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The Rock and Fortress of Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
Fortress with Clouds
Renny Tait (1965 - )
View of Gibraltar from Sandy Bay
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
The North View of Gibraltar from the Isthmus towards Spain
William Henry Toms ( - died 1765)
John Mace
Fort de Canton, Chine
Theodore Auguste Fisquet (1813 - 1890)
Leon Jean Sabatier ( - 1887)
Bala Hissar, Caboul
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
The Fortress of Alhambra
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
The North Prospect of Gravesend in the County of Kent
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
Entering the Breach of the Moro Castle, by Storm, 30 July 1762 [the Siege of Havana]
Pierre Charles Canot (1710 - 1777)
Dominic Serres (1722 - 1793)
Ruins of the Fort at Juanpore on the River Goomtee
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Henry Salt (1780 - 1827)
The South Prospect of Dover, in the County of Kent
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
South East View of Land-Guard Fort in Suffolk
Thomas Major (1720 - 1799)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Fortress and City of Caboul
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
The West Prospect of Chirk Castle in Denbighshire
Thomas Badeslade
William Henry Toms ( - died 1765)
The Commercial Square, Commercial Library and Main Guard, Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
Captain Faulknor in the Zebra of 16 Guns, Storming Fort Royal, Martinique
Henry Singleton (1766 - 1839)
Daniell James
The Wellington Bust, Alaméda Gardens, San Roque in the Distance, Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
Cologne
Samuel Prout (1783 - 1852)
A View within the Fort of Monghyr
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Henry Salt (1780 - 1827)
The Saluting Battery, Line Wall, Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
The Storming of Schinaafs, 1810
R Temple
Schinaafs from the Sea
R Temple
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Vista de Gibraltar / Vue de Gibraltar / View of the Gibraltar
Jean Alexandre Noel (1750 - c1831)
Jean Jérôme Baugean (1764 - 1819)
Daudet
Fort St. George [Madras]
Gerard van der Gucht (1696 - 1776)
Samuel Scott (c.1702 - 1772)
George Lambert (c.1700 - 1765)
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The South Prospect of Dover, in the County of Kent
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
A View within the Fort of Monghyr – Twenty-four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia & Egypt
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Henry Salt (1780 - 1827)
Old Sarum
David Lucas (1802 - 1881)
John Constable (1776 - 1837)
The South Prospect of Dover, in the County of Kent
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
Fort Cornwallis
E Billon
J Grierson
Citadel and Fortress of Ghuznee with the Minarets
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
The Defence of Gibraltar in the Afternoon of 13 September 1782
Richard Paton (1717 - 1791)
James Fittler (1758 - 1835)
Brazilian Fort St. Gabriel on the Rio Negro
Charles Bentley (1806 - 1854)
George Barnard ( - 1890)
The Attack on the Fort of Luft
R Temple
South East View of Land-Guard Fort in Suffolk
Thomas Major (1720 - 1799)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
The Mediterranean Battery, Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
The Victoria Battery, Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
The South Prospect of Dover, in the County of Kent
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
Tilbury Fort
Samuel Owen (1768 - 1857)
Richard Gilson Reeve (1803 - 1889)
A Prospect of the Town and Harbour of Harwich
British 18th century unknown
The Fort and Entrenched Position at Budderpore
E Billon
J Grierson
The Rock of Gibraltar, from the San Roque Road
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
A View of Plymouth Fort and St. Nicholas’s Island, from Mount Edgcumbe
James Mason (1710 - c.1780)
Samuel Scott (c.1702 - 1772)
George Lambert (c.1700 - 1765)
Print for a Politician
Grayson Perry (1960 - )
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