Siege Collection (#7)

La place de la Bastille (engraving)
8643985 La place de la Bastille (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La place de la Bastille. Cote de la rue de la Roquette)

Le carrefour de la Croix-Rouge (engraving)
8643977 Le carrefour de la Croix-Rouge (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le carrefour de la Croix-Rouge)

La rue de Lille (engraving)
8643975 La rue de Lille (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La rue de Lille)

Les docks de la Villette (engraving)
8643974 Les docks de la Villette (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les docks de la Villette)

La caisse des Depots et Consignations et la caserne d'Orsay (engraving)
8643966 La caisse des Depots et Consignations et la caserne d'Orsay (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Les Tuileries vues du quai (engraving)
8643956 Les Tuileries vues du quai (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Tuileries vues du quai)

Une seance du club des femmes dans l'eglise Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (engraving)
8643951 Une seance du club des femmes dans l'eglise Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le viaduc du Point-du-Jour, ainsi que les maisons qui l'avoisinent, furent cribles de projectiles (engraving)
8643946 Le viaduc du Point-du-Jour, ainsi que les maisons qui l'avoisinent, furent cribles de projectiles (engraving) by French School

Aspect de la crypte du Pantheon servant de refuge aux habitants de la butte Sainte-Genevieve (engraving)
8643942 Aspect de la crypte du Pantheon servant de refuge aux habitants de la butte Sainte-Genevieve (engraving) by French School

Les gardes nationaux dans leurs casemates des remparts (engraving)
8643941 Les gardes nationaux dans leurs casemates des remparts (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Deux ballons partent aujourd'hui (engraving)
8643938 Deux ballons partent aujourd'hui (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deux ballons partent aujourd'hui, le Parmentier)

Les clairons sonnent le rappel et les bataillons de marche de la garde nationale ont ete diriges vers le champ de
8643935 Les clairons sonnent le rappel et les bataillons de marche de la garde nationale ont ete diriges vers le champ de bataille (engraving) by French School

Vue de bois de Boulogne prise de la mare d'Auteuil (engraving)
8643931 Vue de bois de Boulogne prise de la mare d'Auteuil (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

L'autre partie du jardin reste reservee a l'artillerie (engraving)
8643927 L'autre partie du jardin reste reservee a l'artillerie (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plus de 1, 500 personnes vent chaque jour recolter des legumes dans la plaine de Bondy (engraving)
8643925 Plus de 1, 500 personnes vent chaque jour recolter des legumes dans la plaine de Bondy (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plus de 1)

Le nouvel observatoire des Parisiens (engraving)
8643922 Le nouvel observatoire des Parisiens (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le nouvel observatoire des Parisiens)

Campement des mobiles bretons sous les arcades crenelees du viaduc d'Auteuil (engraving)
8643919 Campement des mobiles bretons sous les arcades crenelees du viaduc d'Auteuil (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Combat de Chevilly (engraving)
8643916 Combat de Chevilly (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Combat de Chevilly)

La Place De La Concorde le 9 aout (engraving)
8643915 La Place De La Concorde le 9 aout (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Place De La Concorde le 9 aout)

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856
863646 Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856; (add.info.: Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Siege of Sebastopol (Sevastopol) October 1854 to September 1855

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871
542984 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871.; (add.info.: Lady asking waiter if it is truly veal on the menu. He admits that it is a v eal dish made with horse)

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871
542978 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871.; (add.info.: Chef trying to reassure woman that he was not suggesting cooking her pet)

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871
542969 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871.; (add.info.: Hungry French National Guardsman thinks of a good use of the Fat Lady's calf - a good stew)

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-59: Desperate defence of the fort at Futtegurgh where 150 British
530550 Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-59: Desperate defence of the fort at Futtegurgh where 150 British, of whom only one quarter could bear arms, were under siege

George Washington and other military officers riding on horseback, 1776
1579975 George Washington and other military officers riding on horseback, 1776; (add.info.: George Washington and other military officers riding on horseback along the street, on Evacuation day)

The Siege of Sebastopol, 1854 (litho)
1579757 The Siege of Sebastopol, 1854 (litho); (add.info.: Lithograph of the Siege of Sebastopol. The sans Pareil and The Agamemnon engaging Fort Constantine. Lithograph by A. L. Morel-Fatio)

Two sons of Tipoo Sultan (1749-99) Sultan of Mysore, given as hostages to English under General Charles Cornwallis
536864 Two sons of Tipoo Sultan (1749-99) Sultan of Mysore, given as hostages to English under General Charles Cornwallis; (add.info.: Two sons of Tipoo Sultan (1749-99) Sultan of Mysore

The Defense of Paris, 1870-71 (oil on panel)
5861702 The Defense of Paris, 1870-71 (oil on panel) by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest (1815-91); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: By Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier)

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The Siege of Potidaea, BC 432 (litho)
8660771 The Siege of Potidaea, BC 432 (litho) by Burton, H. M. (20th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Siege of Potidaea, BC 432)

Cour des comptes et Conseil d'etat (engraving)
8650667 Cour des comptes et Conseil d'etat (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cour des comptes et Conseil d'etat. Cote de la rue de Lille)

La rue Vavin (engraving)
8650666 La rue Vavin (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La rue Vavin. Illustration for Memorial Illustre des Deux Sieges de Paris)

Arrivee de M Jules Favre au chateau de Ferrieres, quartier general du roi de Prusse (engraving)
8650657 Arrivee de M Jules Favre au chateau de Ferrieres, quartier general du roi de Prusse (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Syracuse at the Time of the Siege, 415-413 BC (litho)
8652547 Syracuse at the Time of the Siege, 415-413 BC (litho) by Bartholomew, John George (1860-1920) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Syracuse at the Time of the Siege, 415-413 BC)

Ancient Greek siege weapons (engraving)
8635115 Ancient Greek siege weapons (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek siege weapons. Illustration from Hellas)

Siege of Constantinople by the Turks (litho)
8661318 Siege of Constantinople by the Turks (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Constantinople by the Turks)

Life and adventures of Paul Jones, the pirate. Capturing the Mellish'
7339236 Life and adventures of Paul Jones, the pirate. Capturing the Mellish'. Jones attacked by the coast-guard, while landing a cargo of contraband goods

History of the Pirates...of all nations. The Buccaneers of South America, 1836 (print)
7295354 History of the Pirates...of all nations. The Buccaneers of South America, 1836 (print) by British School, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London

Ms 1335 fol.22 Surrender of the Castle of Celaenae in 333 BC, from Vie d'Alexandre le Grand (vellum)
XIR210448 Ms 1335 fol.22 Surrender of the Castle of Celaenae in 333 BC, from Vie d'Alexandre le Grand (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Municipale, Reims

British troops at the Siege of Badajoz, Spain, in 1812 during the Peninsular War
3062195 British troops at the Siege of Badajoz, Spain, in 1812 during the Peninsular War.; Private Collection; (add.info.: After the painting by Vereker Hamilton)

Soldiers, archers and artillery gunners in a castle siege, 15th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico
FLO4622922 Soldiers, archers and artillery gunners in a castle siege, 15th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient

Plan of the immense fortress town of Antwerp, Belgium (litho)
3252881 Plan of the immense fortress town of Antwerp, Belgium (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the immense fortress town of Antwerp, Belgium)

A ship carrying a battle or siege tower, 1850
3330691 A ship carrying a battle or siege tower, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a ship carrying a battle or siege tower. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Two perfect knights's mountaintop fortress castles in Austria. (Hochosterwitz and Kreuzenstein)
FLO4703127 Two perfect knights's mountaintop fortress castles in Austria. (Hochosterwitz and Kreuzenstein?) Copied from Matthaeus Merian's Topographie von Osterreich, 1649

Roman antiquite: seat machines, shelter for digging a tunnel 1, semi-circular shelter 2, shelter with belier 3
FLO4573600 Roman antiquite: seat machines, shelter for digging a tunnel 1, semi-circular shelter 2, shelter with belier 3, shelter on rolling cylinder 4, seat tower 5, tower of five stages 6

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Siege of Delhi - engineers blowing up the Cashmere Gate so that Colonel
530548 Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Siege of Delhi - engineers blowing up the Cashmere Gate so that Colonel Cambell's men could pass into the city, September 1857

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871
542964 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871.; (add.info.: Farewell between a National Guardsman and his sweetheart who is wearing a Red Cross armband)

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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.