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19th Century Military Illustrations

Historical illustrations showcasing military scenes from the 19th century, featuring battles, soldiers on horseback, and dramatic engagements.

Execution of Louis XVI on Monday, 21 January 1793. Place de la Révolution, Paris. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

History of Africa. 19th century. Congo. Passage of a river during the rainy season in German Africa. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados (The Congo and the Founding of its Free State. A Story of Work and Exploration), by Henry M. Stanley. Edited in Barcelona, ca. 1890. Spain.

THE REBELLION IN THE TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA, 1881: Exterior of a Boer's House.

Demonstration of the Dreyse needle gun, historical woodcut, circa 1870

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Jos Friz speaks to the conspirators on the Hartmatte. Joss Fritz (born around 1470, died around 1525) was the initiator of the Bundschuh movements in Untergrombach, Lehen und am Oberrhein / German Peasants' War, Jos Friz speaks to the conspirators on the Hartmatte. Joss Fritz (born around 1470, died around 1525) was the initiator of the Bundschuh movements in Untergrombach, Lehen and on the Upper Rhine, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured

Illustration showing a group of German 'frogmen' being captured by British soldiers, near Nijmegen, Holland, 28th September 1944. These 'frogmen' were assault troops who swam down the Waal River with explosives to try to blow up the bridges at Nijmegen. Having placed the charges, they began their escape but were spotted by British troops and captured. As can be seen in the picture, the Germans were equipped with oxygen tanks, wetsuits and flippers. Date: 1944

The Gold Rush, gold miners in California, 1849

Nach dem Jagdtag wird die Jagdbeute auf eine Kutsche verladen, 1888, History, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Engraving depicting Luis Daoíz y Torres (1767-1808) Spanish artillery officer and one of the leaders of the Dos de Mayo Uprising that signalled the start of the Spanish War of Independence and Pedro Velarde y Santillán (1779-1808) Spanish artillery captain famous for his heroic death in the Dos de Mayo uprisings against the French occupation of Madrid. Dated 1808

'General Burgoyne Addressing the Indians', c18th century.Artist: H Warren

An engraving depicting taking grapes from the vineyard for pressing. France 1780

Iams refuse to apologize at Homestead Strike

Execution of Don Miguel Hidalgo (l1753 ñ l1811);a Mexican Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.

Southern Netherlands, unknown, Veen, Otto van, Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Batavorum cum Romanis Bellum, The Batavian Wars against the Romans, Julius Civilis and Cerialis meet on a broken bridge, verso - stamped, Julius Civilis and Cerialis meet on a broken bridge over the river IJssel and negotiate peace. Caption in Dutch and Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 165 mm, width 210 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1611 - 1612, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1556 - 1629-05-06, after a design by, granter of privilege

A cart with arrested peasants. 30s of the 19th century.

geography/travel China Taiping rebellion 1850 - 1864 officiers and soldiers of the insurgents engraving 19th century revolution Tai Ping military Asia,

Henry Morton Stanley and the leaders of his expedition at Cabinda, Angola, Central Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

Dr. David Livingstone's (1813-1873) hut . Scottish explorer in the region of Ujiji. Engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration" (year 1872).

RECENT PIRACY AT THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS : DYAKS OF BORNEO, ENGRAVING 1876

So you will not go, vintage engraving. So you will not go, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659710

Army engineers fixing telegraph wires near coomassie; Ashanti war. 1874.

American Civil War: Negro labour strengthening the fortifications of Savannah, Georgia. From 'The Illustrated London News', 18 April 1863. Wood engraving.

Weapons, war machines and costumes of the Assyrians and Babylonians. After a 19th century illustration by Friedrich Hottenroth.

Moroccan troops in the Nationalist Army, during the Spanish civil war. Illustration By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.

The Reception of Captain Cook in Hapaee'. Ceremonial reception of James Cook (1728-1779) British navigator, explorer and cartographer on his visit to the Friendly Islands (Tonga) on his second voyage in 1773. Engraving from Captain Cook's Original Voyages Round the World (Woodbridge, Suffolk, c1815).

Panning for gold during the Californian Gold Rush of 1849. From "The Illustrated London News" 6 January 1849. Wood engraving

'Livingstone Weak from Fever Escorted to Shinte's Town', c1854 (1883). Artist: Unknown

Soldiers of "Acostamientos". The Acostamiento was a salary granted by the king to his vassals under which they were obliged to serve him in war. Culveriner (left). Crossbowman (right). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883.

Masquerade by students from Leiden Hogeschool, 1840 (plate 4); De Intogt van Hertog Jan van Beijeren inside Leijden, on the 18th August 1420, in Masquerade suggested by H.H. Students of Leydsche Hoogeschool, on the 8th of February 1840.Historic costumed procession of the students at Leiden Hogeschool on 8 February 1840. The procession depicts the arrival of Hertog Jan van Bavaria on 18 August 1420. Fourth record in a series of Nineteen unnumbered plates, with the groups numbered 20-23.

Engraving showing the Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson riding into Dufile, on the banks of the River Nile, c.1888. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the Governor of the Egyptian Equatorial Province had to retreat to Wadelai, near Lake Albert, with 10,000 followers during the Mahdi Rising of the mid-1880's. Cut off from all communication Emin Pasha was considered lost, so the British government sent out a rescue party led by H.M. Stanley (1841-1904). Date: 1890

Before British colonisation in 1803, there were an estimated 3,000-15,000 Parlevar or native Tasmanians. As a result of colonial wars, mistreatment and starvation, the last of the full blooded Parelvar died in 1876. Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer. In 1785, the King of France commissioned La Perouse to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, to investigate whaling and fur prospects, and to establish French claims in this area. La Pérouse had admired the explorer James Cook, and wanted to continue his work. La Perouse was assigned two 500-ton ships called the Astrolabe and the Boussole. His crew of 114 included sailors, scientists, a physicist, three draftsmen, three naturalists, clergymen, and a mathematician. They left France in August, 1785. La Perouse mapped the west coast of North America in 1786, and visited Easter Island and Hawaii. His ships reached the west coast of Alaska in 1786 and did exten

Blackbeard (Captain Edward Teach) Engraving

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880): Yakub (Yakoob) Khan, ruler of Afghanistan, being shown details of British guns during review at Gundamuck shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Gundamuck, 26 May 1879. Wood engraving, October 1879

'Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp', Australia, 1886.Artist: Frank P Mahony

Scene depicting troops of the West Indian regiment crossing a palm tree bridge during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone in 1898. Date: 1898

The escape of Queen Mary. the second wife of King James II of England. James II. (14 October 1633 - 16 September 1701) who. instead of fighting against the army of William III. attempted to flee to France. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

Grand Revue on 14 August, the Emperor followed by his General Staff crossing the Tuileries Gardens, 1869, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

British soldier signalling with a heliograph on the Indian frontier. Dated 19th Century

'Assist the Alsatian soldiers', French World War I poster, 1916. Artist: Unknown

The shooting of a Christian incendiary in Alexandria during the war in Egypt. Wood engraving.

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner, making blood pact with King Rionga during his command of expedition mounted by the Khedive of Egypt to suppress slavery near Albert Nyanza, 1872. Wood engraving London c1880.

War of Libya or Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912). Conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy. Turkish soldiers fired in the air to take down the Italian aviation. Engraving of La Domenica del Corriere, Italy.

Engraving of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, wearing white helmet), the Anglo-American journalist and explorer, on board HMS 'Industry', c.1878. With Stanley are some of his African employees; one of whom is receiving a haircut. At front right of the image are two Royal Navy seamen, typical of the period. Date: 1878

Prince Albert landing at Dover, 1844. The Prince Consort returns to England: 'This ancient port was to-day honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who arrived from Ostend about half-past two'. From "Pictorial Times", April 1844.

From the series Hero trains from , No, Senior lieutenant Rumpold storms with his flag in his hand , Battle of Solferino on June , After, Wenzel Ottokar Noltsch -, Peinstre, after, Heinrich Reinhart Reinhardt, Peintre, Hof- und Staatratdruckerei Vienna -, Lithography Institute

Published in the Russian journal 'Niva' 1879 from a drawing made during the Rebellion of Yaqub Beg (1865-77).

Cossacks searching for Japanese spies in a Manchurian village, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Escorting Major Taylor, of New Orleans, the Bearer of a Flag of Truce, blindfolded to the Confederate Lines, after his unsuccessful mission. USA Civil War

Shaw on a mule while natives carry supplies and belongings, travel and exploration by Henry Morton Stanley, expedition how I found Livingstone in Cent

Illustration depicting Queen Victoria (1819-1901) participating in a Wimbledon Rifle Match. Dated 19th century

Robert O'Hara Burke and W. J. Wills were the first men to cross Australia from south to north. Burke buried by Howitt's party. Date: 1861

The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition was much harassed by the frequent attacks of the forest dwarfs armed with poison arrows, which wounded several members of the expedition. Usually, they would deliver an attack then disappear suddenly, but on the occasion pictured here, the natives made an especially determined stand, resulting in several of them being killed and wounded.

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Valley Forge. Pennsylvania. Continental Army's camp in winter, 1777-1778. Engraving by A. Bobbet. "American Revolution". 19th century.

España. Catalunya. Tercera guerra carlista (1872-1876). Tropas carlista en San Magí de la Brufaganya, Tarragona. Grabado de 1874.

HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA

c.1825-35 Sandwich Islands, illustration Manner of punishing a criminal in 1819

Terreeoboo, King of O'Whyee, bringing presents to Captain Cook'. Terreeoboo and his party travelling by catamaran with 10 men on each side propelling it with paddles. James Cook (1728-1779) British navigator, explorer and cartographer in 1778, on his third and last voyage, was the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands which he named the Sandwich Islands. Engraving from 'New System of Geography' by Thomas Bankes (London, c1785).

Guerra del Francés. Siglo XIX. Recogida de armas en los pueblos del corregimiento. Museo comarcal Manresa. Museum: MUSEU COMARCAL DE MANRESA. Author: FRANCESC CUIXART I BARJAU.

VIAGEM PINTORESCA ATRAVES DO BRASIL, BATUQUE, LAMINA 95, 1835. Author: JOHANN MORITZ RUGENDAS.

Engraving of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Anglo-American journalist and explorer, sitting astride a Maxim Automatic Machine-gun, 1887. At that time, Stanley was engaged by the British Government in leading an expedition to find and rescue Emin Pasha, the Governor of the Egyptian Equatorial Province, who had gone into hiding during the Mahdi Rising of 1886. Date: 1887

África. Siglo XIX. Argelia. Llegada de un cargamento de tabacos a los almacenes de Hussein-Dey, en la ciudad de Argel. Grabado de 1862.

Vintage Lithograph Print: "War dance of the Sauks and Foxes ", from a painting by P. Rindisbacher c.1836

prisoner being led to his execution through a field littered with skulls and skeletons, 1820, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

The Captive saved during the Dakota War of 1862

Massacre in the boats off Cawnpore 1857 From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

French officers at a boatyard near Kupang, Timor, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Alphonse Pellion from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.

Engraving depicting the Interview of a Russian General with the Khan of Khiva, Seyyid Mohammed Rahim Khan

First Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895: Unrest in Seoul. Japan invaded Korea on the pretext of saving the country from China. Entered Seoul on 23 July and seized Korean Emperor. From Le Petit Journal, 13 August 1894.

A palaver hut at Mafweh in Sierra Leone, West Africa commandeered as a mess house by the West Indian Regiment during the Mendi expedition of 1898. Date: 1898

History of Africa. Nineteenth century. Prisoners of war awaiting their fate. Engraving in "L'Illustration, Journel Universel.".

A lifeboat crew ready for service, 19th century. From The London Illustrated News, published 1881.

The Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861) and William John Wills (1834-1861) Expedition leaving Melbourne. From a drawing by Wm. Strut, an acquaintance of Burke.

Cowboys Shooting Craps still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Cowboys

Florence military prison series--"Dressing my wounds" / J.E. Taylor. | Library of Congress

The finding of Dr. Livingstone: return of Mr. Stanley to Bagamoyo, from a sketch by Lt. Henn, 1872. 'It appears that Mr. Stanley, special correspondent of the New York Herald...was sent...to find Dr. Livingstone, with no instructions but that he should "have an unlimited credit to carry out his own plans and use his own means." Mr. Stanley has done his work admirably well. He suffered terribly from fever in making a forced march through the flooded plains on his return from Ugogo to the coast during the rainy season. It was at Bagamoyo, a port opposite the island of Zanzibar, that

The Sioux war chief shoots an arrow at the Monster Ratlesnake & kills it Date: 1914

Mahdist War (1881-1899). Insurrection of Sudan. It faced the followers of Sudanese religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, against Egyptian Khedivate troops, who were later joined by British forces. Exterior of the Dongola Mudir's house, where General Wolseley received hospitality on his journey of exploration and was honoured by the Arab warlord. The Egyptian Government empowered Wolseley to appoint the Mudir of Dongola as temporary governor of the new province of Sudan, as a reward for his allegiance. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Capuz. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

THE WAR IN THE EAST

A missionary holding a book and an umbrella is about to enter the jungle; armed men are hiding behind palm trees. Drawing by G.H., ca. 1860.

Artwork: "Village Market", Vietnam, 1968, acrylic on paper, 12-1/2" x 10-1/4". Artist: William E. Flaherty. Catalog Number: P.1.25.69. US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Guerra de Cuba (1896-1898). Puesto del estado mayor en La Trocha de Mariel.

Miltiades (550-489 BC). Athenian General (Strategos). Member of Philaid clan. Important role in the Battle of Marathon. Engraving. Historia de las Naciones, 19th century.

world War I, A from the wreck of the Italian auxiliary cruiser Gallia, torpedoed on October 4, 1916 in the morning. The raft is preparing to receive the rope thrown from a rescue ship.

Chinese army with old armament, China, soldiers, swords, shields, flag, wooden house, woodcut, historical illustration c. 1898, Asia

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