W Ridgway Collection

Pirates of the Mediterranean Playing at Dice for Prisoners. c1869. Artist: W Ridgway
Pirates of the Mediterranean Playing at Dice for Prisoners. c1869. 19th century imagining of a 16th century scene

Introduction of the Art of Printing, 1886. Artist: W Ridgway
Introduction of the Art of Printing, 1886. After Edward Henry Wehnert (1813-1868). From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

Lord Saye and Sele Brought Before Jack Cade, 1886. Artist: W Ridgway
Lord Saye and Sele Brought Before Jack Cade, 1886. Jack Cade (d1450) was leader of the Kentish Rebellion during the reign of Henry VI

The Sons of Edward IV Parted from their Mother, by Richard Duke of Gloucester, June 16th 1483, ( Artist: W Ridgway)
The Sons of Edward IV Parted from their Mother, by Richard Duke of Gloucester, June 16th 1483, (1878). Edward V (1470-1483) and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York (1473-1483)

Coronation of Harold King of the Anglo-Saxons, A. D. 1066, (1878). Artist: W Ridgway
Coronation of Harold King of the Anglo-Saxons, A.D. 1066, (1878). After Daniel Maclise (1806?1870). From Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History, by Thomas Archer

The Battle of La Hogue, 1692 (1878). Artist: W Ridgway
The Battle of La Hogue, 1692 (1878). The related naval battles of Barfleur and La Hogue took place between 29 May and 4 June, 1692. After Benjamin West (1738?1820)

Spanish Contrabandistas, c1860s. Artist: W Ridgway
Spanish Contrabandistas, c1860s. From the picture in the collection of the Queen at Osborne

Coronation of Harold King of the Anglo-Saxons, 1066, (19th century). Artist: W Ridgway
Coronation of Harold King of the Anglo-Saxons, 1066, (19th century). Harold II, last Anglo-Saxon king of England (c1020-1066)

Elizabeth I of England, (late 19th century). Artist: W Ridgway
Elizabeth I of England, (late 19th century). Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), who reigned from 1558-1603

George III of the United Kingdom, (19th century). Artist: W Ridgway
George III of the United Kingdom, (19th century). Portrait of King George III, (Mad King George, 1738-1820), who ruled Britain from 1760 until his son (the future King George IV) became Regent in 1811

Bombardment of Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861, (1862-1867). Artist: W Ridgway
Bombardment of Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861, (1862-1867). The success of their attack on Port Royal gave the Union control of the waters off southern Georgia

Struggle on a bridge during the retreat from Manassas, Virginia, (1862-1867). Artist: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Struggle on a bridge during the retreat from Manassas, Virginia, (1862-1867). Also known as the Battles of Bull Run, the First and Second Battles of Manassas were fought in July 1861

Washington, DC, 1862-1867. Artist: W Ridgway
Washington, DC, 1862-1867. Although threatened by Confederate forces from the state of Virginia for much of the American Civil War, Washington DC remained in Union hands throughout the conflict

New Orleans, Louisiana and its vicinity, 1862-1867. Artist: W Ridgway
New Orleans, Louisiana and its vicinity, 1862-1867. The city and port of New Orleans were captured by the Union in 1862. An engraving from volume II of The War with the South

The fleet passing forts on the Mississippi, capture of New Orleans, 1862-1867. Artist: W Ridgway
The fleet passing forts on the Mississippi, capture of New Orleans, 1862-1867. The Union Navy commanded by Admiral David Farragut captured New Orleans from the Confederacy in 1862

Charge of General Grant, Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 1862, (1862-1867). Artist: W Ridgway
Charge of General Grant, Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 1862, (1862-1867). Shiloh was a major battle in the Western Theatre of the American Civil War

Bombardment of Island Number Ten, Mississippi River, 7 April 1862, (1862-1867). Artist: W Ridgway
Bombardment of Island Number Ten, Mississippi River, 7 April 1862, (1862-1867). Union ironclad warships bombarding the Confederate-held fortified island in the Mississippi

Lord Strafford, 18th century, (1860). Artist: W Ridgway
Lord Strafford, 18th century, (1860). Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, (1672-1739), was a diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty

Charleston, South Carolina, 1862-1867. Artist: W Ridgway
Charleston, South Carolina, 1862-1867. Charleston is the capital of South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union in the build-up to the American Civil War

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