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).
Charles Howard, 1536 - 1624, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham and 1st Earl of Nottingham. Oval miniature in watercolour on vellum, in an oval black carved wood display frame (possibly ebony) with a gilt slip, suspension hole and flower motifs. The image bear
1605
National Maritime Museum
A young man, called Robert Devereux, 1565-1601, 2nd Earl of Essex. Oval miniature in watercolour in an oval gilt metal suspension frame with a scroll label beneath bearing an engraved black-lettered inscription 'ROBERT. DEVEREUX. / LAST. EARL. OF ESS
early 17th century
National Maritime Museum
Robert Blake,1599 - 1657, General at Sea. Oval miniature in watercolour, in an oval silver suspension frame with foliate decoration round the inner rims, front and back. It has a coiled metal mount for the suspension ring and ribbon, which is similar to t
early 1650s
National Maritime Museum
Sir Henry Terne, d.1666. Oval miniature in watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, in an oval gilt metal display frame with a suspension ring and a metal scroll label below, engraved 'MR. H. TERNE' in black letter. The sitter is shown bust length,
early 1660s
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, 1758 - 1805, 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White. Oval bust-length miniature of Nelson in watercolour on ivory, turned half to sitter's right but looking out at the viewer, in an oval gold suspension locket edged with 38 we
after 1801
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, 1758 - 1805, 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White. This is not strictly a miniature, except in terms of small size. More accurately, it is a small stipple engraving of Nelson, head only in left profile, after Simon de Koster'
1807
National Maritime Museum
Frances Nelson, 1761-1831, 1st Viscountess Nelson. Oval miniature in watercolour on paper, in an oval wooden presentation frame. The sitter is shown long bust-length turned to her right but looking back over her left shoulder to viewer's right. She w
1798
National Maritime Museum
Sir Philip Stephens, 1723-1809. Oval miniature in watercolour on ivory, in an oval gold suspension locket, the back of which is glazed with blue glass. There is a central oval section within the glass which contains a lock of brown human hair, presumably
circa 1770
National Maritime Museum
Sir William Parker, 1742 - 1802, Vice-Admiral of the Red. Oval bust-length miniature in an oval gilt metal suspension locket with a scalloped edge. The sitter is turned to his left, but with his head facing out to the viewer. He is shown as a captain, wea
circa 1777
National Maritime Museum
Mrs A. Harmood (Harmwood?). This miniature is entitled 'Mrs A Harmwood'. It is possibly executed in coute crayon on paper, and is contained within a glazed frame.
1790s
National Maritime Museum
Sir Thomas Pasley, 1734 - 1808, Admiral of the White. Circular miniature in watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, in a circular gilt surround set in a black-lacquered backing board with a suspension ring, top centre. The sitter is shown when a rear-admiral
1796 or later
National Maritime Museum
Dr John Harness,1754 - 1823. (Updated, January 2011). Oval miniature in watercolour on ivory, in a gilt metal oval mount set into a rectangular black wooden backing board, with a suspension ring. A semi-legible inscription on the reverse is in fact: '
circa 1790?
National Maritime Museum
Emma, Lady Hamilton, c. 1765 - 1815. Circular miniature in watercolour on ivory, in a circular gilt metal suspension locket, the ivory having a spliced join towards the left edge. The sitter is shown half-length, probably standing, facing out to the viewe
1809
National Maritime Museum
Captain John Stockham, 1765 - 1814. Oval miniature in watercolour in an oval gilt metal surround, set in a black-lacquered rectangular wooden backing, with a brass suspension ring and hanger, top centre, in the form of a rose, thistle and clover (the symb
probably June 1809
National Maritime Museum
Commander John Larkan, 1746-1830. A rectangular bust-length miniature in watercolour and bodycolour on ivory (with a vertical central split) in a gilt moulded wooden picture frame.The sitter is shown in the 1812-25 commanders' and captains' full
circa 1820
National Maritime Museum
Elizabeth Diana Larkan, 1790-1852. Rectangular miniature in watercolour on ivory in a carved wooden picture frame, with a gilded slip. The carved part has several pieces missing. An inscription on the reverse reads: 'Elizabeth Diana Larkan, / Daughte
circa 1825
National Maritime Museum
Captain William Tolley Brookes, 1791 - 1874. A rectangular miniature in watercolour with gum arabic on ivory, in a moulded gilt floral surround set in a black-lacquered rectangular 'acorn' frame with a brass oak leaf and acorn suspension fitting
probably 1830s/ early 1840s
National Maritime Museum
Unidentified man. Oval miniature of an unidentified man in watercolour, probably on ivory and with a little bodycolour. It is contained in an oval gilt metal surround, set into a black rectangular wooden backboard, with a velvet backing, integral stand, a
1830s/1840s
National Maritime Museum
Portait of Joseph Edwin Moore, seaman. A hand-tinted ambrotype, photographic miniature. A half-length portrait of Joseph Edwin Moore. He is wearing a dark jacket and shirt with a blue scarf. Moore is looking at the camera. He is believed to have run away
1850s
National Maritime Museum