Cannon Collection (page 2)

Hawker Hunter FGA. 74 505
Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505 (msn 41H/680085, ex XJ632 and G-9-356), on the line with armourers preparing the ADEN gun pack for removal

Colonel Robert Clive at the Battle of Plassey (Palashi, West Bengal, India), 23 June 1757, when Great Britain and the East India Company defeated the forces of the Mughal Empire

Jhansi Fort and Elephant Battery, c. 1885-1887
Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844-1905)

World War II battle for Senio River in Italy, a flamethrower
Vintage World War II photograph - 8th Army battle for the Senio River in Italy, a flamethrower in action

WW II - range of bombs, ordnance dropped by RAF
Vintage World War II photograph - range of bombs ordnance dropped by bombers of the RAF

Zazel, Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London
Zazel (Rossa Matilda Richter), female acrobatic performer and human cannonball, at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London, with verses from Punch magazine. 1877

The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolution that overthrew Chinas last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty)

Defence of Londonderry, during the Siege of Derry, 18 April to 1 August 1689, part of the Williamite War in Ireland (1689-1691)

Mons Meg cannon, a medieval cannon built in 1449 in Mons, Belgium (Wallonia), given as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1457, and now located at Edinburgh Castle. Date: mid-15th century

Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning. Workers blowing molten glass into bottles and goblets in a Newcastle factory 67

Rival Chinese magicians Chung Ling Soo & Ching Ling Foo
Rival Chinese magicians, Chung Ling Soo (real name, Billy Robinson) seen top putting his wife Suee Seen (aka Olive or Dot ) into a cannon as part of his act at the London Hippodrome

Chinese artillery, QIng Dynasty
Chinese artillery: cannon with narrow muzzle like a musket, Chinese style culverine and large-bore cannon on wheels. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Zazel Valses, by Charles Dubois
Promotional music sheet for Zazel Valses of 1877 by Charles Dubois. One of these waltzes was used to accompany her act which included being fired from a cannon

Tom Cannon, boxer, nicknamed The Great Gun of Windsor

Silver plated cigarette box with battle scene, WW1
Silver plated cigarette box with battle scene after Richard Caton Woodville, First World War, with a quotation from Rudyard Kipling. 1916-1917

British recruitment poster, Are You in this? WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Robert Baden-Powell, Are You in this? First World War. 1915

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII PZ467 Tse-Tse. Armed with a 57mm (6 pounder) Molins quick-firing gun, the first Mk.XVIII was flown on 25 August 1943

Franklin Square, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, with clock tower of post office and statue to Sir John Franklin. Date: circa 1910

DUTCH MERCHANT VESSELS
Dutch West Indies Merchant Vessels. Date: early 17th century

Walks of London - Cannon Streetfrom Mansion House To Tower

Lincoln's Inn, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Southsea Parade - early 1900s

A British cannon arriving in France during WW1 Date: circa 1916

WW1 A British Cannon arrives in France Date: circa 1916

20th century pair of Blomefield ships cannon
MARITIME: a matching pair of 20th century style Blomefield ships cannon based on the 18th century ships Blomefield pattern. Each cannon weighs 30kg each. The bronze barrel measures 19ins

Mid-19th cetury brass signal cannon
MILITARIA: a mid-19th century brass signal cannon, with cylindrical barrel on a shaped truckle base, inscribed PEACE 1856 TRUST IN PROVIDENCE AND KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY with two large spoked front

Pair of cast iron cannon on carriages
MARITIME: A pair of cast iron cannon on carriages with tapering barrels and armorial crest to the barrel. Barrels measure 38ins. long with a 6ins. diameter breech, 4ins

Advert, Cannon Ales, Sheffield, Always to the Front

Russian cannons at Lancaster Castle, Victorian period

Cannon Street Railway Bridge, early 1900s

Elswick Battery probably during the Boer War

Retford Old Cannon early 1900s

Boating Lake, Cannon Hill Park Birmingham early 1900's

Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham early 1900's

Birmingham Cannon Hill Park early 1900s

To All The Living
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, To All The Living, written by Monica Felton. The image shows a number of figures travelling to a settlement in the countryside. Date: 1945

Ostend, Belgium - Large calibre cannon on the seawall
Ostend, Belgium - Large calibre German WW1-era cannon mounted on the seawall alongside the Royal Palace Hotel. Ostend (in common with nearly the entirety of the country)

Gun Hill, Southwold, Suffolk - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Ruins of Pevensey Castle, East Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Rough sea at Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Painting, Chateau de Sedan, Sedan, Ardennes, France
Mouzon, 30th August 1870, oil painting by Gaston Claris, depicting Captain de Tessiere (2nd Artillery Regiment), Captain Baudouin and gunner Favre in battle during the Franco-Prussian War

Citadel of Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium
Cannon balls in the courtyard of the Citadel of Dinant, a fortress originally built 1051 and rebuilt 1818-21 on a cliff above the town and river Meuse, at Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at Zutphen, Netherlands
The death of Sir Philip Sidney, English poet, at Zutphen, Netherlands Date: 1586

Royal Engineers at Pontooning Work, WW1
Royal Engineers at Pontooning Work during the First World War Date: 1915

Artillery, Ordnance and Engineers, 1851-1858 Date: 1850s

Colonization, Police Them Endlessly! Repolice Them
An illustration of a female warrior figure holding a spear, wearing a helmet with a front facing cannon on top, she is carrying a writing deks under one arm. Date: circa 1901

La Batterie Des Hommes Sans Peur
This illustration shows an array of French military men preparing for battle behind a bank, with grooves slotted out for cannon barrels, cannonballs scatter the ground as a man sits beside a sign

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale
Portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. After painting the original version

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