Cannonball Collection

The Death of Jacques de Lalaing at the Siege of Poeke Castle; Livre des faits de Jacques de Lalaing, about 1530. Scene from The Book of the Deeds of Messire Jacques de Lalaing

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

Illustrations of the War in Denmark: interior of No. 4 Redoubt at Duppel, 1864

U.S.S. Richmond, church services, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Richmond, church services, between 1890 and 1901

Sketches at Canton - Panic at the Commissariat Stores - "Great Firing and No Execution", 1858. British forces cause havoc in China

Engagement between the "Bourbonnais" Neapolitan steam-frigate and the ship-gun battery, Faro, August 23 - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860

The Revolution in Sicily - discovery of a train leading to the powder magazine at the fort of Melazzo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Kowloon Fort, opposite Hong-Kong, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Kowloon Fort, opposite Hong-Kong, 1857

Still life with implements of war, c.1635-c.1645. Creator: Jan Jansz Buesem
Still life with implements of war, c.1635-c.1645

Emblems of War. Creator: Jan van Kessel
Emblems of War, unknown date

The Dutch fleet under Admiral Opdam passes the Sound on 29 Oct 1658 during the Swedish War
The Dutch fleet under Admiral Opdam passes the Sound on 29 October 1658 during the Swedish War 1657-60, 1872

The Batte of the Alma - painted by Horace Vernet, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
The Batte of the Alma - painted by Horace Vernet, 1856. Crimean War scene:a Zouave and a Highlander, both wounded, and trudging away from the fight, evidently savage that they are disabled

Posthumous Portrait of Aucke Stellingwerff, Admiral of Friesland, Killed in 1665 at Lowestoft by a Cannonball, 1670

Un inventeur qui craint que son fonds ne luis reste... 19th century

Magnus Stenbock Surrenders the Fortress of Tonningen to Frederik IV in 1714, 1785

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, 1781-1782

The Balance of Power, 1854. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Balance of Power, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Grand Military Trophy, at the Concerts for the Benefit of the Patriotic Fund, in the Town-Hall, Birmingham, 1854. Event during the Crimean war, featuring a display...designed and arranged by Mr

Russian pony and sheep from Bomarsund, brought by Captain Hall, H.M.S. "Hecla", 1854. Animals and war trophies taken from Finland during the Crimean War by a British naval officer

Spahi (Algerian Troops), French Battery on the Heights of Balaclava - from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1854. Crimean War

Meeting of Parliament, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of Parliament, 1854

The Siege of Sebastopol - the Rifles in the Trenches, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - the Rifles in the Trenches, 1854. Crimean War

"The Trafalgar" and "Retribution" at the Siege of Sebastopol - from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships

The Allied Troops preparing to silence Inkerman, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Allied Troops preparing to silence Inkerman, 1854

The Siege of Sebastopol - Gordon's Attack with a Lancaster Gun, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - Gordon's Attack with a Lancaster Gun, 1854

Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Crimean War

Siege of Sebastopol - Preparing a Train for the Trenches, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Siege of Sebastopol - Preparing a Train for the Trenches, 1854. Crimean War: British Army position

Lancaster's Oval Cannon, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Lancaster's Oval Cannon, 1854. Cannon with oval bore intended to project spherical case shot. 1. Horizontal Longitudinal Section of Gun. 2. Vertical Longitudinal Section of Gun. 3

Arab Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Arab Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Crimean War

Interior of the Fort of Chanak-Kalessi, on the Asiatic Side of the Dardanelles - sketched by Lieutenant M. O'Reilly, 1854. Cannon and soldiers of the Ottoman Empire

The Dardanelles - the Battery and Stone Shot, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Dardanelles - the Battery and Stone Shot, 1850. View of...the battery from which the stone shot are discharged [at] the Fort of Chanah-Kalesi, [in modern Turkey]

Major-General Scott, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Major-General Scott, 1849. American soldier Winfield Scott served in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War

Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia, April 1863. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia, April 1863. Albumen print, pl. 91 from the album " Gardners Photographic Sketch Book of the War, volume ii" (1866)

Lunette - Massachusetts State Seal, c. 1937. Creator: Jane Iverson
Lunette - Massachusetts State Seal, c. 1937

Sir Henry William Barnard (1799-1857), General, Chief of Staff; Taken at the Crimea, 1855. A work made of thinly albumenized print

The Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, 1855. Creator: Roger Fenton
The Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, 1855. A work made of salted paper print, from the album " photographic pictures of the seat of war in the crimea" (1856)

View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel S. Angelo)... ca. 1756
View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel S. Angelo) from the rear, ca. 1756. From Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Episode of the Siege of Lille, 1792, 1891. Creator: Gaston Theodore Melingue
Episode of the Siege of Lille, 1792, 1891

The Cannon, c. 1641. Creator: Stefano della Bella
The Cannon, c. 1641

Windy Harbor, 1644. Creator: Stefano della Bella
Windy Harbor, 1644

Fire (The Four Elements), 1647. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Fire (The Four Elements), 1647

Plate 6: battery of cannons firing on a city, from Various Military Caprices (Varii capricci militari), ca. 1641

Plate 3: An officer giving orders to a solider in centre foreground, cannon at left, from Various Military Caprices (Varii capricci militari), ca. 1641

Plate 2: A cannon to the left, a town in the background, from Various Military Caprices (Varii capricci militari), ca. 1641

Children, Obey Me, Do Not Play With Those Weapons, April 1834

Title page, Der Grossen Artillerie Feuerwerck... 1676. Creator: Christoph Metzger
Title page, Der Grossen Artillerie Feuerwerck... 1676

Plusievrs Pieces et Ornements Darquebuzerie (4th extended edition), ca. 1776

Explosion at the Kings Bastion, Portsmouth, on Monday last, October 1844

Cannon, 1861-65. Creator: Unknown
Cannon, 1861-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Fort Johnson, James Island, South Carolina, 1861-65. Creator: Unknown
Fort Johnson, James Island, South Carolina, 1861-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Gardners Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 2, 1863. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Gardners Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 2, 1863. Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia

In front of Petersburg, 1864. Creator: Tim O Sullivan
In front of Petersburg, 1864. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

[Great Sikh Gun taken at Ferozshah on the Night of December 21, 1845, Government House, Calcutta], 1858-61

[After the Capture of the Taku Forts], 1860. Creator: Felice Beato
[After the Capture of the Taku Forts], 1860

Lord Exmouths Fleet bombarding the City of Algiers, 1816. Creator: Unknown
Lord Exmouths Fleet bombarding the City of Algiers, 1816

Lord Exmouth, (1757-1833), 1816. Creator: Unknown
Lord Exmouth, (1757-1833), 1816. Admiral Edward Pellew (1757-1833) British naval officer during the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, and Napoleonic Wars

The death of Schwerin at Prague, 6 May 1757, (1936). Creator: Unknown
The death of Schwerin at Prague, 6 May 1757, (1936). Schwerins Tod Bei Prag, 6 Mai 1757

Woolwich, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Woolwich, c1910. Modern Ordnance. Royal Arsenals, etc. Great Artillery centre. Population, 36, 665

Siege of Vicksburg, (1878). Creator: Unknown
Siege of Vicksburg, (1878). After a siege lasting almost two months, the fortress of Vicksburg, Mississippi, fell to the Union on 4 July 1863

Storming of Chapultepec, (1878). Creator: Unknown
Storming of Chapultepec, (1878)

An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris, c1849. Creator: George Cruikshank
An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris - Mourir pour la Patrie, c1849. Humorous scene: shocked and terrified English diners are interrupted at dinner

Awkward Mistake, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Awkward Mistake, 1897. An unfortunate soldier receives a cannonball in the stomach

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (19th century)

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Kent, 1841. View showing soldiers and civilians examining cannon balls

Cannon balls, North Cyprus

Cannon and Cannon-ball of the Period, . Artist: John Leech
Cannon and Cannon-ball of the Period, c1860, (c1860). From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A Beckett [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London, ]

A Perspective View of Lake George, c18th century
A Perspective View of Lake George, 1759. Publisher, John Hinton

Senior league Cricket XI of the Royal Naval Ordnance Department, Plymouth, Devon, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 16th October 1896

Defence of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861 (c1880). Fort Sumter was the place where the opening shots of the American Civil War were fired, on 12 April 1861

Simon Renard and Winwike the warden on the roof of the White Tower, 1553 (1840). Renard was Ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire Charles V to England from 1553-1555

The Naval Brigade at Sevastopol, 1850s. Scene from the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Ordnance, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

Death of Sir John Moore, 1809, (c1850s). Moore (1761-1809) commanded the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruna), Peninsular War, Spain 16 January 1809

Royal flag, galleon flag and traders flag, (1885). Artist: Urrabieta
Royal flag, galleon flag and traders flag, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, London, 1775. Artist: Michael Angelo Rooker
The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, London, 1775

Gun Turret Aboard USS Passaic, c1860s. Twin barrel gun designed by Captain John Ericsson

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835)

Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli, 14 January, 1797

Method of laying an artillery piece on target using Gunners scale, 18th century. Paths of trajectories and various types of ammunition are shown

Divers salvaging guns from the seabed, c1855. The diving suits appear to be of the type designed by German-born engineer Augustus Siebe (1778-1872)

Book illustration, 1896. Artist: Franz Gottfried
Book illustration, 1896. Illustration from the book The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe. From a private collection

Gunner firing a cannon, 1561. The path of the projectile is shown according to Aristotelian physics

Munchhausen, 1943. Baron Munchhausen, played by Hans Albers, flying on a cannon ball, in Josef von Bakys 1943 film Munchhausen. A print from Signal, April 1943

The Tsars Cannon, the largest cannon in the world
The Tsars Cannon, the largest canon in the world. It is 17.45 feet long, has a base of 36.1 inches, and weighs 40 tons. It was cast by Andrey Chokhov

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