Capture Collection (page 4)

La Piemontaise capturing the Warren Hastings c1806. Artist: Robert Dodd
La Piemontaise capturing the Warren Hastings c1806. The Warren Hastings was an East Indiaman captured after a battle with the French frigate La Piemontaise, under the command of Jacques Epron

Kertch from the North, 1856. Artist: Georges McCulloch
Kertch from the North, 1856. A depiction of the expedition to Kertch by the British forces. The capture of the city of Kertch is part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855)

The Last Franco-British Frigate Action, c1815. Artist: Nicholas Pocock
The Last Franco-British Frigate Action, c1815. The last Franco-British single ship battle of the Napoleonic Wars took place on 26-27 March 1814 off Jobourg, Normandy

The Fall of Oswego, c1815. Artist: Robert Havell
The Fall of Oswego, c1815. During the War of 1812, James Lucas Yeo (1782-1818), a British naval officer commanding a small squadron, arrived off Oswego on Lake Ontario on 4 May 1814

Capture of the Reunion, c1794. Artist: John William Edy
Capture of the Reunion, c1794. A naval battle between the British frigate HMS Crescent and the French frigate Reunion on 20 October 1793

Capture of the Cleopatre, c1794. Artist: Thomas Yates
Capture of the Cleopatre, c1794. The French frigate Cleopatre surrendered following heavy fire from the British frigate HMS Nymphe on 18th June 1793. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N

The Mediator and the Alexander, c1784. Artist: Dominic Serres
The Mediator and the Alexander, c1784. The British ship HMS Mediator captured the American ship Alexander on 12 December 1782, during an engagement with a French and American convoy off Ferrol

Victory of Paul Jones, c1780. Artist: Richard Paton
Victory of Paul Jones, c1780. The capture of the British warship HMS Serapis on 23 September 1779 by French and American ships under the command of Commodore John Paul Jones (1747-1792)

The Fox and the Junon, c1840. Artist: Francois Jacques Dequevauviller
The Fox and the Junon, c1840. The English frigate HMS Fox and the French frigate Junon engaged in battle off Brest on 10 September 1778, with the French ship capturing the British vessel

Capture of the Foudroyant, c1760. Artist: Francis Swaine
Capture of the Foudroyant, c1760. The capture of the French warship Foudroyant by HMS Monmouth on 28 February 1758. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme

The Nottingham and the Mars, c1750. Artist: Remigius Parr
The Nottingham and the Mars, c1750. HMS Nottingham captured the French warship Mars, which was returning to French from the unsuccessful Duc d Anville expedition to North America, on 11 October 1746

Vernon at Portobello, c1740. Artist: Samuel Scott
Vernon at Portobello, c1740. The capture of Porto Bello, Panama, from the Spanish by British Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) on 21 August 1739 during the War of Jenkins Ear

Jugurtha came to the tent of his father-in-law unarmed, c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
Jugurtha came to the tent of his father-in-law unarmed, c1912 (1912). The Numidian chieftain Jugurtha fought a war against the Romans in 112-106 BC

John II of France surrendering his sword to Denis de Morbeck at the Battle of Poitiers, 1356 (1793)
King John II of France surrendering his sword to Denis de Morbeck (a knight of Artois) at the battle of Poitiers, 1356 (1793). From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W

The surrender of Don Anton to Sir Francis Drake, 1 March 1579 (1905). Drake`s capture of a Spanish treasure ship off South America. From Cassells History of England, Vol

Planting of the Royal Flag on the Ruins of Fort Du Quesne, 1758. The French held Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War

Capture of Fuerte de la Loma (1896), 1910s
Capture of Fuerte de la Loma. Major General Calixto Garcia took hold of the fort in August 20, 1896 and the flag bearer Luis Rodolfo Miranda hoisted the Cuban flag

Capture of the Morro, (1763), 1920s
Capture of the Morro. On June 30 1763, from one to two in the afternoon, the English mines exploded and the Englishmen immediately assaulted the fortress through a small breach(gash)

The capture of a German blockhouse, Croisilles, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
The capture of a German blockhouse, Croisilles, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. During the assault on the Hindenburg Line. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The capture of a German machine-gunner, Croisilles, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. During the assault on the Hindenburg Line. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, Peninsular War, 1812 (c1857). Artist: DJ Pound
Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, Peninsular War, 1812 (c1857). British troops commanded by the Duke of Wellington laid siege to the French held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo from 8-19 January 1812

Capture of Confederate guns, near Culpeper, Virginia, American Civil War, 14 September 1863. The capture of Confederate General JEB Stuarts guns by General George Armstrong Custers Union cavalry

Capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by the Union army, American Civil War, 4 July 1863. The Union army, under General Grant, taking formal possession of the city

The capture by the French of the Algerian city of Constantine, 10th October 1837 (1882-1884). Artist: Janet Lange
The capture by the French of the Algerian city of Constantine, 10th October 1837 (1882-1884). The French conquered Algeria between 1830 and 1847

The surrender of Ulm, Germany, 20th October 1805 (1882-1884). Ulm was one of Napoleons greatest victories, with an entire Austrian army of 30, 000 men captured by the French

Arrest of General Richard Prescott, 1777 (c1880). British General Richard Prescott was captured by a small band of colonial soldiers at a farm on Rhode Island on 10th July 1777

Capture of John Brown in the engine house, c1880
Capture of John Brown in the engine house, Harpers Ferry, Virginia, USA, 1859 (c1880). Brown (1800-1859) believed that armed insurrection was the only way to end slavery in the United States

Seizure of Lopez, (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

The capture of s-Hertogenbosch by Frederik Hendrik of Orange, Netherlands, 1629, (c1870). Artist: CL van Kesteren
The capture of s-Hertogenbosch by Frederik Hendrik of Orange, Netherlands, 1629, (c1870). During the Eighty Years War the town of s-Hertogenbosch sided with the Catholic Spanish against

Field Marshal Lord Roberts and staff cheering the Queen, Pretoria, South Africa, 5th June 1900. Raising the Union Jack on the occupation of Pretoria

Battle of Poitiers, France, 1356. King John II of France taken prisoner at the conclusion of the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years War

Arrest of Sir John Fenwick, 1696 (late 19th century)
Arrest of Sir John Fenwick, 1696 (19th century). Sir John Fenwick (1645-1697) was an English Jacobite conspirator who was beheaded in 1697

The arrest of the Young Pretender in Paris, 18th century (19th century). Artist: TE Nicholson
The arrest of the Young Pretender in Paris, 18th century (19th century). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume IV, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

The arrest of Charles Belleisle at Elbingerode, Germany, 1744 (19th century). Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet Belleisle (1684-1761) was an 18th century marshal of France

Capture of a gun at Banda, 1858, (c1860). Scene from the period of the Indian Mutiny. Illustration from The History of the Indian Mutiny, by Charles Ball, Volume V

Capture of the guns by the Highlanders before Cawnpore, 1857, (c1860). Battle during the period of East India Company rule in what is now known as Kanpur, India

The capture of Ting-Hae, China, 1841 (c1895). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

The arrest of Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), c1902. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume III (c1902)

Catching birds, 14th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 14th century manuscript illustration in Livres du Roy Modus, held at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris

Wild boar hunting with dogs, 14th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 14th century manuscript illustration in Livres du Roy Modus, held at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Samson and Delilah, 1937. Artist: Nicolo Boldrini
Samson and Delilah, 1937. A print from Titian Paintings and Drawings, introduction by Hans Tietze, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1937

Capture of the Macedonian, c1813. Artist: Jean Pierre-Marie-Jazet
Capture of the Macedonian, c1813. The capture of the British ship HMS Macedonian by the American heavy frigate USS United States on 25 October 1812

An Armed Merchant Ship Capture, c1813. Artist: William John Huggins
An Armed Merchant Ship Capture, c1813, (1924). On 30 April 1812, after a three day chase, the American armed merchant ship Gipsy was captured by the British Navy. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N

Capture of the Rivoli, c1813. Artist: John Heaviside Clark
Capture of the Rivoli, c1813. On 22nd February 1812, the French warship Rivoli was captured by the British third-rate HMS Victorious under the command of Captain John Talbot at the Battle of Pirano

Capture of the Sparviere, c1811. Artist: Nicholas Pocock
Capture of the Sparviere, c1811. On 3 May 1810, the British frigate HMS Spartan, commanded by Captain Jahleel Brenton (1770-1844) captured the French brig Sparviere in a battle in the Bay of Naples

Capture of the Furieuse, c1810. Artist: George Webster
Capture of the Furieuse, c1810. The capture of the French frigate Furieuse by the British sloop HMS Bonne Citoyenne, commanded by Commander William Mounsey, on 6 July 1809

Capture of the Badere-I-Zaffer, c1809. Artist: Nicholas Pocock
Capture of the Badere-I-Zaffer, c1809. The Capture of the Badere-i-Zaffer was a Turkish frigate captured by the British Navy on 5 July 1808. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N

A Three Days Chase and Capture, c1809. Artist: Nicholas Pocock
A Three Days Chase and Capture, c1809. On 6 March 1808, the British frigate HMS San Fiorenzo, under the command of Captain George Nicholas Hardinge (1781-1808)

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