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).
Blackwall Reach & Greenwich. A view from the north up Blackwall Reach, with a brig heading downstream under sail to the left and ships laid up to the right. The title would imply that the larger of these might be Indiamen from the East India Company y
1 February 1821
National Maritime Museum
Blackwall Reach & Greenwich. A view from the north up Blackwall Reach, with a brig heading downstream under sail to the left and ships laid up to the right. The title would imply that the larger of these might be Indiamen off the East India company ya
1 February 1821
National Maritime Museum
Isle of Dogs as seen from the Docks at Rotherhithe. Technique includes etching. A view across the Thames towards the Isle of the Dogs from Rotherhithe. On the far shore, several windmills can be seen. This area of the Isle of Dogs was originally known as
1 Feb 1821
National Maritime Museum
View of Vauxhall Bridge (showing the London steamer). Hand-coloured.; Plate 8.
1 Feb 1821
National Maritime Museum
66ft Open Barge (fl. 1821). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing three sections, profile, deck and hold plan, for two sixty-six foot open barges for Chatham Dockyard.
This plan is based on ZAZ5943, which states, 'The alterations in the rake of the forward
21 February 1821
National Maritime Museum
Senate joint resolution declaring admission of Missouri into the Union, 02/26/1821 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 26 Feb 1821
The U.S. National Archives
Captn. W.E. Parry RN Commander of the Polar Expedition 1819-20. Print
1 Mar 1821
National Maritime Museum
Henry Nugent Bell. Print [wrong image currently shown is an engraving of a medal of Odysseus, with an inscription in Greek on reverse, probably from Homer]
13 Mar 1821
National Maritime Museum
Self portrait profile head of E W Cooke aged 10 years. Mounted with PAE6592-PAE6594.
Apr 1821
National Maritime Museum
16 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 4-oared 16 ft Cutter received on Mr. Pelham's Contract dated 17 December 1817. Signed J. Nolloth [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1817-18
Dated: 13 April 1821
National Maritime Museum
A Calm. A Revenue Cutter and a North Country fishing Coble, ready to weigh on the making of the flood. Plate No.1.
2 May 1821
National Maritime Museum
Swift (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck with platforms as built for Swift (1821), a Revenue Cutter.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Pembroke Dockyard, date to be researched].
Note: This plan
22 May 1821
National Maritime Museum
Nelson's Tower, Forres. A hand-coloured aquatint showing Nelson’s Tower, Forres, Moray, Scotland. Built in 1806 by the Forres Trafalgar Club it commemorated Nelson's victory and death at that battle. It was also the first monument erected
Published 1 June 1821
National Maritime Museum
Profile of a two-masted yacht, 1821. No. 36 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Inscribed in the upper right 'Cowes june 10th 1821/Powell Powell Esq.' It is possible that Powell Powell was the owner of the yacht depicted.
10 June 1821
National Maritime Museum
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Vigilant' (1821), 'Basilisk' (1822), and 'Skylark' (1821), all 6/10-gun Cu
14 June 1821
National Maritime Museum
Speedy (1828); Nightingale (1825). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Cutters of 122 tons built along the lines of Lapwing (fl. 1816): specifically Speedy (1828) and Nightingale (1825), but also for Snipe (1828).
Inlcudes a
Dated: 14 June 1821
National Maritime Museum
Speedy (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Speedy (1828), a 6-gun Cutter Tender. Signed Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Jospeh Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], Robert Seppings [Surveyor of th
Dated: 20 June 1821
National Maritime Museum
The True Portraict of Cap Thomas Iames. AEtatis suae 40. Some has a time. Engraved from a very Scarce Print in a Map for the Discovery of a North West Passage into the South Sea. Print
1 Jul 1821
National Maritime Museum
The True Portrait of Cap: Thomas James Aetatis suae 40. Some has a time. Engraved from a very Scarce Print in a Map for the Discovery of a North West Passage into the South Sea. Technique includes etching.
1 Jul 1821
National Maritime Museum
'Sketch of Bonaparte. As laid on his Austerlitz Camp Bed, taken by Captn Marryat at RN, 14 hours after his decease, at the request of Sir Hudson Lowe, Governor of St Helena, & with permission of Count Montholan & General Bertrand'. Marry
Published 16 July 1821
National Maritime Museum
A Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath in the full Habit and Collar of that Order. Technique includes etching and stipple engraving.; Hand-coloured.
19 Jul 1821
National Maritime Museum
'Princess Charlotte' (1825). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, with alterations dated May 1822, for Princess Charlotte (1825), a 100-110 gun, First Rate, three-decker.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and
31 July 1821
National Maritime Museum
Figure with a whip, and gallows with a figure hanging. Mounted with PAE6583-PAE6586.
Aug 1821
National Maritime Museum
The Rt. Honble George Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Vice Admiral of Great Britain, Admiral of the Blue Squadron & one of his Majesty's most Honble Privy Council. George Anson (1697-1762) was the most exp
8 Aug 1821
National Maritime Museum
George IV on board the 'Lightning', the first Post Office Steam Packet to Dublin, 12 August 1821. At the end of May 1821, after some reluctance, the Post Office introduced the first two steam mail-packets, 'Lightning' and 'Meteor&
1822
National Maritime Museum
The Interior of a Midshipman's Birth (caricature). Hand-coloured.; No.136. Bound in the album PAG8512.
12 Aug 1821
National Maritime Museum
The Interior of a Midshipman's Birth (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured. This scene of life aboard ship in the Navy demonstrates that even in cramped conditions leisure time was well used. Music is played on pipe and fiddle whil
12 Aug 1821
National Maritime Museum
A wild fowler with musket and two pointers. Medium includes graphite.; Mounted with PAE6582-PAE6585.
Sep 1821
National Maritime Museum
Annotated drawings of a teapot and a jar. Medium includes bodycolour.; Mounted with PAE6582-PAE6584, PAE6586.
Sep 1821
National Maritime Museum
Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827), Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck illustrating the diagonal deck planking for Madagascar (1822) and Manilla (cancel
10 September 1821
National Maritime Museum
Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827); Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the bracing and diagonal riders for Madagascar (1822) and Manill
10 September 1821
National Maritime Museum
Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827); Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck illustrating the cabin arrangements for Madagascar (1822) and Manilla (cancelled
10 September 1821
National Maritime Museum
Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827); Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Madagascar (1822) and Manilla (cancelled 1831),
11 September 1821
National Maritime Museum
Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827); Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Madagascar (1822) and Manilla (cancelled 1831), both 46-gun F
11 September 1821
National Maritime Museum
Horse-drawn carriage and small crowd of people at the base of a tall monument with figure falling. original art: drawing
Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
'Royal George' (1817). No scale. A plan showing the proposed arrangement of decoration of the figurehead, sternboard and broadside of the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' (1817). The plan is titled 'Military and Naval', with pencil
Dated: 1 October 1821
National Maritime Museum
Arrival at Brandenburgh House of the Watermen &c. with an Address to the Queen on the 3d October 1820. The Watermen on the River Thames were responsible for the movement of goods and passengers. The Company of Watermen and Lightermen had been establis
1 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
Study of a mounted soldier from the rear. Mounted with PAE6598, PAE6600-PAE6604.
6 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
Samuel Vince, M.A.-F.R.S. Plumian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. Print
10 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
A field with cows. Medium includes graphite.; Mounted with PAE6599-PAE6604.
13 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
The Queen's Funeral Procession Passing Through Hammersmith 1818. Print
20 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
Suffolk Human Society's Life Boat under the command of Lieut Carter R.N. going to a vessel in distress from Lowestoft Beach on the 22nd Octr 1821. Hand-coloured.
Jul 1823
National Maritime Museum
Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth Harbour, 1821. No. 34 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed 'Dockyard – Portsmouth/Harbour/October 29th - 1821.'
The viewpoint is looking southwards towards the entrance to the harbour. The cupola on
29 October 1821
National Maritime Museum
Two figures, one smoking a pipe the other with a grindstone (caricature). Mounted with PAE6598-PAE6599, PAE6601-PAE6604.
29 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
Study of a singing beggar. Mounted with PAE6598-PAE6600, PAE6602-PAE6604.
30 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
A Margate Packet, The Effects of a Squall, or a Sudden Shift of Ballast (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Plate number 20.
6 Nov 1821
National Maritime Museum
A portrait head, full face. Mounted with PAE6598-PAE6601, PAE6603-PAE6604.
13 Nov 1821
National Maritime Museum
Captain Thomas Coram. Engraved by Edward Smith. Print, after the portrait of Coram in the Foundling Hospital collection, London.
Dec 1821
National Maritime Museum
Study of lancer from the rear. Medium includes graphite.; Mounted with PAE6587-PAE6588, PAE6590-PAE6591.
Dec 1821
National Maritime Museum