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).
'Atlas' (1782); 'Glory' (1788). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half breadth proposed for 'Atlas' (1782), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. The plan inclu
19 August 1777
National Maritime Museum
'Duke' (1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showin the body plans, sternboard with decoration detail and name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Duke' (1777), a 90-gun Second Rate, t
November 1777
National Maritime Museum
. deck
Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 427, states that 'Ostrich' arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 October 1777, and was launched on 19 November 1777. She sailed on 10 January 1778. Her merchant name is not recorded.
1777
National Maritime Museum
. lines & profile
Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 427, states that 'Ostrich' arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 October 1777, and was launched on 19 November 1777. She sailed on 10 January 1778. Her merchant name is not recorde
1777
National Maritime Museum
Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
National Maritime Museum
Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
19 February 1777
National Maritime Museum
Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
National Maritime Museum
Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
National Maritime Museum
Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with some details of cabin arrangements for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
National Maritime Museum
Infexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Thir
21 February 1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1: 48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, at Harwich by Mr John Barnard.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
24 March 1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Circa August 1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans were used for the oth
Circa July 1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Signed by John
31 July 1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans we
Circa July 1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans were used for th
Circa July 1777
National Maritime Museum
Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans were used for the other ships in
Circca July 1777
National Maritime Museum
Lion (1777) [alternative spelling: Lyon]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline and name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Lyon (1777), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-dec
Circa September 1777-September 1778
National Maritime Museum
Ruby (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Ruby (1776), 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Nich
Circa late November 1776 - late February 1778
National Maritime Museum
Ulysses (1779); Endymion (1779); Serapis (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Ulysses (1779), and later in 1778 for Endymion (1779) and Serapis (1779), all 44-gun Fifth Ra
28 October 1777
National Maritime Museum
Vestal (1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with decoration detail and the name on the stern counter in a cartouche, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Vestal (1777), a 20-gun
Circa May-June 1777
National Maritime Museum
Grasshopper (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after platform for Grasshopper (1776), a purchased vessel as taken off and fitted as a 14-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford
1 May 1777
National Maritime Museum
Grasshopper (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Grasshopper (1776), a purchased vessel as taken off and fitted as a 14-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford. The plan include
1 May 1777
National Maritime Museum
Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and proposed modification to the main mast position, longitudinal half-breadth for the purchased Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777), as taken off prior
21 May 1777
National Maritime Museum
Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for the purchased Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777), as taken off, and with proposed modifications for converting her to a 4-gun Survey Sloop. She was possibly rename
21 May 1777
National Maritime Museum
Lord Camden (fl 1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sheer profile (one waterline) as taken off afloat for the Lord Camdon, a prize taken by Prince of Wales (1765) in July 1777. It seems that this vessel was not purchased by the Admiralty.
Signed by Jo
August 1777
National Maritime Museum
Caesar (cancelled 1783); Bulwark (cancelled 1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with quarter gallery decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Caesar' (cancelled 1783), and in 1778 for 'Bulwark' (c
1 August 1777
National Maritime Museum
Commerce (captured 1777). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing an incomplete inboard profile and part deck plan for Commerce (captured 1777), a captured French merchant ship taken by Alderney (1757), a 10-gun Ship Sloop. The ship was not approved for
27 September 1777
National Maritime Museum