Forts Collection

Hudsons Bay Map
HUDSONs BAY, at the time of the Seven Years War, showing French and English forts including Fort York, the principal settlement of the Hudsons Bay Company

Bar inside a martello tower, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
View of a stylish circular bar which was built inside a martello tower at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Martello towers were small defensive forts

Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York, America

The Western Front battleground - map of August 1914
WW1 - The Western Front battleground - map of August 1914 Date: 1914

Siege of Paris - Aerial
THE SIEGE OF PARIS An aerial view from the south, showing the French defences surrounding the city, including several outlying forts

World War I spy drawing
What appears to be an innocent landscape drawing is in fact a plan of a harbour and its forts. The sketch has been made in accordance with a secret pictorial code known to the government in whose

Dunlop advertisement, Windsor Castle
A Dunlop advertisement featuring an illustration of Windsor Castle. 1937

Salins-les-Bains. Jura department, Eastern France
Salins-les-Bains (Salins), a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region in Eastern France. View of the Town and the two fortified hills, Fort Belin and Fort Saint-Andre

Tsar Nicholas II and his two eldest daughters, Crimea
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and his two eldest daughters at the Forts, Sevastopol, Crimea Date: circa 1909

Macao: view from the forts of Heang-Shan. Date: circa 1840

Storming the Taku Forts, August 1860, Second Opium War, China Date: 1860

Capture of the Peiho Forts (or Taku Forts), near Tianjin, Second Opium War, 12-21 August 1860, China Date: 1860

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Royal Navy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, KCB (11 April 1802 - 3 June 1861) was a Royal Navy officer

Army camp on the shores of Lake Erie, Canada
Army camp on the shores of Lake Erie, Niagara District, Canada, with Fort Erie in the distance. Date: 1770

Michel Robert, Le Peletier des Forts 1675-1740. Le Pelletier Desforts. Handcoloured lithograph after a painting of the coronation of Louis XV from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes

View of Jamrud Fort, near Peshawar, Afghanistan. Date: 1842

America - Henry Hamilton. Takes Fort Vincennes
Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton Takes Fort Vincennes During The American War of Independence. Date: 1778

America - Ethan Allen Takes Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen Takes Fort Ticonderoga During The American War of Independence in Northern New York Date: 1776

Rebels carrying powder from Fort William and Mary
Rebels carrying powder away from the captured Fort William and Mary - December, 1774. Date: 1774

America - Surrender of Fort William and Mary
Surrender of Fort William and Mary, 14th December 1774. Patriot raid of British fort for military supplies after British export ban on arms and gunpowder to America. American Revolution. Date: 1774

Naval Operations, Cronstadt, Crimean War
Naval Operations, Cronstadt (Kronstadt) during the Crimean War. 1854

SIEGE OF PARIS - AERIAL
THE SIEGE OF PARIS An aerial view from the south, showing the French defences surrounding the city, including several outlying forts Date: 1870 - 1871

Laswarree Gate, Trimulgherry Fort, Secunderabad, India
Laswarree Gate, entrance to Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri) Fort, Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910

A Scottish broch, reconstruction
Unique among prehistoric hillforts: a Scottish broch. Showing the intra-mural galleries: a restoration drawing, in section, of a typical broch

Liege cupola fort diagram 1914
A sectional view of one of the Liege Cupola forts, with its surrounding barbed wire defences. These forts played an important part in the Battle of Liege, the first battle of World War One

Head and shoulders of Belgian General Leman
General Leman, who was involved in the building of the forts at Liege, delayed the German advance there by skilfully moving a small force around within the walls. WW1 Date: 1914

Jamrud Fort, North West Frontier Province, British India
Jamrud Fort, at the entrance to the Khyber Pass, North West Frontier Province, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s

Fort Solapur, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
Fort Solapur (also known as Bhuikot Fort), Solapur, Maharashtra, India. Date: circa 1908

Elmina Castle, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1930s

Ali Masjid Fort, Khyber Pass, India
Ali Masjid Fort (top of hill, left), at the narrowest point of the Khyber Pass, near Peshawar, India (now in Pakistan). circa 1905

Drawing of Chinese soldier with sword and shield
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese soldier with pike
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Sir Charles Tegart (1881 - 1946) Colonial police officer and anti-terrorism and security specialist. Tegarts career began in Calcutta during British rule where he rose the position of Commissioner of

Mosque at Rosetta, and Fort Julien, Egypt
The upper image shows an Egyptian mosque in Rosetta, Egypt. The lower image shows Fort Julien from the sea, with an Egyptian boat. 1803

Cape Coast Castle and forts in 1873
Cape Coast Castle was the was the seat of British colonialism upto the time of the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

Fort and Rock, Trichinopoly, Tamil Nadu, India
Fort and Rock, Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchi, Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1905

Fort Purandhar, near Poona, Maharashtra, India
Fort Purandhar (Purandar), near Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India. Date: circa 1910

Drawing of Chinese guard leading prisoner on chain
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese market traders arranging fruit
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of 2 Chinese men playing mahjong
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese seamstress sewing, bound feet
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese man with caged songbird
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese market water-melon seller
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of 2 Chinese peasants carrying baskets
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of 2 Chinese Men with parasol and inscription
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese street fish seller
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese street flower seller
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Bamburgh Castle and Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland Date: circa 1910s

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