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).
Model of Earnshaw's escapement. In order to satisfy themselves as to the actual function of the spring detent escapement for marine timekeepers, in March 1804 the Board of Longitude ordered rival Thomas Earnshaw and John Roger Arnold each to make a s
1804
National Maritime Museum
Nevil Maskelyne, fifth Astronomer Royal (1732-1811). This pastel drawing is one of a pair with that of the sitter's wife, Sophia (ZBA5101), both as received in 2012 in their apparently original gilt frames measuring 30 x 24 inches. This one has a rec
circa 1800-02
National Maritime Museum
Norris Castle, Isle of Wight, 1804. No. 10 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801)
Norris Castle was built in 1790 to the designs of James Wyatt. It stands on the site of East Cowes Castle on the north east point of East Cowes. It is possible that Schetky made this dr
1804
National Maritime Museum
Plan and key. The Attack on Boulogne Oct 1804. The original title of this very detailed watercolour drawing, centre bottom, reads: 'A S. E. View of the Town and Harbour of Boulogne with the Encampments on the Heights. Shewing also the situation of th
1804
National Maritime Museum
Plan for close breeching a Carronade in a launch or gun boat. Two impressions stuck on board, the other is PAI2675.
1804
National Maritime Museum
Plan showing two diagrams relating to the doubling of the bottom and topsides for 28-gun Fifth Rate Frigates repairing in Merchant Yards.. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing two diagrams relating to the doubling of the bottom and topsides for 28-gun Fifth Rate Fr
October 1804
National Maritime Museum
Plan showing two diagrams relating to the doubling of the bottom and topsides for 28-gun Fifth Rate Frigates repairing in Merchant Yards.. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing two diagrams relating to the doubling of the bottom and topsides for 28-gun Fifth Rate Fr
October 1804
National Maritime Museum
Presentation sword. Presentation sword, which belonged to Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817). The hilt of the sword consists of a gold lion's-head pommel and knuckle-bow guard made in the form of a serpent, with its head forming the quillo
1804
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, River Fencibles 1804. Engraved prize medal, Corps of River Fencibles of the City of London. Obverse: Within a border of palm leaves, separated by four roses at the cardinal points of the compass, a female figure of London standing, robed, her
1804
National Maritime Museum
Queen Isabella of England landing at Boulogne & entering the Abbey. Print
1804
National Maritime Museum
Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy. A New Game. An astronomical board game entitled 'Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy; A New & Instructive Pastime. Revised & approved by Mrs. Bryan; Blackheath', 'Publishe
1804
National Maritime Museum
Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy. A New Game. An astronomical board game, folded into cardboard slip case, entitled 'Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy; A New & Instructive Pastime. Revised & approved by Mrs. Bryan
1804
National Maritime Museum
Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy. A New Game. Cardboard slip case for astronomy game entitled 'Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy; A New & Instructive Pastime. Revised & approved by Mrs. Bryan; Blackheath',
1804
National Maritime Museum
Seagull (1805); Nightingale (1805); Oberon (1805); Imogen (1805); Savage (1805); Electra (1806); Paulina (1805); Delight (1806); Satellite (1806); Sheldrake (1806); Skylark (1806); Orestes (1805); Julia (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan wit
24 December 1804
National Maritime Museum
Sir George Grenville's Gallant Defence of the Revenge. Technique includes etching.
1804
National Maritime Museum
The Expedition of Africa, undertaken by the Duke de Bourbon, as General in Chief, with several other English & French Knights, at the entreaty of the Genoese. Print
1804
National Maritime Museum
The southern coast of Spain, from Cadiz to Cape de Palos, and the northern coast of Africa, from Cape Spartel to Cape de Tenez: reduced from the late surveys made by Don Vicente Tofino, &c. Embellished with a view by John Knight Esqr. Rear Admiral of
1804
National Maritime Museum
Yacht race off Noris Castle Isle of Wight 1804. No. 11 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801)
Norris Castle, suggested above the line of yachts was built in 1790 to the designs of James Wyatt. It stands on the site of East Cowes Castle on the north east point of East
1804
National Maritime Museum
'Amphitrite' (captured 1804), later 'Blanche' (renamed 1805). Scale: 1:72? (graduated bar scale). A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Amphitrite' (1
Circa 1797
National Maritime Museum
Chart of the Red Sea. Scale: 1:1,500,000. Dedication to Lord Viscount Valentia. Depicts the Northern part of the Red Sea
1804-5
National Maritime Museum
Chart of the Red Sea. Scale: 1:1,500,000. Dedication to Lord Viscount Valentia. Depicts the Southern part of the Red Sea.
1804-5
National Maritime Museum
Dutch Embarkation, or, Needs must when the Devil Drives (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Jan 1804
National Maritime Museum
Patience on a Monument smiling at Grief (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Jan 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Queen's House and Greenwich Hospital. A view of the Queen's House from the low ground of Greenwich Park to the south-west, with the dome of the Queen Mary Court visible immediately to the left of the House and the dome of the King William Co
before 1807
National Maritime Museum
'The Hall of Greenwich Hospital, Kent'. A view of the dome and north-east corner of the King William Court of Greenwich Hospital, with the Painted Hall north facade behind, taken from abreast of the matching north-west corner of the Queen Mary C
1 January 1804
National Maritime Museum
A Scene on board a Margate Hoy as described by Dibdin (caricature). A deck-scene on board a Margate hoy - the regular sailing vessels running between that north Kent coastal resort and London, and points in between. It shows the vessel going about and a v
2 Jan 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Perilous situation of the crew of His Majesty's Packet Lady Hobart after she had struck upon an Island of Ice in the Atlantic Ocean. The Falmouth registered Post Office packet ‘Lady Hobart’, commanded by William Dorset Fellowes was bo
2 Jan 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Perilous situation of the crew of His Majesty's Packet Lady Hobart after she had struck upon an Island of Ice in the Atlantic Ocean. The Falmouth registered Post Office packet ‘Lady Hobart’, commanded by William Dorset Fellowes was bo
2 January 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Coffin Expedition or Boney's Invincible Armada Half Seas Over (caricature). Print 'The Coffin Expedition or Boney's Invincible Armada Half Seas Over (caricature)'.
One of many prints published in the months after the renewal of wa
Published 6 January 1804
National Maritime Museum
Message from President Jefferson to Congress Regarding the Louisiana Purchase, 01/16/1804 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 16 Jan 1804
The U.S. National Archives
Jack bringing a Pirate into Port. (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Plate No.330.; Text in English below image.
18 Jan 1804
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Frigates Stationed in the Hope under the Command of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House. In 1803 several frigates commanded and crewed by Trinity House volunteers blockaded the Thames at Lower Hope as a defence against a threatened Frenc
20 Jan 1804
National Maritime Museum
Memorial of the American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 01/23/1804 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 23 Jan 1804
The U.S. National Archives
Carriage for a 12 pounder Carronade (1804). Scale: 1:6. Plan showing the elevation and plan for a carriage for a 12 pounder Carronade, adapted for small vessels to fire in every direction and only requiring a space of six foot six inches clear deck and n
February 1804
National Maritime Museum
Finland Wood Barks. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.
1 Feb 1804
National Maritime Museum
London from Greenwich Park, Kent. Print. A romantic and perspectivally distorted view over Greenwich towards London from One-Tree Hill in Greenwich Park. The spire's of St Alfege's Church, Greenwich, and St Nicholas, Deptford, are in the left. T
1 Feb 1804
National Maritime Museum
Cutting out the 'Curieux' at Martinique, 3 February 1804. The French brig sloop ‘Curieux’ was fitted out at Martinique in order to attack British interests. As she was a threat to British West Indian commerce, the British Commodore H
1805
National Maritime Museum
23ft Launch for HMS Texel (1799). No scale. Plan showing the profile, rigging and sails, and section, and sheer legs for lowering a cannon onto the 23ft launch of the Texel (1799) a 64-gun Third Rate converted to a Floating Battery. The plan also shows
9 February 1804
National Maritime Museum
Griper (1804), Furious (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with a scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Griper (1804) and Furious (1804), both 12-gun Gunbrigs built by Messrs Brindley at Ki
11 February 1804
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the islands in the China Sea near the Straits of Malacca with the positions of the English fleet and the squadron of Admiral Linois on the 14 & 15th Feby. 1804.. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: On modern backing sheet. Physical descri
1804
National Maritime Museum
Repulse of Linois by the China Fleet... Ships in the Fleet making Sail in pursuit if the retreating Enemy, 15 Feb 1804. Hand-coloured.
Jan 1805
National Maritime Museum
To George Montagu, Esqr Admiral of the Blue and Naval Commander in Chief at Portsmouth. This Print representing the French Gun Vessels, Captured Jany 31 1804, by His Majesty's Ships Tribune And Hydra.... inscribed by.... Rd Livesay. French Gun-Boats.
21 Feb 1804
National Maritime Museum
To George Montagu, Esqr Admiral of the Blue and Naval Commander in Chief at Portsmouth. This Print representing the French Gun Vessels, Captured Jany 31 1804, by His Majesty's Ships Tribune And Hydra....inscribed by.... Rd Livesay. Print
21 Feb 1804
National Maritime Museum
Sir John Moore Bart K B Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Engraved by Ridley from a Painting in the possession of the Revd James Stainer Clarke, Domestic Chaplain to his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Print
29 Feb 1804
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl.
Paper watermarked: 1804
National Maritime Museum
Merton Place in Surry, the Seat of Admiral Lord Nelson. Technique includes engraving.; Pl.55.
1 Mar 1804
National Maritime Museum
'Etna' [Aetna] (1804). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, section at forward bomb bed, upper deck, fore and aft platforms for the 'Etna' [Aetna] (1804). The ship was a bomb vessel and these plans display how she was fitt
12 March 1804
National Maritime Museum
To The Rt Honble George Lord Keith... This Plate representing the Commencement of the Action of the Adml Mitchell Cutter... with a French Gun-brig and Six Armed Sloops and Schooners, near Boulogne, Oct 31 1803 Is... Inscribed by... R Livesay. Hand-coloure
12 Mar 1804
National Maritime Museum
To The Rt Honble George Lord Keith... This Plate representing the Conclusion of the Action of the Adml Mitchell Cutter... with a French Gun-Brig and Six Armed Sloops and Schooners, near Boulogne, Octr 31 1803 Is... Inscribed by... R Livesay. Print
12 Mar 1804
National Maritime Museum
Loss of the 'Magnificent', 25 March 1804. The wreck of the 'Magnificent', 74 guns, took place early in the Napoleonic War, 1803-15. Commanded by Captain W. H. Jervis (formerly Ricketts), the ship was one of twenty sail of the line bloc
1839
National Maritime Museum
Adonis (1806); Alban (1806); Alphea (1806); Bacchus (1806); Barbara (1806); Cassandra (1806); Claudia (1806), Laura (1806); Olympia (1806); Sylvia (1806); Vesta (1806); Zenobia (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan hsowing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower
April 1804
National Maritime Museum
Griper (1804), Furious (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Griper (1804) and Furious (1804), both 12-gun Gunbrigs built by Messrs Brindley at King's Lynn.
Note that the Admiralty stamp claims Flam
2 April 1804
National Maritime Museum
'Greenwich Park, with the Royal Observatory, on Easter Monday'. This is a well-known image of Greenwich at the time of its Easter Fair, which filled the streets of the town until the parish authorities abolished it in 1857 as deleterious to good
20 Apr 1804
National Maritime Museum
Hardy (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Hardy (1804), a 12-gun Brig building at Wearmouth, Sunderland by Mr Roxby.
Signed by John Henlsow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
Dated: 20 April 1804
National Maritime Museum
Mary Anne Talbot, Who served Several Years in His Majesty's Service by Sea & Land in the Name of John Taylor. Aged 26. Print
20 Apr 1804
National Maritime Museum
Naval Pillar. This is a design for a monument on Greenwich Hill to commemorate the naval heroes and victories of the French Wars from 1793 on - but excluding Trafalgar, which it predates. It includes a statue of Nelson, among others, but it was never buil
Published May 1804
National Maritime Museum
Guards on and off duty at Alexandria, ca.1804 (panorama). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.4.
Jun 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Scotch Neptune displaying a signal to Friends in the North!! (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Jun 1804
National Maritime Museum
London. Plate III (showing St Paul's Cathedral, London Bridge and the River Thames, 1804). Hand-coloured.
1 Jun 1804
National Maritime Museum
Attentive (1804), Cheerly (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Attentive (1804) and Cheerly (1804), both 12-gun Gunbrigs built by Messrs Bools &
4 June 1804
National Maritime Museum
George Wallis. The late Celebrated Antiquary & Gunsmith of Hull. Print
20 Jun 1804
National Maritime Museum
The 'Victory' in Naples Bay, 25 June 1804. The sixth in a series of ten drawings (PAF5871–PAF5874, PAF5876, PAF5880–PAF5881 and PAF5883–PAF5885) of mainly lesser-known incidents in Nelson's career, apparently intended for
1810
National Maritime Museum
Forward (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Forward (1805), a 12-gun Gunboat, later Brig.
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor o
28 June 1804
National Maritime Museum
Alexander Hamilton's "Statement of My Property and Debts, with Remarks", 07/01/1804 (page 2 of 4)
Taken 1 Jul 1804
The U.S. National Archives