Exploding Collection

Burning of the American river steamer Isaac Newton on her way from New York to Albany, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Burning of the American river steamer Isaac Newton on her way from New York to Albany, 1864. Engraving from a sketch y Mr. Edward L. Henry

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. 'The sight presented by the target when struck was very grand

The Blowing Up of the Vanguard Rock at Plymouth on Friday, the 5th November, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Blowing Up of the Vanguard Rock at Plymouth on Friday, the 5th November - from a sketch by Major Bredin, R.A. 1858. Displacement of...the rock at the entrance of the Devonport harbour...One of

Shigeno Yozaemon and a Bursting Shell, 1869. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shigeno Yozaemon and a Bursting Shell, 1869. Series: One Hundred Warriors in Battle Selected by Yoshitoshi

Fireworks at Ryogoku, 1858. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Fireworks at Ryogoku, 1858. From One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

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

Battle of Gibraltar in 1607, c.1621. Creator: Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen
Battle of Gibraltar in 1607, c.1621. Other Title(s): The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, 25 April 1607

Destruction of the Docks, Sebastopol - from a sketch by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Creator: J. A. Crowe
Destruction of the Docks, Sebastopol - from a sketch by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Crimean War. It was the intention of our engineers to blow in a portion of the English half of the docks...the charges in

The Bombardment of Sveaborg - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Bombardment of Sveaborg - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Scene from the Aland War, part of the Crimean War, showing...Captain Caldwell, [commanding] H.M.S

The Bombardment of Sveaborg - Officers on the Island of Tona Miola - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1 Creator: Unknown
The Bombardment of Sveaborg - Officers on the Island of Tona Miola - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Scene from the Aland War, part of the Crimean War. On Sunday afternoon, August 12, H.M

Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate, (1902). Creator: Unknown
Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate, (1902). Scene from the Great Sepoy Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny), 14 September 1857

The Siege of Sebastopol - Explosion of a Powder Magazine in the English Trenches, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - Explosion of a Powder Magazine in the English Trenches, 1854. Crimean War. Despatch from General Canrobert: Yesterday, at sunrise, we opened fire

Siege Operations at Chatham - Springing a Mine, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham - Springing a Mine, 1854. Military exercises in Kent, attended by Prince Albert. A column of the 34th then advanced from Gillingham Tower under a heavy fire from the 32

Explosion of a Steam-Boiler in Hague-Street, New York, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of a Steam-Boiler in Hague-Street, New York, 1850. Scene showing the...explosion of a boiler of a steam-engine in a machine shop

Long Live the Japanese Navy and Army! The Great Battle near Weihaiwei (Nihon kairiku... 1895)
Long Live the Japanese Navy and Army! The Great Battle near Weihaiwei (Nihon kairiku banzai, Ikaiei fukin daigekisen no zu), Japan, 1895

A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of the king and queen of Spain, Madrid, 1906, (1910)
A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Spain, Madrid, 31 May 1906, (1910)

The Perils of Steam Coaches circa1810, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Perils of Steam Coaches circa1810, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Kabayama, the Chief of Naval Staff, Attacking Enemy Ships from onboard Saikyomaru (Kabayama gunreibucho Saikyomaru o motte tekikan ni ataru), 1894

Supposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Supposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Testing explosives designed by Captain Warner, demonstrating:the effect produced by a line-of-battle ship following in her wake

View of the wreck at sunset, 1844. Creator: Unknown
View of the wreck at sunset, 1844. Explosion of a ship at Brighton by Captain Warner who...put to the test his alleged power of destroying ships at sea

The John O Gaunt "settling down", 1844. Creator: Unknown
The John O Gaunt " settling down", 1844. Explosion of a ship at Brighton by Captain Warner who...put to the test his alleged power of destroying ships at sea

Settled, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Settled, 1844. Explosion of a ship at Brighton by Captain Warner who...put to the test his alleged power of destroying ships at sea, completely and instantaneously...an immense cloud

The Explosion, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Explosion, 1844. Explosion of a ship at Brighton by Captain Warner who...put to the test his alleged power of destroying ships at sea, completely and instantaneously...an immense cloud

The "John O Gaunt"being towed to destruction, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The " John O Gaunt" being towed to destruction, 1844. Explosion of a ship at Brighton by Captain Warner who...put to the test his alleged power of destroying ships at sea

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

Explosion of a brig, by Captain Warner, off Brighton, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of a brig, by Captain Warner, off Brighton, 1844. Captain Warner put to the test his alleged power of destroying ships at sea

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865, 1865. 1865
The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865, 1865. Rebel soldiers and Richmond residents crossing the Mayo Bridge over the James River in the final days of the American Civil War

An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
An H.E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Battlefield scene, capturing the blast from a high-explosive shell on the front line. From " The Pageant of the Century"

Soldiers firing a cannon, 1849, (1924). Creator: Minedo Fuko
Soldiers firing a cannon, 1849, (1924). European soldiers as seen by a Japanese artist. From the " Kaigwai Shinwa Shuei" (War in Foreign Countries), by Minedo Fuko, [1849]

John Gilpins wine bottles explode, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
John Gilpins wine bottles explode, 1878, (c1918). Before setting out on his journey, Gilpin had attached bottles of wine to his belt

Shell, Douaumont, northern France, 1917. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Bomb exploding, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Destroyed cannon, c1914-c1918. Twisted metal after a cannon exploded. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Explosion of a mine, Vosges, eastern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Going it by steam, (1829?). Artist: Robert Seymour
Going it by steam, 1829; showing a steam engine, to which a coach has been attached, exploding, causing passengers to fly into the air or fall heavily

Mackintoshs Quality Street, exploding tin advertisment shot, 1972. To create the effect of the chocolates expoding from the tin

The Quebec and the Surveillante, c1780. Artist: Richard Paton
The Quebec and the Surveillante, c1780. A naval engagement between the British warship Quebec and French Surveillante took place on 6 October 1779

The Battle of the Nile, Egypt, 1 August 1798 (c1857). Artist: J Rogers
The Battle of the Nile, Egypt, 1 August 1798 (c1857). The battle was fought at night in the Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. Admiral Lord Nelson found the French fleet at anchor and attacked

Bombardment of St Jean D Acre by Admiral Sir Charles Napier, 3 November 1840 (c1857). Artist: H Winkles
Bombardment of St Jean D Acre by Admiral Sir Charles Napier, 3 November 1840 (c1857). British, Turkish and Austrian ships bombarding Egyptian positions in the port of Acre during the Syrian War

The destruction of the Chinese war junk in Ansons Bay, 7 January 1841 (c1857). Artist: George Greatbatch
The destruction of the Chinese war junk in Ansons Bay, 7 January 1841 (c1857). The East India Companys steamer Nemesis, and the boats of the Sulphur

Aboukir Bay, c1799. Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg
Aboukir Bay, c1799. The Battle of the Nile, also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay, was a major naval battle fought between the British Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay

Explosion on board the British warship HMS Royal Sovereign, 1901. On 9th November 1901, off the Greek coast, one of the 6-inch guns on board the battleship exploded whilst being fired

Preparing and setting a Dynamite charge, Paris, 1890. From La Science Illustree

Cartridge from Nobel Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Ayrshire, 1884. Cartridge packed with Dynamite made at the factory. From The Illustrated London News, 16 April 1884

Workers at Nobel Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Ayrshire, 1884. Top: Mixing house, with women rubbing Dynamite. Bottom: Woman filling cartridges with Dynamite using a filling machine

Members of the French air corps on bomb practice at Chalons, 1912
Members of the French air corps on bomb practice at Chalons. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 14 April 1912

Berthold Schwart, 14th century German Franciscan monk and alchemist, 1901. Schwart (fl 1320) is supposed to be the first European to discover gunpowder. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901

Extremes Meet, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
Extremes Meet, 1863. This cartoon depicts Abraham Lincoln on the left and Alexander II on the right, shaking hands across the divide, and with fighting and death taking place behind them

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