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).
The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. The second of a pair of paintings showing an action between the British ship 'Spartan' and Neapolitan and French squadron in the Bay of Naples (
1810
National Maritime Museum
Relief of Gibraltar by Lord Howe, Oct 11 1782 Panoramic view of the Fleet with portraits either end of Admirals Howe and Barrington. Print. The Serres painting formed the 'predella' originally exhibited below Copley's huge 'Siege of
22 May 1810
National Maritime Museum
Hotun, on the Canton River. Hotun was a small village on the Canton River. The image shows a traditional village in the Pearl River Delta.
1 June 1810
National Maritime Museum
Near Whampoa, China. The island of Whampoa lies in the Pearl River, seventy miles north of Macao and ten miles south of Canton. When Canton was designated the only port for trade, between 1757 and 1842, Whampoa became the busiest anchorage under the admin
1 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
The Rt Honble Lord Collingwood. Engraved by permission of Messrs Clay & Scriven. Print
1 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital. An engraving of Greenwich Hospital as seen from the Thames, dated 4 June 1810. The Royal Hospital for Seamen at Grenwich was founded by Queen Mary, and the first pensioners were admitted in 1705. In addition to the in-pensioners, the
4 June 1810
National Maritime Museum
New South Wales, view of Sydney from the Eastside of the Cove, No 1. Hand-coloured.; Exhibition: Nottingham 1990.; Exhibition: Bligh. Cat No.13.17.
4 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
New South Wales, view of Sydney from the Westside of the Cove, No 1. Hand-coloured.; Exhibition: Bligh 1990?.
4 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
John Charnock Esq. Author of an History of Marine Architecture Biographia Navalis &c. died May 16th 1807, aged 51. In respect and affection to whose memory this Portrait after an Original Picture by Maria Singleton, has been Engraved by the order of H
8 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
Design for a bridge proposed to be built over the Straits of Menai, at the Swelly Rocks. 1802. Plate 352.; Technique includes etching.
9 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
The Rt Honble Molyneux Lord Shuldham, Admiral of the White Squadron. Print
30 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
The Rt. Honble. Molyneux Lord Shuldham Admiral of the White Squadron. Print
30 Jun 1810
National Maritime Museum
Scene on the Canton River. This image represents a typical scene with various Chinese junks on the Canton River outside the city. To the left lies the east city wall. Along the river in the distance is Lob Creek (Chigang) pagoda.
1 July 1810
National Maritime Museum
Whampoa Pagoda. Whampoa pagoda was regarded by westerners as a symbol of China. It was visible along the Pearl River up to Whampoa and became a familiar sight to all Westerners who traded with China. It has nine stories and was most probably used as a wat
1 Jul 1810
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with a 'pink' stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Cambridge (1815), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker. A copy of this plan was sent to Deptford Doc
14 July 1810
National Maritime Museum
Captain John Shortland, 1769-1810. This print is based on a miniature of the sitter also in the Museum (MNT0089), this copy being presented with it by the same donor in 1978. It originally accompanied a memoir of Shortland published in the 'Naval Chr
31 July 1810
National Maritime Museum
Hoe Chu Fou Toe a Chinese Fort near Canton. Hoe Chu Fou Toe (Dutch Folly Fort) was one of the most popular motifs for Western artists visiting Canton from 1780. It was an oval fort built by Dutchmen on a sand bar in the Canton River. It lay about 800 metr
1 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Purfleet. Copper-plate print, entitled 'Purfleet'. Purfleet is on the Essex (north) shore of the Thames 16 miles east of London. This print is one in Owen's series 'The Thames' of 1809-11.
1 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
South West View of Canton. Hoe Chu Fou Toe (Dutch Folly Fort) on the Canton River lies east of the foreign factories. The factories can be seen in the background.
1 Aug 1810
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Launching of his Majesty's Ship Queen Charlotte from Deptford Yard July 17th 1810. Hand-coloured.
7 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
'The Empress's wish or Boney Puzzled!!' (caricature). Print 'The Empress's wish or Boney Puzzled!! (caricature)'.
A satire on Napoleon’s frustration and anger at British superiority and strength in the naval war. Playi
Published 9 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Achates (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration detail, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Achates (captured 1809), a captured French Bri
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Achates (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Achates (captured 1809), a captured French Brig as fitted at Deptford Dockyard as a 16-gun Brig.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Deptfor
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Salisbury (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building Salisbury (1814), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Salisbury (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Salisbury (1814), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with 'pink' stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cambridge (1815), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-181
15 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Wm Hodges R A. Mounted in album with PAI2280-PAI2373, PAI2375-PAI2464.; Vignette.; Page 48.
15 Aug 1810
National Maritime Museum
Goodwill (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with proposed alterations to the bulkhead and stem for the Goodwill (1810), a sailing Lighter for Chatham.
Signed by George Parkin [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard 1806-1813].
21 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Vautour (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Vautour (1809), a 16 gun Brig/Sloop brought, incomplete, from Flushing and completed at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Sepp
September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Vautour (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Vautour (1809), a 16 gun Brig/Sloop brought, incomplete, from Flushing and completed at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Master Shipwright Chatham D
September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Vautour (1809). SCale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Vautour (1809), a 16 gun Brig/Sloop brought, incomplete, from Flushing and completed at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Master Shipwright Chatham Dockyard, 1803-1813].
September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Chinese Pavillion. Besides the typical scenes of European factories, Chinese junks and pagodas on the Pearl River, Daniells also described traditional Chinese buildings and people. This image shows a Chinese pavilion, a tower and several Chinese officials
1 Sep 1810
National Maritime Museum
Dartmoor Prison & English Barracks (the American Prisoners of War confined here) With key (Hulks 5). Plate 19 Vol 4.; No.21.
1 Sep 1810
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Cambridge (1815), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates the air openings within the frames.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813], and H
10 September 1810
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Jos
18 September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Goodwill (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, and deck plan forward of the mast illustrating the store rooms and platform for Goodwill (1810), a sailing Lighter for Chatham as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by George Parkin [Ma
26 September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Cape Ricardo, Straits of Malacca. Print. Cape Rachado, or Tanjung Tuan, was chosen by the Portuguese as the site for a lighthouse, built in 1528-29. The battle of Cape Rachado was fought between the Portuguese and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) fleets
1 Oct 1810
National Maritime Museum
Pedro Branco, Straits of Malacca. Print. 'Pedro Branco.' Plate 44 from T. and W. Daniell, 'A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the way of China'. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810.
1 Oct 1810
National Maritime Museum
Investigator (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Investigator (1811) as a 6-gun Survey Vessel. Signed Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy,
15 October 1810
National Maritime Museum
'Chatham' (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Chatham' (1812), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Edward Sison [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1801-1816].
17 October 1810
National Maritime Museum
Broadside view of a fighting vessel with a vessel in full sail beyond and other shipping in 'A Brisk Gale'. Technique includes etching.
2 Nov 1810
National Maritime Museum
Fighting and sailing vessels 'At Anchor' in a calm sea. Technique includes etching.
2 Nov 1810
National Maritime Museum
Fighting and sailing vessels at sea in 'A Calm'. Technique includes etching.
2 Nov 1810
National Maritime Museum
Fighting vessels and sailing vessels at sea near a lighthouse in 'A Fresh Breeze'. Technique includes etching.
2 Nov 1810
National Maritime Museum
Dart (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan,, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dart (1810), a Cutter, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsm
Dated: 9 November 1810
National Maritime Museum
Isle of France No.2. A West View of the Moulin a Pondre, where the British Army halted, 30th Novr 1810. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
National Maritime Museum