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 the abolition of the slave trade. This medal, in its original holder, was produced for distribution in Sierra Leone and was intended to deter African traders from sending slaves to the coast. The obverse depicts a European and an Afric
1807
National Maritime Museum
Nelson (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Nelson (1814), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker. The shows her design prior to the alteration for a round bow.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of
28 February 1807
National Maritime Museum
Nelson (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Nelson (1814), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan was sent to Woolwich Dockyard for building Nelson, but her keel was not laid down until December 1809. The plan i
Circa October 1807
National Maritime Museum
Nelson's Flagships at Anchor. A composite picture showing five of the ships in which Nelson served as a captain and flag officer from the start of the French Wars in 1793 to his death in 1805. The artist has depicted them drying sails in a calm at Sp
1807
National Maritime Museum
Non-regulation cocked hat. This cocked hat, of beaver felt, is an example of the type of non-regulation clothing that was often worn with uniform. From 1795 the regulations did include hats, but officers often chose to personalise their uniform. The edges
1807
National Maritime Museum
Non-regulation shirt. This shirt is an example of the type of non-regulation garment that was worn with uniform. It is a rare survival, and illustrates the cut and style that was fashionable in the early 18th century. The shirt features a high collar, whi
1807
National Maritime Museum
Penny. Obverse: Head of George III (right). Legend: 'GEORGIUS III D : G . REX'. Reverse: A crowned harp. Legend: 'BRITANNIA'. Legends enclosed in a border and hardly readable.
1807
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after end of the lower deck illustrating the cabin arrangement for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. Royal Sovereign was in Plymouth Dockyard undergoing middling to large repa
circa early January 1807
National Maritime Museum
S'Lands de Erfprins, van, Bronswyck. Onder Commando van den Capitn. Pr. Hartsinck in den jaare 1793 tot den jaare 1799, zeylande met Convooy. This is a monochrome watercolour print of the Dutch 34-gun frigate (?)‘Zeylende’ with her convoy
1807
National Maritime Museum
Sheffield Plate tray. Tray owned by Vice-Admiral Nelson's daughter Horatia Nelson (1801-81).
Plain oval Sheffield plate tray with a gadrooned rim, standing on four feet. The centre is engraved with two putti holding a ribbon inscribed 'HORATIA
1807
National Maritime Museum
Sir Sidney Smith. This Print Engraved fron an Original Picture is Dedicated to the King's most excellent Majesty. Print
1807
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Stand for terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere include two notes in the north polar area: 'the sea seen by Mr. Herne in 1771' and 'the sea seen by Mc..kenzie 1789'. Australia is labelled
1807
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere include two notes in the north polar area: 'the sea seen by Mr. Herne in 1771' and 'the sea seen by Mc..kenzie 1789'. Australia is labelled 'NEW
1807
National Maritime Museum
The Immortality of Nelson. Although the victory at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, was a cause for national celebration, for Britain it also resulted in the loss of Nelson. His death at the height of his fame inspired a cult of hero-worship and images of Nels
1807
National Maritime Museum
The overland routs [sic] to India, by Russia, Turkey and Persia.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Mercator projection, meridian of London. Contents Note: Dedication to the proprietors of East India stock.
1807
National Maritime Museum
Town of Grisse fallen from the Dutch 1807. Stored in album with PAH3803-PAH3823, PAH3825.
1807
National Maritime Museum
Two unnamed 62ft Mooring Lighters (1807). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck with alterations to the windlass, for two unnamed 62ft Mooring Lighters to be built at North Yarmouth by Mr John Preston, for use at Chatham Dockyard.
Initialled by Rober
Circa January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Varley's Drawing Book of Boats... No.1. Rowing boat at Lowestoft, 1807, with sailing vessels beyond. Bound in pamphlet with PAF5137-PAF5139.
1807
National Maritime Museum
William Wilberforce, 1759-1833. William Wilberforce (1759–1833) was born into a merchant family in Hull. He studied at Cambridge University, where he befriended the future prime minister, William Pitt. Wilberforce was elected MP for Hull in 1780 and
1807
National Maritime Museum
York Election ticket, Henry Lascelles. York election ticket. Obverse: Legend: 'LASCELLES' inscribed above two leafy branches 'FOR EVER'. Reverse: Inscription: 'IN MIND INDEPENDENT IN EXERTION INDEFATIGABLE'. Pierced with a su
1807
National Maritime Museum
York Election ticket, William Wilberforce. York election ticket. Obverse: Legend: 'WILBERFORCE' inscription 'FOR EVER'. Reverse: Inscription, 'HUMANITY IS THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE'.
The 1807 Yorkshire parliamentary election
1807
National Maritime Museum
[Sketch map of the Great Dismal Swamp]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Scale in miles. Additional Places: Virginia, North Carolina. Contents Note: Shows the Great Dismal Swamp Canal, linking Chesapeake Bay in the north w
1807
National Maritime Museum
. Length of white metal chain with two watch keys, a fob and a clip associated with watch JEW0250.
National Maritime Museum
. Pocket watch in silver pair case (composite). Thirty hour duration, single train, gilt metal four pillar fusee movement with verge escapement. Brass balance with steel flat spiral balance spring. Pierced and engraved balance bridge. Silver regulating d
1807-08 (outer case)
National Maritime Museum
Button, Honourable East India Company uniform: pattern. Two buttons. Rope twist outer edge. Within a wide circular border on a textured background is a lion, standing on the left hind leg on a rope, holding a crown.
before 1807
National Maritime Museum
George III terrestrial floor globe. One of a pair of 18 inch diameter floor globes (the celestial globe is ZBA5106). It is mounted in a mahagony tripod stand with a compass in the base. The dedication, below a cameo of Captain Cook supported by the seated
1807 or later
National Maritime Museum
A Bermudian Sloop, with a view upon the Spanish Main ca.1807. Technique includes etching.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
A schooner with a view of New York. Gvelette, et vue de New York. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Getting up a Kedge Anchor. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Heaving a Lead. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7766. See PAD7785 for further information.
Published 1 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Heaving the Lead. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7765. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount And Baron Nelson, Drawn from life the 11th Decr 1800 by S. De Koster. Engraved from the original Drawing in his Possession by T.Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount And Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th December 1800 by S. De Koster. Engraved from the original drawing in his possession by T. Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount and Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th December 1800 by, S. De Koster. Engraved from the original drawing in his possession by T. Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount And Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th Decr 1800 by S. De Koster. Engraved from the original Drawing in his Possession by T. Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Nelson, Lord Viscount and Baron Nelson. Drawn from Life the 11th Decr 1800 by, S. De Koster. Engraved from the original Drawing in his Possession by T Burke. Print
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Launching a Dover Cutter. Hand-coloured.See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Men of War getting under weigh. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Porträtt av Knut Gustaf Winroth, underlöjtnant vid Göta livgarde I 2.
1 January 1807
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Post Captain. This is one of the 33 plates that made up the first and only volume published (of three intended, comprising 100 in all) of Atkinson's 'A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sailor (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: dress, seaman's.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sailors. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7762. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Sailors. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD7763. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
The Fisherman. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Watermen. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured. See PAD7785 for further information.
1 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
Two unnamed 62ft Mooring Lighters (1807). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for two unnamed 62ft Mooring Lighters to be built at North Yarmouth by Mr John Preston,
13 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 18
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Pea
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Saint Domingo (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
14 January 1807
National Maritime Museum
The Rapenburg, Leiden, three Days after the Explosion of a Powder Ship on 12 January 1807
15 January 1807
Rijksmuseum
The True Briton East Indiaman sailing from the Outward bound East India Dock.... Hand-coloured.
30 Jan 1807
National Maritime Museum
To the Immortal Memory of...Nelson...This Representation of the Commencement of the Engagement with the Combined... Fleets off Cape Trafalgar on the 21st Oct 1805...is inscribed.... Hand-coloured and one of a set of three, PAI5438 (PAI6132 being another c
1 Feb 1807
National Maritime Museum
To the Immortal Memory...This Representation of the Commencement of the Engagement with the Combined French and Spanish Fleets off Cape Trafalgar, on the 21st Oct 1805. Hand-coloured and one of a set of three, PAI 6132 (PAI5438 being another copy), PAI61
1 Feb 1807
National Maritime Museum
'Invincible' (1808); 'Chatham' (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section for 'Invincible' (1808), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates the method of securing the beams to the sides in lieu of wood
12 February 1807
National Maritime Museum
63ft Sailing Vessel (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with modified inboard detail, and modified longitudinal half-breadth for building a single-masted sixty-three foot sailing vessel for Plymouth Dockyard.
Signed by Jo
13 February 1807
National Maritime Museum
Duckworth's action in the Dardanelles, sketch plan showing the position of the ships 14 Feb, 1807 with descriptive notes by Pocock. original art: drawing
1807
National Maritime Museum
'Invincible' (1808); 'Chatham' (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the longitudinal half-breadths and profiles for the orlop deck and forward part of the lower deck for 'Invincible' (1808), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The
18 February 1807
National Maritime Museum
Prise du Cutter Anglais Swan, par Le Corsaire Francais La Reciprocite, Capitaine J Pouchin, conjointent avec Le Voltigeur en Mars 1807. English cutter Swan taken by French privateers La Reciprocite and Le Voltigeur March 1807.
This depicts an action six l
Mar 1807
National Maritime Museum
Mount Vernon, the Seat of the late President Washington. Technique includes aquatint and roulette work.
1 Mar 1807
National Maritime Museum
View of the City and Port, of Philadelphia, on the Delaware, taken from Kensington. Technique includes aquatint.
1 Mar 1807
National Maritime Museum
His Majesty's Ship Pallas, after having run La Minerve on board, with a View of the Rochefort Squadron and the Frigates sent to assist La Minerve and Brigs. Hand-coloured.
7 Mar 1807
National Maritime Museum
'Saltash' (1807); 'Goodwill' (1810); unnamed sailing yard craft for Jamaica (c1808). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing a body plan with pencilled internal details and stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and a longitudinal
April 1807
National Maritime Museum
22 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail for a 22 ft Yawl.
Annotation dated: April 1807
National Maritime Museum
25ft Gig (1806). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing two body plans, a sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and the longitudinal half deck plan for a six-oared 25ft Gig (1806), built for Captain Baker, October 1806.
Signed by George Hilh
April 1807
National Maritime Museum
John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the Hall of Greenwich Hospital. One of the Pensioners who had the task of 'showing' the Painted Hall to visitors. Two 'country cousins' stand behind him ogling the west wall representation of the Han
26 April 1807
National Maritime Museum
Captain Fleetwood Pellew commanding H.M. Ship Terpsichore against Dutch vessels in Batavia Roads 24 Nov. 1806. Drawn at Madras, May 1807. Medium includes crayon.
May 1807
National Maritime Museum
Peruvian (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Peruvian (1808), an 18-gun Brig Sloop (Brigantine) building at Bursledon by Messrs Parsons. The ship was in fact built at Warsash as George Parsons had to move h
11 May 1807
National Maritime Museum