Cannonballs Collection

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... 1860
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... 1860. Creator: F. J. S
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. Even in their guns the Chinese show their fondness for colour; those of Kowloon Fort being black, with red muzzles and mouldings

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, 1872
The Dutch fleet under Admiral Opdam passes the Sound on 29 October 1658 during the Swedish War 1657-60, 1872. (The Dutch naval squadron, having defeated the Swedish fleet)

Un inventeur qui craint que son fonds ne luis reste... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
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. Creator: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
Magnus Stenbock Surrenders the Fortress of Tonningen to Frederik IV in 1714, 1785

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, 1781-1782. Creator: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
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... 1854. Creator: Unknown
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

Spahi (Algerian Troops), French Battery on the Heights of Balaclava - from a sketch by... 1854. Creator: Unknown
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. State opening of the British parliament during the Crimean War....Her Majesty [Queen [Victoria] opened Parliament in person

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 latest accounts from the English Camp inform us that our riflemen in the trenches continue to pick off the Russian gunners

"The Trafalgar" and "Retribution" at the Siege of Sebastopol - from a sketch by Lieutenant... 1854
"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. Crimean War, extract from Lord Raglan's dispatch: The morning was extremely dark, with a drizzling rain

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. Crimean War: British soldiers with heavy artillery:..on the crest of a precipice, is a one-gun battery

Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Crimean War. The Russian fire, though well directed

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. Sebastopol will fall, no one doubts it - the question is only one of time...It is satisfactory...to

Arab Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Arab Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Crimean War. Interior of Arab Tabia, as it remains since the 25th of June, when the siege of Silistria was abandoned by the Russians...View of Arab Tabia and Illanli

Interior of the Fort of Chanak-Kalessi, on the Asiatic Side of the Dardanelles... 1854. Creator: Unknown
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]

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

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

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. A fatal accident...As the Artillerymen were re-loading one of the guns...the charge went off

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

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

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