Armed Services Collection (#4)

Cutting the First Turf of the Great Southern Railway at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Cutting the First Turf of the Great Southern Railway at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. W. B. Jones

Review of French troops on the Place Napoleon at Cherbourg, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Review of French troops on the Place Napoleon at Cherbourg, [northern France], 1865. 'The subject of our Illustration...from a sketch by our special artist

The Late Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Stewart, Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Late Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Stewart, Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph, 1865. Portrait of '...a most able

Prizes and Prize-Winners of the Calcutta Volunteer Rifle Matches at Barrackpore, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Prizes and Prize-Winners of the Calcutta Volunteer Rifle Matches at Barrackpore, [India], 1865. Participants in '...competitive trials in skill as marksmen...The gentlemen grouped around this

The Last Days of the Confederate Government...crossing the Pe-Dee River, North Carolina, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Last Days of the Confederate Government: the train of the Confederates crossing the Pe-Dee River, North Carolina, 1865

Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales...Quadrangle of Somerset House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales in the Quadrangle of Somerset House, [London], 1864. '...a vast quantity of coloured bunting had been employed in...the decoration of

The siege operations in St. Mary's Creek, Chatham: boats advancing to the assault, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The siege operations in St. Mary's Creek, Chatham: boats advancing to the assault, 1864. Mock battle. View of '...the advance of the Royal Marines in the boats which conveyed them up St

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the picket going camp rounds, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the picket going camp rounds, 1865. View of '...the nightly picket of members of the Victoria Rifle Corps, fully accoutred and armed

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon:...the Horatio Ross Prize, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon:...the Horatio Ross Prize, 1865. '...for a combined performance of running, loading, and firing...The competitor

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the foot-races, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the foot-races, 1865. View of '...the foot-races...which afforded so much diversion to many of the volunteers and of the ladies

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon:...the Highland Games, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: diversions of the camp - the Highland Games, 1865. View of '...the Highland games of the London Scottish corps...which afforded so much

The siege operations at St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The siege operations at St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, on Saturday last, 1864. Military rehearsal. 'The besieged garrison were all men of the Marine Artillery and Volunteer Artillery

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: evening band in the volunteer camp, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: evening band in the volunteer camp, 1865. View of '...the band playing on the lawn in front of Lord Elcho's cottage'

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: Mr. Sharman...winner, Queen's Prize
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: Mr. Sharman, 4th West York Rifle Volunteers, winner of the Queen's Prize, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins

The War in Denmark: the assault on No. 4 Redoubt at Düppel...by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the assault on No. 4 Redoubt at Duppel - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'Since the seaward redoubts, No. 1 and No

The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park: general view, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park [London]: general view, 1864. '...the Prince and Princess of Wales came not only to witness the affair

The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park: the Princess of Wales and her suite, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park [London]: the Princess of Wales and her suite, 1864. '...the Prince and Princess of Wales came not only to witness the affair

Fight at Waiari, on the Mangapiko River, New Zealand, on the 11th of February, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Fight at Waiari, on the Mangapiko River, New Zealand, on the 11th of February, 1864. 'It seems that...some of our soldiers went into the river to bathe

The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park: the Prince of Wales and his staff, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park [London]: the Prince of Wales and his staff, 1864. '...the Prince and Princess of Wales came not only to witness the affair

General Robert Edmund Lee, Commander-In-Chief of the Army of the Confederate States of America, 1864 Creator: Unknown
General Robert Edmund [sic] Lee, Commander-In-Chief of the Army of the Confederate States of America, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs

The War in America: camp of Federal prisoners on Belle Isle, Richmond..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: camp of Federal prisoners on Belle Isle, Richmond - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. '...in Richmond especially the prisons are full to overflowing...the

Landing of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Landing of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. Engraving of '...a sketch by Mr. Wirgman, our Special Artist, which...represents the landing of Sir Rutherford Alcock

The War in Denmark: the Prussian assault on Redoubt No. 6 at Düppel on April 18…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the Prussian assault on Redoubt No. 6 at Duppel on 18 April - from a sketch by our special artist on the Prussian side, 1864. View of '...the assault upon Redoubt No

The War in Denmark: sketch of the Redoubts...at Düppel, showing the...outpost sentries..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: sketch of the Redoubts Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 7 at Duppel, showing the Danish and the Prussian outpost sentries - from a sketch taken on the Ruhenberg Hill, by our special artist

The War in Denmark: Prussian outpost at the corner of Büffel-Koppel Wood..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: Prussian outpost at the corner of Buffel-Koppel Wood - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. View of '...one of those rude straw huts improvised for the shelter of

The Volunteer Review at Blackheath, near Guildford, on Easter Monday, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review at Blackheath, near Guildford, on Easter Monday, 1864. View of '...the military evolutions of Easter Monday on Blackheath - an open piece of undulating ground

The War in Denmark: Prussian battery at Gaasberg Point, opposite the forts of Düppel, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: Prussian battery at Gaasberg Point, opposite the forts of Duppel, 1864. '...We see two of the great guns at work

Officers of the 1st Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps., 1864. Creator: W Thomas
Officers of the 1st Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps., 1864. Portrait of British soldiers '...in full uniform. This is one of the oldest of the metropolitan [ie London] corps

The War in Schleswig: distributing medals to Austrian troops at Hoptrup..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: distributing medals to Austrian troops at Hoptrup - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The Sketch...was taken at Hoptrup

The War in Schleswig: chapel at Gravenstein used as a Prussian barrack..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: chapel at Gravenstein [in Denmark] used as a Prussian barrack - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. 'The town consists principally of this main street, which runs up the steep hill on the east bank of the River Wey

Illustrations of the War in Denmark: fight between the Danes and the Austrians at Veile..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the War in Denmark: fight between the Danes and the Austrians at Veile on the 8th of March, 1864. '...the Austrian infantry regiment of Hesse was sent...across the frozen swamp

The War in New Zealand: stronghold of the Maoris at Rangariri, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: stronghold of the Maoris at Rangariri, 1864. Engraving from a photograph, of the scene of '...General Cameron's victory on the 20th of November...The British

The War in New Zealand: Rangariri, from the Waikato, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: Rangariri, from the Waikato [River], 1864. Scene of '...General Cameron's victory on the 20th of November...[The] new redoubt

Night attack of the Kent Artillery Volunteers in Ore Creek, near Faversham, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Night attack of the Kent Artillery Volunteers in Ore Creek, near Faversham, 1864. View of '...the rehearsal of a night attack and defence

Barracks for British troops in course of erection at Yokohama...by our special artist in Japan, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Barracks for British troops in course of erection at Yokohama - from a sketch by our special artist in Japan, 1864. 'We engrave...[a] sketch taken by Mr

The War in Schleswig: High-Street, Hadersleben - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: High-Street, Hadersleben - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. View of '...the principal street of Hadersleben

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. John Neale, C.B., the British Chargé d'Affaires in Japan, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. John Neale, C.B., the British Charge d'Affaires in Japan, 1864. 'Colonel Neale...has just brought our differences with the Japanese authorities to a satisfactory

The War in Schleswig: Prussian ammunition-train entering Flensburg - by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Prussian ammunition-train entering Flensburg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. '...the Prussians...have brought up heavy siege-guns and trains of ammunition

The War in America: winter quarters of the left wing of the Confederate Army on the Rapidan..., 1864 Creator: Unknown
The War in America: winter quarters of the left wing of the Confederate Army on the Rapidan - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The Taeping Rebellion in China: troops of the Quinsan Garrison..., forming square, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Taeping Rebellion in China: troops of the Quinsan Garrison, under Major Gordon, forming square, 1864. Engraving from a photograph

The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The Battle of Konigshugel, also known as the Battle of Ober-Selk

Wm. Hayward, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Wm. Hayward, between c1915 and c1920

Mess, Columbia, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Mess, Columbia, between c1915 and c1920

Lt. Roland Jackson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Lt. Roland Jackson, between c1915 and c1920

Naval Militia guarding a N.Y. bridge, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval Militia guarding a N.Y. bridge, 1917. Shows members of the New York Naval Militia guarding bridge from German sabotage during World War I

The War in Denmark: Prussian troops leaving Altona for Schleswig...at the railway station, 1864
The War in Denmark: Prussian troops leaving Altona for Schleswig - the officers taking a hasty meal at the railway station, from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Mildred Tillotson, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Mildred Tillotson, 1916. Shows Mildred Tillotson holding a doll at a Russian Bazaar held at the 71st Regiment Armory, New York City on Dec. 7-9, 1916

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