Explosion Collection (page 4)

Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War)
863352 Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War); (add.info.: Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) 1853-1856. Siege of Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855. British troops inside the captured Redan

Agricultural engine destroyed by an explosion, Lewes, Sussex (engraving)
8676946 Agricultural engine destroyed by an explosion, Lewes, Sussex (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Agricultural engine destroyed by an explosion)

British warship dropping a depth charge (coloured photo)
8675929 British warship dropping a depth charge (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: British warship dropping a depth charge on a German U-boat)

Man blown apart by an explosion (engraving)
8672832 Man blown apart by an explosion (engraving) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man blown apart by an explosion)

Japanese shell striking the Russian cruiser Varyag at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho)
8655629 Japanese shell striking the Russian cruiser Varyag at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Battle of Pyongyang, 1894 (litho)
8663989 Battle of Pyongyang, 1894 (litho) by Prater, Ernest (1864-1950) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Pyongyang, Korea, First Sino-Japanese War, 1894)

This Mechanized Age, 1937: Electric Coal Cutter (colour litho)
8657541 This Mechanized Age, 1937: Electric Coal Cutter (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electric Coal Cutter)

An action of the English succession, late 17th century (oil on canvas)
7337626 An action of the English succession, late 17th century (oil on canvas) by Diest, Adriaen van (1655-1704); 94x137.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Engraving depicting a 4th century bolide
5309292 Engraving depicting a 4th century bolide; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a 4th century bolide. A Bolide is a very large meteor which explodes in the atmosphere)

Workers using explosives to make up the Panama Canal, 20th century. Colour engraving of the 20th century
NWI4962689 Workers using explosives to make up the Panama Canal, 20th century. Colour engraving of the 20th century.; (add.info.: Workers using explosives to make up the Panama Canal, 20th century)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing two soldiers in a bucolic trench
LUX4738621 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing two soldiers in a bucolic trench, one rising guard and the other contemplating next to a glass of beer the photo of his fiance

The Eye of the Police in All Countries - Illustration from "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving)
ICA4949931 The Eye of the Police in All Countries - Illustration from "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

Secession War: Ship attacked by Federal Army forces taking over Fort Sumter, Port of Charleston harbor, 1863
NWI4830951 Secession War: Ship attacked by Federal Army forces taking over Fort Sumter, Port of Charleston harbor, 1863. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Secession War)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a French soldier lighting a cigarette with a German bomb
LUX4738964 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a French soldier lighting a cigarette with a German bomb, entitled A new brick

Ship, blowing up, at the battle of the Nile (pen drawing, grey wash)
7341814 Ship, blowing up, at the battle of the Nile (pen drawing, grey wash) by Cleveley, Robert (1747-1809); 28.9x35.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

"Under the machine gun" - Images of the Great War, before 1920 (lithograph)
DUV4222654 "Under the machine gun" - Images of the Great War, before 1920 (lithograph; 38.5x27.5 cm; (add.info.: As the spotlights cross the horizon)

Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Siege and conquest of Saragossa by the French (27th February 1809). Litography
CUL4871032 Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Siege and conquest of Saragossa by the French (27th February 1809). Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid

The USS Commodore Jones ferryboat destroyed by an electrically-fired mine in 1864 on the James River
6867178 The USS Commodore Jones ferryboat destroyed by an electrically-fired mine in 1864 on the James River, during the American Civil War

French land mine wrecks a German gun during WWI (litho)
3252848 French land mine wrecks a German gun during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: French land mine wrecks a German gun during WWI)

Explosives in mines, c.1900 (chromo)
1790154 Explosives in mines, c.1900 (chromo); (add.info.: remote electrical explosives blast-off used in the mines, illustration from History of electricity in France)

Battle of the Nile, 1798 (line engraving)
1579739 Battle of the Nile, 1798 (line engraving); (add.info.: Line engraving depicting the Battle of the Nile and The Orient blowing up. Engraved by J Fittler)

Siege of Gibraltar, 1782 (aquatint)
1579731 Siege of Gibraltar, 1782 (aquatint); (add.info.: Aquatint of the Siege of Gibraltar. The destruction of the Spanish floating batteries. Printed by A. Robertson)

Russo-Turkish (Crimean) War 1853-6. Siege of Sebastopol, October 1854
536854 Russo-Turkish (Crimean) War 1853-6. Siege of Sebastopol, October 1854; (add.info.: Russo-Turkish (Crimean) War 1853-6. Siege of Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855

Explosion of "fire damp, " an inflammable gas generated in coal mines (engraving)
8650669 Explosion of "fire damp, " an inflammable gas generated in coal mines (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Explosion of "fire damp)

Going It By Steam, 1829 (hand coloured etching on paper)
7483096 Going It By Steam, 1829 (hand coloured etching on paper) by Seymour, Robert (1798-1836); 22x33 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Anarchist attack on the street. Explosion of a grenade in Rambla de Santa Monica
UIG5416131 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Anarchist attack on the street. Explosion of a grenade in Rambla de Santa Monica. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1884; PHAS/UIG

Maran Bay, in Martinique. Lithograph (56.6x43.4 cm), by Reverend Cooper Willyams (1762-1816), 1796
MMM5483376 Maran Bay, in Martinique. Lithograph (56.6x43.4 cm), by Reverend Cooper Willyams (1762-1816), 1796. by Willyams, Cooper (1762-1816) (after); National Maritime Museum, London

Engraving depicting The Man Bombshell': this act gave the impression that the acrobat was fired from a cannon by
5308574 Engraving depicting The Man Bombshell': this act gave the impression that the acrobat was fired from a cannon by the force of an explosion; (add.info)

Mangin and Leroyer's signalling lamp for mines
5310057 Mangin and Leroyer's signalling lamp for mines; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Mangin and Leroyer's signalling lamp for mines)

An attack in the India - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving)
ICA4950423 An attack in the India - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

14 July tragic - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving)
ICA4949819 14 July tragic - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

Cover of " La Bomb", 1889_9_8 - Illustration by Paul de Semant (1842-1903): Gare la bombshell
ICA4931762 Cover of " La Bomb", 1889_9_8 - Illustration by Paul de Semant (1842-1903): Gare la bombshell! - Elections, Case Boulanger, Bomb, Explosion - Ferry Jules, Boulanger Georges

United States of America Independence War (1775-1783): American Garrison at Fort Mifflin at Delaware River, 1777
NWI4843339 United States of America Independence War (1775-1783): American Garrison at Fort Mifflin at Delaware River, 1777

American Independence Party, celebration of July 4 in New York, Cortland Street south towards Broadway, New York, 1834
NWI4880853 American Independence Party, celebration of July 4 in New York, Cortland Street south towards Broadway, New York, 1834

Illustration of Edouard Carrier in Le Pelerin, 14/08/04 - The death of Russian General Keller in Yantseling - Russia
ICA4855417 Illustration of Edouard Carrier in Le Pelerin, 14/08/04 - The death of Russian General Keller in Yantseling - Russia, Canons, shells, Manchuria, Russian-Japanese War

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the plane of the distruding triple agreement and German Zeppelin, 1914
LUX4740514 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the plane of the distruding triple agreement and German Zeppelin

Solar protuberances, c1880 (illustration)
2526602 Solar protuberances, c1880 (illustration); (add.info.: Science. Astronomy. Solar prominences. Illustration in: Wunders des Himmels, by Johann Littrows)

Russo - Japanese War 1904 - 1905
2604044 Russo - Japanese War 1904 - 1905; (add.info.: Russo - Japanese War 1904 - 1905: Russian batteries repelling the second Japanese attempt under Admiral Togo to block Port Arthur by sinking)

A balloon falling into the sea
3732769 A balloon falling into the sea; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a balloon falling into the sea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Napoleon Bonaparte and his Army retreating from the battlefied of Liepzig
FLO4608636 Napoleon Bonaparte and his Army retreating from the battlefied of Liepzig, after the premature destruction of the bridge on the Elster River, 1813

Anarchist attack on King Alfonso XIII of Spain, rue de Rivoli, Paris. Engraving, Le petit journal, June 11, 1905
XEE4180878 Anarchist attack on King Alfonso XIII of Spain, rue de Rivoli, Paris. Engraving, Le petit journal, June 11, 1905.; Private Collection; (add.info)

Explosion of the Maine, 1898
1575210 Explosion of the Maine, 1898; (add.info.: Explosion of the Maine 1898. Print shows the USS Maine blowing up in the harbour at Havana, Cuba, a small portrait of Captain C. D)

Boxer Rising, China, 1899-1901: Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance under the command of Japanese Colonel Kuriya
528583 Boxer Rising, China, 1899-1901: Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance under the command of Japanese Colonel Kuriya, attacking Tianjin (Tientsin), 14 July 1900

Sunrise over Ramon crater #8
Tal Paz-Fridman

Sunrise over Ramon crater #6
Tal Paz-Fridman

Sunrise over Ramon crater #5
Tal Paz-Fridman

Sunrise over Ramon crater #3
Tal Paz-Fridman

Sunrise over Ramon crater #2
Tal Paz-Fridman

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"Capturing the Power: A Spectacle of Explosions Unleashed" In the realm of art, explosions have been depicted in various forms throughout history. From Norman Lindsay's mesmerizing portrayal of a star exploding to James Prinsep Beadle's vivid depiction of the Ulster Division under attack, these artworks encapsulate the sheer intensity and devastation caused by such cataclysmic events. Charles John De Lacy's masterpiece, "The Vindictive at Zeebrugge, " transports us to 1918 when this explosive assault unfolded during World War I. The image serves as a haunting reminder of the sacrifices made by brave soldiers amidst chaos and destruction. Moving forward in time, we witness Bruce Bairnsfather's poignant WWI cartoon titled "A Miner Success. " This clever illustration sheds light on the dangerous conditions faced by miners who were tasked with detonating explosives underground during wartime. Shifting our gaze beyond Earth, we encounter a stunning composite image capturing the Crab Nebula. This celestial explosion showcases nature's ability to create breathtaking beauty even within its most violent moments. Not limited to war or natural phenomena, explosions also find their place in entertainment. Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmundson immortalized these fiery bursts through their comedic brilliance as the Dangerous Brothers on Saturday Live. Their explosive performances left audiences roaring with laughter. Taking flight into aviation history, we marvel at Hendon Aerial Pageant where daredevil pilots showcased aerial stunts that thrilled spectators while pushing boundaries within controlled explosions and pyrotechnics displays. Artistic interpretations extend further into space as well; supernova they are brought to life through captivating artwork that captures both their destructive force and awe-inspiring magnificence. History reminds us that not all explosions occur on land or in space; tragedy struck aboard steamboat Sultana in 1865 when it exploded near Helena. This disaster claimed countless lives and stands as a somber testament to the devastating consequences of an explosion gone wrong. In contrast, H.