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).
Prison-Ship 'York' in Portsmouth Harbour. Print. The 'York' was a 74-gun third rate built on contract at the Nelson Dock Rotherhithe, by Samuel and Daniel Brent shortly before they removed from what had been the Randall & Brent yar
1829
National Maritime Museum
Ranger (1820). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the elevation of the plate-protected capstan (iron plates on the whelps of the capstan), the main jeer bits, and the roller in the manger for Ranger (1820), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Sloop.
Signed by George Parkin [Ma
3 December 1828
National Maritime Museum
Route of the Expedition (1825) from Fort William to the Saskatchewan River. Chart: Route of the Expedition (1825) from Fort William to the Saskatchewan River - Murray 1828
1828
National Maritime Museum
ROUTE of the LAND ARCTIC EXPEDITION under the Command of Captn. J. Franklin RN. FROM GREAT SLAVE LAKE to GREAT BEAR LAKE RIVER Surveyed and Drawn by MR. E.N. Kendall, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR The Astronomical Observations by Captn. Franklin A.D. 1825.. Scale: [
1828
National Maritime Museum
Shroud turnbuckle (1828). No scale. A plan showing the side view of the shroud turnbuckle as fitted to the side of a ship, and the section through the turnbuckle to show the threads and connectors.
Reverse annotated: 'Jack in the boy for letting up
Circa June 1828
National Maritime Museum
Sparrow (1828). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the after part of the lower deck for Sparrow (1828), a 10-gun Cutter, illustrating the alterations to the cabin bulkheads as proposed by Lieutenant Commander John Moffatt [appointed: 18 July 1828; Lieutenant senio
31 July 1828
National Maritime Museum
Survey of the Cape of Good Hope by Lieut ATE Vidal of HMS Leven assisted by... under the direction of Captn WFW Owen 1822. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: [ca. 1:150 000]. Contents Note: Two views.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Tartar (1814). Scale: 1:96 and 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Tartar (1814), a 42-gun Large Frigate, illustrating the method of mooring and unmooring with the Moffet Patent Capstan and with the aid of the double pall cylinders.
Signed by J. J. H.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Tartar (1814). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck for Tartar, a 42-gun Large Frigate, illustrating the method of working the Moffat Patent Capstan, and another plan of the upper deck illustrating the working of the Moffat Patent Windlass (as sugges
Circa November 1828
National Maritime Museum
The DISCOVERIES OF THE EXPEDITIONS under the command of Captain Franklin R.N. near the mouth of the Mackenzie River And on the Sea Coast East and West a.D. 1825-1826. Those to the westward of Point Seperation having been made under the direction of Captn.
1828
National Maritime Museum
The east coast of Africa, including the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba by Captn. A.T.E.Vidal and the officers of H.M.S. Barracouta & Albatross, under the direction of Captn. W.F.W.Owen. 1823-4. Sheet 2.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:85 000]. Addit
1828
National Maritime Museum
The East Indiaman Earl of Balcarres. The painting has the additional title, 'The East Indiaman Earl of Balcarres off the coast of China' and is dated to 1828. The Earl of Balcarres was built for the East India Company in Bombay in 1815, and was
1828
National Maritime Museum
The Ship Morley and Other Vessels. The Morley is depicted in starboard, broadside view, under full sail, on a port tack. The British ensign flies from her stern and a pennant with her name from the mainmast. Several figures can be seen on the deck. At the
1828
National Maritime Museum
Three figures wearing sou'westers and a fourth figure, traced from one on reverse. Mounted with PAE6372.
1828
National Maritime Museum
Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48.Plan showing the hold section, illustrating the ballast layout for 30th July 1828 for Tyne (1826), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel.
NMM, Progess Book, volume 6, folio 549, states that 'Tyne' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on
circa. July 1828
National Maritime Museum
Vera Cruz, in Mexico. Fortress of San Juan de Ulloa. Conquest, 64, Comr Porter. Fishing boat. Sketched in 1828. original art: drawing
1828
National Maritime Museum
Warrant Officers. Boatswain (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 6. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, boatswain's [Royal navy]
1828
National Maritime Museum
Wasp (1812). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the outboard waterline profile of the Wasp (1812), an 18-gun Brig Sloop, rigged as a Ship-rigged Sloop, proposed by Captain Hayes. The plan shows the mast and yard details and positions. The ship was refitted as a s
28 April 1828
National Maritime Museum
Yarmouth Cobles, on the beach. Mounted with PAD1110. [probably Yarmouth, IoW]
1828
National Maritime Museum
'Ruby' (1838). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for 'Ruby' (1838), a 109ft three-masted ship-rigged merchant ship. Mould Loft Number 89.
The Lloyd's Survey Report (BRS278) confirms the dimensions and tonnage. The
January 1838
National Maritime Museum
'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners). Two Greenwich Pensioners lamenting changing times and standards. The one on the left is in right profile with his hands behind his back, has a peg-leg right leg and a shade under hi
1 January 1828
National Maritime Museum
1st Class of Petty Officers. Master at Arms, or Quarter Master (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, master at arm's [Royal navy]; clothing, outerwear: uniform, quarter master's [Royal navy]
Nov 1828
National Maritime Museum
1st Class of Petty Officers. Master's Assistant (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 8. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, master's assistant [Royal navy]
1828
National Maritime Museum
1st Class of Petty Officers. Midshipman (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 3. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, midshipman's [Royal navy]; Royal Naval uniform regulations 1787-1891
Nov 1828
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital. A fairly crude but colourful popular print, possibly recording a visit to Greenwich Hospital by HRH the Duke of Clarence (later William IV) since there is a huge crowd of Pensioners along the front, with much flag-waving, and what may
1 January 1828
National Maritime Museum
Janiero Jan 7 1828 with fighting vessel approaching. Bound with PAF0222-PAF0224, PAF0226-PAF0251.
7 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Albion with Turkish vessel exploding at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.6.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Albion, with Turkish vessel exploding at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.6.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4813, PAF4815-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Asia and other vessels at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.4.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Asia and other vessels at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.4.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4811, PAF4813-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Breslaw and the Azoff at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.7.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Breslaw and the Azoff at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.7.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4814, PAF4816-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Genoa at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.5.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Genoa at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.5.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4812, PAF4814-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Glasgow and Cambrian at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.11.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Glasgow and Cambrian at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.11.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4818, PAF4820-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Hanhoute and Azoff, with explosion of a Turkish frigate, at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.12.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Hanhoute and Azoff, with explosion of a Turkish frigate, at the Battle of Navarino, 20th Oct 1827. Plate no.12.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4819, PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Hanhoute, Alexander Nevsky and Ezekial at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.8.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Hanhoute, Alexander Newsky and Ezekiel at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.8.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4815, PAF4817-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Le Trident at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.3.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Le Trident at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.3.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810, PAF4812-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Mosquito, Castor and Constantin at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.10.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Mosquito, Castor and Constantin at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.10.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4817, PAF4819-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Provornoy, Talbot and L' Helene at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.9.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Provornoy, Talbot and L' Helene at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.9.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4810-PAF4816, PAF4818-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Scipion, Dartmouth and Brisk at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Plate no.2.; One of thirteen plates (plate no.1 missing), others are PAF4811-PAF4821.
18 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
City Basin, Regent's Canal. To Sir Culling Smith, Bart. This plate is respectfully inscribed. Mounted with PAD1416-PAD1417.
An engraving after a work by the artist Thomas H Shepherd, famous for his depictions of London in the 1820s. The engraving sh
26 Jan 1828
National Maritime Museum
Rear Admiral (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 12. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, rear admiral's [Royal navy]
Feb 1828
National Maritime Museum
Slip stopper for mooring ships of the line. No scale. Plan showing the slip stopper to be used for mooring ships of the line. The annotation explains the type of chain suitable to be used.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
12 February 1828
National Maritime Museum
Valiant (cancelled 1831-2). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Valiant (cancelled 1831-2), a 76-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates the use of continuous ledges running parallel to the beams to a near-central carline.
I
12 February 1828
National Maritime Museum
Valiant (cancelled 1831-2). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders and diagonal bracing for Valiant (cancelled 1831-2), a 76-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert
12 February 1828
National Maritime Museum
Valiant (cancelled 1831-2). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Valiant (cancelled 1831-2), a 76-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates the use of continuous ledges running parallel to the beams to a near-cen
12 February 1828
National Maritime Museum
Valiant (cancelled 1831-2). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Valiant (cancelled 1831-2), a 76-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy
12 February 1828
National Maritime Museum
Valiant (cancelled 1831-2). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Valiant (cancelled 1831-2), a 76-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
12 February 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar. From the New Mole Fort looking North. Six Views of Gibraltar from drawings by H A West. Bound with PAD1652-PAD1655, PAD1657.
Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar. From the New Mole, looking South. Six Views of Gibraltar from drawings by H A West. Bound with PAD1652-PAD1654, PAD1656-PAD1657.
Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar. From the North Bastion. Six Views of Gibraltar from drawings by H A West. Bound with PAD1652-PAD1653, PAD1655-PAD1657.
Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar. From the ruins of Fort St Philip. Six Views of Gibraltar from drawings by H A West. Bound with PAD1653-PAD1657.
Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar. Governor's Cottage, Europa. Six Views of Gibraltar from drawings by H A West. Bound with PAD1652, PAD1654-PAD1657.
Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar. North from South Bastion. Six Views of Gibraltar from drawings by H A West. Bound with PAD1652-PAD1656.
Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Edward Somerset, Marquis of Worcester OB 1667. From the original of Vandyke, in the collection of His Grace, The Duke of Beaufort. Technique includes etching and stipple engraving.
1 Mar 1828
National Maritime Museum
Nightingale (1825). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the rig and the sail profile for Nightingale (1825), a 2-gun Schooner.
Signed by E. Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1815-1830]
18 March 1828
National Maritime Museum
Dutch galliot; coasting brig; sailing barges; fishing boat; West Indiaman On the Thames. Shipping on the Thames has played a significant part in London's history. By 1700 about 70% or more of England's foreign trade was handled by London, as the
Apr 1828
National Maritime Museum
Gravesend. A wherry and a group of fisherfolk. Exhibited London 1970. No.59. Mounted with PAE6449.
Apr 1828
National Maritime Museum
HM Yacht The Prince Regent and her ship's boat, Causand Bay Rigged Yacht, a Portsmouth Wherry and a pleasure yacht. No.6.
Apr 1828
National Maritime Museum