a purchased East Indiaman as converted to a Storeship at Woolwich in 1811. The plan also includes further alterations
29 August 1811
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of Paran and mode of church buildings in Adraitic. Bound with PAF0023-PAF0050, PAF0052-PAF0057.; Medium includes pen and ink.; Page 30.
Aug 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Sealark (1811). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Sealark' (1811), a captured American Schooner, as taken off and fitted in May 1812 for
10 August 1812
National Maritime Museum
Sealark' (1811). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and platforms for 'Sealark' (1811), a captured American Schooner, as taken off and fitted in May 1812 for a 10-gun Schooner.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Master Shipwrigh
10 August 1812
National Maritime Museum