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).
Unloading a Collier. Technique includes aquatinting. Hand-coloured. This is a good illustration of what was known as 'whipping' , the classic way of unloading coal in particular but also similar loose cargo or ballast. The vessel is probably a
1 Jan 1808
National Maritime Museum
Sir Sidney Smith. Engraved for the Lady's Magazine. Smith entered the Navy in 1777 and served in North America and the West Indies, where in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant. After the American War of Independence, he travelled in France, North Afr
1 Feb 1808
National Maritime Museum
Tom Tack's Ghost (caricature). Hand-coloured.; No.84.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
7 Feb 1808
National Maritime Museum
Belle Poule (1806). No scale. Plan showing the starboard profile of the figurehead for Belle Poule (1806), a captured French Frigate, now a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1802-1823].
11 February 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Charlotte Skiff' (1808). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and deck plan for 'Charlotte Skiff' (1808), a cutter built for John Berry.
Signed by George Hilhouse [Shipbuilder and Merchant], p
March 1808
National Maritime Museum
Lord Nelson's coffin with a description of the ornaments and devices. Bound with PAF4334-PAF4346.; Text in English at side of image.
Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
A Prospective View of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. Drawn by William Fabian, a Boy in the Royl Hosl School. Technique includes etching. Drawn by William Fabian, a boy in the Royal Hospital School. Cooke and Maule, the publishers, were two of
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Affair of Teneriffe. Proof. This print represents an episode of the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, when Nelson having stepped ashore, was hit in the right arm by a musketball. Nelson lost his arm and the operation ended in failure, the British forces h
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Battle of the Nile. Proof. Bound with PAF4334-PAF4342, PAF4344-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Battle of Trafalgar. Proof. Bound with PAF4334-PAF4343, PAF4345-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Billingsgate Market. Plate 9. A lively scene at the old Billingsgate Market, with the ships in the dock in the background. The dock was the largest trading area in the port until the enclosed docks were built. General goods brought into the dock were sold
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Boarding the American. Proof. Bound with PAF4334-PAF4335, PAF4337-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Boarding the San Josef. Proof. Bound with PAF4334-PAF4339, PAF4341-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Boarding the San Nicolas. Proof. Bound with PAF4334-PAF4338, PAF4340-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Funeral. The Dean of St. Paul’s (centre) reads the final prayers watched by the Prince of Wales (right foreground in light coat) and members of Nelson’s family (right background). The service lasted some four hours and at the end the coffin wa
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Loss of his eye before Calvi ( Proof). Bound with PAF4334-PAF4337, PAF4339-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Pursuit of the bear (Nelson - Proof). Bound with PAF4334, PAF4336-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Pursuit of the Bear [by Midshipman Nelson]. Technique includes etching. An engraved version of the story of which the better known image is West's oil painting of 'Nelson and the bear' recording his attempt to kill a polar bear during Capta
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Storming a post at San Juan. Proof. Bound with PAF4334-PAF4336, PAF4338-PAF4347.
1 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
HMS Sappho capturing the Danish brig 'Admiral Jawl', 2 March 1808: surrender of the brig. 'HMS ''Sappho'' capturing the Danish brig ''Admiral Jawl'', 2 March 1808: surrender of the brig'. The pai
1808
National Maritime Museum
Warning (captured 1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheerlines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Warning (captured 1807), a captured Danish gunboat
Signed by E. Hillyer [Assistan
18 March 1808
National Maritime Museum
Phaeton alarm'd. This hand-coloured etching is a fine and striking example of Gillray’s use of astronomical imagery to comment on the politics of the day. Since comets and meteors were symbols of change, they lent themselves very well to commen
1808-03-22
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace (1808). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for a 12 oared, 28 ft Pinnace built at Plymouth for the Virginie (a 38-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate captured in 179
Dated: 26 March 1808
National Maritime Museum
The Ghost of Byng (caricature). Mounted with PAG8597.; Hand-coloured.; No.86.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
28 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Captain Ellisons Action off Guernsey with an Enemy's Squadron. Vignette.
31 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
27ft Gunboat (no date). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 12-oared 27ft Gunboat (no date). The plan does not show where the gun would have been mounted, but it is likely to
6 April 1808
National Maritime Museum
The Islands Redonda and Nevis in the West Indies. Vignette. From the 'Naval Chronicle', vol, 19, after p.308, plate 355. The print was published uncoloured.
30 Apr 1808
National Maritime Museum
Midefart (captured circa 1807) [Alternative spelling: Middelfart]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, deck plan, sections, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for Midefart (captured circa 1807), a 64ft Danish gunboat, possibly taken at t
9 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an inboard profile illustrating the planking for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. T
14 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the internal planking expansion for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Char
14 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Char
14 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile illustrating the outboard planking from the waterline to the quarterdeck for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rat
14 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
The quarterdeck was to be lengthened and the carronade port to be as per the draught.
Signed b
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Subtle' (1808). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Subtle' (1808), an American-built Danish Schooner, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard
6 June1808
National Maritime Museum
Charles James Fox..... Engraved by Skelton from the last Bust by Nollekens in the possession of Lord Holland. Text in English below image.
1 Jun 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Plate to Commemorate the Abolition of the Slave Trade'. On the occasion of Parliament abolishing the slave trade in March 1807, this engraving was designed and dedicated to Prince William, Duke of Gloucester and is captioned ‘Britannia tr
4 June 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Subtle' (1808). Scale: 1:48. A plans showing the upper deck, and lower deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Subtle' (1808), an American-built captured Danish Schooner, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard in September 1808.
Signed by Jo
6 June 1808
National Maritime Museum
River fishing Peterboat; Lambeth rowboat or Tommy: sailing skiff; four oar boat or Tommy; whale fishing boat; merchantmens boats; sailing boat; patent boat; launch; pinnace. Technique includes etching.
13 Jun 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the method of fitting the beams to the sides of 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker.
Sighed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
16 June 1808
National Maritime Museum
The Welch Sailor's Mistake or Tars in Conversation (caricature). Hand-coloured.
30 Jun 1808
National Maritime Museum
The Long Room. Custom House. Plate 28. Print of the interior of the Custom House long room with everyone paying their port dues, sorting out imports and export clearances.
1 Jul 1808
National Maritime Museum
No 3. H.M. Ship Seahorse Captain John Stewart. At daylight on the 6th July 1808 making the Turkish Frigate strike; the Corvette not to be seen, her fate unknown..... Medium includes graphite and pen and ink.; Stored in old mount with PAF4770-PAF4771, PAF4
6 Jul 1808
National Maritime Museum
Ceres (1808?). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing the profile with some inboard detail, and deck for Ceres (1808?), a lighter fitted for lashing up anchors at Cork.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 1806-1813].
7 July 1808
National Maritime Museum
Tom Tack's Ghost (caricature). Signed by artist. Depicts clothing, outerwear: dress, seaman's. This appears to have been purchased in 1948 with the title 'Apparation on the Gun Deck' so the details given above are presumably from the p
24 Jul 1808
National Maritime Museum
Common Boat; Handsome pleasure Boat; Thames Sculler; The Lord Mayor of London's State Barge launched 1807; Stern of the Lord Mayor's Barge; Deal Barge; Dutchman's Stern. Technique includes etching.; Stored with PAD7747-PAD7749.
This print s
25 Jul 1808
National Maritime Museum
Jolly boat for oars or sail. Handsome launch; Tunny; River Thames fishing or Peter Boat; Ships Boat; Patent Boats; A ship's Long Boat. Technique includes etching.; Stored with PAD7747-PAD7748, PAD7750.
25 Jul 1808
National Maritime Museum
South Sea Whale fishing boat; Limehouse Skiff; the Lambeth boat, hired by pleasuring parties; the Bow & the starboard Quarter of the sailing boat Bellissima; the Larboard side of the Aeolus sailing boat; the Olive Branch sailing boat. Technique includ
25 Jul 1808
National Maritime Museum
South Seas Whale fishery boat; Limehouse skiff; the Lambeth boat, hired by pleasuring parties; the Bow & the starboard Quarter of the sailing boat Bellissima; the Larboard side of the Aeolus sailing boat; the Olive Branch sailing boat. Technique inclu
25 Jul 1808
National Maritime Museum
18 pound Carronade. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a plan and elevation of an 18 pounder carronade filling to the poop with trucks "for the more easy removing them to the right aft port on the poop".
Note that there is a duplicate of this plan.
Dated 30 July 1808
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