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WILLIAM SIMPSON. Bombardment of Bomarsund. AUG 15TH 1854 (HALF PAST 11 O'CLOCK, AM) SKETCHED FROM HMS BULLDOG . Bird's eye view of the battlescene, explosion on the horizon, ships firing cannons at the fortifications. The print is labelled with the English Camp, The Earth Fort Taken on the 8th and now used for Captn Pelham's Battery of Blue Jackets from the Ajax, French Battery, New Fort & Burnt Village, Fort Tzee Blowing Up, Pier, Fort Nottick, Main Fort and Barracks, Fort Prastoe, Island of Prastoe, Leopard Firing at Prastoe Fort, Hecla, Ajax, English Line of Battle Block Ship, Duperre, French Line of Battle Block Ship, Edinburgh, English Line of Battle Block Ship, Darein, French Screw Frigate, Amphion, English Screw Frigate, Phelegethon, French Screw Steamer, Valorous, English Paddle Steamer, Driver English Paddle Steamer, and Bulldog Paddle Steamer, Admiral Sir Charles Napier on Board Flag Ship. A Series of 23 coloured lithographic views, representing the principal events during the Russian War, by W Simpson and others, from sketches by E T Dolby and other artists. London, 1854, 55. Crimean war. Source: 1899.b.3 plate 4.

WILLIAM SIMPSON. Bombardment of Bomarsund. AUG 15TH 1854 (HALF PAST 11 O'CLOCK, AM) SKETCHED FROM HMS BULLDOG . Bird's eye view of the battlescene, explosion on the horizon, ships firing cannons at the fortifications. The print is labelled with the English Camp, The Earth Fort Taken on the 8th and now used for Captn Pelham's Battery of Blue Jackets from the Ajax, French Battery, New Fort & Burnt Village, Fort Tzee Blowing Up, Pier, Fort Nottick, Main Fort and Barracks, Fort Prastoe, Island of Prastoe, Leopard Firing at Prastoe Fort, Hecla, Ajax, English Line of Battle Block Ship, Duperre, French Line of Battle Block Ship, Edinburgh, English Line of Battle Block Ship, Darein, French Screw Frigate, Amphion, English Screw Frigate, Phelegethon, French Screw Steamer, Valorous, English Paddle Steamer, Driver English Paddle Steamer, and Bulldog Paddle Steamer, Admiral Sir Charles Napier on Board Flag Ship. A Series of 23 coloured lithographic views, representing the principal events during the Russian War, by W Simpson and others, from sketches by E T Dolby and other artists. London, 1854, 55. Crimean war. Source: 1899.b.3 plate 4.
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Bombardment of Bomarsund. AUG 15TH 1854 (HALF PAST 11 O'CLOCK, AM) SKETCHED FROM HMS BULLDOG . Bird's eye view of the battlescene, explosion on the horizon, ships firing cannons at the fortifications. The print is labelled with the English Camp, The Earth Fort Taken on the 8th and now used for Captn Pelham's Battery of Blue Jackets from the Ajax, French Battery, New Fort & Burnt Village, Fort Tzee Blowing Up, Pier, Fort Nottick, Main Fort and Barracks, Fort Prastoe, Island of Prastoe, Leopard Firing at Prastoe Fort, Hecla, Ajax, English Line of Battle Block Ship, Duperre, French Line of Battle Block Ship, Edinburgh, English Line of Battle Block Ship, Darein, French Screw Frigate, Amphion, English Screw Frigate, Phelegethon, French Screw Steamer, Valorous, English Paddle Steamer, Driver English Paddle Steamer, and Bulldog Paddle Steamer, Admiral Sir Charles Napier on Board Flag Ship. A Series of 23 coloured lithographic views, representing the principal events during the Russian War, by W Simpson and others, from sketches by E T Dolby and other artists. London, 1854, 55. Crimean war. Source: 1899.b.3 plate 4.
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59.5 x 34.5 cm | 23.4 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
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