Libya Collection (page 4)

HMS Cumberlands Lynx Returns to Mother During Operation Ellamy
Pictured: HMS Cumberlands Lynx helicopter returns to Mother after transferring essential stores and ammunition to HMS Westminster

Curves
Ivan Slosar

Marabout Oasis near Misrata, Gulf of Sidra, Libya Date: circa 1940s

Said Al Idris Senussi of Libya in Benghazi, WW2
Said Al Idris Senussi of Libya, guest of honour at British Officers Club, Benghazi, WW2 Date: circa 1944

Said Al Idris Senussi of Libya with Margarba tribe, WW2
Said Al Idris Senussi of Libya entertains a party of sheiks of the Margarba tribe, WW2 Date: circa 1944

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport, in November 1977

Bumeliana Well Walls Defending Defenders Oasis
bumeliana, well, walls, defending, defenders, oasis, defence, heroism, heroic, italo, turkish, war, dead, arab, soldier, italian, italy, turkey, gaining, libya, north, africa, ottoman, empire, 1911

Bombardment of Tripoli 1805. Lithograph by Currier & Ives. 18460101. Tripolitan War, 1801-1805
2599448 Bombardment of Tripoli 1805. Lithograph by Currier & Ives. 18460101. Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); (add.info.: Bombardment of Tripoli 1805)

Battle of the day 8 July for the capture of Misrata, the square of the Alpine that resists... (colour litho)
2808497 Battle of the day 8 July for the capture of Misrata, the square of the Alpine that resists... (colour litho) by Beltrame

A surprise for the Arabs in Tripolitania (colour litho)
2808772 A surprise for the Arabs in Tripolitania (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A surprise for the Arabs in Tripolitania)

The battle of Cars-el-Leben of the 17 Corr, Arabs surrendering, and taken prisoner beg... (colour litho)
2808517 The battle of Cars-el-Leben of the 17 Corr, Arabs surrendering, and taken prisoner beg... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Anti-Italian violence in Benghazi, officers of an Italian steamer attacked in Tripolitania... (colour litho)
2815218 Anti-Italian violence in Benghazi, officers of an Italian steamer attacked in Tripolitania... (colour litho) by Beltrame

After the battle of Zanzur, Gen Frugoni with other senior officers visits the conquered... (colour litho)
2808489 After the battle of Zanzur, Gen Frugoni with other senior officers visits the conquered... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The victorious operations in Tripolitania (colour litho)
2809179 The victorious operations in Tripolitania (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The victorious operations in Tripolitania)

New offensive means of war, effects of bombs dropped by an Italian military aviator on the... (colour litho)
2815491 New offensive means of war, effects of bombs dropped by an Italian military aviator on the... (colour litho) by Beltrame

An episode of value around a Corporal of the Cavalry Lodi who fell, wounded and stripped by... (colour litho)
2808496 An episode of value around a Corporal of the Cavalry Lodi who fell, wounded and stripped by... (colour litho) by Beltrame

An episode of the Battle of Zanzur, Arabs caught in a cave where, safe... (colour litho)
2808490 An episode of the Battle of Zanzur, Arabs caught in a cave where, safe... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: An episode of the Battle of Zanzur)

The first war enterprise of the Ascars in Tripolitania, arrest of Arab soldiers in a place... (colour litho)
2808457 The first war enterprise of the Ascars in Tripolitania, arrest of Arab soldiers in a place... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise, 1806-12 (oil on canvas)
5861613 Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise, 1806-12 (oil on canvas) by Birch, Thomas (1779-1851); 45.1--65.1 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: Thomas Birch (1779-1851))

The Forbidden Hinterland of Tripoli, Discoveries in the Unknown Sahara (b / w photo)
1629216 The Forbidden Hinterland of Tripoli, Discoveries in the Unknown Sahara (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

DDE-90023086
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Umm el Maa lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023087
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of Wan Kaza Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023080
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Gabraoun lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023085
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Umm el Maa lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023084
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Umm el Maa lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023083
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Umm el Maa lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023082
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Umm el Maa lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023081
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Gabraoun lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023079
Libya, Fezzan, desert Erg Ubari, Gabraoun lake Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023077
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023078
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023075
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023076
Libya, Fezzan, tourist camp among the dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023071
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023074
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023073
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023072
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of the Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023067
Libya, Fezzan, Akakus desert Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023070
Libya, Fezzan, dunes of Erg Murzuq Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023069
Libya, Fezzan, Akakus desert Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023068
Libya, Fezzan, Akakus desert Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023066
Libya, Fezzan, Akakus desert Date: 30/07/2005

DDE-90023065
Libya, Fezzan, Akakus desert Date: 30/07/2005

Costume of a woman of Tripoli, 16th century. 1859-1860 (engraving)
7234066 Costume of a woman of Tripoli, 16th century. 1859-1860 (engraving) by Krieger, Christoph (d.c.1590); Private Collection; (add.info.: Costume of a woman of Tripoli, Libya, Ottoman Empire)

Three characters appearing in the clouds and The landing of Aeneas on the coast of Libya from Aeneid, Canto I (fresco)
2384648 Three characters appearing in the clouds and The landing of Aeneas on the coast of Libya from Aeneid, Canto I (fresco) by Abate, Nicolo dell (c.1509-71); Galleria e Museo Estense, Modena

Young girl of Sokna, Fezzan, Kingdom of Tripoli (Libya)
6339059 Young girl of Sokna, Fezzan, Kingdom of Tripoli (Libya) by T.S. & Duverger (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Young girl of Sokna, Fezzan, Kingdom of Tripoli (Libya)

Advertising poster for North Africa airlines for Libya, an italian colony, 1932
LRI4600548 Advertising poster for North Africa airlines for Libya, an italian colony, 1932 by Calcagnadoro, Antonino (1876-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scenes of the Aeneid, detail of 2384648 (fresco)
2384650 Scenes of the Aeneid, detail of 2384648 (fresco) by Abate, Nicolo dell (c.1509-71); Galleria e Museo Estense, Modena, Italy; (add.info.: Modena)

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