Arms Collection (page 8)

Hackney Volunteer firing a rifle, 1798

Design for a city of London barge, c1840. Showing the Citys arms and supporters at the stern

Royal Procession of King William III, 1688. Artist: Romeyn de Hooghe
King William III entering London, near St James, 18 December, 1688. Courtiers on foot and on horseback surround the King, some bowing before him, guns are fired and flags waved

Manning the navy, Tower Hill, London, 1790. Artist: John Barlow
Manning the navy, London, 1790; showing a press gang with sabres and bludgeons on Tower Hill

George III presenting a Sword to Admiral Earl Howe, c1794. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
George III presenting a Sword to Admiral Earl Howe, c1794; King George III is presenting the sword to a kneeling Admiral Earl Howe, in front of a group of spectators

Lord Mayors Show, Cornhill, London, 1849. Artist: Angelo Collen Hayter
Lord Mayors Show passing premises of Silver & Co, no 10 Cornhill, London, 1849. With spectators watching from roof and windows of building and on street, as flag bearer

London Stone, Cannon Street, London, c1770
Scene of Jack Cades rebellion in 1450 showing Jack Cade declaring himself Lord of the City of London at London Stone, Cannon Street. Engraved in London, 1770

Ravana fighting with Jatayu, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
Ravana fighting with Jatayu, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Jatayu, a demi-god in the form of a vulture, fighting Ravana, the most powerful mortal with ten heads and twenty hands

CND demo, Horley, Surrey, c1969. Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marching in Horley. The CND was founded in 1958 after Britain agreed to the siting of American atomic weapons

Man With a Silver Pistol. Private Collection

Cristo En Brazos Del Padre Eterno, (Christ in Arms of the Eternal Father), 1577, (c1934). Artist: El Greco
Cristo En Brazos Del Padre Eterno, (Christ in Arms of the Eternal Father), 1577, (c1934). El Greco painted his only version of the Trinity, with the semi-nude corpse of Christ being supported

The British surrendering their arms to Gen: Washington, 1781, 1859. Artist: James Stephenson
The British surrendering their arms to Gen: Washington, 1781, 1859. Defeat at YorkTown, Virginia on October 1781. Cornwallis presents his sword in the Siege of Yorktown. After J. F

The youth laid the arms he had taken from his foe at his fathers feet, c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
The youth laid the arms he had taken from his foe at his fathers feet, c1912 (1912). Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Consul of Rome, had given strict orders that no soldier was to engage in single combat

Boys from Artemid, Armenia, 1922. Artist: Maynard Owen Williams
Boys from Artemid, Armenia, 1922. These boys have just walked from Artemid to Van looking for guns. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past

Scene from the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 (1900)
Scene from the Irish Rebellion of 1848 (1900). The Young Irelander Rebellion was also known as the Famine Rebellion. From The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson (1900)

Mountain huntsmen, Formosa (Taiwan), 19th century. Artist: D Maillard
Mountain huntsmen, Formosa (Taiwan), 19th century

Order of Lords and Commons concerning arms, 1643 / 1644, (1893)
Order of Lords and Commons concerning arms, 1643/1644, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co

Experimental Gunnery, 19th century. Artist: William Greatbach
Experimental Gunnery, 19th century

Surrendering arms in a proclaimed district, Ireland. Artist: O Kelly
Surrendering arms in a proclaimed district, Ireland

Soldiers fighting over Booty in a Barn, c. 1623. Artist: Duyster, Willem Cornelisz (1599-1635)
Soldiers fighting over Booty in a Barn, c.1623. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Arms manufacturing industry, St Etienne, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1896

Tamasese distributing arms, Apia, Samoa, 1899. Samoan Civil War 1898-1899. A view showing Tamasese sitting on the ground, with rifles in front of him, and people sitting around

Drawings of ship gun carriages.. Left, Traversing Carronade carriage. Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar

Ship cannon on gun carriage, Wood engraving, 1884
Ship cannon on gun carriage, showing gun-tackle, blocks and pulleys fixed to sides of gun-carriage and to side of ship, by means of which gun is run up to, or drawn back from porthole

Ship cannon on gun carriage. Woodcut, 1835

Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar, 1850
Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar. Name said to come from Carron Ironworks, Scotland. Wood engraving, 1850

Pottery Bowl of an alligator with human arms devouring snakes, Chiriqui, Panama. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Japanese marines drilling on board the warship Mikasa, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

Matchlock, British, c1700. Used at the time of William III

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs, 1763. Creator: Jean-Honore Fragonard
Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs, 1763

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