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18th Century Military Cartoons

Vintage illustrations reflecting military life and satire from the 18th century, showcasing soldiers and interactions.

The drums. (Title) | The pretty soldiers. (Title registered (letter))

cartoon depicting the challenge facing Liberty in France, 1906

Germany, Bavaria, 1835-37. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Brussels, Schouten-Carpentier, Courtois, A., Military costumes of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dedicated to his excellency Willem van Bylandt, Dutch Infantry. Soldier in barracks uniform, Soldier in barracks uniform, 1820-1825, verso - stamped, Uniform representation of an infantry soldier in barracks uniform. Numbered top right: Pl. 13. Part of the series of 53 plates of uniforms of the military of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the period 1820-1825., print, costume print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 362 mm, width 300 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1825 - 1827, paper, papier, lithografie (technique), hand-colouring, printer, drukker

Y do not know what to invent to blur! ... / 30. (registered title) | Garrison memories. (IFF 27) (title of all)

Germany, Bavaria, 1845-50. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Black Cat Cigarettes, World war One, propaganda card showing: Marshall Petain the French commander as a surgeon

French soldier for a monument. .

Falconer about to Disengage Falcons from Quarry, 1850. 'When the falcon strikes his bird down, he immediately places one talon on the shoulder of his prey, and the other on the neck, and he proceeds with his beak to open the jugular vein, lapping with a smacking sound from the tongue and palate the blood as it flows. Whilst engaged in this operation, the falconer hurries towards him, and lifts him, disengaging him from his quarry by a method requiring for its performance care and. coaxing'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

My dear, I will do like you, take back the civilian ... / 16 (registered title) | Lithographic album by Charlet. 1828. (Title of the whole)

News. / 120. / After the battle of Alma ... (registered title) | News (1854) (title of all)

Entente Cordiale (1904), Anglo-French agreement which ended a number of mutual antagonisms and brought about co-operation against the threat of German agression during the early part of the 20th century. The First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Incident. Germany looks on in disapproval as France and Britain approach an engagement. Cartoon by Bernard Partridge from 'Punch', London, 12 April 1905.

Némo, two German soldiers in a street, 1871 (dummy title). Watercolor. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

To each that belongs to him, Petrus van Geldorp, 1901 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. Philippine-American War Zuid-Afrika. United Kingdom. United States of America. Philippines

RIADOVYE Garnizonnykh polkov s 1732 po 1742 god v rabochei i stroevoi odezhde Common soldiers of Garrison regiments, 1732 to 1742, in work and drill uniforms.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1842. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

The reign of the future / annexation of France to the Prussian Prussian / Major Staff

In the late 1400s and early 1500s, the peasants in Germany, as well as other countries in Europe, were overburdened by work, taxes, debt, religious rules and restrictions and privileges, and much more. Some rallied together and came to be know as the shoe Leagues, Their symbol was a peasant's shoe with a shoestring on a flag - hence the league came to be known as Bundschuh (German for "tied shoe"). The shoe and shoestring symbolized the rise and advance of the peasants. The league and its members played an active role in the German Reasants' Wars in the late 400s and early 1500s.

The death of the imperial prince. (IT)

Soyez les Freres!', allegory of Republican France, by e courtaux 1871. Cartoon from a series titled La Grande Crucifiee!!! depicting Marianne as Republican France. Here she marches behind two men representing the French Army and the National Guard, comrades during the Prussian Siege of Paris who would become enemies when the French government launched its suppression of the Paris Commune in May 1871. From a private collection.

Black Cat Cigarettes, World war One, propaganda card showing: Civil opposition to war in Germany

Pieter Pieterszoon Hein, Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1842 - 1891 print Piet Hein is shown out for the Dutch flag. There are shields on the floor and at the flag, bullets and a cannon. He wears an orange sash, gold medal and sword. He has his hat in his right hand. On the left the words: Silver fleet. Utrecht paper historical persons (+ full length portrait). flags (~ signalling). firearms: cannon. protective weapons: shield

Defensive guard of the small sword (B) against an attack by the broad sword (A). Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr. Domenico Angelo's The School of Fencing, London, 1787.

Japanese soldier challenging Russian soldier, urged on by an Englishman and Uncle Sam, Bigot, Georges (1860-1927)

Julian Fałat, Hunter. Towarzystwo Akcyjne Odlewni Czcionek i Drukarni S. Orgelbranda Synów (Warszawa ; drukarnia ; 1896-1919), reproduction atelier, Julian Fałat (1853-1929), draughtsman, cartoonist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher

A woodcut engraving depicting 17th-century chimney sweepers. Dated 17th century

Bismarck, Napoleon III, Austria, lower loader, chassepot, ignition needle, The European award ceremony, Unknown

Russia, 1853-1854. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Engraving depicting punishment by bastinado - whipping across the thighs. Dated 19th century

France, 1819-1820 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Jack Easy caught scrumping apples. Illustration for 'Mr Midshipman Easy' by Captain Marryat.

What turn through - coincidence, Otto von Bismarck and MP Ludwig Windthorst hand in hand title page of Die Bomb , László frecskay -, artist

The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Harper's Weekly, Wood engraving in black ink on paper, A soldier is seated on the limb of a tree, his rifle raised, ready to fire., USA, USA, November 15, 1862, figures, Print, Print

Ah! carrot, you have nice to make you small, this time I will stop you from going ... (IT)

Evacuation of Malta. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Napoleon,I,Emperor of the French,1769-1821. , Sidmouth, Henry Addington,Viscount,1757-1844. , Evacuations,Malta,1800-1810. , Threats,1800-1810. , Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

'Well, Jack do they bite Ib'lieve yer, and plaguy sharp too!', early 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

The flow of Bismarck / Turn the Prussian and you will have the fall of the kidney.

We are, from: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1888, No. 263, (January 14), p. 24; Fa 1888 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);

Badinguet-gendarme

Fighting men and women for a pub, Anonymous, 1852 - 1863 stereograph cardboard. paper albumen print inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. fighting

The Curtin family under armed guard, for fear of attack by Fenian terrorists. Date: 1886

Polishing the General's britches, Major Ed Mueller, Murfreesboro, Tennessee , Text on sheet: Murfreesboro, Tenn.. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress, Purchase; E. Burns Apfeld; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:188), Blood shed in this war: Civil War illustrations by Captain Adolph Metzner, 32nd Indiana / Michael A. Peake. Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2010, p. 82. Military officers, Union, Tennessee, Murfreesboro, 1860-1870, Military life, Tennessee, Murfreesboro, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union, Tennessee, Murfreesboro.

Viennese types, No, Service men, Adolf F, Czihak , publishing house, Otto Schmidt -, photographer

Spain, 1891-1896. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain

Religious toleration Bismarck will support Alfonso only if he tolerates protestants : the pope insists that the pro-Catholic status quo be maintained. Date: January 1875

Showed death for the homeland ... / N ° 23.

This illustration, a caricature, dates to 1917. It shows "Death" with a sickle, mowing down soldiers during World War I.

Illustration depicting a navvy. Railway navvies were sent out to the Crimea to build a railway and to help with digging trenches. Dated 19th century

Meeting between Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II, January 30, 1875, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, February 14, 1875. Italian Unification (Risorgimento), Italy, 19th century.

The hunt for the Prussians !!! / N ° 52

'Le Chant du Depart', song sheet, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. Artist: Anon

TOMA DE TRIPOLI POR ITALIA-1911-GUERRA ITALOTURCA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Cartoon satire on British colonial ambitions in Egypt. 1896

N ° 28 / An arrest. / Ah they come stop my Achilles go my friends, Qzii .... QZII .... QZII .... / Get away that. (TF)

Russkaia odezhda s XIV do XVIII stoletiia. Odnoriadka Tafiia i Shapka Russian costume from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1841. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

030425-M-7262C-109. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

"God is with us" - WWI political cartoon showing Kaiser Wilhelm drowning someone with a Lusitania life preserver floating nearby

Cartoon on ABT Brouwers, 1868, 1867 print Cartoon on Abbot Brouwers Nav Groen van Prinsterer's criticism of his writing about the celebration of the Battle of Heiligerlee. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 47, November 21, 1868. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper .

This signalman of Uitenhage, South Africa, lost both legs and an arm when run over by a train : he taught a baboon to operate the signals when he heard the train whistle. Date: 1891

French conscripts being put through physical exercises. Colour process print after A. Guilaume, 1896.

France, 1757-1760 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Postmaster Lincoln Going his Rounds, US Presidents

Uniforme del ejército francés. Corneta de cazadores en campaña. Grabado de 1884.

Illustration depicting an umpire's guard for use in archery competitions. Dated 19th century

Propaganda. / 8 (title registered (letter)) | Political croquades. (Title of all)

- Eh! Well ... what are you doing [.... (title registered) | Zouaves and Croats. (Title of the whole)

Black Cat Cigarettes, World war One, propaganda card showing: a tea room with an officer reading war news in a newspaper

Civil War envelope showing Columbia standing atop cannon and holding American flag with sailing ship in the distance | Library of Congress

Past in history this February 13, 1792. / New powder at the Marshal of the Fabrique des STS Bender / and Cocabeau. (IT)

Kriegszeit, no. 50 (5 August 1915)

A sailor threatening a young woman with a sword on board of a ship. Wood engraving by J.J..

DEATH as a skeleton, with his scythe Date: 1868

You are doing the billiard part, Fournier ... / 5 (letter registered (letter)) | military sketch. (Title of all)

Netherlands, 1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Colección de cromos de los Exploradores españoles (boy scouts). Un valiente explorador ayuda a un anciano caído en el suelo. Años 1930.

1 - Vous avez vole un jambon , Boys, Clowns, Soldiers, Meat, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Cartoon on the ministers of war, 1871, 1871 print Cartoon on the past four ministers of war who are tied to a pole as prisoners: the Casembroot, whites, Van den Bosch and Van Mulken. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 40, 1871. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper prisoner; in fetters. interrogation of arrested person

Illustration showing a British soldier signalling with a heliograph. Heliographs were used during the Zulu, Afghan and South African campaigns, and during 1882 signals were sent from the Great Pyramid to Cairo, Signals were sent as far as 190 miles. 1904

WW1 - A cartoon illustrating England's ignorance regarding Russia. The cartoon jokes about that the "Rooshuns", rather than 'Russians' coming through England. The English porter states that he found snow on the trains. 'Snow' as the most 'obvious' and recognisable connection with the country. Date: 1914

FrontPage of 'Le Petit Journal' depicting Alfred Dreyfus and his defenders. The Dreyffus Affair was a political scandal which divided France for many years during the late 19th Century. Dated 1899

Artillery kitchenMeissen. Artillery kitchen

Softening of skulls. N � 19 (title registered (letter)) | The Crimean War. (Title of the whole)

Military aumonier. / 31

'Message Was Received Of The Outbreak At Meerut', c1929. 'The year 1857 startled the world with the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, and Lord Roberts, the Hero of Kandahar..., a young man of twenty-four, was dining with his mess at Peshawar when a message was received describing the outbreak at Meerut, the spread of disaffection to Delhi, the rise of the native soldiers there, and the assassination of many officers and residents at both stations. The assembled officers were for a moment dumbfounded, but no time was lost in arranging a conference of all authorities within reach the following da

Engraving of Captain Blackbeard published in 1725.

At the Chalons Camp: -Papa, why do they make the soldiers go out in the rain -My boy, it is in order for them to learn to be under fire! from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 19, 1869 August 19, 1869 Honoré Daumier. At the Chalons Camp: -Papa, why do they make the soldiers go out in the rain -My boy, it is in order for them to learn to be under fire! from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 19, 1869. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). August 19, 1869. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Arnaud de Vresse. Prints

South Africa, The Anglo Boer Wars, The Boer Commander Scheepers is executed by the English (February 1902)

Sounding the tocsin 1895. President Cleveland pulling on a rope labelled 'Cleveland's letter to the Citizens of Chicago', ringing a bell labelled 'Sound Money Alarm', to warn them that dark smoke labelled 'Free Silver Coinage' from a raging fire is bearing down upon them.

4 - Comment un gendarme qui a vole un jambon! , Boys, Clowns, Soldiers, Meat, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Norway and Sweden, 1905-1909. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Norway, Sweden

Napoleon is shaved, Wijnand Esser, 1815 Cartoon in which Napoleon is shaved by soldiers from the Dutch Land Militie, 1815. In an interior, a soldier with the right hand soap on the jaws of Napoleon, sitting on a chair with the hands folded on the belly, while another soldier in the left hand it holds shaving basin. On the right a standing officer with pulled sword in the right hand ready to shave. Netherlands paper. watercolor (paint) brush / pen shaving, being shaved. political caricatures and satires Waterloo

United States. Supporters of Abraham Lincoln, candidate of the Republican Party. Colored engraving from 'L' Illustration Journal Universel', 1860.

French Restaurant (1871) / Guillaume: My good Bismarck, that's strange ... listens to the menu that this French shows me ...

Superintendent Durkin and Inspector Mackenzie enter the rooms of Mr Roberts in London and find him severely wounded after an encounter with Major Murray. Coloured lithograph, 1861.

Bismarck and General Prim / do not joke the cat that sleeps.

19Th Century Engraving Of Old Time Sailor Holding Sextant Next To Eagle & American Flag

Italy - 19th century, First War of Independence - 'Five Days of Milan'. 18-22 March 1848. Battle at Litta Palace. Painted by Baldassarre Verazzi (1819-1866).

Russian naval poster during World War I period ca. 1916

Man wearing military uniform, holding rifle, and embracing woman with troops in background 1898. Caption: Good bye, - God spare you!

1865, Mexique, 1865, Mexique, 1865, Falconnet, Louis, 1864-ca. 1867, by Louis Falconnet, an officer in the French army, from documentation he created or gathered while on his tour of duty in Mexico (1864-1866) at the time of the French intervention.

Death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the first Union officer to be killed in action during the US Civil War. His compatriot from the New York 'Fire Zouaves', Frank Brownell, immediately stabbed and killed the southern sympathizing proprietor. Ellsworth is holding the Confederate 'Stars and Bars' that had been flying over Marshall House Inn, Alexandria, VA. May 24, 1863 (BSLOC_2018_6_89)

Torture, Punishment, Punishment, A Chinese officer leads a prisoner away while a second policeman stands behind him with a sword, c. 1810, China, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

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