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).
Guadeloupe (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Guadeloupe (captured 1809), a captured French brig, as taken off at Deptford Dockyard
6 June 1811
National Maritime Museum
Guadeloupe (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Guadeloupe (captured 1809), a captured French brig, as fitted at Deptford Dockyard as a 16-gun brig sloop.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 1806-
6 June 1811
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Barham' pane of glass. Square pane of glass with roughly engraved inscription in cursive script 'Barham 74. 1811.' This refers to the launch of HMS 'Barham', a 3rd-rate of 74 guns, built by Perry, Wells & Green, a
1811
National Maritime Museum
Hampshire shilling token. Hampshire shilling token. Obverse: Arms, a crowned rose on shield, date below, '1811'. Legend: 'HAMPSHIRE SILVER TOKEN'. Reverse: Port broadside of a sloop under sail (bowsprit pointing to letter T). Legend: &
1811
National Maritime Museum
Hampshire shilling token. Hampshire shilling token. Obverse: Arms, a crowned rose on shield, date below. Legend: 'HAMPSHIRE SILVER TOKEN'. Below shield '1811'. Reverse: Port broadside of a sloop under sail (Bowsprit pointing to TO). Le
1811
National Maritime Museum
Hampshire sixpence token. Hampshire sixpence token. Obverse: A crowned rose on shield. Legend: 'HAMPSHIRE SILVER TOKEN'. Date below: '1811'. Reverse: Port broadside view of a ship under sail. Legend: 'VALUE SIXPENCE'. Below:
1811
National Maritime Museum
Horatia Nelson (1801-1881). (Updated, January 2011) Head-and-part-shoulders marble bust on a round socle, the sitter's head turned half to her left, with short curly hair in natural disorder and bare shoulders. The right shoulder has a grey vein in t
1811
National Maritime Museum
Jupiter (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Jupiter (1813), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, building at Plymouth Dockyard. This plan was in lieu of the framing profile sent on 29 August 1810 (ZAZ1770).
Initialled b
30 May 1813
National Maritime Museum
Looking at the comet till you get a criek in the neck. Hand-coloured satirical print, published in 1811, showing a domestic scene of an older man, wearing a dressing gown and night-cap, looking out of a window with a spyglass at the comet of that year. He
1811
National Maritime Museum
Lowestoft penny token. Lowestoft penny token. Obverse: Britannia seated on the shore, her right arm resting on an anchor, her left hand pointing to the sea, a ship in the distance. Legend: 'SUCCESS TO THE LOWESTOFT FISHERIES'. Exergue: '181
1811
National Maritime Museum
Margaret Maskelyne, Lady Clive (1735-1817). A head and shoulders portrait facing left, with the sitter in near profile looking slightly down and wearing a possibly silk cap on a high-dressed hairstyle, the hair being a greying light brown: at the time the
1811
National Maritime Museum
Nelson (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Nelson (1814), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822]
20 July 1811
National Maritime Museum
Nelson (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Nelson (1814), a 120-gun, First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822] and William Rule [Surve
20 July 1811
National Maritime Museum
Newcastle-upon-Tyne penny token. Newcastle-upon-Tyne penny token. Obverse: Stern view of a brig sails furled, moored alongside a wharf and house (right). Legend: 'BEWICKE MAIN COLLIERY . 1811'. Reverse: Inscription within a circle, 'ONE PEN
1811
National Maritime Museum
Newport shilling token. Newport shilling token. Obverse: Port broadside view of an antique ship with single sail. Legend: 'NEWPORT ISLE OF WIGHT 1811'. Reverse: Inscription, 'ONE SHILLING SILVER TOKEN'. Legend: 'MAY PLENTY CROWN O
1811
National Maritime Museum
Newport shilling token. Newport shilling token. Obverse: Port broadside view of an antique ship with single sail. Legend: 'NEWPORT ISLE OF WIGHT 1811'. Reverse: Inscription, 'ONE SHILLING SILVER TOKEN'. Legend: 'MAY PLENTY CROWN O
1811
National Maritime Museum
One-Tree Hill, Greenwich Park (caricature). A commentary on the traditional, popular pastime of 'tumbling' on the hills of Greenwich Park, in this case One-Tree Hill on the east side rather than below the Observatory. Rolling down the hill was c
1811
National Maritime Museum
Portsmouth Point (caricature). Mounted with PAG8621.; Hand-coloured.; No.108.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
1811
National Maritime Museum
Portsmouth shilling token. Portsmouth shilling token. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of a three-masted ship under sail, date below '1811'. Legend: 'LET COMMERCE FLOURISH. ISSUED BY I M STEPHENS'. Reverse: Inscription, 'VALUE XI
1811
National Maritime Museum
President (captured 1806). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and fore, middle and after platforms for President (captured 1806), a captured French Frigate, as fitted as a 36-gun Frigate for service off the
21 January 1811
National Maritime Museum
Sailors on Horseback (caricature). Mounted with PAG8618.; Hand-coloured.; No.107.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
1811
National Maritime Museum
Sheffield halfpenny token. Sheffield halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY.' Reverse: legend, 'HALFPENNY T
1811
National Maritime Museum
Sheffield halfpenny token. Sheffield halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY.' Reverse: Legend, 'HALFPENNY T
1811
National Maritime Museum
Sheffield halfpenny token. Sheffield halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY.' Reverse: Legend, 'HALFPENNY TOKEN
1811
National Maritime Museum
Shilling token commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Shilling token commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Obverse: Bust of the Admiral Lord Nelson in a tie-wig and uniform (left). Legend: 'COMMERCIAL TOKEN. I . B .
1811
National Maritime Museum
Snap (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Snap (captured 1808), a captured French brig fitted as a 16-gun Brig. The pl
19 June 1811
National Maritime Museum
Snap (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for Snap (captured 1808), a captured French brig fitted as a 16-gun Brig. The plan illustrates the ship prior to being broken up in 1811 at Sheerness.
Signed by George Parkin
19 June 1811
National Maritime Museum
The 'Defence' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794. An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the
1811
National Maritime Museum
The Brig 'Ariel'. A portrait of a brig shown in three positions, a common convention of ship portraiture. In the centre the vessel is shown in port-broadside view, to the left in stern view and to the right in bow view. The main image shows the
1811
National Maritime Museum
The Cathedral of Mahon, 1811. Mounted in album with PAH3634-PAH3655, PAH3657-PAH3770.
1811
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighter (1812). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building an unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighter (1812), at Port
27 December 1811
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighter (1812). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck for building a 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighter at Portsmouth Dockyard for use as a stone carrier in Plymouth Sound.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of th
27 December 1811
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed Portuguese 182ft 74-gun Third Rate two decker (no date). Scale: 1:64. Plan showing the body plan with wales outlines, sheer lines with inboard detail and some decoration detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with some deck detail, for an unnamed P
Circa February 1811
National Maritime Museum
View of Hereford Cathedral from the river. Bound with PAD7649-PAD7659, PAD7661-PAD7686.
This view of Hereford Cathedral from the river was published on July 31, 1811, by T.Palser.
1811
National Maritime Museum
London, from Greenwich. Picture in the possession of Walter Fawkes Esqr. of Farnley. A plate from Turner's 'Liber Studiorum', based on his oil of 'London' (Butlin & Joll, no. 97), which he exhibited at his own gallery at his h
1 January 1811
National Maritime Museum
Swift (purchased 1804). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing an incomplete inboard profile for Swift (1804), a purchased 18-gun Sloop as fitted for a Storeship at Deptford Dockyard, October 1810.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Dept
19 January 1811
National Maritime Museum
Swift (purchased 1804). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing the lower deck, with modifications, for Swift (1804) a purchased 18-gun Sloop as fitted for a Storeship at Deptford Dockyard, October 1810.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright,
19 January 1811
National Maritime Museum
Swift (purchased 1804). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing the upper deck for Swift (1804), a purchased 18-gun Sloop as fitted for a Storeship at Deptford Dockyard, October 1810.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard,
19 January 1811
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 10-oared 26 ft Yawl to be built at Portsmouth Dockyard. This may be an 1823 copy of the 1811 plan that was sent to Portsmouth, whic
Original dated: 25 January 1811
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 10-oared 26 ft Yawl to be built at Chatham Dockyard. Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Dated: 22 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 14 oared, 32 ft Pinnace, to be built at Chatham Dockyard. Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Dated: 22 February 1811
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 10-oared 26 ft Yawl to be built at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Dated: 25 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace. Scale : 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 14 oared, 28 ft Pinnace, to be built at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Dated: 25 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace. Scale : 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 14 oared, 28 ft Pinnace, to be built at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Dated: 25 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 14 oared, 32 ft Pinnace to be built at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Dated: 25 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 14 oared, 32 ft Pinnace to be built at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Dated: 25 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
Southampton (1757). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the elevation and plan for the steering apparatus as fitted to Southampton (1757), a 32-gun Fifth Rate Frigate; to an invention of Captain Lawson (Seniority, 21 October 1810, no ship assigned [Steel's Na
27 February 1811
National Maritime Museum
'Toliapis' (no date). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inbaard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck plan for 'Toliapis', a single-masted forty-two foot Chatham Wherry (no date).
Note that the p
post 1811
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Lissa, 13 March 1811; the 'Bellona' captured. A scene from the Battle of Lissa, part of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle for possession of the strategically important island of Lissa (also known as Vis), fro
Feb 1812
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Lissa, 13 March 1811; the British line after wearing to renew the action. A scene from the Battle of Lissa, part of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle for possession of the strategically important island of Lissa (also
Feb 1812
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Lissa, 13 March 1811; the start of the action (9am). A scene from the Battle of Lissa, part of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle for possession of the strategically important island of Lissa (also known as Vis), from w
Feb 1812
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Lissa, 13 March 1811; the start of the action (9am). A scene from the Battle of Lissa, part of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle for possession of the strategically important island of Lissa (also known as Vis), from w
Feb 1812
National Maritime Museum
To the Officers, Seamen & Marines of His Majesty's Ships Amphion, Cerberus, Volage & Active, This Plate represents...blowing up of the French Commodore, off the Island of Lissa, in the Adriatic, on the 13 March 1811. Hand-coloured.
Feb 1812
National Maritime Museum
West India Docks. Copper-plate engraving entitled 'West India Docks', from the artist Samuel Owen's 'The Thames' series, 1809-11. These docks were built in 1799-1802.
A view across the import dock with warehouses in the distance.
1 April 1811
National Maritime Museum
To The King's Most Excellent Majesty. This Plate, The Death of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. is...dedicated.... Print
1 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
The Cumberland Merchant Ship engaging 4 French Lugger Privateers off Folkestone, on 13th Jany 1811. Print.
6 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as building at Chatham Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan includes pencil annotations and planking for the waist gangways.
Initialled by William Rule
10 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
National Maritime Museum
Fantome (captured 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Fantome (captured 1810), a captured French privateers. The plan illustrates the ship as taken o
12 June 1811
National Maritime Museum
Fantome (captured 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Fantome (captured 1810), a captured French privateer. The plan illustrates her as taken off prior to being fitted as an 18 gun Brig Sloop
12 June 1811
National Maritime Museum
Conway Castle. Drawn by J. Varley. Etched by W P. Sherlock. Stored in volume with PAD7649-PAD7685.
18 Jun 1811
National Maritime Museum