18th-19th Century Military Portraits

A collection of historical portraits featuring military figures from the 18th and 19th centuries, showcasing detailed uniforms and engravings in a classical style.

General Andrew Jackson in 1828 military portrait engraving by Asher Brown Durand. Copied from a painting by John Vanderlyn depicting Jackson in uniforms with nearby horse and soldiers firing cannons in the background (BSLOC_2017_6_4)

Clauzel, Bertrand Comte .

'Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, naval officer and cartographer', 19th century. Author: ESCUELA NAPOLITANA (S XIX). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

RETRATO DE ALFONSO XII-1876-CON UNIFORME DE CAPITAN GENERAL,TOISON DE ORO Y BANDA DE LA ORDEN CARLOS. Location: MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ALFONSO XII (1857-1885).

James Ward, 1769-1859, British, The Right Hon'ble Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown and Baron Duncan of Lundie in the Shire of Fairfax, Admiral of the Blue Squadron and Knight of the Russian Imperial Order of S.r. Alexander Nevsky, 1798. Mezzotint.

Historical steel engraving from the 19th Century, Jerome Bonaparte and Girolamo Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, King of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Jerome Napoleon or Hieronymus Napoleon, HN, 19th Century

Dominique Jacques de Eerens (17 March 1781 - 30 May 1840) was a Dutch major general, politician and administrator, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies and Knight of the Military Order of William. Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original. .

Stephen Decatur 1779-1820. American naval officer in War of 1812. Gave toast at banquet and said: Our country, right or wrong. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Henry Ryall, 1811-1867, British, The right Hon'ble James, Lord de Saumarez, G.C.B.K.S., Admiral of the Red, and General of Marines.., 1840. Stipple engraving, proof.

Arnold Adriaan Buyskes (1771-1838). Commissaris-generaal (1816-19), Anonymous, c. 1865

American Revolution, Israel Putman, Major General was in the 'Army of Observation' the predecessor of the Continental Army. He commanded the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston, June 17, 1775. He was a veteran of the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War, and fought in the Continential army until 1779, when he retired due to illness (BSLOC_2019_3_91)

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758 - 1805). British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. Colored engraving.

General Andrew Jackson in 1828 military portrait engraving by Asher Brown Durand. Copied from a painting by John Vanderlyn depicting Jackson in uniforms with nearby horse and soldiers firing cannons in the background (BSLOC_2017_6_4)

Russia, 1796-99. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Portrait of Admiraal Nelson, Anonymous, 1822 - 1845 print The portrayed person wears a uniform and various awards. His right hand is missing. Dordrecht paper historical persons. (military) uniforms

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) English soldier and stateman, while serving in India. Engraving

EL GENERAL BLAS PIERRAD - MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL DE ASCENDENCIA FRANCESA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.

STEPHEN DECATUR American Naval Officer Date: 1799 - 1820

Dominique Jacques de Eerens (17 March 1781 - 30 May 1840) was a Dutch Major General, politician and administrator, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies and Knight of the Military Order of William, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

TAPIA , JUAN. EL CURA TAPIA. MILITAR ESPAÑOL. LUCHO EN LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ( 1808 ). GRABADO COLOREADO.

The Hague, Ykema, Johannes, Lankhout & Co, Samuel, Hodges, Charles Howard, Portrait of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland, verso - stamped, Louis Napoleon, King of Holland from 1806 to 1810. Gesturing with his left hand, his cocked hat in his right hand. He is dressed as a colonel of the cuirassier regiment of the royal guard, wearing the grand cross of the royal order of the union of Holland and the officer's cross of the legion of honour., photomechanical print, prints, height 752 mm, width 494 mm, Work conception, English, 1764 - 1837-07-24, after print by, paper, autotype, after, after painting by, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

General Zachary Taylor: "old rough & ready". Running for President, 1848

Napoleon I in his uniform of the Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, Lefévre, Robert (1756-1830)

John Ellis Wool 1784-1869. Union general who served America in three wars. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Horatio Gates Esq.r, Major General of the American Forces.. Prints. 1778. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

John Paul Jones 1742-1792. American Revolution naval officer and a founder of the United States Navy. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Fitzroy H J Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855) British soldier; on Wellington's staff 1808-1812. Lost his sword arm at Waterloo. Commander-in-Chief of British troops in Crimean War. Gave the order for Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava 1854. Engraving.

Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque (1827-1895). Militar y político español, capitán general de Madrid. Grabado de 1874.

NICOLAS JUAN DE DIOS - MARISCAL SOULT GENERAL MAYOR DE LAS FUERZAS FRANCESAS EN ESPAÑA FUE EL GRAN ARTIFICE DE LA BATALLA DE OCAÑA. Author: WALKER E. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. DALMACIA DUQUE DE. SOULT NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU.

William Tecumseh Sherman (8 February 1820 - 14 February 1891) was a US officer, latterly General of the Army, banker, lawyer, writer and Secretary of War in the Grant Cabinet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period.

General George Washington with battle scenes in background

Carlos XIV Juan de Suecia (1763-1844), militar del Imperio francés, príncipe soberano de Pontecorvo y monarca de Suecia y Noruega.

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, (1790-1858) English naval officer born at Burton near Christchurch, Hampshire. Entered the Royal Navy in1803. Commander of British Black Sea fleet from 1855 during Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Commander-in-Chief of the British Mediterranean fleet 1855-1858. Rear-Admiral 1850. Engraving.

Nathanael Greene (7 August 1742-19 June 1786), after George Washington the most important American general during the American War of Independence, Painting by Charles Willson Peale, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

UNIFORME DE MARINA S XVIII. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Fitzroy HJ Somerset, 1. Baron Raglan 1788-1855, British soldier: 1808-1812 in the Stab Wellington. Lost his sword arm at Waterloo. Commander -in -chief of the British troops in the Crimean War. Give the command to attack the light brigade at Balaclava in 1854. Copper engraving., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

'Portrait of Admiral Mikhail Lazarev'. Russia, 1873. Dimensions: 140,4x103 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Yegor Botman (Georg).

Sir George Cockburn, G.C.B., rear admiral of the Red & one of his Majesty's lords of the admiralty - Sir George Cockburn, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with sword in right hand, with the burning of Washington, D.C. in the background, 1814

'Lord Nelson 1758-1805', 1934. Artist: Unknown.

Henry Torrens 1779-1828, English soldier. General Wellesley's military secretary later Duke of Wellington in Portugal in 1808 in the peninsula campaign. Major General 1814. Copper engraving after a portrait of Thomas Lawrence., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

'Portrait of Admiral Alexei Greig'. Russia, 1877. Dimensions: 142x104,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Yegor Botman (Georg).

Portrait of the Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (1802-1855), Akkuratov, Konstantin Vasilyevich (1887-1976)

The Hague, Royal Dutch Lithographic Printing House of CW Mieling, Beveren, Charles van, Muller. Major General, Commander-in-Chief of Gorichem and subordinate fortifications, Portrait of Major General Hugo Muller, Commander-in-Chief of Gorinchem, knee-length, in uniform, in right hand roll of paper, left hand on hilt. In the background curtain, right rear view of village with campfire., print, prent, Roosdorp, prints, enten, height 517 mm, width 406 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1800 - 1895, paper, papier, lithografie (technique), Belgisch, Nederlands, 1809-04-06 - 1850-09-16, after, after painting by, printer, drukker

Christian Edouard Fraser (1812-79), Second Lieutenant of the 5th Dragoon Regiment. Portrait of Christian Edouard Fraser, second lieutenant of the 5th regiment of dragonders. Half ahead, upper left on the chest the metal cross of the 10-day campaign.

General Andrew Jackson, the hero of New Orleans in the War of 1812, Jan. 8, 1815. Colored lithograph published by E. C. Kellogg for the popular market. The images is derived from an 1819 painting by John Vanderlyn (BSLOC_2019_6_131)

Philip Schuyler 1733-1804. American Major General during American Revolution. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Portrait of a lieutenant of the 8th hussars between 1793 and 1795 ". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 34098-6 8th hussars, cavalry, rider, lieutenant, military, portrait, regiment, French revolution, uniform, oil on canvas

William Bainbridge (born 7 May 1774 in Princeton, Province of New Jersey, died 27 July 1833 in Philadelphia) was a commodore in the United States Navy, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Franz Georg Dominik Freiherr von Waldstaetten born September 25, 1775 in Vienna, died November 24, 1843 in Karlovac, German Karlstadt was an Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, k. u. K. monarchy officer, 2nd owner of the Tyrolean Jaeger Regiment, most recently field marshal and divisionaer from the family of Waldstaetten, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

DUKE OF WELLINGTON British General and Statesman Known as the Iron Duke

Alfred Graf Paar (1806-1885), Field Marshal Lieutenant, First Lieutenant of the Arcierengarde, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Imperial and Royal Monarchy Kaemmerer, Privy Councillor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Naval officer, 19th century. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

Uniforms of the French Infantry during the American Revolutionary War, gouache by Nicolas Hoffmann, United States of America, 18th century.

Johannes van den Bosch (1780-1844), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Colonial Minister. Count Johannes van den Bosch (1780-1844), Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, Colonial Minister. Dating: 1829. Measurements: h 87 cm × w 70 cm; d 12 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis Kruseman.

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (1790-1858), British naval commander, 1857. rear admiral of the British fleet in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) 1853-56. colour lithograph

Simon Bolivar (1793-1830). Venezuelan military and statesman called The Liberator. Engraving of the time.

President Zachary Taylor. Taylor was the 12th President of the United States. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general.

Le Gouverneur du Fort Manoël. Vue du dit Fort et du Lazaret. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Knights of Malta

Constantine Pavlovich of Russia in the Battle of Novi by anonim (1799, Hermitage)

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821): First Consul . Engraving.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1. Mai 1769, 14. September (1852), war ein Feldmarschall und britischer Militärführer der napoleonischen Ära...

Captain Horatio Nelson, John Francis Rigaud, 1777-1781, aged 21, with Fortress of San Juan, Nicaragua, captured by Nelson in 1780,

Ferdinand Alphonse Hamelin 1796-1864, French admiral. During the Crimean War of Russian-Turkish War in 1853-1856, he commanded the French fleet, who worked with the British in the bombing of Odessa in 1854. Copper engraving., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1799, portrait,

Huibert Gerard Baron Nahuys van Burgst, 1782-1858, Member of the Board of the Dutch East Indies, in the uniform of Major General titular, Bastiaan de Poorter, 1852

1770s ILLUSTRATION DEPICTING FULL LENGTH FIGURE OF SOLDIER FROM CONTINENTAL ARMY OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1750-1843) Scottish general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He served under Sir John Moore in Portugal in the Peninsular Campaign, victorious at Barossa 1811, commanded the left wing at Vittoria 1813, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Thomas Thomson (1870), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Franz Georg Dominik Freiherr von Waldstaetten (25, 1775 in Vienna, died November 24, 1843 in Karlovac, German Karlstadt) was an Austro-Hungarian monarchy, kuk-monarchy officer, 2nd owner of the Tyrolean Jaegerregiment, last lieutenant field marshal and divisional officer from the von Waldstaetten family, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

GAZZOLA, FELIX . CONDE DE GAZZOLA.. FUNDADOR DEL COLEGIO MILITAR DE SEGOVIA EN 1764. MILITAR Y ARQUEOLOGO ESPAÑOL DE ORIGEN ITALIANO. 1699-1780. OLEO ANONIMO.. COLEGIO DE ARTILLERIA. SEGOVIA.

General George Eliott. Artist: Mather Brown (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1761-1831 London). Dimensions: 98 3/16 x 64 3/8 in. (249.4 x 163.5 cm). Date: 1790.Brown's grand-manner portrait of General George Eliott (1717-1790) is a great spectacle that captured both the painter and his subject at the pinnacle of their respective careers. Descended from America's earliest settlers, Brown grew up in Boston and trained in London under Benjamin West. General Eliott commanded the British garrison against the allied Spanish and French forces at Gibraltar (1779-83). The pyrotechnic portrait shows Eliott during a battle in September 1782, when the British deployed the newly devised technique of heated shot, annihilating the enemy fleet. (Eliott is also portrayed in John Trumbull's painting of the scene; 1976.332.). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

JOSE RAMON RODIL Y CAMPILLO - 1789/1853 - MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO. JOSE RAMON RODIL Y CAMPILLO (1789-1853).

Richard Kempenfelt, 1718, 1782, British Rear Admiral, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Rudolf Salis-Zazers 1779-1840, Graf, Feldmarschafleutenant, Knight of the Maria-Theresien Order, Obersthofmeister of the Erzhzg. Franz Carl, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

George III (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760. Full-length portrait in military uniform by William Beechey (1775-1839)

Portrait of a Military Man; William Edward Kilburn (English, 1818 - 1891); 1852 - 1855; Daguerreotype, hand-colored;

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742-1819). French general, appointed Marshal of the Empire in 1804 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Portrait. Engraving. History.

Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). QuarterMaster-General of the Cavalry, Colonel of the Oranje-Groningen Infantry Regiment, Commander of Grave. Portrait of Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). General-Quartermaster of Cavalry, Colonel of the Infantry Oranje-Groningen Regiment and Commander of Grave. Knee piece, standing next to a leg tent, in a landscape with the city of Grave in the background. In the left hand a command post, pointing to the fortress with the right hand. At the bottom left is a rolled floor plan of the fortress. Pendant of SK-A-4201.

Colonel Donald MacLeod of St. Kilda, John Opie, 1761-1807, British, ca. 1796, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 50 1/8 x 48 1/4 inches (127.3 x 122.6 cm), colonel, costume, man, military art, officer (military officer), portrait, smoke, soldier, uniform

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - 1769/1821. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821) NAPOLEON I.

Major-General Henry Dearborn 1812 Roxbury. Gilbert Stuartís idealized portrayal of Major-General Henry Dearborn presents an aging, yet robust military leader invigorated by power and the challenge of the War of 1812. A Revolutionary War hero who served as secretary of war during Thomas Jeffersonís two presidential terms (1801ñ09), Dearborn continued his service as senior major-general in the 1812 campaign. This work is one of several likenesses Stuart executed of Americanmilitary and political men, among them his well-known depictions of George Washington. Stuart painted directly on the panel or canvas over the course of several sittings, capturing the new countryís fervent nationalism in skillful, vigorous portraits.. Oil on mahogany panel . Gilbert Stuart

'Portrait of Maxim I. Damas (1785-1862)'. The Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. No later than 1827. Dimensions: 70x62,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: George Dawe (and workshop).

Joseph Blackburn, A Military Officer, 1756 A Military Officer

Ferdinand Peter Hennequin, Count of Fresnel and Curel (1762-1831), General of the Cavalry, Knight of the Order of St Mary Theresa, Privy Councillor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Johannes Graf van den Bosch (2 February 1780 - 28 January 1844) was a Dutch lieutenant general and governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, around 1840, after a work of art by Cornelis Kruseman, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original .

John Jnervis, 1. Earl of St. Vincent, GCB PC born January 9, 1735 in Meaford Hall, Staffordshire, died March 14, 1823 in Rochetts was a British admiral, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date not Stated

Portrait of Captain Isaac Hull, of the United States Navy, circa 1813

General George Elliot by Mather Brown (1761 - 1831); Oil on canvas; 1790

Nathanael Greene (7 August 1742-19 June 1786), after George Washington the most important American general during the American War of Independence, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original.

This general met his greatest defeat at - Waterloo. February 13, 1952. (Photo by Look Magazine).

Portrait of Hendrik, Prince of the Netherlands, Nicolaas Pieneman, 1840 - 1850 painting Portrait of Willem Frederik Hendrik (1820-1879), Prince of the Netherlands, known as Prince Hendrik. Standing, in full, on the deck of a ship, leaned against the course of a cannon. Portrayed in Admiralsuniform, on the left on a table is his stitch. Sketch for the life -sized portrait in Soestdijk Palace. Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons. troop movements, transportation. commander-in-chief, admiral

Alexander Hamilton in the uniform of an officer of the New York Artillery, during the American Revolution. He fought in the battles of New York, White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton before he was promoted to colonel and became Washington's aide-de-camp at the age of 20 (BSLOC_2019_4_96)

Napoleon and Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz. Stankiewicz, Aleksander (1824-1892), painter

Nathaniel Lyon 1818 to 1861. Union general in Civil War died at Battle of Wilson´s Creek

Andre Massena, Napoleon's General, 1758-1817

Archibald Campbell (1769-1843), British professional soldier. Colonel 1814, Major General 1825, Lieutenant General 1838, served 1788-1799 in India and in the campaign on the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. Waged war in Burma: Governor General of British Burma 1826-1829. copper engraving, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, Record date not stated

Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf of Austria-Teschen (born 3 August 1817 in Vienna, died 18 February 1895 in Arco, Tyrol, today Trentino, Italy) was Archduke of Austria, Duke of Teschen as well as Field Marshal and Inspector General of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Guglielmo Pepe, 13 February 1783, 8 August 1855, general and patriot, woodcut, Italy, Europe

Portrait of Prince Willem van Oranje, Anonymous, Cornelis Kruseman, in or after 1831 print Portrait of Prince Willem van Oranje, breastpiece to the left, in uniform with a distinction sign on the collar. Without a headgear. Red collar and gold -colored knots and epaulettes. Print Maker: Netherland Diffflake Painting by: Den Boschpublisher: Amsterdam linen (material). paper. varnish historical persons

Johannes Graf van den Bosch (2 February 1780 - 28 January 1844) was a Dutch lieutenant-general and governor-general of the Dutch Indies, c. 1840, after an artwork by Cornelis Kruseman, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

HENRY LEE known as 'Light Horse Harry' American Revolutionary general and statesman, noted for eulogy of Washington ('First in war' etc) Date: 1756 - 1818

Major General Sir Henry Havelock, 1795-1857, British general

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