Fortress Collection (page 14)

The Siege of a Fortress II, 1527 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Siege of a Fortress II, 1527 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

The Siege of a Fortress I, 1527 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Siege of a Fortress I, 1527 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

St Mawes Castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern Department
St Mawes Castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. St Mawes Castle is one of a string of coastal fortresses built by Henry VIII. Lantern slide

Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Vol III

Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Vol III

Bridge and Castle of St Angelo, Rome, Italy. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Bridge and Castle of St Angelo, Rome, Italy. Stereoscopic card detail. The cylindrical Mole of Hadrian was built in the 2nd century as a mausoluem for the emperor Hadrian and his family

The River Tiber, Castel Sant Angelo and St Peters Basilica, Rome, Italy. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The River Tiber, Castel Sant Angelo and St Peters Basilica, Rome, Italy. Stereoscopic card detail

Taklakot Fort, Tibet, 1898. Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture, and ultimate release), volume II

Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales, 1924-1926. Artist: Catharine Chamney
Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales, 1924-1926. The construction of Chepstow castle began shortly after the Norman invasion, and was overseen by William the Conquerors castle builder

General Pepperell at the Siege of Louisburg, Canada, 18th century. Artist: W Ridgeway
General Pepperell at the Siege of Louisburg, Canada, 18th century. Sir William Pepperrell (1696-1759) was a merchant and soldier in Colonial Massachusetts

The ruined fortress of Veramin, Persia (Iran), 1895. Artist: Armand Kohl
The ruined fortress of Veramin, Persia (Iran), 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Seventy-third Regiment, Storming of Seringapatam, India, 4th May 1799. Artist: Madeley
Seventy-third Regiment, Storming of Seringapatam, India, 4th May 1799. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the Battle of Seringapatam was the final confrontation between the British

The Saxon fortress of Konigstein, on the River Elbe, near Dresden, Germany, 1866. A print from the Illustrated London News, (14 July 1866)

Attack on the Bastille, 1789, (1845). The Bastille was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine. On the morning of 14 July 1789, a crowd advanced on the Bastille

Vicksburg, Mississippi, and its defences, 1862-1867. Artist: W Kemble
Vicksburg, Mississippi, and its defences, 1862-1867. The Union capture of the fortress of Vicksburg in July 1863 gave them control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two

The Fortress of Chunar, India, 19th century. View of the fort and the River Ganges. The fort has been much fought over and has had a succession of owners over the last 500 years

Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy, 1879. A mediaeval fortress which was converted into the ducal residence of the Este family during the Renaissance

The citadel of Quebec, Canada, 19th century. Artist: E Challis
The citadel of Quebec, Canada, 19th century

The town and fortress of Lille, France, 1875. Artist: J Lacy
The town and fortress of Lille, France, 1875

Carcassonne, France. Artist: A Robidan
Carcassonne, France. The medieval walled city surrounded by fifty towers was originally built by Visigoths in the 5th century

Noteborg (Illustration from Travels to the Great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia by Adam Ol Artist: Rothgiesser)
Noteborg (Illustration from Travels to the Great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia by Adam Olearius). Private Collection

The Siege of the Shumen Fortress in 1828, 1829. Artist: Anonymous
The Siege of the Shumen Fortress in 1828, 1829. From a private collection

The Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana, 1563-1565. Artist: Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574)
The Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana, 1563-1565. Found in the collection of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Capture of Cascina, 1563-1565. Artist: Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574)
Capture of Cascina, 1563-1565. Found in the collection of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

The Golden Horn, Second Half of the 19th cen Artist: Ellis, Tristram James (1844-1922)
The Golden Horn, Second Half of the 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Siege of a fortress. Illustration from the book Phisicke Against Fortune by Petrarch, 1532. From a private collection

Kronstadt. Artist: Perrot, Ferdinand Victor (1808-1841)
Kronstadt. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

A Landscape at Sunset with Fishermen returning with their Catch, 1773. Artist: Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-1789)
A Landscape at Sunset with Fishermen returning with their Catch, 1773. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Golden Horn, Minarets, 1907. Artist: Signac, Paul (1863-1935)
The Golden Horn, Minarets, 1907. From a private collection

Gulbishche, 1900s. Artist: Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947)
Gulbishche, 1900s. From a private collection

The Siege of La Rochelle in October 1628, early 18th century. Artist: Arnold Frans Rubens
The Siege of La Rochelle in October 1628, early 18th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

View of the Moscow Kremlin, 19th century. Artist: Nikolai Podklyuchnikov
View of the Moscow Kremlin, 19th century. Found in the collection of the State United Museum Centre in the Kremlin, Moscow

Interior in the Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin, 1819. Artist: Fyodor Yakovlevich Alexeev
Interior in the Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin, 1819. Alexeev, Fyodor Yakovlevich (1753-1824). Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

View from the Moscow Kremlin and the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge (Greater Stone Bridge), 1810s. Built in the late 17th century

View of the Kremlin from the Sophia Embankment in Moscow, 1879. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Vereshchagin
View of the Kremlin from the Sophia Embankment in Moscow, 1879. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Yaroslavl, Russia

Throne Hall in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, 1861. Artist: Wilhelm Schneider
Throne Hall in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, 1861. Stereoscopic Daguerreotype. The Grand Kremlin Palace was the Moscow residence of the Tsars of Russia

View of the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, c1870-c1875. From a private collection

The Guardroom, 1642. Artist: David Teniers II
The Guardroom, 1642. Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Sea Harbor, Stage design for a theatre play, 1818. Artist: Pietro Gonzaga
Sea Harbor, Stage design for a theatre play, 1818. Gonzaga, Pietro di Gottardo (1751-1831). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Procession of of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna to the Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow, 1856. Artist: Mihaly Zichy
Procession of of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna to the Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow, 1856. The coronation of Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881) and Empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880)

Bow to the People, Coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Moscow, 1855 (1856)
Bow to the People, Coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Moscow, 1856. The coronation of Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881) and Empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, 1915. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, 1915. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894. He was forced to abdicate after the Russian Revolution in 1917

The expulsion of Polish invaders from the Moscow Kremlin, 1612 (late 19th or early 20th century). Moscow was occupied by the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1610 until 1612 as

Red Moscow Heart of World Revolution, poster, 1921. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Map of the Moscow Kremlin (Castellum Urbis Moskvae), Russia, 1597. Artist: Willem Blaeu
Map of the Moscow Kremlin (Castellum Urbis Moskvae), Russia, 1597. Found in the collection the State Museum of History, Moscow

The Kremlin Garden, Moscow, Russia, c1830s-c1840s. Found in the collection of the Museum of Moscow History and Reconstruction, Moscow

The Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin after shelling in November 1917. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov
The Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin after shelling in November 1917. The 15th century cathedral suffered damage during the two weeks of fighting that broke out in Moscow following

Facade of the Terem Palace in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Artist: Michail Michailovich Panov
Facade of the Terem Palace in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. The Terem Palace was the main residence of Russias tsars in the 17th century

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