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).
Ships of the General Steam Navigation Company, off Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall. The Clarence of 800 Tons, leaving for Leith, The Leith of 1000 Tons arriving from Leith - The Columbine, of 500 Tons, with her Majesty's Mail arriving from Rotterdam. H
1840
National Maritime Museum
Sir John Beresford of Liverpool, Thos Threadgold, Commander. Medium includes bodycolour.
1840
National Maritime Museum
Six views of Singapore and Macao. Booklet titled Six views of Singapore and Macao. From drawings made on the spot in 1840. Bound with prints PAD0061-PAD0066.
1840
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Awarded to Adm Robert Fanshawe Stopford. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic "1
1840
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic "1256" (1840) "The country of Syr
1840
National Maritime Museum
St Jean d'Acre Medal, Syrian War 1840. Syria Medal awarded to Henry Trollope (1815-1876), HMS 'Asia'. Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, ins
1840
National Maritime Museum
St Vincent. Engraved for the Naval & Military Almanac 1840. Technique includes stipple engraving.
1840
National Maritime Museum
The barque J P Smith. A ship’s portrait of the barque ‘J.P.Smith’ shown broadside-on and under sail. The initials of her name are visible on the flag flying from the main mast, and a number of figures can be seen on the deck. The artist
1840
National Maritime Museum
The Reverend Doctor Alexander Scott, 1768-1840. A half-length portrait in which the seated sitter faces left, looking out to the viewer, wearing a black jacket and waistcoat and a white shirt and neckcloth. Thrown over the arm of the settee behind him is
1840
National Maritime Museum
The ship ‘Mount Stewart Elphinstone’ offshore. A portrait of the ship ‘Mount Stewart Elphinstone’ shown broadside-on with the cliffs of the English coastline in the distance. Figures are shown on deck looking towards the coast. Bui
1840
National Maritime Museum
The steam ship President Lieut Fayrer R N Commander Registered Tonnage 2366. Hand-coloured.
1840
National Maritime Museum
Timber from 'Royal George' wreck. Timber retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. Painted inscription: 'Piece of the ill-fated ship Royal George sunk at Spithead August
1840
National Maritime Museum
Transbordement des Restes de L'Empereur Napoleon de la fregate la Belle Poule sur le Bateau a vapeur la Normande, Cherbourg 8 Decembre 1840. Print
1840
National Maritime Museum
Vernon (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with platforms, and sections, illustrating the stowage for Vernon (1832), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate.
Signed by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1848].
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6,
5 November 1840
National Maritime Museum
Visit of the Duke of Clarence to Portsmouth in 1827.. Album of loose prints PAD7999 - PAD8018. Has six pages of uncatalogued text attached to the album.
1840
National Maritime Museum
Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. Print. A set of images by the London marine artist Henry Moses (c. 1782-1870), best known for his
1840
National Maritime Museum
Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. [Dedication plate] To Her Most Gracious Majesty Adelaide, Queen of the United Kingdom, &c.&
1840
National Maritime Museum
Wooden box made from the 'Royal George'. A box made of the wood of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. Turned wooden box with a lid. Label inscribed: 'the Hair of the Right Honble Lord Visc Nelson,
1840
National Maritime Museum
Wooden capstan model made from the 'Royal George'. A Capstan model made of the wood of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. The top removes to reveal a box. A copper plaque on the lid is inscribed with t
1840
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (1768-1847). A three-quarter length portrait to right wearing admiral’s undress uniform, with the ribbon and star of the GCB and the ribbon of the San Domingo Medal. His right hand is on his hip and his left rests on a pa
1840s
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, Kent. (Royal Hospital). This view from the Isle of Dogs is an ingenious adaptation of Stanfield's plate 48 (see PAD2232) in Cooke's series 'London and its Vicinity', completed in 1834, with a paddle steamer inserted between
about 1840
National Maritime Museum
Planetary System. This coloured lithograph presents an image of the solar system, up to the planet Uranus. Surrounding the central diagram are four images: a telescope, a globe, a sundial and a book. The telescope appears with the names Galileo and Metius
1830-1836
National Maritime Museum
The British Navy The Armed Schooner. Larboard tack - Broadside view - blowing fresh. Set of ten views (one missing), others are PAF5022-PAF5029.
1840s
National Maritime Museum
The Palace of Greenwich. Gentleman's Magazine Vol XIII. Technique includes etching.
The Palace of Placentia at Greenwich with the river in the foreground. It was here that Henry VIII's daughters, Queen Mary and Elizabeth I, were born in 1516 a
Jan 1840
National Maritime Museum
"Habitant de la Helsingland" Man i päls. Akvarell av C. W. Swedman.
1 January 1840
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Dräkt. "Femmes de la Paroiifse de Wingåker" Två kvinnor i dräkt. Akvarell i storformat av C.W. Swedman.
1 January 1840
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Dräkt. "habitant de la Westergothie" En knalle och en kvinna. Akvarell i storformat av C.W Swedman
1 January 1840
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Ett par, kvinnan i folkdräkt och vit kort jacka, mannen i en vit långrock
1 January 1840
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare.
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare. Lagerhielms resa och gräl med skjutsbonden, til
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare. Återkomst. Goddag, Rusthållare! Välk
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare. Bit er fast -- fader rusthållare.
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare. John Arsenius finns också med på bilden(s
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare. Läsning med rekryterna vid sandlådan
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare. Remontering i Örebro den 20 Januari 1844
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
John Arsenius, född 1818. Officer vid K 3 1838-1868. Känd konstnär, framför allt hästmålningar. Söner: Georg -- Konstnär. Sam -- Officer, fältjägare. Scen vid Remonteringen den 27 Januari 1845
1 January 1840
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
Kvinna i kyrkdräkt, Ljusdahl 1840. Akvarell av J.W Wallander. Kvinna i helfigur, sittande vid ett bord med en bok .
1 January 1840
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet