Gun Powder Collection

Fifth of November
Please to remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason plot; I see no reason why Gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. A stick and a stake for Victorias sake!

Gunpowder Plot 1605
The Conspirators

Gunpowder Letter Betrays
The conspirators and the letter sent to Lord Monteagle which led to their discovery

Declaration of Guy Fawkes
Declaration of Guido Fawkes, with signature, 17 November 1605 (3 of 3) Date: 17th November 1605

1605 Conspirators
GUY FAWKES - English gunpowder plotter with fellow conspirators

Clerkenwell Prison explosion
Effects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins

Gunpowder / Conspirators
The conspirators (Guy Fawkes is number 6)

Gunpowder / Discovery
Guy Fawkes is discovered under the House of Lords

Fawkes Detected
Guy Fawkes, detected by Suffolk, pretends to be a servant

Declaration of Guy Fawkes
Declaration of Guido Fawkes, 17 November 1605 (1 of 3) Date: 17th November 1605

Paris Salpetriere
The manufactory of saltpeter (potassium nitrate) used to make gunpowder : in the 19th century it will become one of Pariss leading hospitals, associated with Charcot etc

Guy Fawkes Gunpowder
GUY FAWKES - English conspirator and gunpowder plotter

Alfred Nobel Bolas
ALFRED NOBEL The Swedish manufacturer of gunpowder and prizegiver

Fawkes / Monteagle Letter
Anonymous letter sent to Lord Monteagle warning him not to attend parliament (this alerted the government to the plot)

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang creates loud explosions
The Chinese Emperor Wu Wang (Zhou Dynasty) uses gunpowder to frighten the enemy

Abu Yusuf using gunpowder, Morocco
MOROCCO - Abu-Yusuf, Sultan, use gunpowder to bombard Sidi- Mesa

Gunpowder for sale here. Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with Offices at 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo

Damaged house interior in Corporation Lane
Damage to a house interior in Corporation Lane, east London, caused by the gunpowder explosion at Clerkenwell Prison, an attempt to free two Fenian prisoners, Burke and Casey

Gunpowder Factory
The ruins of the old Powdermills in the Cherrybrook Valley, near Postbridge, Devonshire, England, which used to produce gunpowder. Date: 19th century

Waltham Gunpowder Mills
Her Majestys (Queen Victoria s) Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey. Date: 1854

Guy Fawkes reprimands trespasser
A life-like effigy of the famous Gunpowder Plot conspirator reprimands a schoolboy who has trespassed, having climbed a ladder over a fence to take fruit from the store shed

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Mr Guy Fox
Mr Guy Fox - Lantern House, Underhand. Seated, holding a book and with a quill behind his ear - but a more famous figure is cast upon his wall...could that be Guy Fawkes with lantern

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 May
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Thatched Cottages 1940S
A row of lovely traditional English thatched cottages in the picturesque village of Ashby St. Ledger, Northamptonshire, with its Gunpowder Plot connections

Wilhelm Ii / Beurre 1908
WILHELM II German Emperor sharpens his sword and says " I m ready!"

Petard Offensive / 17th C
Diagrams showing the attack offensive on a castle using a petard. A device filled with gunpowder and fastened to the gates, the danger lest the engineer be blown up too

Robert Parsons - 3
ROBERT PARSONS Jesuit missionary in England, thought to have been the leading conspirator against Elizabeth and the instigator of the Gunpowder Plot

Picking Cotton / Gunpowder
Picking cotton for gunpowder production in Turkmenistan during World War Two

Gunpowder Horns
Ornamental gunpowder horns from Norway

16th Century Townhouses
Houses in Butcher Row, London; the building on the right, demolished in 1798, is supposed to have been where the Gunpowder Plotters did their plotting

Gunpowder / I See & Smile
I see and smile The barrels of gunpower are discovered

Dangerous Spark Gun
A Dangerous Spark - a man gets a shock when his gunpowder ignites unexpectedly

Landing the Powder
GUY FAWKES Fawkes and Catesby unload the barrels of gunpowder under cover of night

HENRY PERCY / 1564 - 1632
HENRY PERCY 9TH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND Statesman and scientist called the " Wizard Earl". Implicated in the Gunpowder plot

Conspirators Gunpowder
The Conspirators

Gunpowder Manufacture
Technical depiction of an early Gunpowder Mill

Gunpowder Invented
German monk BERTHOLD SCHWARZ is credited with the invention of gunpowder; though it certainly existed before his time, he may have improved its practical effectiveness

Guy Fawkes Discovered
Guy Fawkes is discovered in the vaults under Parliament house and is apprehended Date: 1605

Hy Percy Northumberland
HENRY PERCY, earl of NORTHUMBERLAND, statesman, imprisoned in the Tower for 15 years on suspicion of being involved in the Gunpowder plot - with his autograph

Powder Plot Cellar
Interior of the Crypt or Powder Plot Cellar beneath the old Palace of Westminster looking towards Charing Cross. It was taken down in June 1833

Carrying the Guy
Please to remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason plot; I see no reason why Gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. A stick and a stake for Victorias sake!

Testing Explosives / 1866
Experiments with Gales protected gunpowder in a Martello Tower near Hastings

Fawkes Caught in Time
Guy Fawkes is caught red- handed in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament

Fenian Guy Fawkes, 1867
The Fenian Guy Fawkes - sitting on a keg of gunpowder ready to explode

Gunpowder / Lays Explosive
Guy Fawkes lays the train of gunpowder under the House of Lords

Guy Fawkes Arrested
Guy Fawkes arrested as he lays the gunpowder underneath the House of Lords

Fawkes Lays Gunpowder
Guy Fawkes lays the gunpowder underneath the House of Lords

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