Military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare and military bases

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A ruler enthroned defending a fortress from the invading British. Gouache drawing.

Sarawak: interior of the Baram Fort. Photograph.

The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing various methods of study and teaching with a lettered key. Line engraving.

Men sitting to smoke by the citadel of Jerusalem. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1841.

The Bastille, Paris. Line engraving by J.F. Borgnet after J.M. Gudin (?).

Island of Deshima, Dutch East India Company

The young Samson excels on the battlefield. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.

Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.

Six men play cards and smoke outside a country inn with a castle in the distance. Etching by B. Chiboust, mid-17th century, after D. Teniers (?).

Dell' arte militare

A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) on the African plains, sheltering 3 people. Wood engraving, c. 1873.

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Fortification

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fortification

Works from the collections

Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

Dell' arte militare

A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) on the African plains, sheltering 3 people. Wood engraving, c. 1873.

Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.

Fortification

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fortification

Works from the collections

Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

Dell' arte militare

A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) on the African plains, sheltering 3 people. Wood engraving, c. 1873.

Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.

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