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).
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23 September 1800
Rijksmuseum
The Blowing up of the Boyne, a 98 Gun Ship, at Spithead, May 1st 1795. Image of the Boyne engulfed in flames, as the crew jump into the sea, some of them being helped onto boats or hanging onto floating ship fragments.The Boyne was in action in the West I
30 Sep 1800
National Maritime Museum
Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronte K.B. Rear Admiral of the Red, &c.. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The half-length, oval portrait faces right and is surrounded by naval trophies. Inscribed below: '
September 1801
National Maritime Museum
Sir Horatio Nelson. K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue. Painted by D.Orme 1801. Engraved by Wm Brown. Printed in brown.
Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
Position of the English and Spanish & French Squadrons before the action on the 12 July 1801. Vignette.
1 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
The Rt. Honble Earl St Vincent First Lord of the Admiralty European Magazine. Print
1 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
A Fresh Gale. Technique includes etching.; Bound in paper covers with PAD7614-PAD7615, PAD7617-PAD7621.
11 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
A Light Breeze. Technique includes etching.; Bound in paper covers with PAD7614-PAD7616, PAD7618-PAD7621.
11 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
Ships Getting Underway. Technique includes etching.; Bound in paper covers with PAD7614, PAD7616-PAD7621.
11 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
Sold by Edw.d Orme, New Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street, Hanover Square, London. Album of bound prints PAD7614-PAD7621.
11 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
View on the Coast of Holland. Technique includes etching.; Bound in paper covers with PAD7615-PAD7621.
11 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
A View of the First Bridge at Paddington, and the Accommodation Barge going down the Grand Junction Canal to Uxbridge. Plate 166. Technique includes etching.
12 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
William Money Esqr. A Director of the Honorable United East India Company And Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House. Print. William Money (died 1796) was Captain of several East Indiamen and later a Director of the East India Company. Like man
12 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
Capstan fitted to the Sheer Hulk at Deptford Dockyard (circa 1801). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the profile and plan of the capstan fitted to the Sheer Hulk at Deptford Dockyard, illustrating the fitting of the incline plate and lifters as designed by Mr.
15 September 1801
National Maritime Museum
Peace!! The Result of our Naval Victories... From the commencement of the War to the signing Preliminaries, Oct 1, 1801 The British Tree of Liberty (Misc 58). Text in English around image.
28 Sep 1801
National Maritime Museum
The Defeat of the French Fleet by Sir George Rooke & Sir Cloudesley Shovel. Technique includes etching.
1 Sep 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Fleet of the East India Company homeward bound from China, under the Command of St Nathanial Dance; engaging and repulsing a French Squadron...near the Straits of Malacca, on the XVth February 1804. Hand-coloured.
20 Sep 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Fleet of the East India Company, Homeward Bound from China, Engaging and Repulsing a French Squadron, near the Straits of Malacca, on the XVth February 1804. On 15 February 1804, a fleet of the East India Company carrying tea from China was intercept
20 Sep 1804
National Maritime Museum
A true & lamentable Ballad call'd Billy Taylor, shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.; Page No.367.
24 Sep 1804
National Maritime Museum
Sir Thomas Pasley Bart. Engraved by Ridley from an Original Picture by Mather Brown Esqr. European Magazine. Print
1 Sep 1805
National Maritime Museum
Sir Thomas Pasley Bart. Engraved by Ridley from an Original Picture by Mather Brown Esqr. European Magazine. Print
1 Sep 1805
National Maritime Museum
A little Cabin with 2 hamocks. The Ship's Steward. Hand-coloured.
Two etchings depicting life in the Royal Navy in September 1805, the month before Trafalgar. The ship's steward assisted the purser, and dealt with supplies on board.
7 Sep 1805
National Maritime Museum
The Castle - in Danger, or the Heads of the Nation in a Queer Situation (caricature). Hand-coloured.
9 Sep 1805
National Maritime Museum
Anacreon (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Anacreon (1813), a 16-gun (later 22-gun) Ship Sloop. The vessel was originally started by Thomas Sutton before being d
11 September 1805
National Maritime Museum
'Magnificent' (1806); 'Valiant' (1807); 'Elizabeth' (1807); 'Cumberland' (1807); 'Venerable' (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for building 'Magnificent' (1806), 'Valiant
15 September 1805
National Maritime Museum
The Sailor's Journal. Sung by Mr Incledon at Covent Garden Theatre, &c (caricature). Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.405.; Text in English below image.
28 Sep 1805
National Maritime Museum
Sir Wm Sidney Smith, Knt. K.C. Rear Admiral of the Blue. Engraved for the Universal Magazine by J. Hopwood. Print
1 Sep 1806
National Maritime Museum
To Captain Z Mudge... of the... Blanche.. the gallant defence made by that Ship in the Sombero Passage on July 19th 1805 against a French Squadron.... Hand-coloured.
1 Sep 1806
National Maritime Museum
Anchor Crane Number 5 (1806). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the plan, elevation and section for the Anchor Crane Number 5. Signed George Parkin [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, June 1806 - June 1812].
9 September 1806
National Maritime Museum
A First Rate the Portrait of the Royal George. Vaisseau du Premier Rang. le Royal George. Hand-coloured.; No 28.
29 Sep 1806
National Maritime Museum
23ft to 28ft Longboat (1807). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and the longitudinal half-breadth for a 23ft to 28ft Longboat (1807) to carry 99 Hogsheads. Note that the plan shows the vessel as 23ft long.
Signed by George Hilhouse
September 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sir Samuel Hood K.B.K.S.F. Engraved by Ridley, Hall & Blood from an Original Miniature in the possession of Lady Hood. European Magazine. Print
1 Sep 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sir Samuel Hood K.B.K.S.F. Engraved by Ridley, Holl & Blood from an Original Miniature in the possession of Lady Hood. European Magazine. Print
1 Sep 1807
National Maritime Museum
Caledonia (1808). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section with details illustrating the method proposed by Mr Roberts of attaching the chocks, iron knees and fastenings for Caledonia (1808), a 120-gun First Rate, three-deck.
14 September 1807
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Attack of the Floating-Batteries before Gibraltar 13th Septr 1782. Pl XVIII Vol III Page 212. Print
3 Sep 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Eclipse' (1808). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Eclipse' (1808), a single-masted thirty-one foot sloop purchased to take up ancho
20 September 1808
National Maritime Museum
John Benbow, Esqr. Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Engraved by H R Cook from an original by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the collection of the late Admiral Sir Peter Denis. Technique includes stipple engraving.
30 Sep 1808
National Maritime Museum
The Grand Duke of Middleburg or the Late Ld C-t-m & Commodore Cur-ts paying their respects on their return from the Glorious Expedition (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Sep 1809
National Maritime Museum
Mast House, Blackwall. Print entitled 'Mast House, Blackwall'. See PAD1397, another copy.
1 September 1809
National Maritime Museum
Mast House, Blackwall. Print entitled 'Mast House, Blackwall'. The distinctive masting house built by John Perry beside his Brunswick Dock in about 1790 and demolished in 1862. It was a crane to put masts into ships in the dock, or take them out
1 September 1809
National Maritime Museum
A Design for a Monument To be erected in commemoration of the... Grand Expidition... 1809 (caricature) (Flushing). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.107.; No.92.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
14 Sep 1809
National Maritime Museum
The capture of Saint Paul near the Isle de Bourbon, 21 September 1809. In September 1809 the British attacked the French on Reunion. They disembarked their troops five miles to the north of St Paul. They took the town and turned the guns in the batteries
1812
National Maritime Museum
Vautour (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Vautour (1809), a 16 gun Brig/Sloop brought, incomplete, from Flushing and completed at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Sepp
September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Vautour (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Vautour (1809), a 16 gun Brig/Sloop brought, incomplete, from Flushing and completed at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Master Shipwright Chatham D
September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Vautour (1809). SCale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Vautour (1809), a 16 gun Brig/Sloop brought, incomplete, from Flushing and completed at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Master Shipwright Chatham Dockyard, 1803-1813].
September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Chinese Pavillion. Besides the typical scenes of European factories, Chinese junks and pagodas on the Pearl River, Daniells also described traditional Chinese buildings and people. This image shows a Chinese pavilion, a tower and several Chinese officials
1 Sep 1810
National Maritime Museum
Dartmoor Prison & English Barracks (the American Prisoners of War confined here) With key (Hulks 5). Plate 19 Vol 4.; No.21.
1 Sep 1810
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Cambridge (1815), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates the air openings within the frames.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813], and H
10 September 1810
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Jos
18 September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Goodwill (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, and deck plan forward of the mast illustrating the store rooms and platform for Goodwill (1810), a sailing Lighter for Chatham as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by George Parkin [Ma
26 September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Inigo Jones. Print. Derived, but most probably at second-hand given the date, from the van Dyck formerly in the Walpole collection at Houghton, which was acquired en bloc by Catherine the Great of Russia and is now in the Hermitage. The immediate source i
2 Sep 1811
National Maritime Museum
Epervier (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Epervier (1812), an 18 gun Brig Sloop building at Rochester by Mrs Ross.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]
September 1812
National Maritime Museum
Andromeda (1812) ex American Hannibal (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half breadth for Andromeda (1812), a captured American Sixth Rate Sloop,
10th September 1812
National Maritime Museum
Epervier (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Epervier (1812), an 18 gun Brig Sloop building at Rochester by Mrs Ross.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
14 September 1812
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1814). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the method of fixing the beams to the sides on Tyne (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop being built by Mr Robert Davy. The plan includes an explanation of the iron plates and how they
1 September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with alterations for Tyne (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop being built by Mr Robert Davy.
Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831
1 September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Tyne (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop being built by Mr Robert Davy.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert Seppi
1 September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the plan, elevation and section of the stern for Tyne (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop being built by Mr Robert Davy.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Nav
1 September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle with alterations for Tyne (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop being built by Mr Robert Davy.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the
1 September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with alterations for Tyne (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop being built by Mr Robert Davy.
Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and
1 September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Gloucester engraved by R.Dodd from a drawing by F.P.Wedsted of a model executed by Jacob Berg. A coloured aquatint showing two views of the 'Gloucester', a two-masted brig of 16 to 18 guns, engraved from a drawing of a ship's model. The mai
9 Sep 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the froe and aft platforms, showing the magazines and storerooms for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled JT and RS (Surveyors of the Navy)
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan, with alterations for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Signed H[enry] Peake, J[oseph] Tucker, R[obert] Seppings (Surveyors of the Navy)
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17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck showing accomadation and storerooms for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled H[enry].P[eake]., J[oseph].T[ucker]., R[obert].S[eppings].(Surve
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle with modifications for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled H[enry].P[eake]., J[oseph].T[ucker]., R[obert].S[eppings].(Surve
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan, showing the method of attaching the beams to the sides and modifications to the pumps for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled H[enry].
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Drawing of College barge on a sketching cruise Nettleston, Isle of Wight Sepr 27 1813 and drawing of Hardway Portsmouth Harbour Sepr 27th 1813 (Verso) Southsea Beach. No. 21 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801)
(Recto) The two drawings on this sheet were dr
1813
National Maritime Museum