Rampart Collection (#43)

France, Centre, Indre et Loire, Chinon, Loire Valley, River Vienne, Chateau

France, Provence, Bouches du Rhone, Marseilles, Fort St Jean

Qatar, Ad Dawhah, Doha. Doha Fort / Sunset

Qatar, Al Zubarah. Al-Zubarah Fort (b. 1938) now the Al-Zubarah Regional Museum
Qatar, Al Zubarah. Al-Zubarah Fort (b.1938) now the Al-Zubarah Regional Museum

Qatar, Al Zubarah. Al-Zubara Fort (b. 1938) now the Al-Zubara Regional Museum
Qatar, Al Zubarah. Al-Zubara Fort (b.1938) now the Al-Zubara Regional Museum

Oman, Dhofar Region, Mirbat. Mirbat Fort

Oman, Dhofar Region, Taqah. Old Fortress

Oman, Sharqiya Region, Al Minitrib. Al Minitrib Fort

Oman, The Batinah Plain, Rustaq. Rustaq, once Omans Capital in the 17th century, Rustaq Fort / Exterior

Oman, The Batinah Plain, Nakhal. Nakhal Fort, at the foot of the Hajar Mountains, Inside the Forts Walls

Landscape of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo, Firenze, Florence, UNESCO World heritage site, Tuscany, Italy

American soldiers open fire from the redoubt on Breeds Hill in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. American soldiers open fire from the redoubt on Breeds Hill in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution, 1775

(1755-1804). American lawyer and statesman. Hamilton at Yorktown in 1781. Steel engraving, 1858
ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1755-1804). American lawyer and statesman. Hamilton at Yorktown in 1781. Steel engraving, 1858, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel

American soldiers firing upon attacking British forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775. American soldiers firing upon attacking British forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. Line engraving, 19th century

Relic of the great chain used by British forces to blockade the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War
WEST POINT: RIVER CHAIN. Relic of the great chain used by British forces to blockade the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War. Line engraving, 1868

Man walking on Fort ramparts, Galle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Major General Andrew Jackson encouraging his riflemen at the Battle of New Orleans, 8 January 1815
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. Major General Andrew Jackson encouraging his riflemen at the Battle of New Orleans, 8 January 1815. The British fleet is seen the background on the Missisippi River

CIVIL WAR: FORT MOULTRIE. Fort Moultrie, batteries and a hotel on Sullivans Island in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina during the Union blockade, 1863. Wood engraving, 1863

CIVIL WAR: BLOCKADE, 1864. The British-built Confederate bloackade runner, Lizzie. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 1864

CIVIL WAR: BLOCKADE, 1864. A Union gunboat enforcing the blockade of Confederate ports. Wood engraving, English, 1864

CIVIL WAR: BLOCKADE, 1863. The breaking of the Federal blockade of Galveston, Texas, on 1 January 1863, by two cotton-wadded Confederate steamers. Wood engraving from a contempoary Northern newspaper

CIVIL WAR: PETERSBURG. Confederate fortifications at Petersburg, Virginia, with chevaux-de-frise beyond, during the American Civil War, 1865

CIVIL WAR: TORPEDO BOAT. During the Union blockade of Charleston Harbor in the American Civil War, the Segar Steamer, a Confederate torpedo boat, appoaches a Union ironclad

CONFEDERATE FORT. Rebel works in Atlanta, Georgia. Photographed by George N. Barnard, 1863 or 1864

NEW YORK: DRAFT RIOTS. Conflict between the military and an angry mob on First Avenue during the New York City Draft Riots of 13-16 July 1863. Contemporary wood engraving

CIVIL WAR: SOUTH CAROLINA. View of the southern coast from Savannah, Georgia, to Beaufort, South Carolina, showing the position of the Union fleet

CIVIL WAR: FORT WAGNER. Assault by the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on Fort Wagner, Charleston, South Carolina, 18 July 1863. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

CIVIL WAR: FORT WOODBURY. Union Army soldiers protecting Washington, D. C
CIVIL WAR: FORT WOODBURY. Union Army soldiers protecting Washington, D.C. from Confederate attack at Fort Woodbury in Arlington, Virginia. Photograph, c1863

CIVIL WAR: PETERSBURG. Cheval de frise at the Confederate Fort Mahone defenses at Siege of Petersburg, Virginia. Photograph, 1865

CIVIL WAR: BLOCKADE, 1864. Scene on board the Confederate blockade runner Lilian off the coast of North Carolina. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 1864

CIVIL WAR: BLOCKADE, 1863. Attack on the blockading squadron off Charleston, South Carolina, by Confederate ironclad boats, April 1863: contemporary wood engraving

CIVIL WAR: BLOCKADE, 1864. A Union monitor shelling a Confederate blockade runner in Charleston harbor, South Carolina. Line engraving, 1864

GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE, 1877. Blockade of engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia, 16 July 1877, at the start of the Great Railroad Strike. Contemporary American wood engraving

AUSTRIA: VIENNA, c1730. Walking on the ramparts surrounding the city. Line engraving from a work by Salomon Kleiner, 1724-1737, describing Vienna

VIENNA, 18th CENTURY. Vienna, behind ramparts, seen from Leopoldstadt, the suburb on an island in the Danube. Line engraving, Austrian, mid-18th century

FRANCE: REVOLUTION, 1848. Barricade at the corner of the Boulevard Rue Mazagran, near Porte Saint-Denis in Paris, during the Revolution of 1848 following the closing of the national workshops

PERU: ARICA, 1880. Raising the blockade on Arica, Peru, during the War of the Pacific, 17 March 1880. Wood engraving, 1880

CHINCHA ISLAND WAR, 1866. A Spanish navy squadron blockading the port of Valparaiso, Chile during the Guano War. Wood engraving, English, 1866

FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1791. Passing through an opened barrier, May 1791. French line engraving by Jean-Louis Prieur, early 19th century

VIRGINIA: INDIAN ATTACK. Virginia settlers defending themselves against an Indian attack in the 17th century. Line engraving, 19th century, after Felix O.C. Darley

NEW YORK HARBOR: ICE, 1881. The Ice-Blockade in the Rivers and Bay. Wood engraving, American, 1881

CHARLESTON BLOCKADE, 1863. Birds eye view of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, during he Union blockade in the American Civil War. Line engraving from an American newspaper of August 1863

PARIS COMMUNE, 1871. French government troops fire on barricades set up by the Communards near the Pantheon in Paris, France. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 10 June 1871

PERU: BLOCKADE, 1880. The blockade of Callao, Peru, by the Chilean navy in 1880 during the War of the Pacific. Contemporary wood engraving

PARIS COMMUNE, 1871. A la Mort! Communards fighting in the streets during the Paris Commune of 1871. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of June 1871

PARIS COMMUNE, 1871. Constructing a barricade. Wood engraving from a contemporary French newspaper

FRANCE: REVOLUTION OF 1848. Barricade in the Rue St. Martin. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

NEW YORK GANG WAR, 1857. View from the Dead Rabbit barricade in Bayard Street as the Rabbits battled the Bowery Boys on 4 July 1857 in New Yorks Sixth Ward

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