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Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) Admiral, at Acre
Antoine Cardon (1772 - 1813)
John Eckstein
The Rock and Fortress of Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860) Admiral
Peter Eduard (after) Stroehling (1768 - 1826)
Archibald Eliot Haswell-Miller (1887 - 1979)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 2]
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Battle between English & African Men-o-War
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Sir Fenwick Williams and the Officers of his Staff Parting with the Citizens of Kars
Charles George Lewis (1808 - 1880)
Thomas Jones Barker (1813 - 1882)
Screwing the Breech End
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Spanish Officers Surrendering their Swords to Nelson
Charles George Lewis (1808 - 1880)
Thomas Jones Barker (1813 - 1882)
The Scene before Gibraltar, on the morning of the 14th of September, 1782
James Jefferys (1751 - 1784)
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Sir Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) General and politician
Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860 - 1947)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
George Washington (1732-1799) General & Statesman
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
Thomas Cheesman (1760 - c.1834)
Lord Howe Breaking the French Line, 1 June 1794
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack of Quebec, December 1775
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
Johan Frederik Clemens (1748 - 1831)
Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney (1641-1704) polician, army officer, envoy to The Hague 1679-1681
Sir John Baptist de Medina (1659 - 1710)
The Attack of Nova Colonia in the River Plate in 1763, under the command of Captain John Macnamara
William Elliott
The Horse Guards, Treasury, etc (with the Piece of Turkish Ordnance taken by the British Troops in Egypt) Westminster.
James Robert Thompson
George Cooke (1781 - 1834)
Horse Guards Parade: the Foreign Office from St. James’s Park
British 19th century unknown
The Relief of Lucknow
Charles George Lewis (1808 - 1880)
Thomas Jones Barker (1813 - 1882)
The Victory Obtained over the Dutch Fleet by the British Squadron of the North Sea under the Command of Admiral Duncan in the Action of 11 October 1797 [The Battle of Camperdown]
James Fittler (1758 - 1835)
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
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Sir Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) General and politician
Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860 - 1947)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
View from Edinburgh Castle, from a Sketch taken by the Bishop of Glasgow in 1848
Adam Arnst
Francis and MacFarlane, W H Schenk
The Destruction of the Bastile July 14th 1789
Henry Singleton (1766 - 1839)
William Nutter (1754 - 1802)
The Grand Attack on Valenciennes by the Combined Armies under the Command of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, 25 July 1793
William Bromley (1769 - 1842)
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
Gunboats on Patrol
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Rear Armament on Motor Gun Boats, Weymouth
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
The Battle of Alexandria, 1801
William Willermin
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)
James Mitan (1776 - 1822)
A River Scene with Shipping and Troops on the Bank
Dirk Langendijk (1748 - 1805)
Death of Nelson: Scene on the Deck of HMS “Victory”
Samuel Drummond (1765 - 1844)
George Washington (1732-99) revolutionary army officer and first President of the U.S.A.
Charles Willson, (After) Peale (1741 - 1827)
William A Menzies
The Opening of Sheerness Docks, 5 September 1823
William John Huggins (1781 - 1845)
Edward Duncan (1803 - 1882)
The Battle of Waterloo
Alexander Sauerweid (1783 - 1844)
John William Cook
Battle Scene
Joshua, Jnr Ross
The South Prospect of Dover, in the County of Kent
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar
William Sharp (1749 - 1824)
John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815)
The Sortie from Bayonne, 14 June 1814
Thomas Sutherland (1785 - 1838)
William, ("Paul Pry") Heath (1795 - 1840)
The Battle of Waterloo
Alexander Sauerweid (1783 - 1844)
John William Cook
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774) army officer and Governor of Bengal
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)
Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735 - 1811)
Instruments of War used by the Chinese
Thomas Medland
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Schinaafs from the Right of the Encampment, 1810
R Temple
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack of Quebec, December 1775
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (1766 - 1803)
Seascape with Royal Naval Ships, c1943
Charles King (1912 - )
Anti-Aircraft Post in Iceland
C A Salisbury
A Battle Scene
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Storming a Large Storehouse near Rus Ul Khyma, 1810
R Temple
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Attack of the Vanguard on the Spanish Armada, 1588
Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817 - 1894)
Sebastopol from the Rear of Fort Nicholas, looking South
William Simpson (1823 - 1899)
Edmund Walker (1813/14 - 1882)
Battle of Trafalgar
Robert Strickland Thomas (1787 - 1853)
Captain Faulknor in the Zebra of 16 Guns, Storming Fort Royal, Martinique
Henry Singleton (1766 - 1839)
Daniell James
Commemoration of the 14th February 1797 [The Battle of Cape St. Vincent]
James Parker (1750 - 1805)
William Henry Worthington (c.1790 - )
Robert Smirke (1753 - 1845)
The Wellington Bust, Alaméda Gardens, San Roque in the Distance, Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
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