Cannonball Collection (page 2)

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) led British naval ships in the Bombardment 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. Prussian field marshal Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684-1757)

Woolwich, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Woolwich, c1910. Modern Ordnance. Royal Arsenals, etc. Great Artillery centre. Population, 36, 665. The Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in south-east London carried out armaments manufacture

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). The Battle of Chapultepec in September 1847 was fought between the United States Marine Corps

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. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Kent, 1841. View showing soldiers and civilians examining cannon balls. Established in the late 17th century

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. Artist: WM Crockett
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). Artist: George Cruikshank
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. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835). In August the fervently anti-revolutionary port of Toulon was occupied by the Bourbons and a British, Spanish and pro-Bourbon military force

Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli, 14 January, 1797. The battle of Rivoli occurred as Austrias General Alvintzy (1735-1810) made his fourth and final attempt to relieve the siege of Mantua

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. Since he believed that no body could undertake more than one motion at a time

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

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (19th century). The major port of Toulon was anti-revolutionary and on 28 August 1793, the city turned itself over to the Bourbons and a British

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

New Elgin Marbles, 1860. Lord Elgin (of the Elgin Marbles fame), holds a marble the size and weight of the cannonballs with which Peking had been threatened

The Royal Visit to Cherbourg Anticipated, 1858. The Emperor Napoleon III speaking to Queen Victoria A fine gun, Your Majesty. Queen Victoria replying Yes! Exactly like a number we have at Woolwich

Our next Ambassador to Naples. 1858. A British sailor holding the fuse of a loaded and aimed cannon. The reference is to an ongoing dispute between the British and Neapolitan governments

Cricket - Capital Practice for the Round Bowling of the Period, 1859. This cartoon shows cricket practice being enlivened by the use of a cannon to replace the more traditional bowler

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