Firing Collection (page 8)

The Battle of Minden, or Thornhausen, in Westphalia... 1759, (1785). Creator: John Goldar
The Battle of Minden, or Thornhausen, in Westphalia, where the Alied [sic] Army, commanded by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttle, obtain d a Glorious Victory over the French Army

The Victory, (Launched 1765), late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: William Frederick Mitchell
The Victory, (Launched 1765), late 19th-early 20th century. British warship HMS Victory, 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy

Attack on the Smugglers, Guy Mannering, c1837. Creator: Cosmo Armstrong
Attack on the Smugglers, Guy Mannering, c1837. Scene from " Guy Mannering or The Astrologer" by Sir Walter Scott. [Simpkin & Marshall, London]

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

Death of Col. Clay, Battle of Buena Vista, Feby. 23d, 1847, pub. 1847. Creator: American School
Death of Col. Clay, Battle of Buena Vista, Feby. 23d, 1847, pub. 1847 (hand coloured engraving). Mexican-American War 1846 - 1848. Battle of Buena Vista 22 - 23 February, 184; Henry Clay Jr

The Porta Aurea, pub. 1764. Creator: Robert Adam (1728-92)
The Porta Aurea, from Ruins of the Palace of Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia, pub. 1764 (engraving)

Laying the Foundation-Stone of Blackfriars Bridge, 1760, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of Blackfriars Bridge, 1760, (1897). Blackfriars Bridge took took nine years to build, opening to the public in 1769

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

Anti-aircraft machine gun, Alace, France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Mortar in action, Somme, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Anti-aircraft firing using machine gun, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Quaint Pagan Superstitions That Stilll Survive in Holy Island, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Bonaparte Aiming The Cannon at Lodi, 1796, (1896). The Battle of Lodi was fought on 10 May 1796 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte

Execution by firing squad in the moats of the Castle of Montjuic, six anarchists participants in the attempt against General Martinez Campos, in 1894, illustration in Le Petit Journal

War of the Independence, siege of Zaragoza, Augustine of Aragon firing the cannon at Portillo in 1808, drawing

Hackney Volunteer firing a rifle, 1798

Figure in military clothing firing a musket and wearing a sword, 1607. One of four images

The Fighting Temeraire, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
The Fighting Temeraire - For we re all in love with fighting On the Fighting Temeraire. Illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea by Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) pub. 1905 (colour litho)

Ulysses Shoots the First Arrow at the Wooers, 1926. Artist: Henry Justice Ford
Ulysses Shoots the First Arrow at the Wooers, 1926. Ulysses (Odysseus) killing the suitors of his wife Penelope after returning to Ithaca after his long absence at the Trojan War and on his Odyssey

William continued his wonderful archery, 1910. A scene from the ballad of William of Cloudeslee A print from Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt, 1910

Hot work at the guns, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. British gunners busily engaged in putting over a curtain barrage

Australian howitzer on the Somme front, World War I, c1914-c1918

Filming the last shot fired before the Armistice, World War I, 11 November 1918. Artist
Filming the last shot fired before the Armistice, World War I, 11 November 1918. The guns fell silent at 11 am on 11 November 1918

Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Artist
Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Standard Oil employees went on strike on 15 July 1915 over pay and union organisation

Battle of Trafalgar, October 21st 1805 (1816). Artist: Thomas Sutherland
Battle of Trafalgar, October 21st 1805 (1816). Scene from the famous naval battle in which Lord Nelson decisively defeated the Spanish and French fleet during the War of the Third Coalition

Anti-aircraft women of the ATS operating an identification telescope, 1943. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Poelcappelle was the site of a battle during the larger Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) in 1917

A Good Shot!, c1820, (1922). Artist: Abraham Cooper
A Good Shot!, c1820, (1922). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow [John Lane The Bodley Head, Limited, London, 1922]

Foraging Party of the 67th Attacked by the Afghans, (Nov 9, 1879), c1880
Foraging Party of the 67th Attacked by the Afghans (Nov 9, 1879), c1880. Episode of the Second Anglo-Afghan War, from 1878 to 1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

The Gatling Gun as used in the British Navy, c1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1880]

Stratagem of Lord Fauconbridge at Towton, 1461 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Stratagem of Lord Fauconbridge at Towton, 1864. Strategem of Lord Fauconbridge, (1410-1463) leading the vanguard of Edward IVs army by ordering his archers to shoot volleys of arrows

Behind The Rough Breastworks Lay The Michigan Men, 1902. The Morgans Raid, (11 June - 26 July 1863), episode of the American Civil War. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II

Column After Column Forced Its Way Into The Village, Only To Be Hurled Back, 1896, (1902). The Battle of Ligny (16 June 1815), fought by the French Empire and Prussia

Clearing the Streets of Alexandria, c1896, (1902). The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt (11-13 July 1882) by the British Mediterranean Fleet. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II

The Royal Sovereigns Stuck To Their Guns, and Fought Them Like Fiends, 1902. Artist: Paul Hardy
The Royal Sovereigns Stuck To Their Guns, and Fought Them Like Fiends, 1902. The Battle of Trafalgar was a major naval battle between the British Navy and the combined fleets of France

Sir Richard Strachan Kept Up For Several Hours A Tremendous Cannonade, 1902. The Battle of Walcheren Causeway was an engagement of the Battle of the Scheldt between the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade

Boer Sharpshooters Near Ladysmith, 1902. The Second Boer War (1899-1902), South Africa. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

Firing from an Armoured Train, 1902. The Second Boer War (1899-1902), South Africa. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

The First Cannon at Crecy, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
The First Cannon at Crecy, 1902. A major engagement of the Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453). Edward III of England and his son Edward, the Black Prince

The Women Loaded the Empty Guns, 1909. Armed conflict, first with the Matabele people under Mzilikazi in the area which was to become the Transvaal, then against the Zulus under Dingane

Simon van der Stel and the Rhinoceros, 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Simon van der Stel and the Rhinoceros, 1909. Simon van der Stel (1639-1712) was the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony

Drakes Funeral, January 1596, (c1880). Sir Francis Drake (c1540- 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era

The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645, (c1880). The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 between the main Royalist army of King Charles I

An Incident in the Siege of Leith, 1548-1560, (c1880). The Siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, a port of prime strategic importance near Edinburgh, Scotland

Attack on the Isle of Wight, July 1545, (c1880). The French invasion of the Isle of Wight occurred during the Italian Wars in July 1545

The Battle of Langensalza, c1890. The Battle of Langensalza was fought on 27 June 1866 near Bad Langensalza in what is now modern Germany

Battle of Waterloo, 1815, (1910). Artist: Edward Orme
Battle of Waterloo, 1815, (1910). The souvenir-medal is part of a collection box issued by Edward Orme to commemorate the military campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, 1815

Battle of Albuera, 1815, (1910). Artist: Edward Orme
Battle of Albuera, 1815, (1910). The souvenir-medal is part of a collection box issued by Edward Orme to commemorate the military campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, 1815

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