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The Palazzo Pazzi (Palazzo della Congiura or Palazzo Pazzi-Quaratesi) - a Renaissance-style palace in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
A Star Explodes - Norman LindsayA Star Explodes by Norman Lindsay Date: 1932
A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf
At the Front - World War One recruitment posterRecruitment poster during World War I featuring a dramatic picture of horses pulling guns rearing up in fright at a shell explosion just a few feet away
Bismarck, German battleship, WW2The German battleship, Bismarck. The ship was sunk on 27 May 1941 in battle with British naval forces. Date: 1941
Science / Gillray SatireNew Discoveries in Pneumaticks! A satire on the Royal Institution: Thomas Young experiments on Hippisley, Humphry Davy at the bellows, Rumford by the door
Hendon Aerial PageantA poster advertising a Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant at The London Aerodrome at Hendon. The pictures depicts British bombers attacking a desert stronghold
IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, WestminsterThe fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage
British Square / PollilurBritish East India troops under Colonel Baille form a square, offering meagre resistance to assault by the Indian army of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali at Pollilur
Monte Bello atomic testFirst British atomic test, Monte Bello islands, Australia on the 3rd October 1952 Date: 3rd October 1952
1957 nuclear test: Fall-outFallout: The sinister and prolonged after-effect of nuclear explosions: a drawing illustrating some characteristics of this haunting phenomenon.An illustration by special Illustrated London News
Planes Bomb Emirs FortBritish planes bomb the Emirs mountain fortress
The Great Halifax Explosion, Halifax, Nova ScotiaThe Great Halifax Explosion, Halifax, near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: 1917
Where Did That One Go To? by Bruce BairnsfatherThe very first cartoon published in The Bystander by Bruce Bairnsfather (later Captain) of the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Llest Colliery explosion, Glamorgan, South WalesA group of men and boys waiting for news of miners trapped underground following an explosion at Llest (Lluest) Colliery, Pontyrhyl, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, South Wales
BUNKERs HILL MINE / 1875Bunkers Hill mine, in North Staffordshire, the scene of a fatal explosion on April 30th 1875. Date: 1875
Clerkenwell Prison explosionEffects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins
Great Fire of Newcastle and GatesheadA view over Newcastle (on the far side of the River Tyne) and Gateshead (in the foreground) during the great fire which killed more than 50 people and destroyed many buildings
The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)Thanks to the parachute drop of plastic explosive, the French resitance were able to blow up the track. This enabled them to intercept a German train heading for the border on the line from Marseille
Loss of Queen Mary, JutlandThe battle cruiser Queen Mary explodes during the Battle of Jutland, World War One
Red Army recruitment poster, showing a Soviet sailor and soldiers fighting: Forward to the Don!
Scoppio del Carro - Florence, ItalyFlorence - Scoppio del Carro. In Florence (Tuscany, Italy), Easter is celebrated with the Scoppio del Carro, explosion of the cart
RAF Bombers breaching the Mohne Dam; Second World War, 1943Drawing showing the destruction of the Mohne Dam in Westphalia, Germany, by the squadron of Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers who came to be known as The Dambusters, 16th May 1943
Firefighting at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1Firefighting at the Scripture Gift Mission, Naval & Military Bible Society, Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion
Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, WW2Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, following a flying bomb explosion, 19 June 1944. Date: 1944
Precambrian volcanoAn impression by Micahael Copus of Precambrian (4, 500 to 544 million years ago) bomb-rock volcano in Leicestershire, England
The devestating power of a big land-mineA photograph of several British soldiers walking through the enormous crater left behind by the explosion of a large land-mine at High Wood, during the Somme offensive of 1916
India / Terrorism / 1913A religious fanatic attacks the Viceroy of India as he passes through Dehli on an elephant
Scene of the Fatal Explosion at BirminghamScene following an explosion that took place on the premises of Messrs. Pursall and Phillips, percussion-cap manufacturers, in Whittall Street, St. Marys Square, Birmingham
Nelson Blinded at CalviHORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer loses the sight of his eye at Calvi
Anarchist Conspirators in London - Arrest at Club AutonomieArrest at Club Autonomie - struggle to handcuff an anarchist. Date: 1894
The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces, 1 to 4 August 1704, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Date: 1704
Vintage photograph WW II - sinking HMS Barham in 1941Vintage photograph World War II - sinking of HMS Barham in 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea - hit by German U boat, take after magazine explosion. 859 men lost
Bomb crater in Warsaw street, September 1939Large bomb crater in a Warsaw street next to a house that appears structurally intact, despite losing its windows in the blast which came as a result of German siege
WW1 - Battle of Guillemont - A mine crater in High Wood - 3rd September 1916
Royal Naval Exhibition 1891 - a submarine mine explosion
WW2 - Atlantic SpyA front cover illustration for a WW2 children's story book, Atlantic Spy, written by Frank Elias. The image depicts an explosion from a direct hit on a large ship. Date: 1940
The Amazing Affair Of The Shipyard SabotageAn illustrated front cover for The Amazing Affair Of The Shipyard Sabotage, written by Stanton Hope, no. 736 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library
Caley Crackers, Norwich - Coming To Your Town Date: 1950s
Cover design, Astounding Science Fiction, November 1950, pulp science fiction Date: 1950
Railway destruction by revolutionaries in China near Shan-Kwan. Shanhaiguan District formerly Shan-hai-kwan or Shan-hai-kuan, is a district of the city of Hebei Province, China
American War of Independence. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783)American War of Independence. Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783). Spanish Siege of Pensacola (March 9-May 8, 1781). Capture of Pensacola
French army in action, Western Front, WW1The French force rushed forward and took possession of the crater - Western Front battlefield scene during the First World War Date: 1916
Russian torpedo launches attacking a Turkish monitor below Matchin, Russo-Turkish War Date: 1877
Bombardment of Odessa by the English and French, 22 April 1854 - the explosion of the Imperial Mole Date: 1854
A dummy village made of canvas used for Artillery practise with Lyddite shells - near Okehampton, Dartmoor. A shell explodes near the Church'. Date: 1912
Explosion of a bridge on Western Front, WW1German explosion of a bridge on the Western Front, First World War, isolating Allied troops. 1914-1918
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Explosion
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Battle of Brunete (July 1937). Soldiers facing an attack of artillery and red aviation in the point 333. Drawing
Spanish Civil War. German bombs launched over Madrid and that they didn't explode. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)
Harnessing the atom by G. H. DavisThe force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works
Parcel bombThe result of a parcel bomb explosion at the offices of the Morning Star newspaper, which left the paper's postal manager Ms May Pateman burned and shocked
Home Guard practiseHome Guards practise blowing up tanks: a demonstration at the school for guerilla warfare at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London, where Spanish Civil War veterans provide the training
ALEXANDER II DEADTsar ALEXANDER II, assassinated by nihilists, on his deathbed in the Winter Palace whither he was taken after the fatal explosion. Date: 1818 - 1881
NASHVILLE/TRENCHES STORMThe storming of the trenches at Franklin-Nashville. Date: November 1864
Armoured train bombed, Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil War. A Republican armoured train is hit by Nationalist bombers, 1936. Date: December 1936
CARTAGENA NAVAL ATTACKNAVAL ATTACK Nationalist attack on the port of Cartagena Date: December 1936
Arley Pit 1853 Industry Coal Regional Collieriesarley, pit, 1853, industry, coal, regional, collieries, england, wigan, lancashire, scene, explosion, left, 57, dead, 23rd, march, 10010195
Battle of Portland between English and Dutch ships, off the Isle of Portland in the English Channel, under Admiral Robert Blake and Admiral Maarten Van Tromp, 18 February 1653
Storming of Badajoz towards the end of the Siege of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 6 April 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)
Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay), Egypt, a naval battle between the British (led by Nelson) and the French, 1-3 August 1798
Wreck of the ship Gipsy at BristolThe stranded Waterford Steam Navigation Companys steamer, the Gipsy, on, May I2th, 1878. The boat left Cumberland Basin for Waterford in the early morning. It was then high water
Storming the Taku Forts, August 1860, Second Opium War, China Date: 1860
Battle of Navarino, Greek War of Independence, 20 October 1827, Navarino Bay (Pylos). Date: 1827
Comic postcard, Drunken man with bottle - We re all going Bang on the Bust! Date: 20th century
The World, Boston Theatre Company, USA - Tableau II, a dramatic scene from The Infernal Machine. Date: late 19th century
Are we uprooted? No! by G. L StampaAre we uprooted? No! Despite the fact that a three storey house has had a huge explosion near by and shrapnel has pierced through their home
Nagasaki Japan in 1945, atomic bombView of the city of Nagasaki Japan in 1945, before the explosion of the atomic bomb, 1945, World War II
City ruins following atomic bomb Japan, WW II 1945City ruins following nuclear explosion - atom bomb Japan, World War II 1945
View of the city of Nagasaki Japan 1945, atomic bombView of the city of Nagasaki Japan in 1945, following the explosion of the atomic bomb, 1945, World War II
Trades in Regency England. Carpet weaving, hog feedingTrades in Regency England. Carpet weaver at a loom in Wilton 16, pig farmer feeding hogs in Hampshire 17, and women knitting and embroidering with needles made in Chichester 18
Examination of underground railway tunnel after explosionExamination by government officials of the underground railway tunnel between Charing Cross and Westminster after the explosion of a bomb in the tunnel on 30 October 1883. Date: October 1883
Train from Charing Cross to Westminster after explosionConducting the first train from Charing Cross to Westminster after the explosion of a bomb in the tunnel on 30 October 1883. Date: 1883
Napoleons Army retreating from the battlefiedNapoleon Bonaparte and his Army retreating from the battlefied of Liepzig, after the premature destruction of the bridge on the Elster River, 1813
Napoleon blowing up his comrades. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815
Air and sea battle between British and German forces, WW2A combined air and sea battle in the North Sea between British and German forces during the early stages of the Second World War
British submarine C3 at Zeebrugge, Netherlands, WW1British Submarine C3 strikes and explodes at Zeebrugge, Netherlands, First World War. 1914-1918
Police searching debris after bomb explosion, LondonPolice searching debris after bombs concealed in mailbags exploded at Euston Station, London, 6 February 1940. 1940
Defeat of the French Fleet by Sir Cloudesley Shovell, 13th August 1704. 1704
Colliery explosion, Duffryn pit 1852Scene of an explosion, near Aberdare Valley, mouth of the middle Duffryn pit. No deaths were occasioned more by choke or after-damp than from the fire-damp. Date: 1852
Front cover of The Graphic, of the pit-mouth immediately after the explosion, killing 268 men and boys. Date: 11 September 1878
Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857Explosion at Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 200 miners went down the pit that day, in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died
HIGH BROOKS MINE 1866An explosion at the High Brooks colliery, near Wigan in Lancashire, England, results in the deaths of 30 miners. Date: 23 January 1866
