Defensive Collection (page 5)

A Chariot Armed with Scythes, Two Drawings of a Sort of Tank and a Partisan, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Chariot Armed with Scythes, Two Drawings of a Sort of Tank and a Partisan, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Calshot Castle, 1859. An artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. To protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire

Rothenburg o. d. T. - Wehrgang. Archers gallery, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
Rothenburg o. d. T. - Wehrgang. Archers gallery, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, 1814. Artist: John Greig
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

Big Ben, 1940, (1940). From The War in Pictures. [Odhams Press Limited, London, 1940]

American Gothic, 1930. Artist: Grant DeVolson Wood
American Gothic, 1930. Painting housed in the Art Institute of Chicago. From The Studio Volume 118. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1939]

At Singapore Indian troops arrive to take part in the defence of the great fortress-port. 1941. From The War Illustrated Volume 5 edited by Sir John Hammerton

San Antonio Bridge and Fort Geronimo, San Juan, 1909. Fort Geronimo was built during the 17th century to replace a smaller battery that stood at the easternmost end of the San Juan islet

Atares Castle, (1764), 1920s
Atares Castle, begun in 1764 by the Governor of the island, Don Antonio Maria Bucarelli. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona

Old Arsenal and shipyard, (1617), 1920s
Old arsenal. By Royal Order on 16th of April 1617, it was instructed and Arsenal was built in Havana, work was carried out in 1724

Al Karak castle, 19th century

Van lake and fortress, 19th century

Director Layer, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Director Layer, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Dover Castle, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Samarra city from the Malwiya tower, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918

German defensive position on the Vistula, Poland, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Remains of Roman Wall near Museum of London, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Remains of Roman Wall near Museum of London, 20th century. London Wall was a defensive wall first built by the Romans around Londinium, a strategically important port town on the River Thames

Roman and Medieval City Wall, York, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Roman and Medieval City Wall, York, 20th century. Since Roman times, cities were defended by walls of one form or another. York has more miles of intact wall than any other city in England

The Red Tower at the end of Yorks Medieval City Walls, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
The Red Tower at the end of Yorks Medieval City Walls, 20th century. The Red Tower sits on the Eastern extremities of Yorks defences

Kremlin Wall and tower from south of Red Square, Moscow, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Kremlin Wall and tower from south of Red Square, Moscow, 20th century. A defensive wall surrounding the Kremlin in Moscow, a fortified complex, overlooking the Moskva River

Dover Castle Walls, 12th century. Artist: William the Conqueror
Dover Castle Walls, a late Norman castle originally constructed by William I, 12th century

Demonstration of a Testudo, a formation of shields by Roman soldiers based on details from Trajans column

The Turkish fort at Paphos, 16th century
The Turkish fort at Paphos, built over old Venetian defences, 16th century

Defensive Celtic round tower, 9th century
Defensive Celtic round tower of the manetic settlement at Clonmachois in County Offaly, Ireland. The Vikings could sail up the River Shannon to attack the monasteries, 9th century

Thai temple guardian at a temple doorway
Temple guardian at a temple doorway from Bangkok, Thailand

Walmgate Bar in York, 12th century

Promontary fort on the Dingle peninsula, 6th century BC
Celtic iron age promontary fort on the Dingle peninsula, from inside the fort showing the inner and outer defensive wals, with gateways. The walls are 10 feet high, and 25 feet thick, 6th century BC

Detail of Witham Shield, Celtic bronze, British

Detail of Celtic decoration, Battersea Shield, Celtic, c2nd - 1st century BC

Battersea Shield, Celtic, c2nd - 1st century BC. Found in RiverThames

Detail of Cows head, Battersea Shield, Celtic, c2nd - 1st century BC

German soldiers during World War I, c1916. German infantrymen in a defensive position excavated inside the front room of a house in an urban street

Troops working in one of the underground artillery towers, Maginot Line, Worls War 2, c1940
Maginot Line, French defensive installation. Troops working in one of the underground artillery towers. Man in foreground is using a time-fuse setter. Early 1940

Greek relief, Greek soldiers form a Phalanx, 5th century BC. Phalanx is an ancient Greek expression for an organized, heavily armed infantry defense line

Sectional view of a typical Boer entrenchment, Boer War, c1900. The 2nd Boer War 1899-1902

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