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).
(Recto) Inside the Harbour at Malta, 17 April 1852; (Verso) HMS 'Trafalgar' in Grand Harbour, Malta, 11 March 1852. No. 17 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed top left, 'Apr 17th 52 / Malta' and 'Frank' below the
March - April 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) HMS 'Bellerophon' off Cape Carthage, 26 April 1852; (Verso) Fort St Elmo and the entrance to the Grand Harbour, Malta, 20 March 1852. No. 18 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed below the ship 'Bellerophon / Captn Lord...
March - April 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) 'Britannia' hove to in a calm to receive a boat, probably near Cape Carthage, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Dundas, 27 April 1852; (Verso) HMS 'Vengeance' in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852. No. 19 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Rect
April - May 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Amazon at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, Division of Uitenhage. Stern view of the 'Amazon' merchant vessel. Inscribed: "Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, Division of Uitenage." Lloyds Register of 1852 lists the 'Amazon' as plying be
1 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Iron Steam Ship Victoria 416 Tons. The Property of the Cronstadt Steam Boat Company; Built by J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Fores's Marine Sketches. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
Fores's Marine Sketches. The Iron Steam Yacht Alexandria, 416 Tons. Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia by C.I. Mare & Co of Blackwall. Print
14 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Iron steam yacht Alexandria, 416 tons. Built for HIM the Emperor of Russia....Designed by Mr Watterman Junr &... Fores's Marine Sketches. Hand-coloured.
14 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) HMS 'Vengeance' at anchor in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852; (Verso) The 'Charlemagne' with 'Trafalgar' leaving Port Mahon under tow by 'Firebrand', 1 June 1852. No. 20 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscrib
May - June 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Cutter Yacht Volante, 48 Tons... Constructed by Messrs Harvey & Son, Ipswich. Hand-coloured.
5 Jun 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) The Mediterranean fleet under Rear-Admiral Dundas off south-east Spain, Roldan's Gap in sight to the north-west, 7 June 1852; (Verso) sail exercise in Malta harbour. No. 21 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed top left, 'June
circa June 1852
National Maritime Museum
Fores's Marine Sketches. The Cutter Yacht Volante, 48 Tons. R.T.Y.C. Winning the Grand Challenge Cup, Value 200 Guineas, May 14th 1851. Hand-coloured.; Plate 5.
8 Jun 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) HMS 'Trafalgar' losing her rudder-head in a north-easterly gale off Malta, 1 February 1852; (Verso) a coastal profile of Majorca, with a vase of flowers and a study of leaves, 3 June 1852. No. 15 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Ins
February - June 1852
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Rattlesnake.... entering the Louisiade Archipelago, June 14th 1849. Hand-coloured.; No.2.
8 Jul 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Trial of Sailing; 'Phaeton' the winner passing 'Trafalgar' (the turning point), off Malaga, 17 July 1852; (Verso) near collision between 'Dauntless' and 'Trafalgar'. No. 22 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Rec
July 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Trial of sailing off Cape de Galta [Cabo de Gata], 30 July 1852, 'Trafalgar' and 'Terrible' in the foreground; (Verso) the island of Zembra, near Cape Bon, Tunisia, 2 September 1852. No. 24 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto)
July - September 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) View at Gibraltar, towards Algeciras; with a pencil sketch of a rowing boat with a passenger in a tall hat; (Verso) Cabo de Gata. No. 23 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
The watercolour coastal view is inscribed top left 'Gibraltar Aug 13th 52
August 1852
National Maritime Museum
Rascono under sail, port side. Mounted with PAE5605, PAE5607-PAE5612.
Sep 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Unfinished watercolour of the 'Britannia' anchored in 'Mulah Bay' (Vourla/ Urla Bay), Turkey, west of Smyrna (Izmir); (Verso) Mulah Bay (continued on PAI0875 recto). No. 26 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed top r
18 September 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Two views of Cape Colonna [Sounion] and the Temple of Poseidon, October 1852; (Verso) a Greek brig. No. 28 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) This drawing shows two views of Cape Sounion from seaward; from the east at the top and from the south
3 October 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) The Plain of Athens, October 1852 (continuation to left on verso of PAI0876); (verso) the Bay of Salamis from the Piraeus road. No. 29 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Panoramic study across one-and-a-half sides of a sketchbook, inscribed on
8 October 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Sketch of ships 'steaming and towing' in the strait between between Andro (Andros) and Euboea in the Aegean, September 1852; (Verso) profile views of Cape Matapan, 13 September, and Cape Grosso, 13 October 1852, Greece. No. 25 of 36 (PAI
mid September - October 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) The citadel of Corfu from the Governor's country house; (Verso, undated) a ship, probably the 'Trafalgar', in a storm off Majorca. No. 30 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed in pencil lower left, 'Corfu Oct 21st 1852
21 October 1852
National Maritime Museum
A Departed Hero. 'England expects every Man to do his Duty'. Print
21 Oct 1852
National Maritime Museum
42 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 18-oared 42 ft Pinnace. Signed J. Edye [Assistant to the Surveyor of the Navy], and Isaac Watts [Assistant to the Surveyor of t
Dated: 25 October 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Schooner Yacht Gloriana, 134 Tons R.Y.S.Rounding the Nab Light, in the Royal Yacht Squadron Match... 19th August 1852. Hand-coloured.; Medium includes gum arabic.
29 Oct 1852
National Maritime Museum
. Playbill from HMS 'Resolute'. Printed on red silk subsequently mounted on hardboard. It advertises a performance of 'Charles II' which took place during the Franklin Search Expedition, 1852-4. 'Resolute' (Captain Henry
Nov 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Schooner Yacht Alarm R.Y.S. 248 tons.. This hand-coloured lithograph is plate 6 of the series, Fore's Marine Sketches (incscribed above the image). Below it is inscribed: 'The Schooner Yacht Alarm R.Y.S. 248 tons. From the Original Picture i
5 Nov 1852
National Maritime Museum