Blockade Collection

The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by an officer of the 1st West India Regiment

"Our Special Artist" on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour..., 1864
"Our Special Artist", on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour, North Carolina, 1864. American Civil War

The War in America: Fort Fisher...the British steamer Hansa running the blockade..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The War in America: Fort Fisher, commanding the new inlet entrance to Cape Fear River - the British steamer Hansa running the blockade under the guns of the Fort, 1864

The Spanish-American War: The Sinking of the Merrimac, 1898, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Spanish-American War: The Sinking of the Merrimac, 1898, (c1900). It was determined to block the narrow entrance of Santiago harbour [in Cuba], and an old American collier steamer, the Merrimac

The Battle of Terheide, 1657. Creator: Willem van de Velde I
The Battle of Terheide, 1657. Other Title(s): The Battle of Terheide, 10 August 1653: an episode from the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54)

The Battle of Rheden on 2 April 1801, 1828-1832. Creator: Emil Normann
The Battle of Rheden on 2 April 1801, 1828-1832

In the Gulf of Athens - The Blockade of the Greek Ports, 1886. Creator: William Lionel Wyllie
In the Gulf of Athens - The Blockade of the Greek Ports, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Nelson's Conflict with a Spanish Launch, July 3, 1797 at the Blockade of Cadiz... 1891. Creator: Richard Westall
'Nelson's Conflict with a Spanish Launch, July 3, 1797 at the Blockade of Cadiz, after R. Westall, R.A. 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Price's Patent Candle Company - the Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view... 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view under three spans of roof - from a photograph, 1854. Candle factory on Merseyside

The Coast North of Sebastopol, and New Earth Batteries, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Coast North of Sebastopol, and New Earth Batteries, 1854. Crimean War. Map of the strategic Black Sea port, ...sketched on board H.M.S

New Russian Works, 1854. Creator: Unknown
New Russian Works, 1854. Crimean War. Map showing the besieged Black Sea port of Sebastopol. English, French and Turkish ships are ranged across the entrance to the harbour

Le ducd'Orléans, se rendant à l'hôtel de ville, traverse la place du Châtelet, le 31 juillet 1830
Le ducd'Orleans, se rendant a l'hotel de ville, traverse la place du Chatelet, le 31 juillet 1830, c1830

Revolt of Pavia, 1826. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Revolt of Pavia, 1826

The Civil War in America: Drury's Bluff, a Confederate position on the James River... 1862
The Civil War in America: camp of the Confederate Marines at Drury's [sic] Bluff, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. "Drury's Bluff" is on the James River

The Civil War in America: scene of operations in eastern Virginia, showing M'Clellan's... 1862
The Civil War in America: scene of operations in eastern Virginia, showing M'Clellan's present position, 1862. Map of...an area of about 20, 000 square miles

Plan of the Attack at 5.30pm, when these were almost exclusively the Ships engaged with the... 1854 Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Attack at 5.30pm, when these were almost exclusively the Ships engaged with the Forts, 1854. Crimean War. Map showing the besieged Black Sea port of Sebastopol

The Naval Mobilisation, H. M. S. Rodney running the Blockade, 1888. Creator: William Lionel Wyllie
The Naval Mobilisation, H.M.S. Rodney running the Blockade, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

The French Blockade of Tahiti... 1844. Creator: Unknown
The French Blockade of Tahiti: Uranie, French Frigate; French Fort; French Prison; British Consulate; French Fort, 1844....the blockade of Tahiti by the French, and Paofai, in the harbour of Papeete

Naval Blockade, 1865. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Naval Blockade, 1865

The English Passing The Somme, (1346), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The English Passing The Somme, (1346), 1890. Battle of Crecy (1346), during the Hundred Years War - the French under King Philip VI blockaded the River Somme trapping the English army led by King

Sea-Fight Between Ptolemy and Demetrius Poliorcetes Off Salamis, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sea-Fight Between Ptolemy and Demetrius Poliorcetes Off Salamis, 1890. Sea battle before the Battle of Salamis 306 BC, between fleets of Ptolemy I Soter and Macedonian Demetrius Poliorcetes

Map To Illustrate the German Submarine Blockade and the British Minefields... 1919
Map To Illustrate the German Submarine Blockade and the British Minefields as a Measure of Protection, 1919. Map of the Atlantic Ocean during the First World War, 1914-1919

The Bostonians in Distress, 1774
The Bostonians in Distress, pub. London, 19 November, 1774 (mezzotint)

Townsfolk wait to scour the fields for potatoes left by farmers, Germany, World War I, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of

The poor of Berlin rummaging in refuse heaps, Germany, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of Germany during World War I

HMS Iris, with the Gunboats Beacon and Decoy, Blockading Damietta, c1882
HMS Iris, with the Gunboats Beacon and Decoy, Blockading Damietta, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

USS New York, American armoured cruiser, 1898. Scene showing the ship capturing a Spanish blockade runner during the Spanish-American War

Over the Way, 1861. At the time the American Civil War began, Britain imported the bulk of its cotton from the United States

King Cotton Bound; Or, The Modern Prometheus, 1861. King Cotton is represented as Prometheus who, firegiver and champion of the people, is condemned by Jupiter to be bound to a rock for eternity

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