Gunpowder Collection

Modern era. Arquebusier. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Gunpowder Plot Conspirators
The Gunpowder Plot - The Conspirators, including Guido (Guy) Fawkes and Robert Catesby. Date: 1605

The Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes and conspirators
Early 19th century impression of the main protagonists in the conspiracy to blow up Parliament in 1605. From left, Tesmond, Garnet, T. Percy, Catesby, I. Wright, Guy Fawkes, I

Blasting Limpets by William Heath Robinson
Heath Robinsons Encyclopaedia of Sport - X. Blasting limpets on the Barbary Coast. Another unusual sport suggested by William Heath Robinson. Date: 1914

Guy Fawkes, leader of the Gunpowder Plot, caught in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament, 5 November 1604. William Parker, Baron Monteagle, and Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk

Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress

The petard, a medieval explosive device in the form of a metal cone filled with gunpowder attached to a gate to blow it open. Invented in France in 1579 for Henri IV, King of Navarre

Comic Valentines Postcard - Old Maid about to be blown up
Comic Valentines Postcard - Some seriously racey language punning against an image of an Old Maid about to be blown up. 1908

Former Old Lion Inn - the Gunpowder Plot House, Dunchurch
The former Old Lion Inn, also known as the Gunpowder Plot House, Dunchurch, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Red Hall, Bourne, where Gunpowder Plot was hatched
Red Hall, Bourne, Lincolnshire, where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched Date: 1905

Guy Fawkes's Lantern

Guy Fawkes Night, Tricentenary, 1905 Date: 1905

History of Africa - 19th century- a red buffalo
History of Africa. 19th century.... I found myself in the presence of a red buffalo; I fired my shotgun and missed the shot. Chromolithography

Falconet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration
Falconet or falcon. Light cannon developed in the late 15th century. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Modern age. Imperial artillery (from the Bologna Procession). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Soldiers of Acostamientos. Culveriner and crossbowman
Soldiers of Acostamientos. The Acostamiento was a salary granted by the king to his vassals under which they were obliged to serve him in war. Culveriner (left). Crossbowman (right). Engraving

Weaponry, Middle Ages. Bombard. Engraving by Serra
Bombard. Cannon used throughout the Middle Ages an the Early Modern Period. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Advertisement for Smokeless Diamond Sporting gunpowder by Curtis's and Harvey Ltd. Showing shotgun cartridge with name and logo

Tamper with a Railway Signal by William Heath Robinson
Sixth column strategy, frustrating a dastardly attempt by the fifth a tamper with railway signal. Date: 1940

Members of the Gunpowder Treason plot. Date: 5th November 1605

The Bank of England, St Pauls Cathedral and the Blue-Coat School or Christs Hospital. View of the Bank of England 33, the dome of St Pauls Cathedral 34, and the Blue-Coat School for orphans 35

Trades in Regency England. Carpet weaving, hog feeding
Trades 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

Cleveland House by St. James Palace, London. Built by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of King Charles II, later owned by the Duke of Bridgwater

Primitive cannons used at Battle of Crecy, France
Primitive cannons (known as bombards) used by the English army at the Battle of Crecy, France, though bows and arrows were the primary weapon. Date: 1346

German soldiers with halberds wearing harem pants, late 16th century. Gunpowder expert with his back to us, and soldier with cap and armour collar. From color pen drawings in the possession of C

Musket parts including rest, bayonet, bandileer
Matchlock musket, lock and bayonet from the Tower of London 1-3, bayonet 4, musket rest and bayonet 5, musket rest 6, bandileers and powder flask 7, wheel lock 8, 9, and spanner 10

The Infernal used by the English Navy at St. Malo s. A floating mine constructed in a vessel with sand, gunpowder, masonry, bombs and fireworks. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Ancient Dragoon on horseback with musket, 17th century
Ancient Dragoon on horseback with helmet, musket and gunpowder horn, 17th century. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English

Military exercises of musketeers. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812. Military exercises of musketeers

Ancient Chinese weapons and war engines
Ancient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8, 9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14

Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes lantern, Oxford University
An artefact from the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes lantern, on display at Oxford University. 17th century

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

Guy Fawkes
A man from the country with a great display of the gunpowder plotters, asking " A penny for the Guy!" at neighbouring houses. Date: circa 1850s

Guy Fawkess Day
Please remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot, I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot, with verse. 1867

Guy Fawkes - T-shirt / poster print design MR NICE GUY Date: 1605

ROYALIST DEFENDS HERSELF
A shopkeeper of Saint-Mithier defends her royalist sympathies when her shop is invaded by Republicans, by holding a pistol over a barrel of gunpowder. Date: 1794

Arrest of Guy Fawkes by Sir Thomas Knyvet
The arrest of Guy Fawkes by Sir Thomas Knyvet and others, following the foiled Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. 1605

Medieval army. Soldiers during a siege city. Guns and crossb
Medieval army. Artillery. Soldiers during a siege city. Guns and crossbows. Miniature. 15th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Crimean War (1853-1856). Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-1855, by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud (1856-1928). The city, on the Black Sea, was besieged for 11 months. Detail

Method of refining saltpeter for making gunpowder
Method of refining saltpeter (potassium nitrate) for making gunpowder. circa 18th century

Goblins having fun on a ship on a Christmas card
Goblins having fun on the deck of a ship on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

The Ancient English Musket & Halbert Exercise, Plate 3. 1794

Giant Powder Works, Point Pinole, California, USA
Giant Powder Works, an explosive powder (gunpowder) manufacturing company in Point Pinole, Richmond, California, USA. Date: circa 1892

Victorian scrap - Guy Fawkes and two of his co-conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, 1605. late 19th century

Arrest of Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot
Arrest of Guy Fawkes in connection with the Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. 1605

Guy Fawkes - Conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes (1570-1606) - member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Date: circa 1606

Guy Fawkes Night - lighting firework laden guys
The Boy Who Got There First. A young boy defies health and safety rules by lighting the first of three Guy Fawkes all stuffed full of various fireworks. Date: 1932

Cartoon, French women in munitions factory, WW1
Cartoon showing French women working in a munitions factory. One woman tells her boss: we ve replaced rice powder (used in cosmetics) with gunpowder. Date: 1917

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