Artillery Collection

The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. Artist: Hayes
The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. From a private collection

First Blood in the Battle of the Somme, First Worlds War, 1 July 1916, (c1920)....the storming of Montauban [in northern France] over the sunken road in front of the village. Drawn by S. Begg

The Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854. The Charge of the Light Brigade. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855, Sevastopol

Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch, 1902. Creator: Charles Mills Sheldon
Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch, 1902. Koos de la Rey ambushed Methuens column at Tweebosch on on 7 March 1902, Lord Methuen was captured by the Boers

A Heroic Deed of the Royal Horse Artillery Near Compiegne, (1919). Creator: Unknown
A Heroic Deed of the Royal Horse Artillery Near Compiegne, (1919)

Star Fort defended by a moat coming under siege, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

The Ashantee War: howitzer battery for n*gro gunners, 1873. Creator: Unknown
The Ashantee War: howitzer battery for n*gro gunners, 1873. The British Army in West Africa

The Easter Volunteer Review: the first gun, 1880. Creator: Unknown
The Easter Volunteer Review: the first gun, 1880

Explosion of the Thunderer's Great Gun at Woolwich, 1880. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of the Thunderer's Great Gun at Woolwich, 1880

The Afghan War: defence of the British position at Sherpore, Cabul - north end of Sherpore defences, 1880

The Afghan War: defence of the British position at Sherpore, Cabul - the Gatling Gun bastion on Dec. 23 preparing to repel the attack of the Ghazies, 1880. 'The repulse by General Sir F

The War in Afghanistan: an Afghan sungha, or rifle pit, 1880. Creator: Unknown
The War in Afghanistan: an Afghan sungha, or rifle pit, 1880. Engraving of a sketch by 'Mr. W

The Canon Shot, c1660-1700. Creator: Willem van de Velde the Younger
The Canon Shot, c1660-1700.

Cricket as Played in the Artillery Ground, London, 1785, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Cricket as Played in the Artillery Ground, London, 1785, (1947). A game of cricket being played at Finsbury (now in north London)

The Autumn Campaign, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Autumn Campaign, 1872. Mock battles by the British Army in Wiltshire

Artillery experiments at Picklecombe Fort, Plymouth, 1872. Creator: Unknown
Artillery experiments at Picklecombe Fort, Plymouth, 1872

One After Another The Buildings Burst Into Flames, c1929. First World War: The Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge

The Gatling Gun, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Gatling Gun, 1872. Last week a series of experiments was carried out at Woolwich with the English Gatling gun, the only mitrailleuse yet introduced into the service

The Civil War in Paris: the cannon at Montmartre, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in Paris: the cannon at Montmartre, 1871. Scene during the...conflict in that city between the insurgent Red Republican portion of the National Guards and the Government of M

The Civil War in Paris: barricades in front of the Hotel de Ville, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in Paris: barricades in front of the Hotel de Ville, 1871

The French Siege of Paris: interior of gun-boat La Commune, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The French Siege of Paris: interior of gun-boat La Commune, 1871. We give an interior view of the ironclad compartment of the cannonière or gun-boat La Commune, with two guns

The French Siege of Paris: advanced battery at the Pont de Neuilly, 1871. Creator: C. R
The French Siege of Paris: advanced battery at the Pont de Neuilly, 1871

The French Siege of Paris: Communists battery at the Trocadero, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The French Siege of Paris: Communists battery at the Trocadero, 1871

The French Siege of Paris: mitrailleuse with shields, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The French Siege of Paris: mitrailleuse with shields, 1871

The French Siege of Paris: armour-plated locomotive battery, 1871. Creator: C. R
The French Siege of Paris: armour-plated locomotive battery, 1871

The French Siege of Paris: advanced post in the village of Issy, 1871. Creator: C. R
The French Siege of Paris: advanced post in the village of Issy, 1871

Mob of Paris carrying off the guns of National Guards, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Mob of Paris carrying off the guns of National Guards, 1871. Franco-Prussian War

The French Siege of Paris: Masonic Deputation to Versailles going out at the Porte Maillot, 1871

Corner of bastion occupied by Bourgeois - Garde Sedentaire, Paris, (sketch by balloon post), 1871. Scene from the Franco-Prussian War: the watch of a party of Gardes Sedentaires'

Captain Scott's naval gun carriage and slide, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Captain Scott's naval gun carriage and slide, 1871. Diagram of...an 18-ton gun, mounted upon Captain R. Scott's patent broadside carriage, which has been adopted for all heavy naval guns

The 35-ton gun, called "The Woolwich Infant", 1871. Creator: Unknown
The 35-ton gun, called "The Woolwich Infant", 1871

A French battery before Paris, (sketch by balloon post), 1871. Creator: Unknown
Bringing up ship guns at the Buttes Montmartre, Paris, (sketch by balloon post), 1871

Bringing up ship guns at the Buttes Montmartre, Paris, (sketch by balloon post), 1871

The Gatling Mitrailleuse, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Cartridge from a Gatling gun, c1872. Diagram of cartridge used in the Gatling gun, an early rapid-fire spring loaded, hand cranked weapon invented by Richard Gatling

Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Diagram detail of the cyclic multi-barrel Gatling gun, an early form of rotary cannon

Krupps 1000-Pounder Gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Krupps 1000-Pounder Gun, c1872. Heavy artillery made of steel and manufactured by the German company founded by Friedrich Krupp

Sergeants of the Royal Horse Artillery with a 12-Pounder, 1900. Creator: Gregory & Co
Sergeants of the Royal Horse Artillery with a 12-Pounder, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. II", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

A Corner of the Arras Battlefield, First World War, April 1917, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
A Corner of the Arras Battlefield, First World War, April 1917

Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830

A scene in an arsenal, c1485-1490, (1943). Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
A scene in an arsenal, c1485-1490, (1943). Nude male figures hoisting a cannon with a pulley in a military storeyard or arsenal

Study of two mortars able to throw explosive bombs, 1478-1518. Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of two mortars able to throw explosive bombs, 1478-1518. Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Scene from the Battle of the Alma on September 20, 1854, 1855. Artist: De Prades, Alfred F
Scene from the Battle of the Alma on September 20, 1854, 1855. From a private collection

Plan and Section of Captain Scott's turret gun-carriage in the Glatton, 1871

Section of Captain Scott's turret gun-carriage in the Glatton, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Section of Captain Scott's turret gun-carriage in the Glatton, 1871

Plan of Captain Scott's turret gun-carriage in the Glatton, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Plan of Captain Scott's turret gun-carriage in the Glatton, 1871

The Camp at Shoeburyness: the competition for the Army Prizes, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Camp at Shoeburyness: the competition for the Army Prizes, 1871

The Home Campaign, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Home Campaign, 1871. Artillery covering Retreat of Infantry; Police Camp, Gun Hill; H.R.H

Lt. Edw. F. Graham, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Lt. Edw. F. Graham, 1918. Shows Lt. Edward Foreman Graham, a Cornell University who served in the 305th Field Artillery and was killed in action before October 1918 during World War I

Lieut. Jeff Feigl, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Jeff Feigl, between c1915 and c1920. Jefferson Feigl (1895-1918) was the first American artillery officer to be killed in the First World War, on 21 March 1918

Fatal accident at Fort St. George, Madras, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Fatal accident at Fort St. George, Madras, 1870. A party of Royal Artillery, stationed at Fort St. George, Madras [present-day Chennai, India], were practising on Nov

Ancient breech-loading gun found in British Guiana, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Ancient breech-loading gun found in British Guiana, 1870. The object shown in our Engraving is perhaps a relic of the Dutch expedition to Guiana in 1580

Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Devastation, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Devastation, 1871. The new ironclad ship...is a seagoing monitor, carrying 35-ton guns, and protected by thicknesses of 14-in. 12-in. and 10-in

The Easter Volunteer Review: the 1st Middlesex Artillery on the march from London to Brighton, 1870

Government House Fort and Dalhousie Barracks, Calcutta, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Government House Fort and Dalhousie Barracks, Calcutta, 1870. The British in India - huge piles of cannonballs

Goodbye to 1st field artillery, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Goodbye to 1st field artillery, between c1915 and c1920

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni and his forces attacking the fortress of Zaranj in 1003. From Jami al-tawarikh, 1314. Found in the Collection of the University of Edinburgh

Mongols Catapult (trebuchet), from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). Found in the Collection of the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

Mongolian siege of Gerdkuh. From La Flor des estoires de la terre d'Orient (Flower of the Histories of the East) by Hayton of Co, First third of the 14th cen

Conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols on 1258. From Jami al-tawarikh, First third of the 14th cen.. Found in the Collection of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Krupp gun on R.R. car, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Krupp gun on R.R. car, 1914. Shows a Krupp gun on a railroad car during World War I

French Siege gun & motor tractor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Siege gun & motor tractor, between c1914 and c1915. Shows French soldiers in motor tractor which is pulling a large gun along the road at the beginning of World War I

Rifling Big Guns, Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rifling Big Guns, Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915

16" Gun for Panama at Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
16" Gun for Panama at Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915

Artillery - Annapolis, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Artillery - Annapolis, 1913. Shows artillery drill on the campus of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, June 1913

Col. Severin [i.e. Servin], 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. Severin [i.e. Servin], 1914. Shows Martiniano Servi´n (d. 1915), who was an officer in the artillery command of the Division del Norte during the Mexican Revolution

Col. G.A. Wingate, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. G.A. Wingate, 1913. Possibly shows Colonel George A. Wingate commanding officer of the 2nd Field Artillery, New York National Guard

Artillery - Annapolis, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Artillery - Annapolis, 1913. Shows drill on the campus of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, June 1913

Siege Artillery - Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Siege Artillery - Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915

Experiments at Shoeburyness on the Plymouth Breakwater Target: examining the target after firing, 1868

Artillery experiments with granite casemates at Shoeburyness, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Artillery experiments with granite casemates at Shoeburyness, 1865. British military personnel carry out testing of armaments. From "Illustrated London News", 1865

Italy -- Artillery, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Italy -- Artillery, between c1915 and c1920

Battery A - Field artillery leaving for war game, between c1910 and c1915. Shows American soldiers boarding a train to go to war games, during World War I

Artillery hike, San Antonio, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Artillery hike, San Antonio, between c1910 and c1915

Persian troops - camel artillery, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Persian troops - camel artillery, 1918

Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #12, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians taking guns to Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars

Bulgar Big Siege Gun, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgar Big Siege Gun, between c1910 and c1915

Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #2, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians taking guns to Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars

Battery A 2nd Regt. Field artillery, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Battery A 2nd Regt. Field artillery, between c1910 and c1915

155 cm [i.e. mm] gun in France, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
155 cm [i.e. mm] gun in France, between c1910 and c1915

Brig. Gen. E.T. Donnelly, 12 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Brig. Gen. E.T. Donnelly, 12 Feb 1919 (date created or published later). General Edward Terence Donnelly (1871-1929), 164th Brigade, Field Artillery (4th Army Corps, 89th Division), during World War I

Italian gun on Adriatic, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Italian gun on Adriatic, 1918 or 1919. Journalists inspecting a 15 inch gun battery along the Adriatic coast in Albania after World War I

An Austrian "dud", 305 shell, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
An Austrian "dud", 305 shell, 1918. An unexploded artillery shell probably fired from a 305 mm Skoda mortar during World War I

Officers, 130th Fld. Art. 24 April 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Officers, 130th Fld. Art. 24 April 1919 (date created or published later). U.S. Army officers on the U.S. S

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Illustration of a parade of troops....the line was formed...in full view of the combined fleets anchored at Spithead

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