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;
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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).
Pocket watch. Pocket watch in a hallmarked silver pair case. It has a full-plate capped fusee movement, marked 'Improved Patent', with a five tooth lever escapement as patented by Sam.Smith, Coventry (patent 3620, 9th December, 1812) and a secon
circa 1815
National Maritime Museum
Progress of Gallantry, or Stolen kisses sweetest (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Page No.279.
The prolific caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson uses this image to play both on the voyeurism of telescopic observation and on the instrument’s phallic likeness
1814
National Maritime Museum
Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814), both 32-gun Frigates to be built of fir at Chatham Dockyard.
4 February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle for Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814), both 32-gun Frigates to be built of fir at Chatham Dockyard.
3rd February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814). Scale1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814), both 32-gun Frigates to be built of fir at Chatham Dockyard.
5 February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile after alterations for building in fir Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814), both 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigates at Chatham Dockyard. Four copies of this plan were sent to Quebec for Mr.St
31 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the Oorlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814), both 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigates to be built at Chatham Dockyard.
1st Febuary 1814
National Maritime Museum
Sailing boats launching rockets (Misc 33) Plate to The Details of the Rocket System. Plate 11.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Head-and-part-shoulders marble bust, on a round socle, of Sir Joseph Banks. The shoulders are hollowed on the reverse to a central support, the lower right side of which bears the signature, 'P. Turnerelli / Fecit 1814
1814
National Maritime Museum
Study of a Chinese Fisherman. Probably the original drawing for the print (in reverse) of 1814, see PAD7721.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Thompson's Patent Rudder (no date). No scale. Plan showing a half body plan, stern elevation, and stern plan illustrating the movement of the Thompson Patent Rudder with description of its advantages. Note that this was engraved by Richard Ebsworth
1814
National Maritime Museum
TIMOR and some neighbouring Islands. By M. Flinders Cmdr. of H.M.S. Investigator 1803. Scale: circa 1:1,850,000. Printed tracks of the Investigator and Cumberland.
Inset: 'Plate XVI' in top right.
1814
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed proposed 215ft 160-gun, First Rate, three-decker. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sternboard decoration detail, sheer lines with decoration detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed proposed 215ft 160-gun First R
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate copies were sent to Bombay. One set went in the East India Co
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate copies were sent to Bombay. One set went in the East India Company
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with for & aft platforms, and elevations of the storeroom and cabins for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Survey
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate copies were sent to Bombay. One set went in the East India Company Extra
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Winding river viewed from a hill, possibly the Bristol Avon. The presence of a distant ship, apparently at anchor waiting for wind or tide, and cutters, which may be pilot vessels, show that this is a navigable river close to the sea. The obvious candidat
1814
National Maritime Museum
[Kyushu]. Single sheet. Col. woodcut. Medium: 2 leaves joined at vertical centreline. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated map. Distances shown in Ri. 1 ri = 2.44 miles or 3.93km. Additional Places: Japan. Contents Note: Map shows land ownership, volume of rice
1814
National Maritime Museum
Plate 1. Situation of His Majesty's Frigate Java... Action with the American Frigate Constitution... rendered totally unmanageable. A hand-coloured aquatint depicting the three-hour battle between 'Constitution', the US frigate, and 'J
1 Jan 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with figurehead and alterations, for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. The old upper deck became a continuous qu
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck (gun deck) for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 181
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. The old upper deck became a continuous quarterdec
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1813-1815].
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
View looking up the Tigris to the 2nd Bar Pagoda. The narrow passage on the entrance of Canton River at Humen was named ‘Bocca Tigris’ or ‘Bogue’ by Portuguese sailors. It lies between a cluster of low hills and hilly islands throu
1814
National Maritime Museum
Weymouth (1804). No Scale (probably 1:96). Plan showing incomplete inboard profile, the spar deck, upper deck, and lower deck of Weymouth (1804), a purchased East Indiaman as fitted for a Storeship in December 1813.
Signed by Edward Sison, [Master Shi
15 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
57ft Mooring Lighter (1815). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with midship frame, longitudinal half-breadth, and half deck plan for a fifty-seven foot mooring lighter (1815), for use in the yard at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
There are
February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Astronomical Observatory - Oxford. Hand-coloured print of the interior of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, as seen during the daytime. Several instruments are depicted such as a pair of refracting telescopes, a wooden reflecting telescope similar in for
1 Feb 1814
National Maritime Museum
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart. From an original Picture by Sir William Beechey, R A in the Possession of the Earl of St Vincent. Drawn by W. Evans. Engraved by Miss M. Bourlier. Print
7 Feb 1814
National Maritime Museum
Pumping system as designed by Captain Truscott and fitted to Havock (1805). Scale: 1:24 and 1:12. Plan showing an elevation with pump details for the pumping system as designed by Captain Truscott, and fitted to Havock (1805), a 14-gun Brig Sloop. The p
18 February 1814
National Maritime Museum
View of the Thames off Three Cranes Wharf when frozen Monday 31st January to Saturday 5th February 1814, on which a Fair was held, attended by many Hundred Persons. A staid scene from the last great frost fair during the winter of 1813-14. It shows people
18 Feb 1814
National Maritime Museum
Dolphin (1781). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the inboard profile, spar deck, upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck of the Dolphin (1814), a 50-gun Fifth Rate, as converted to a Storeship.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 181
1 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines (with alterations), and longitudinal half-breadth for building the 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan r
15 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
Mast House, Blackwall. Print entitled, 'The Old Mast House, Blackwall'. This is a re-engraving of Owen's 1809-11 'Thames' series view (see PAD1397) for W. B. Cooke's 'Views on the Thames', published as 38 plates in
31 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
To the Right Honble Earl Spencer, This View of Port Ferrajo from within the Bay.... Hand-coloured.
Apr 1814
National Maritime Museum
View of the West Side of Porto Ferrajo Bay, With positions of the Captain 74 - Flora Inconstant, Southampton, Frigates. Hand-coloured.
Apr 1814
National Maritime Museum
Drawing of Round Tower, Portsmouth Harbour April 10th 1815. No. 25 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801)
The Round Tower was begun in about 1418 and completed in the 1420s to replace an older wooden Tower. It was intended to defend the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour
10 April 1814
National Maritime Museum
The 'Royal Sovereign' Conveying Louis XVIII to France, 24 April 1814. The monarchy was restored in France when Napoleon surrendered and was imprisoned in Elba. Louis XVIII left Dover for Calais, on the afternoon of 24 April 1814 aboard the yacht
1814
National Maritime Museum
Nap Dreading his Doleful Doom or his Grand Entry in the Isle of Elba (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate 328.
25 Apr 1814
National Maritime Museum
The Fair on the Thames, Feby.4.1814. Hand-coloured. Text in English and French below image. Before the demolition of the old London Bridge in 1831, the Thames sometimes froze over during particularly cold winters. Spontaneous 'frost fairs' would
1 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804). Scale: probably 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck, middle deck, lower deck, and inboard profile for 'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804), a purchased merchant ship converted to a Sixth Rate Frigate, now fitted as a store
3 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
Slight sketch of 'Newcastle' frigate at Spithead May 7th 1814, the stern of a different vessel, and a moored vessel viewed from the stern with buildings beyond. No. 24 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801)
HMS 'Newcastle' was a 4th rate of 60 gun
7 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the signing of peace preliminaries May 30 1814. Medal commemorating the signing of peace preliminaries May 30 1814. Obverse: Bust of Emperor Alexander of Russia in uniform (left). Legend: 'ALEXANDER EMP OF ALL THE RUSSIAS.'
1814
National Maritime Museum
HMS Atalante passing Sambro, Halifax, N.S.. 'Atalante' is depicted in the centre of the composition surrounded by three sailing boats. The coast of Sambro (Nova Scotia) provides the backdrop.
Title: "H.M.S. Atalante passing Sambro, Halifax
31 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
General View of the Island of Elba, Porto Ferraio, The Town & Castle, late the retreat of N Bonaparte. Hand-coloured.
1 Jun 1814
National Maritime Museum
The Asylum of Greenwich Hospital. (From the Park). Plate 160 from a series. This shows the Queen's House, as augmented by flanking wings and colonnades to the designs of Daniel Asher Alexander, c. 1807-11, for the Royal Naval Asylum (which was not in
1 June 1814
National Maritime Museum
Thomas White Midshipman at the Bar of the High Court of Justiciary for the Murder of William Jones Seaman on the Shore of Leith on the 15th of June 1814. Technique includes stipple and etching.
1814
National Maritime Museum
To... Lord Viscount Melville... This Representation of the Launching of His Majesty's Ship Nelson of 120 Guns at Woolwich... by... J T Serres. The Nelson (1814) is ready for launch and can be seen complete with oversized flags. A lot of well-dressed
20 Jun 1814
National Maritime Museum
The Death of Captain Cook. Print. A late impression of the engraving first published in 1784 and reissued in 1785 (see PAF4642 for more information).
1 Jul 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Dromedary' (1808). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing an incomplete inboard profile, and fore and aft platforms for 'Dromedary' (1808), purchased as the 'Howe' (1805) as a frigate in India, now fitted as a twenty-four gun storeshi
14 July 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Dromedary' (1808). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the spar deck (quarter deck and forecastle with enclosed waist), gun deck (upper), and lower deck for the 'Dromedary' (1808), purchased as the 'Howe' (1805) as a frigate in Ind
14 July 1814
National Maritime Museum
Loutherbourg. Engd. by Page from the Original Picture in the possession of Mrs Loutherbourg. Print
1 Aug 1814
National Maritime Museum
Study of 'Denmark' (74) at Spithead, 1814. No. 24 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed in the left corner 'Denmaark 74 –' and in the upper right 'at Spithead/ August /15th/1814.'
The 'Danmark' was one
15 August 1814
National Maritime Museum
Study of a sailing boat viewed from the stern, 15 August 1814. No. 23 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing of a sailing boat annotated with colour notes.
Schetky urged his students to draw everything and to annotate their drawings ‘No doubt you are s
15 August 1814
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798); Armada (1810). No scale. Plan showing a part section of the upper deck for Armada (1810), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker; and a part section of the deck (for both upper and lower) for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, now fit
September to November 1814
National Maritime Museum
The Merchant's Memorial to Alley Croker (caricature). Hand-coloured.
Sep 1814
National Maritime Museum
The Merchants Memorial to Alley Croker (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.334.; No.113.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
Sep 1814
National Maritime Museum
Alexander 1st Emperor of All the Russias. From an original Drawing taken in London during his Visit in 1814. Technique includes etching.
1 Sep 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the manner of attaching the beams to the sides using iron knees, and sketches of the waterway and binding strakes for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-deck
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 41ft single-masted unarmed advice? boat/lighter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for an unnamed 41ft single-masted unarmed cutter/advice boat/lighter for Jamaica.
David Lyon suggests this may be the sailing lighter
13 October 1814
National Maritime Museum
Windsor Castle (1790). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the outboard sheer (no water lines) with figurehead for 'Windsor Castle' (1790), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, as cut down to a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [M
13 October 1814
National Maritime Museum
Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York 29th Octr 1814. D T Valentine's Manual 1852. The picture is inscribed "Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York, 29th Octr 1814" but H.I. Chapelle in the Mariner'
1852
National Maritime Museum
Destruction of American fleet by Sir G Collier's squadron in Penobscot Bay Aug 14 1779. Vignette.
1 Nov 1814
National Maritime Museum
Dr Herschel, Member of the Royal Society of London..... This half-length portrait of William Herschel shows him wrapped up warm, ready for observing, against a background of trees at night with a crescent moon and stars (part of the constellation of Gemin
1 November 1814
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 26 ft Yawl built at Deptford by Messrs Harper & Wilson, and returned to Portsmouth from the Semiramis (1808), a 36 gun Fifth Rate Fr
Dated: 30 November 1814
National Maritime Museum