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).
Medal commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Medal commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Obverse: Bust of Cook in tie-wig and uniform (right). Legend: 'CAPT: JAMES COOK.' Reverse: Inscription, 'COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE.'
1779
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the action off Flamborough Head, 1779 and Commodore John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Medal commemorating the action off Flamborough Head, 1779 and Commodore John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Obverse: Bust of Commodore John Paul Jones in a tie-w
1779
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the protection of sea trade. Medal commemorating the protection of sea trade. Obverse: Head of King Gustavus III in a long wig (right), undraped, long curls. Legend: 'GUSTAVUS III D . G . REX SVECIAE.' (Gustavus III, by the G
1779
National Maritime Museum
Mississipi [sic] River from Iberville to Yazous.. There are two variants of this map in the collection.
1779
National Maritime Museum
Mississipi [sic] River from Iberville to Yazous.. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 4 degrees 30' E. Ungraduated. Bar scale in English statute miles. Contents Note: Shows settlement plots numbered fr
1779
National Maritime Museum
Mississipi [sic] River from Iberville to Yazous.. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 4 degrees 30' E. Ungraduated. Bar scale in English statute miles. Contents Note: Shows settlement plots numbered fr
1779
National Maritime Museum
Nautical directions to sail into the harbour of New York, &c.. Single sheet. Type printed. There is one example of this text sheet in the collection. Stevens recorded that it was attached to HNS146A. Printed on a half sheet of Bates paper.
1779
National Maritime Museum
Portrait of an unknown gentleman (previously identified as Nevil Maskelyne). Although acquired as a portrait of Nevil Maskelyne, fifth Astronomer Royal at Greenwich (1765 -1811), the late Derek Howse, former Head of Astronomy at NMM and Maskelyne's b
1779
National Maritime Museum
Raleigh (1778) [ex American Raleigh (1776)]. Scale 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, stern board with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, longitudinal half breadth for Raleigh (1778), a captured American Frigate, as taken
21 October 1779
National Maritime Museum
Santa Monica (1779) [Alt SP: Santa Ammonica] , ex Santa Monica (1777). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half breadth for Santa Monica (1779), a captured SP Frigate, prior
24th November 1779
National Maritime Museum
Summer and Winter Habitations, in Kamtschatka. This engraving after a drawing by John Webber comes from the official account of Cook's third voyage, 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean', published by Scatcherd and Whitaker in 1784.
Captain Jame
1779
National Maritime Museum
Tabula hydrographica Sinus Finnici. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Physical description Note: Coloured in outline. Scale: [ca. 1:600 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated, meridian of Ferro. Rhumbs drawn on sea area. Variation and sounding
1779
National Maritime Museum
The coast of Nova Scotia, New England, New York, Jersey, the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence, the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, St. John, Antecosty, Sable &c. and soundings thereof. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:2 000 000 (bar). This cha
1779
National Maritime Museum
The cutter 'Fly' and other vessels. A portrait of the 'Fly', 16 guns, in port-broadside view. She is shown heading south in the Downs (off the east coast of Kent) on the starboard tack, flying a pre-1801 Union jack on the end of her bo
1779
National Maritime Museum
The Indiaman 'Royal George' in three positions in the Downs, 1779. Three views of the Indiaman 'Royal George' in the Downs, off the east coast of Kent. The ship is depicted at anchor on the right in starboard-bow view, being approached
1779
National Maritime Museum
The Inside of a Winter Habitations, in Kamtschatka. This engraving after a drawing by John Webber comes from the official account of Cook's third voyage, 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean', published by Scatcherd and Whitaker in 1784.
Captain
1779
National Maritime Museum
The north east shore of the Gulph of Mexico. Four sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 337.5 degrees. Variation shown 4 degrees 30' E. Ungraduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles.
1779
National Maritime Museum
The north east shore of the Gulph of Mexico. Four sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 337.5 degrees. Variation shown 4 degrees 30' E. Ungraduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Imprint Feb 1st 1780.
1780
National Maritime Museum
The north east shore of the Gulph of Mexico. Four sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 337.5 degrees. Variation shown 4 degrees 30' E. Ungraduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Imprint Jan 1st 1779.
1779
National Maritime Museum
The north east shore of the Gulph of Mexico. Four sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 337.5 degrees. Variation shown 4 degrees 30' E. Ungraduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Plate same as HNS169B.
1780
National Maritime Museum
The south east coast of Cape Breton Island surveyed under the direction of the Right Hon.ble Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations by Samuel Holland Esqr. Survr. Genl. of the lands of the northern district of N. America, and his assistants Mr Tho.
1779
National Maritime Museum
The south east coast of Cape Breton Island surveyed under the direction of the Right Hon.ble Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations by Samuel Holland Esqr. Survr. Genl. of the lands of the northern district of N. America, and his assistants Mr Tho.
1779
National Maritime Museum
The south east coast of Cape Breton Island surveyed under the direction of the Right Hon.ble Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations by Samuel Holland Esqr. Survr. Genl. of the lands of the northern district of N. America, and his assistants Mr Tho.
1781
National Maritime Museum
The south east coast of Cape Breton Island surveyed under the direction of the Right Hon.ble Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations by Samuel Holland Esqr. Survr. Genl. of the lands of the northern district of N. America, and his assistants Mr Tho.
1781
National Maritime Museum
The south east coast of Cape Breton Island surveyed under the direction of the Right Hon.ble Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations by Samuel Holland Esqr. Survr. Genl. of the lands of the northern district of N. America, and his assistants Mr Tho.
1779
National Maritime Museum
The south east coast of Cape Breton Island surveyed under the direction of the Right Hon.ble Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations by Samuel Holland Esqr. Survr. Genl. of the lands of the northern district of N. America, and his assistants Mr Tho.
1779
National Maritime Museum
Timber carriage (circa 1779). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the sections through the axles, the side elevation, and a plan view for a carriage to transport timber. The plan also includes the reference relating to the various components, the materials to be
2 April 1779
National Maritime Museum
Various Articles, at the Sandwich Islands. This engraving after a drawing by John Webber comes from the official account of Cook's third voyage, 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean', published by Scatcherd and Whitaker in 1784.
Captain James Co
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Coast of New England from Point Judith, Rhode Island, to Great Bay, Long Island]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees W. Graduated. Contents Note: This chart lacks title, scales and a right-hand
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Coast of New England from Point Judith, Rhode Island, to Great Bay, Long Island]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees W. Graduated. Contents Note: This chart lacks title, scales and a right-hand
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Coast of New England from Point Judith, Rhode Island, to Great Bay, Long Island]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees W. Graduated. Contents Note: This chart lacks title, scales and a right-hand
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Coast of New England from Point Judith, Rhode Island, to Great Bay, Long Island]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees W. Graduated. Contents Note: This chart lacks title, scales and a right-hand
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Coast of New England from Point Judith, Rhode Island, to Great Bay, Long Island]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees W. Graduated. Contents Note: This chart lacks title, scales and a right-hand
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Coast of New England from Point Judith, Rhode Island, to Great Bay, Long Island]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees W. Graduated. Contents Note: This chart lacks title, scales and a right-hand
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Piscataqua Harbour and Portsmouth]. There are three variants of this chart in the collection.
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Piscataqua Harbour and Portsmouth]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:25 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 7 degrees 45' W. Graduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: Portsmouth, Maine, New Hampshire. Impri
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Piscataqua Harbour and Portsmouth]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:25 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 7 degrees 45' W. Graduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: Portsmouth, Maine, New Hampshire. Plate
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Piscataqua Harbour and Portsmouth]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:25 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 7 degrees 45' W. Graduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: Portsmouth, Maine, New Hampshire. Plate
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Three views of Forts Montgomery and Clinton and St.Anthony's Nose]. Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Hudson River, New York. Lacks imprint. Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour. Page number '17' type-stamped overleaf.
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Three views of Forts Montgomery and Clinton and St.Anthony's Nose]. Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Hudson River, New York. New plate, aquatint. The views are arranged in a different sequence, are wider and have vessels added. Other feat
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Three views of Forts Montgomery and Clinton and St.Anthony's Nose]. There are two variants of this sheet of views in the collection. Stevens knew of no other copies.
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Title page to the Sea Coast of Nova Scotia section of the Atlantic Neptune]. Single sheet. Engraved. Title Note: The sea coast of Nova Scotia; exhibiting the diversities of the coast, and face of the country near it: the banks, rocks, shoals, soundings,
1779
National Maritime Museum
[Views by] John Hunter delt Oct 1772 Master of the Intrepid, Robt Pye delt 15 Sept 1704, Ship Josia December 1705. Fifteen views
1779
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Town and Harbour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka. This engraving after a drawing by John Webber comes from the official account of Cook's third voyage, 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean', published by Scatcherd and Whitak
Summer 1779
National Maritime Museum
Annotated sketches of the stern, bow and figurehead of the Indiaman Houghton with inscription (on reverse). Bound with PAE9592-PAE9660, PAE9662-PAE9665.; Medium includes graphite.; Page 67.
28 Jan 1779
National Maritime Museum
Captn Thos Forrest. Aetat 50 Midn in the Navy in 1745. Technique includes etching.
30 Jan 1779
National Maritime Museum
The Honourable Augustus Keppel Admiral of the Blue Squadron, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet which engaged and defeated the French on the 27 & 28 of July 1778 off Ushant. Print
2 Mar 1779
National Maritime Museum
Thais. Print, trimmed to image: for a complete version with the inscription, and note, see PAD4301.
10 Mar 1779
National Maritime Museum
Thais. Print. Thais was a celebrated ancient Greek courtesan. The model here has traditionally been identified as the young Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton. However, she was just 14 in 1779 and, at earliest, had only arrived in London the previous year, in
10 Mar 1779
National Maritime Museum
The Honourable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Portland. Framed mezzotint entitled "The Honourable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue in the Possession of His Grace the Duke of Portland".
30 March 1779
National Maritime Museum
The Honble Admiral Keppel. Modelled from the Life by Tassie. Print
3 Apr 1779
National Maritime Museum
The Engagement off Ushant 27th of July 1778 between the British fleet Commanded by Adml Keppel and the French Fleet under Count D'Orvilliers: Drawn by an Officer on board the Victory. Technique includes etching.
10 Apr 1779
National Maritime Museum
Four classical poses: 'Hatred, Love, Moderation, Fury.'. Print by Francesco Bartolozzi after William Hamilton depicting the figures of love, hatred, fury and moderation. The whole page is numbered LXXXIX, indicating that it was a plate from a b
17 April 1779
National Maritime Museum
A View of Bolcheretzkoi, in Kamtschatka. This engraving is after a drawing by John Webber from John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.
Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three se
May 1779
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the islands of Jersey from the survey made by Capt. Clement Lempriere. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, includin
7 May 1779
National Maritime Museum
A general chart of the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, Sark, Herm, Jethou and Alderney, with Cape la Hague and the Caskets. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the T
7 May 1779
National Maritime Museum
A new chart of the islands of Guernsey, with those of Sark, Herm and Jethou... improved from the survey made by Capt. Dobree. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the
7 May 1779
National Maritime Museum
A Youth Rescued from a Shark. Print. Usually now known as 'Brook Watson and the Shark', and commemorating Watson's rescue from an incident in which he lost his leg to a shark in the harbour of Havana, Cuba, the original oil painting is in t
31 May 1779
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the Isle Road and Race of Portland with the Shambles &c.. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, including the Nor
10 June 1779
National Maritime Museum
A plan of the road and harbour of Fowey or Foy by Lieut. James Cook of the Royal Navy. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, inc
10 June 1779
National Maritime Museum
An hydrographical survey of the coast of Devonshire, from Exmouth Bar to Stoke Point, containing the River Ex, Torbay, Dartmouth, Start Bay and Bigbury Bay. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the Eng
10 June 1779
National Maritime Museum
Plymouth Sound, Hamoaze and Catwater surveyed in 1770. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, including the North Sea, with saili
10 June 1779
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the entrance into the Channel containing the west coast of Cornwall and Scilly Islands with all the soundings.. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Th
1 July 1779
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Ganges (1782), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as agreed by the 'General Court of the the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the E
12 July 1779
National Maritime Museum
Alcide (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Alcide (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Deptford Dockyard.
11 August 1779
National Maritime Museum
Alcide (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, gun deck (lower deck), orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Alcide (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Deptford Dockyard.
11 August 1779
National Maritime Museum
Cerberus'(1779); Alcide (1779); Cyclops (1779). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a plan and side elevation through the deck for an 18 pounder carronade mounted on the 'inside' principle, for Cerberus (1779), a 32-gun Fifth Rate frigate and Cyclops
13 September 1779
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pearl and the Santa Monica, 14 September 1779. Shortly after commissioning the British ship ‘Pearl’ Captain George Montagu was cruising off Fayal in the Azores when early in the morning he saw and chased a sail. After several hours he was
1805
National Maritime Museum
A memorable Engagement of Captn Pearson of the Serapis with Paul Jones of the Bon Homme Richard & his Squadron, Sep 23 1779. Print
1781
National Maritime Museum
Sir Charles Hardy Admiral of the White and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's fleet in the Channel. Print
23 Sep 1779
National Maritime Museum
Falmouth and Carreg Road; Helford Sound. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, including the North Sea, with sailing directions.
25 September 1779
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the bays of Polkerris and Mevagizey in Cornwall. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, including the North Sea, with sai
25 September 1779
National Maritime Museum
40ft Gunboat (1779); Number 20 (1779). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 40ft Gunboat, with a stern-mounted gun. According to the annotation Gunboat Number 20 was built in 1779 for t
Circa October 1779
National Maritime Museum
The 'Quebec' and 'Surveillante' in Action, 6 October 1779. The British and French frigate action represented in this painting was desperately fought. The frigates were accompanied by cutters, the 'Quebec', 32 guns, by the
1781
National Maritime Museum
The Liberty of the Subject [the Press Gang] (caricature). [No.15.] At the time this print was made 'liberty' was most generally understood as the concept of 'British liberty' as a whole, in opposition to foreign and especially Catholi
15 Oct 1779
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the Downs with the flats of the North and South Forelands from the observations of Joseph Ross, a Pilot belonging to Trinity House.. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and Fren
20 October 1779
National Maritime Museum
Two views on one sheet. I, Sulpher Island S side dist. 2 miles as seen Monday 15 Nov 1779, at 9 am and II, the W.S.W. side distant 2 miles. See Ellis's Voyages Vol 2 page 323. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist and dated.
1779
National Maritime Museum
Paul Jones shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his colours in an engagement. From the original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles. Hand-coloured.
2 Dec 1779
National Maritime Museum