Fortress Collection (page 6)

Rhine Falls or Rheinfall at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 1800s
The Rhine Falls or Rheinfall at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 1800s. Caduta del Reno a Lauffen. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Sarcophagus from the Tombs of the Kings of the Judah. Sarcofagi nella torre dei re di Giuda. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carocci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Sacred camel decked out for the pilgrimage to Mecca
Sacred camel in a gold and silk caparison for the pilgrimage to Mecca. The muslim man wears hajj ihram, and the woman a transparent veil. Cammello sacro

Balaklava Harbour from Genoese fortress, Sevastopol, Crimea
Balaklava Harbour, Sevastopol, Crimea, viewed from a ruined Genoese fortress. 1855

Royal Engineers Aquatic Sports Champions, Malta
Royal Engineers Aquatic Sports Champions, No. 1 Section, Fortress Company, Malta, with trophy and cups on display. 1934

Fort Royal, Ile Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes, France
Fort Royal, famous fortress on the Ile Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes, South of France, associated with the so-called Man in the Iron Mask, whose identity remains a mystery. 19th century

Taschichhoedzong, Buddhist monastery and fortress near Thimphu, Bhutan. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in

The Sund (channel) with Kronborg Castle and Helsingborg
The Sund (channel) with Kronborg Castle, Helsingor (Elsinore), Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden, on the other side. Illustration from Leopold von Buchs Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813

Castle of the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire

Two perfect knights mountaintop fortress castles in Austria. (Hochosterwitz and Kreuzenstein?) Copied from Matthaeus Merians Topographie von Osterreich, 1649

Battering rams attacking castle walls
Battering ram and two types of borers to pierce walls at top, and two rams below, one supported by a triangle and the other borne on soldiers shoulders

Workers building the Dutch fortress at Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

View of the hill of Padang, Sumatra, circa 1800
View of the hill of Padang, West Sumatra, with its Dutch fortress, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Wall, fortress and bridge at Peking (Beijing), China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Ruins of a circular Incan fortress at Canar, Ecuador. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Incan fortress-palace with temple of the Sun at Ingapirca
Elevation and plan of the ruins of an Incan fortress-palace with temple of the Sun at Ingapirca, near Canar, Ecuador. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes

Napoleon Bonaparte ordering his troops to storm the fortress of Acre, Egyptian Campaign, 1799. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by

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

Colonel F. Carneiro de Campos: Prisoner of War
Colonel Frederico Carneiro de Campos, was imprisoned by Paraguayan soldiers shortly before the initial act and declaration of war by Paraguay

A Pai-Loo and a Chinese Fortress - Manners & Customs of Nations. 1803

Boeing B-17G Fortress N3703G TANKER number 78 - Registered as N3703G, with Edgar A. Neely-Fast-Way Air Service, Long Beach, CA, September 11, 1959-1967.- Converted to fire tanker

Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire, originally called Castellum Godrici, after Godric Mapplestone, the builder of the first castle on the site. Date: 12th - 13th century

The round keep of Pembridge Castle, Herefordshire, an English - Welsh border castle. Date: 12th - 13th century

Pembridge Castle, Herefordshire, is an English - Welsh border castle. Here is the south side, showing the moat and smaller of the drawbridges. Date: 12th - 13th century

Wellingtons force attack the French at CIUDAD RODRIGO, a key fortress on the Portugal- Spain frontier; after fierce fighting, the defences are overcome Date: 15 January 1812

JOAN OF ARC AT ORLEANS
Joan of Arc urges the French army to attack the last English fortress at Tourelles and recaptures Orleans. Date: May 1429

AFGHANISTAN / GHUZNI / 1878
The fortress and citadel of Ghuzni, with the two Minars - burial towers - to the right of the picture. Date: 1878

LILLE - DEFENDED TOWN
The Town and fortress of Lille. Date: Early 19th century

EGYPTIAN ATTACK
Egyptian attack on a fortress

THEATRE / MASQUE / 1691
A decorative chariot bearing a model of the fortress of Montmelian is pulled before an audience at a Masque performance on the 21st December 1691. Date: 1691

Rumelihisari, Istanbul, Turkey - a medieval fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. Date: circa 1920s

ITALY / MIRAMAR C1900
Miramar, near Trieste Date: circa 1900

La Mola at the entrance to Mahon Harbour, Menorca, Spain
La Mola, a disused military fortification at the entrance to Mahon Harbour, Menorca, Spain. The Loop Holed Gallery - approx 400 metres long Date: 2010

Prison yard of the derelict military prison at La Mola
The prison yard of the derelict military prison at La Mola, a fortified peninsula on Menorca, Spain Date: 1989

A Flying Fortress - Duxford Air Museum, Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1980s

Castello di Ferro - Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland. Date: circa 1906

Aleppo, Syria - Entrance to the Citadel Date: 1920s

Mytilene, Greek Island of Lesbos - The Fortress Date: circa 1905

Mytilene, Greek Island of Lesbos - North Coast Fortress Date: circa 1905

View of the Bosphorus - Rumeli Hisari, Istanbul, Turkey
Rumelihisari or Bogazkesen Castle - a medieval fortress located in the Sariyer district of Istanbul, Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. Date: 1956

Great Queens of the Past No 2 - Semiramis of Nineveh
Semiramis of Nineveh pictured arriving at the military camp before the city of Bactra which had been defying the Assyrian forces for some time

Albania. Gjirokaster. Castle and clock tower
Albania. Gjirokaster castle (18th century) and the clock tower, added from 1811 by the Ottoman governor Ali Pasha of Tepelena. Eastern side. Date: 20070809

Mars with the zodiac signs of Aries and Scorpio. Illustratio
De Sphaera (The Sphere). Astrological book of Lombard origin. Illustrated by Cristoforo de Predis (1440-1486), 1470. Representation of Mars with the zodiac signs of Aries and Scorpio

Spain. Castile and Leon. Arevalo. Castle. Semicircular keep. Built in 14th century and rebuilt in the 16th century

Thirty Years War (1618-1648). The Surrender of Julich. 1621. Ambrosio Spinola with Diego Felipe de Guzman, receives the keys from the Dutch governor. By Jusepe Leonardo, 1635. Prado Museum. Madrid

Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sha
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Fort Boma, Tabora, Tanzania, East Africa
Fort Boma, a new fort under construction at Tabora, German East Africa (now Tanzania). The building, viewed here from the west, is still in use today. Date: circa 1901

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