Siege Collection (#3)

Napoleon at Danzig
Siege of Danzig - Napoleon inspects the siege works: the town will be surrendered later in the month, following negotiations. Date: 9 May 1807

BADAJOZ 1813
Badajoz, supposed impregnable, surrenders to Wellington after a sustained siege

Ottoman Wars / Vienna
John III Sobieski, king of Poland, attacks the Turkish army under Kara Mustapha Pashs besieging Vienna, and though outnumbered 2 to 1 routs it and saves the city

Siege gun, 16th Century (chromolitho)
2782546 Siege gun, 16th Century (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege gun, 16th Century. Liebig card, published early 20th century)

Roman soldiers forming a tortoise to attack a city (chromolitho)
2782995 Roman soldiers forming a tortoise to attack a city (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman soldiers forming a tortoise to attack a city)

A siege (engraving)
8643475 A siege (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A siege. Illustration for The Humourist by W H Harrison (Ackermann)

Veturia persuading her son Coriolanus not to attack Rome (engraving)
8635793 Veturia persuading her son Coriolanus not to attack Rome (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Italian bombard, 14th Century (chromolitho)
2782547 Italian bombard, 14th Century (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian bombard, 14th Century. Liebig card, published early 20th century)

Moveable seige tower used in attacks against castles, from The National and Domestic History of England by William
3555537 Moveable seige tower used in attacks against castles, from The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey pub

Captain Lelievre's heroic defense in Mazagran (February 1840), detail, 19th century (oil on canvas)
7305476 Captain Lelievre's heroic defense in Mazagran (February 1840), detail, 19th century (oil on canvas) by Beauce, Jean Adolphe (1818-75); Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Narbonne

The siege and fall of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, after the painting by John Harris Valda (1874-1942)
3533913 The siege and fall of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, after the painting by John Harris Valda (1874-1942), from Hutchinson's History of the Nations

The Trojan Horse story by Raoul Lefevre, French, 15th century (print)
PHD41414 The Trojan Horse story by Raoul Lefevre, French, 15th century (print); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Fr 22522 f.277v); Photo: Phaidon Press

Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Shows Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria, surrounded by men in uniform near a train, probably during First Balkan War and siege of Adrianople, Nov. 1912-March 1913

The burial-ground at Lucknow, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The burial-ground at Lucknow, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. View of the Burial-ground in the Bailey Guard'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Laying the first stone of the Lucknow Memorial, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the first stone of the Lucknow Memorial, [Lucknow, India], 1864. Engraving of a photograph, of...the scene on Saturday, the 2nd of January

Design for the Lucknow Memorial, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Design for the Lucknow Memorial, 1864. Stone cross...to commemorate the sufferings and death of those English men, women, and children, who perished during the siege of the Residency [in Lucknow

History of the Pirates...of all nations. Life and adventures of Paul Jones, the pirate, 1836 (print)
7339232 History of the Pirates...of all nations. Life and adventures of Paul Jones, the pirate, 1836 (print) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 25.4x16.3 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Captain Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe, Cuba, 19th century (engraving)
7337530 Captain Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe, Cuba, 19th century (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: unknown Pirate)

Veturia begs Coriolanus to cease attack on Rome, 5th century bc (print)
7420026 Veturia begs Coriolanus to cease attack on Rome, 5th century bc (print); (add.info.: Veturia, mother of Roman general Gnaeus (or Gaius)

The pirates of Cuba, 19th century (print)
7339234 The pirates of Cuba, 19th century (print) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 24.4x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Place de la Bastille (engraving)
8643976 Place de la Bastille (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Place de la Bastille. Les bateaux de petrole sous la voute du canal Saint-Martin)

Interieur du Grenier d'abondance (engraving)
8643971 Interieur du Grenier d'abondance (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interieur du Grenier d'abondance)

Le palais d'Orsay et le palais de la Legion d'honneur (engraving)
8643970 Le palais d'Orsay et le palais de la Legion d'honneur (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vue de la cour de l'Hotel des Depots et Consignations (engraving)
8643969 Vue de la cour de l'Hotel des Depots et Consignations (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Palais-de-Justice, vu du quai (engraving)
8643962 Le Palais-de-Justice, vu du quai (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Palais-de-Justice, vu du quai)

Facade du Palais-Royal (engraving)
8643961 Facade du Palais-Royal (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Facade du Palais-Royal)

Facade principale de l'Hotel de Ville (engraving)
8643960 Facade principale de l'Hotel de Ville (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Facade principale de l'Hotel de Ville)

Les incendiaires (engraving)
8643955 Les incendiaires (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les incendiaires)

La colonne Vendome apres sa chute (engraving)
8643952 La colonne Vendome apres sa chute (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La colonne Vendome apres sa chute)

Les barricades de la place Pereire, aux Ternes (engraving)
8643949 Les barricades de la place Pereire, aux Ternes (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les barricades de la place Pereire, aux Ternes)

Le repiquage des meules pour les nouveaux moulins du gouvernement (engraving)
8643932 Le repiquage des meules pour les nouveaux moulins du gouvernement (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Transcription a l'administration des Telegraphes des depeches privees apportees par pigeon (engraving)
8643929 Transcription a l'administration des Telegraphes des depeches privees apportees par pigeon (engraving) by French School

Les patriotes de Suresnes dependent la cloche de leur eglise au benefice de l'artillerie (engraving)
8643928 Les patriotes de Suresnes dependent la cloche de leur eglise au benefice de l'artillerie (engraving) by French School

Siege of Agrigentum (engraving)
8635764 Siege of Agrigentum (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Agrigentum, Sicily, First Punic War, 262 BC. Illustration from Rom)

The Return of Ivan the Terrible to Moscow after the Conquest of Kazan (colour litho)
8661451 The Return of Ivan the Terrible to Moscow after the Conquest of Kazan (colour litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info)

Siege of Tyre by Alexander the Great (litho)
8660861 Siege of Tyre by Alexander the Great (litho) by Prater, Ernest (1864-1950) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Tyre by Alexander the Great)

Cavaliers isoles passant la nuit sur le boulevard Montmartre (engraving)
8643908 Cavaliers isoles passant la nuit sur le boulevard Montmartre (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Approvisionnements partant de la gare du Nord pour la halle (engraving)
8643907 Approvisionnements partant de la gare du Nord pour la halle (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Siege of Numantia (engraving)
8635727 Siege of Numantia (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Numantia by the Romans, 134 BC. Illustration from Rom)

Helepolis of Demetrius I of Macedon (engraving)
8635133 Helepolis of Demetrius I of Macedon (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Helepolis, siege tower of Demetrius I of Macedon)

The geese of the Capitoline Hill (colour litho)
8664134 The geese of the Capitoline Hill (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ofen (Buda) taken from the Turks, 1686 (litho)
8661141 Ofen (Buda) taken from the Turks, 1686 (litho) by Blaas, Eugen von (1843-1931) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ofen (Buda) taken from the Turks, 1686

Crusaders storming Nicaea (litho)
8661356 Crusaders storming Nicaea (litho) by Wood, Stanley L. (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crusaders storming Nicaea)

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Stone catapult balls found in Pevensey Castle, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675971 Stone catapult balls found in Pevensey Castle, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stone catapult balls found in Pevensey Castle)

Roman antiquite: seat machines, shelter for digging a tunnel 1, semi-circular shelter 2, shelter with belier 3
FLO4573628 Roman antiquite: seat machines, shelter for digging a tunnel 1, semi-circular shelter 2, shelter with belier 3

Soldiers and weapons of Carthage. Carthaginian soldiers in breastplate and helmet 1, 2, Hannibal's shield 3
FLO4620762 Soldiers and weapons of Carthage. Carthaginian soldiers in breastplate and helmet 1, 2, Hannibal's shield 3, and war machine 4

Napoleon working the gun at the Siege of Toulon, 1793. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The
FLO4608541 Napoleon working the gun at the Siege of Toulon, 1793. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T

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"Unyielding Determination: A Glimpse into History's Most Notable Sieges" Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, lst Viscount Baden-Powell - The man who inspired millions with his leadership during the Siege of Mafeking. Winston Churchill at Sidney Street Siege, East London - Witnessing the courage and resilience of a nation in the face of adversity. The Conquest of Tenochtitlan, from the Conquest of Mexico series - An epic struggle for dominance that forever changed the course of history. Siege of Vienna by Turks (1683). Battle of Kahlenberg - When Europe united to defend its freedom against an overwhelming force. The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789 - Brave soldiers defying all odds in a daring attempt to break free from their besieged fortress. Stephen Bathory at Pskov - Uniting nations under one banner to withstand a relentless siege and emerge victorious. The Forlorn Hope At Badajos, 1906 - Sacrifices made by brave souls who dared to storm enemy lines amidst chaos and destruction. Hamilton at Yorktown in 1781 - A pivotal moment when determination led to triumph in America's fight for independence. Siege of the Alamo, 1836 – Remembering those who valiantly defended their beliefs against overwhelming forces during Texas' struggle for independence. Siege of Malta 1565 – Withstanding wave after wave, knights held strong against invaders seeking control over this strategic Mediterranean island. Crusades capture Antioch- Crusaders overcoming immense challenges as they conquer Antioch during one chapter in history's most famous holy wars. In each tale lies a testament to human endurance and unwavering spirit; these sieges remind us that even amidst seemingly insurmountable odds, the human will can prevail.