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).
Watchfull (fl. 1816). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for Watchfull (fl. 1816), late Vigilant (no date), a Cutter. Signed John Nolloth [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard].
Dated: 12 June 1816
National Maritime Museum
Resolute (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the section, profile, and plan for the diving bell apparatus as fitted on the afterpart of the upper deck of Resolute (1805), a 12 gun Gunbrig. She was fitted as a diving bell ship at Plymouth Dockyard between
19 June 1816
National Maritime Museum
Embarkation of Napoleon Bounaparte from St. Raphael for the Island of Elba. Mounted with PAD5927.
29 Jun 1816
National Maritime Museum
Boarding and Taking the American ship Chesapeake by the Officers & crew of H M ship Shannon commanded by Capt Broke June 1813. Hand-coloured.
1 Jul 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Pomone L' Engageante & La Babet April 23rd 1794. Hand-coloured.
1 Jul 1816
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honourable Sir William Scott, Knt. D.C.L. & F.R.S. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. Published for the European Magazine. Print
1 Jul 1816
National Maritime Museum
Landscape with the river Chess at Loudwater, Hertfordshire. No. 41 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Inscribed in the upper left 'at Loudwater Herts/july 11th 1816.'
Loudwater is a village in Hertfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. It
10 July 1816
National Maritime Museum
Oorkonde in lijst met de tekst: "Vanwege den Koning - De Hooge Raad van Adel, gebruikmakende van de magt aan denzelven verleend, bij besluit van den 20 februari 1816, bevestigt bij dezen de stad Elburg, ingevolge het door haar verzoek, in het bezit v
20 July 1816
Museum Elburg
Study of hay barns at Loudwater, 1816. No. 42 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Inscribed in the lower left 'at Loudwater/ july 22nd – 1816}.'
Loudwater is a village in Hertfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. It is situated on th
22 July 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Confiante - May 31st 1798. This is a naval battle scene depicting port, broadside views of the French 36-gun corvette La Confiante on the left of the picture and, slightly to stern, the British 38-gun frigate HMS Hydra, on the right of the p
1 Aug 1816
National Maritime Museum
The bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816. 'The bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816'
1817
National Maritime Museum
The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816. In 1816 a squadron under Admiral Sir Edward Pellew was fitted out and sent to Algiers where they arrived, in company with a small Dutch squadron, on 27 August 1816. They sought the release of the British Consul,
1836
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The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816. This is the freely painted oil study of George Chambers Senior’s ‘The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816’ (BHC0617).
In 1816 a squadron under Admiral Sir Edward Pellew was fitted out and s
circa 1836
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[Algiers - battle of 27 August 1816]. Single sheet. Ms. Scale: [ca. 1:4 500]. Cartographic Note: North at 67 degrees. Ungraduated. Soundings. Contents Note: Shows the town and harbour and positions of ships. Key with a list of ships and numbers of guns. S
1816
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A new song composed by a Royal Marine on board HM Ship Impregnable in Algiers Bay August 29th 1816.. Manuscript entitled 'A new song composed by a Royal Marine on board HM Ship Impregnable in Algiers Bay August 29th 1816'
1816-08-29
National Maritime Museum
This View of the City of Algiers, is dedicated to... Baron Exmouth... by... Charles Rumker. Hand-coloured.
29 Aug 1816
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honble Charles James Fox. Engraved by Roberts, from an Original Picture for Giffords History of the War. Print
Sep 1816
National Maritime Museum
A view off Dover Pier and Castle, with inscriptions 'H Moses del et Sculpt' and 'Published by H Moses Sept 1 1816'. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9936, PAE9938-PAE9964.; Medium includes graphite.; Page 30.
1 Sep 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of L' Hercule, April 20th 1797. The ‘Mars’ (right) shown engaging the ‘Hercule’ (left) surrounded by areas of land. Both are shown in starboard quarter view. The sails of the ‘Mars’ have been shot through.
1 Sep 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of Le Desius, Novr. 25th. 1796.. Inscribed: "Capture of Le Desius, Novr. 25th. 1796".
The action occurred on November 25th 1796 off Anguilla. 'Le Desius' is shown in the left foreground of the picture; two more vessels are depi
1 Sep 1816
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Rough sketch of a rhinoceros. Mounted with PAE6491-PAE6493, PAE6495.; Signed by artist and dated.
8 Sep 1816
National Maritime Museum
Rough sketch of an elephant. Mounted with PAE6491-PAE6494.; Signed by artist and dated.
8 Sep 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Loire Octr. 18th. 1798. This hand-coloured aquatint depicts the 'Anson' fighting broadside to broadside with the French ship 'Loire', with the 'Kangaroo' offering support from her stern quarter. 'Loire'
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
Cutting out the Hermione from the Harbour of Porto Cavallo, Oct 25th 1799. Hand-coloured.
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
Destruction of the Danish Fleet before Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. Plate II.
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
Two gentlemen on a headland, one with a telescope, looking out onto a coastal shipping scene, possibly inscribed ' Sheerness' across left foreground and with inscription, 'Published by H. Moses Oct.1. 1824.'. Mounted in album with PAE9
1 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
The Destruction of That Barbarian Power The Algerines. The Attack of Algiers by the British Fleet commanded by the Gallant Admiral Lord Exmouth...Augt 27th 1816.... Wood engraving.; Hand-coloured.
4 Oct 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of L' Immortalite Octr. 20th. 1798 [by the 'Fisgard']. Print
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of L' Immortalite Octr. 20th. 1798 [by the 'Fisgard']. This images shows port stern quarter views of the L'Immortalite (on the left) and the Fisgard (on the right) as they both run before the wind, engaging in broadside gun ba
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of La Desiree - July 7th 1800. The plate represents the sloop 'Dart', commanded by Captain P. Campbell in the act of boarding and taking the French frigate 'La Desiree'. 'Dart' is in the centre of the picture.
Inscrib
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of the Santa Dorotea, 15th July 1798. This hand-coloured aquatint depicts the capture of the Spanish ship ‘Santa Dorotea’ by the English ‘Lion’ on 15th July, 1798. The ‘Lion’ is in the centre right of the pictur
1 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
General the Earl of Moira. Engraved by H.R. Cook from the Picture by M.A. Shee R.A. for Gifford's History of the War. Print
9 Nov 1816
National Maritime Museum
Capture of the Badere Zaffer July 6th, 1808. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes etching.
1 Dec 1816
National Maritime Museum
Commemorative silver plate given to Commander Broke by the County of Suffolk for his part in capturing the Chesapeake. Print
2 Dec 1816
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth. K.G.C.B. &c.&c.&c. Engraved by Mr Roberts from a fine Portrait by Sir T Lawrence. For Gifford's History of the War. Print
7 Dec 1816
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with elevations illustrating the drawers and racks for 'Impregnable' (1810),a 90-gun Second Rate three-decker.
Signed Edward Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard
7 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
. Card-Mica covered with paper. Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 points. Decorated East point.
Needle- Flat edge bar needle which tapers outwards from the centre to near the ends, where it rounds off gradually to flattened ends, this being a fea
1817
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. Circular, brass calendar inscribed '1817 A Calendar...by Kempson & Son, Birmingham'. A table of Sundays for the year and a number of special dates are given on one side. On the other are shown dates of the new moon and full moon and a nu
1817
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. Gold mourning ring commemorating John Malcolm Stevens (died 1817). White enamel is applied around the bezel of the ring inscribed onto which and executed in gold are the words 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ' and 'OB 8 JULY 1817 AET 20'. T
1817
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. lines & profile
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 361, states that 'Rhin' (1806) arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 17 August 1815 and docked on 3 May 1817. She was undocked on 9 August 1820 having undergone 'large repairs' tha
1817
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the Archipelago H.B.M.S. Tagus F.W.D. Dundas - Captain Benj. Hunter - Master drawn by C.R. Malden, Admty. Midn.. Scale: circa 1:400,000. Manuscript chart in two parts of the Aegean Sea showing tracks of HMS Tagus in 1816 and 1817 carrying the B
1817
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All Cruizer class (1796) in existance in 1817. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the 18-gun Brig Sloops (described as brigantines). The plan includes alterations to the shot locker near the main hatchway, dated 1823, and also to the magazine (
8 April 1817
National Maritime Museum
Athol (1820), Niemen (1820). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with corrected deck heights and longitudinal half breadth for building Athol (1820), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, of Lach at Woolwich Dockyard, and in 1818, another ship of Ri
May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Athol (1820). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with modifications to the decks longitudinal half breadth proposed and approved for Athol (1820), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, to be built at Larch. See ZAZ3213 for the corrected plan. Signe
May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Athol (1820). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half breadth for building Athol (1820), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop in Larch, as corrected - see ZAZA3212.
annotated, top right: "17th June 1817 A Copy went to Woolwich Ya
June 1817
National Maritime Museum
Back view of a horse with farm machinery and landscape in the background. Mounted with PAE6520.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Figure of a man holding a stick and a woman facing him. Mounted with PAE6521-PAE6523.
1817
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Thetis' chain pump part. Part of a chain pump - five copper links joined together (two still swivel). From the wreck of HMS 'Thetis' 1817. The pump is severely discoloured.
1817
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Thetis' copper bolts. Two copper bolts, one plain the other with washers attached. The bolts are bent and very corroded with barnacles attached. From the wreck of HMS 'Thetis' lost off Cape Frio 5th December 1830 with 800,000 d
1817
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Thetis' copper sheathing. Copper bolt from HMS 'Thetis' 1817 lost off Cape Frio 5th December 1830 with 800,000 dollars on board. The fittings were recovered from the bottom of Thetis Cove now known as Saco dos Ingléses i
1817
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H.M.S. 'Thetis' long copper bolt. Long copper bolt with a washer on one end. From the frigate H.M.S. 'Thetis' which was wrecked off Cape Frio, Brazil in 1830. The bolt is bent in various places and the surface is severely corroded.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Isis (1819). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Isis (1819), a 50-gun (later 58-gun) Large Fourth Rate Frigate, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the internal riders in the hold, bow and stern.
22 December 1817
National Maritime Museum
Marengo (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Marengo (1806), a captured French Third Rate, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard prior to being broken up in N
29 May 1817
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth. Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth (1748-1817). Obverse: Sir J. Duckworth's head (left). Legend: 'ADMIRAL SIR J. T. DUCKWORTH BART G. C. B.' Reverse: Inscription (within oak wreath
1818
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Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth. Medal commemorating Admiral Sir John Duckworth (1748-1817). Obverse: Sir J. Duckworth's head, (left). Legend: 'ADMIRAL SIR J. T. DUCKWORTH BART G. C. B.' Reverse: Inscription (within oak wreat
1818
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating G. MacGregor and the expedition to Florida, 1817. Medal commemorating G. MacGregor and the expedition to Florida, 1817. Obverse: A cross fitchee surrounded by a laurel wreath. Legend: 'DUCE MAC GREGORIO - LIBERTAS FLORIDARUM.'
1817
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Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833). Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833). Obverse: Bust of Giesecke (right). Legend: 'C . L . GIESECKE . EQV . AVRAT . MIN . PROF . S . HON . S . D . A . HIB . R . S.'
1817
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Medal commemorating the Expedition of the corvette 'Uraine', 1817. Medal commemorating the expedition of the corvette 'Uraine', 1817. Obverse: Head of King Louis XVIII with long hair (right). Legend: 'LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET
1817
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Medal commemorating the journey to Brazil of Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria, 1817. Medal commemorating the journey to Brazil of Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria, 1817. Obverse: Bust of the Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria (left). Legend: 'LEOPO
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the opening of the new harbour of Middelburg, 1817. Medal commemorating the opening of the new harbour of Middelburg, 1817. Obverse: The Netherlands crowned, seated beneath a fruit tree, her shield and a crowned pedestal beside her, s
1817
National Maritime Museum
Pocket chronometer. Pocket chronometer in a hallmarked silver consular case. It has a full-plate fusee movement, unsigned and unnumbered, with a spring detent escapement and compensation balance with helical balance spring. The watch has a white enamel di
circa 1817
National Maritime Museum
Portsmouth Harbour, with further indecipherable inscription, a view out to sea with shipping, and figures and cows in foreground. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9920, PAE9922-PAE9964.; Page 14.; Signed by artist.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Richard Dale Esq. President of the Washington Benevolent Society Philadelphia. Print
1817
National Maritime Museum
RY Royal George. Gold-painted figurehead of the 330-ton royal yacht 'Royal George' (1817). It shows a bust of King George III wearing a laurel wreath, supported by two Africans copied from Wedgwood’s famous abolitionist medallion. It indic
1817
National Maritime Museum
Slight sketch of 'a Captain in the Navy'. Stored loose at back of album PAI4289 with PAI4321-PAI4331.
1817
National Maritime Museum
Small figure with a wooden leg playing a violin. Mounted with PAE6525-PAE6527, PAE6529-PAE6531.
1817
National Maritime Museum
This geographical plan of the Island of Saint Helena is dedicated by permission to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Lieut. R.P. Read.. 2nd edition. Single sheet, hand coloured engraving. Scale [1:9,050]. North is at 223
1817
National Maritime Museum
Venus (1820); Melampus (1820); Amazon (1821); Minerva (1820); Latona (1821); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Aeolus (1828) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Hebe (1826); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Fox (1829); Proserpine (183
September 1817
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