Smoke Collection (#47)

Battle of Borodino, Russia, 7 September 1812, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle of Borodino, Russia, 7 September 1812, (c1835). With 44, 000 Russian casualties and 30, 000 French losses, the battle was indecisive

Crossing of Arcola Bridge, 15 November 1796, (19th century). Popular image of the three-day battle against the Austrians, which took place at Arcole, (or Arcola) in northern Italy

Those of 1914: Facing the Barbarians, France, 1914. Artist: Gaston Charpentier-Bosio
Those of 1914: Facing the Barbarians, France, 1914. Ceux de 1914: Face aux Barbares : scene from the First World War

Pirates Attacking a British Navy Ship, 17th century. Artist: Willem van de Velde the Younger
Pirates Attacking a British Navy Ship, 17th century

Les Quais de Paris, 24 May 1871. View from the River Seine showing Paris in flames during the retaking of the city from the Paris Commune. From a series titled Paris et ses Ruines

Uprising leading to the establishment of the Paris Commune, 1871. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

La Prise de Paris, 22 May 1871. Fighting in the Champs Elysees as French government troops recapture Paris from the Paris Commune. From a private collection

Train Crash at Bellevue in 1842 (19th century). From the Chateau of Sceaux, France

Paris in flames, 1871. View showing the city ablaze during its recapture by government forces from those of the Paris Commune

US Mail Boat, 1870. Artist: Leila Bauman
US Mail Boat, 1870. From the Washington National Gallery of Art, USA

Seascape with a fire in the distance, 1667. Artist: Ludolf Backhuysen I
Seascape with a fire in the distance, 1667

View of the Institute, 19th century. Artist: Charles Lapostolet
View of the Institute, 19th century. Set up in 1795 to encompass the four (and later) five Academies to promote the perfection of arts and sciences in an interdisciplinary manner in Paris

Old Man Kindling Wood, 1881. Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Old Man Kindling Wood, 1881. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Kroller-Muller, Holland

Les Infames, Paris Commune, April 1871. Anti-government cartoon portraying the leaders of the French government exiled to Versailles after the establishment of the Paris Commune being burnt at

Incendie et Destruction de l Hotel de Ville, Paris, 24 May 1871. The Hotel de Ville in Paris was destroyed by fire during the fighting as French government forces tried to recapture Paris from

La Prise de Paris, 23 May 1871. The Ministry of Finances building ablaze during the recapture of Paris from the Paris Commune. From a private collection

Crematorium, Pere la Chaise cemetery, Paris, 1888. Illustration published in March 1888 while the building was under construction

Steamboat on the Clyde near Dumbarton, c1814. Artist: William Daniell
Steamboat on the Clyde near Dumbarton, c1814. This early paddle steamboat travelling amongst sailing vessels was painted just a few years after the first trip of a steamboat in Europe

Henry Bells steam boat Comet of 1811, (1856). The Comet, 40ft long (12.19m), powered by a 3hp Boulton & Watt engine, was the first successful steam boat in Europe

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

Birmingham viewed from the south showing smoking chimneys, c1860. A small manufacturing town until the 18th century, Birmingham was one of the most important centres of the Industrial Revolution in

Steel works c1925

Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1985. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 4 April 1997. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

London going out of Town - or The March of Bricks and Mortar, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
London going out of Town - or The March of Bricks and Mortar, 1829. The expansion of London, showing the eating up of green field sites and the impact of pollution from the city and from brickworks

Vesuvius erupting, Italy, c1815. Vesuvius during one of its early 19th century eruptions. People observing the eruption from inside the volcanos cone which is emitting smoke and flames

Eruption of Vesuvius, Italy, c1815. Vesuvius during one of its early 19th century eruptions viewed from the Bay of Naples. In the centre foreground fishermen are using a flare to attract their prey

Riot by railroad workers at Martinsburg on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, USA, 1877
Riot by Baltimore-Ohio Railroad workers at Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA, 1877. The riot occurred after workers went on strike because the company cut their wages

Wedgwood factory, Etruria, Hanley, Staffordshire, England. Josiah Wedgwoods (1730-1795) Ivy and Etruria works were the first in Britain to maufacture ceramics on an industrial scale

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, 1829 (1859). On 11 October 1829 Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway

Interior of St Pancras Railway Station, London, 1865. Using an iron latticed arched roof, WH Barlow and RM Marsh were able to construct a clean arch 100 feet high with a span of 140 feet dispensing

The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. Artist: J Shury
The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. View showing shipping, warehousing and smoking chimneys in the background. From History of the County of Yorks

Natives of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, slaughtering swine before Captain Cook, c1778. Captain James Cook, the famed navigator and hydrographer, transformed our knowledge of the Pacific region

The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869. Artist: G Greatbach
The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869, showing a scene of heavy industry at night with smoking chimneys, fire from gas outlets and hot coals, with a wheeled engine to right

First carriage, Ariel, 1843. Artist: W Walton
First carriage, Ariel, 1843, showing a fictitious flight of William Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage over a city. Henson patented his Aerial Steam Carriage in 1842

Solway Chemical Works, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Solway Chemical Works, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 20th century. Chemical plants involve the industrial process of manufacturing (or otherwise processessing) chemicals, usually on a large scale

Lime kilns, 1872. Burning limestone to produce lime for cement and mortar and for agricultural use

Snowdon mountain railway, from near the summit

Railway engine in the former Czechslovakia

Have You Volunteered for the Red Army?, Soviet agitprop poster, 1920. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Have You Volunteered for the Red Army?, Soviet agitprop poster, 1920. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Storming of the Swedish Noteburg Fortress by Russian Troops, 11 October 1702 (1846). Artist: Alexander von Kotzebue
Storming of the Swedish Noteburg Fortress by Russian Troops, 11 October 1702 (1846). During the Great Northern War, a Russian army commanded by Peter the Great launched an amphibious assault

Crossing the Berezina River, Russia, 27 November 1812 (1844). Artist: Peter Heinrich Lambert von Hess
Crossing the Berezina River, Russia, 27 November 1812 (1844). Scene from Napoleons epic retreat from Russia. Napoleon had expected to find the river frozen, but a thaw had melted the ice

Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Western, 1882. The Great Western was launched in 1837 for the Great Western Steamship Co as the first of three steamships designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Storming of San Sebastian by British and Portuguese troops under Wellington, 31 August 1813. The siege, which lasted from 28 June to 31 August was under the local command of the Scottish General

Battle of Busaco, Peninsular War, Portugal, 27 September 1810. British and Portuguese troops commanded by Wellington repulsed the French under Massena

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1776. Ladies and gentlemen watching a lava flow running into the valley between Mount Somma and Vesuvius

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, with his staff at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Wellington (1769-1852) commanded the British

Admiral George Anson in the Centurion taking a Spanish galleon off the Philippines, 1743
Admiral Anson in the Centurion taking a Spanish galleon off the Philippines, 1743 (c1895). Admiral George Anson (1697-1762)

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