19th Century Warfare Illustrations

Engravings and lithographs of battles and military confrontations, showcasing troops, barricades, and dramatic action scenes from the 19th century.

The Attack on the Palace Royal, Anonymous

Arcole Bridge / July 28, 1830. (IT)

Revolution of 1830 / (August 3) / Departure for Rambouillet.

Memories of the days of June 1848./5./Prise of the Barrier of the St. Denis Chapel (TF)

Rebellion of the Jews against Pilatus, Theodoor Koning, After Jacobus Buys, 1785 print In Caesarea, the soldiers of Pontius Pilatus resist the Jews, while Pilatus watches from his throne. The uprising was created because Pilatus had hanged banners with images, with which he violated one of the ten forbidden. This print is an illustration in the thirteenth chapter of the second book of 'All the works of Flavius Josephus'. Amsterdam paper engraving unsuccessful revolution or revolt, suppression of revolutionary activity

After the Taking of Malakoff on 8 September 1855 by Simpson, William (1832-1898) State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855, Sevastopol 1855 England Colour woodcut Graphic arts History

Fighting Volunteers.

Pages of remembrance to the crowning glory S, of the Archduke Crown Prince Ferdinand to King of Hungary in Pressburg September , Function on the Königsberg, Remembrance of the crowning of the Crown Prince Ferdinand on King of Hungary in Pressburg on September , Eduard Gurk -, Lithofrapher, Verlag T, Mollo from , publishing house

Escena del levantamiento del pueblo de Madrid contra el ejército francés de Napoleón el 2 de mayo de 1808. Grabado de 1870.

Brilliant services and military talents ...

War of 1812. Massacre of American prisoners, at the Second Battle of Frenchtown, on the Raisin River, by the Savages under the command of British Gen. Procter, Jan. 23, 1813. Native American men scalp and hack at bloody American captive soldiers in the foreground. In the distance, indians prevent the escape of wounded prisoners from a burning building. Between 30 to 100 soldiers were massacred (BSLOC_2019_6_56)

Memories of the municipality. - Defense of the Palace of the Elysee by the Insumens. (IT)

Exercise of a Dutch regiment on the ice at Dordrecht, Friedrich Gustav Schulz, 1820 - 1865 print A regiment of Dutch foot soldiers skate on the ice. People play on the ice around the soldiers. The city of Dordrecht on the back. Under the show the title in five languages. Numbered below: No. 53. publisher: Stuttgartprint maker: Europe paper the soldier; the soldier's life. skates (winter sports) Dordrecht

The corpses removed from the rubble

4. / The people at the gendarmes barracks, / (Faubourg St. Marin) (IT)

Austria, Vienna, Barricades in Jagerzeile on October 28, 1848, color lithograph

The final repulse of the Neapolitans is brought about by a charge by Garibaldi's men. Date: 26 October 1860

The Battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 3rd, 1863, Lithograph, Currier & Ives, 1863

Under the influence of the American Revolution, the Patriots wanted a more democratic form of government. The opening shot of this revolution might be coconsidered to be the manifesto published by Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, the founder of the Patriots in 1781: In 1785 there was a open rebellion by the Patriots, which took the form of an armed insurrection by local militias determined to defend municipal democracies in certain Dutch towns. From 1780 to 1787, Engraving depicting a riot in Rotterdam in 1794

Fire in the town hall of Amsterdam, 1762; The town hall in Amsteldam on fire, at night between 12 and 13 October 1762, naar 't life can be sieved. Fire in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam, in the night of 12 on October 13, 1762. With fire spraying the fire is fought on the street many spectators.

French and British troops storm the old summer palace in Beijing, Carel Christiaan Antony Last, After Jules Worms, 1860 print The Allied troops are fighting Chinese soldiers at a city gate. after design by: Parisprinter: The Hague paper charge ~ battle (+ land forces). city-gate Peking

The war in Germany against France./no.42./The fighting at Dijon of 21-23. January 1871. (Ti)

Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VI) May 17, 1862 After Winslow Homer American. Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VI). After Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). May 17, 1862. Wood engraving. Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Prints

Attack of the Louisiana Tigers on a battery of the 11th Corps / A.R. Waud.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 8, 1863, Published in: Civil War Sketch Book by Harry L. Katz and Vincent Virga. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012, p. 120. LSU Tigers (Football team), 1860-1870, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg , XI Corps.

Mexican American War, Capture of the Cosme Gate. After raising the Stars and Stripes over Chapultepec Castle, the US captured two western city gates, Belen and San Cosme, before the end of Sept 13, 1847 (BSLOC_2019_8_55)

2 / Battle of Buzenval (IT)

The fight in Stadtgutgasse , Leopoldstadt , on October , Johann Kratschmer, publisher

Theater of the war (magazine I), 1700-1701; Schouwburg van den War, starting from King Charles Den II. To K karel Den III. Existing in IX. Historical figures on an elephant leaf, as battles, water and the main fortresses (...). Leaf with nine performances of events from the years 1700-1701 of the Spanish Succession War. Leaf I: Schouwburg van den War (1720 edition), the picture with the bundled series of 31 plates on the Spanish Succession War.

Recruut provides a horse, Victor Adam, 1828 print A recruit brushes a horse while he gets orders from an officer. Paris paper the soldier; the soldier's life. horse

A Bombardment That Would Paralyze Them, Frederick Burr Opper, American, 1857-1937, Mayer, Merkel & Ottoman, Colored lithograph on paper, A settlement of four houses in foreground is bombed with soap products, towels, water barrels, etc. from a fortress background. People are running out from houses in panic. Illustration for back cover of Puck, Vol. XIII, No. 319, April 18, 1883., USA, ca. 1893, Print, Print

Storming of Cuidad Rodrigo, Jan 19, 1813. Vintage Coloured Aquatint, published by James Jenkins, 1815, from The martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies : from 1799 to 1815.

The war of Germany against France./no.43./The operations of the German South Army in the second half of January 1871 / and the entrance of the French Army in the Swiss area. (TI)

The life of Van Speijk, Alexander Cranendoncq, 1825 - 1838 print Leaf with 6 performances about the life and self -sacrifice of J.C.J. Van Speijk during the fight against the Belgians. A caption under each image. Numbered at the top right: 155. print maker: NetherlandsAmsterdampublisher: Rotterdam paper letterpress printing battle. revolution, revolt. orphans Belgium. Netherlands

An accident during military actions in river Isre causes four deaths. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal', September 19th 1906. Engraving.

Plague at Naples, 1656, print maker: Caspar Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 112 mm × w 155 mm

Strange Kühn dared victory won with rumic heroism , The Battle of Mărtinești on Rimnik on September , Quirin Mark -, Etcher

The war in pictures. No 22./Preußische Hussars at Artenay (TI)

Great Earthquake in Andalusia, Spain. December 25, 1884. Village in the mountains of Andalusia. People in panic, church and houses collapsing.

Technique, a lifting device in use in an armoury. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after Leonardo da Vinci, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

after John Wilson Carmichael, 1799-1868, British, Bombardment of Sweaborg, ca. 1860. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Burning of the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, April 18, 1961. Immediately upon learning that Virginia seceded, Lt. Roger Jones ordered the burning the arsenal to lessen it's value to the Confederates. The Union garrison then evacuated to Carlisle, Pennsylvania (BSLOC_2018_6_122)

The taking of Aigun by Russian troops, Boxer Rebellion, China, 4 August 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. The assassination of the German ambassador and the siege of foreign diplomatic legations in Peking prompted Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria-Hungary to form the Eight Nation Alliance and intervene militarily. French trading card advertising Chocolat-Louit. The artist is unknown.

American Civil War 1861-1865: Battle of Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863 which ended Lees invasion of the North. Union troops, bayonets fixed, charging Confederate guns. Heaviest casualties than in any other in the war. Field Artillery

Bulthuis, Jan, Netherlands, Friday, Daniel, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Arrest of Louis XVI, at Varennes, on the 22nd of June 1791, verso - stamped, Arrest of King Louis XVI and his family during his flight at Varennes, 22 June 1791., print, prints, foreign history, height 215 mm, width 262 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1799 - 1799, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1765 - 1765, 1750 - 1801-05-29, intermediary draughtsman

Explosion in the HMS Royal Sovereign, battleship of the Royal Navy in Greece. 'Le Petit Journal'. December 1st, 1901.æ. Engraving.

England invaded : Or Frenchmen naturalized , Soldiers, Campaigns & battles. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

May 24 _ Assassination of the Archbishop of Paris, the priest of the Madeleine ... / N ° 11

Tuileries Attack (TI)

LA CATASTROFE DEL ZEPELIN. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

Historia de Catalunya. Asalto de la Ciudadela de Barcelona por la jamancia, primer levantamiento popular contra el estado liberal en España. La rendición supuso el fin de una oposición organizada contra la centralización de las decisiones políticas emprendidas por el Partido Moderado. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Assassination of the Abbe Lenfant at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, on September 3, 1792, rue Sainte-Marguerite, Current 137-166, Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue Gozlin, 6th arrondissement. FRENCH REVOLUTION Victor Perrot (1793 -). The Abbe Lenfant murdered at the Abbey on the 3th of the 7th, 1792 when he urged his companions of misfortune. French Revolution. Assassination of the Abbe Lenfant at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pr�s, on September 3, 1792, rue Sainte-Marguerite, Current 137-166, Boulevard Saint-Germain and Gozlin Street, Vieth arrondissement. Graphic Arts Cabinet Document. Lithography.

Armed criminals fighting with the police, Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1904. Artist: Unknown

China. Fire at the palace of the empress. 'Le Petit Jounal'. May 5th, 1901. Engraving.

MADRID-COMBATES EN LA PLAZA MAYOR 1854. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS COLOREADOS. SPAIN.

The explosion of the powder magazine on the Nussdorf line on June , Unknown

Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich Visiting the Camp of the Life-Guard Finland Regiment on July 8, 1837 by Fedotov, Pavel Andreyevich (1815-1852)/ State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg/ 1837/ Russia/ Watercolour on paper/ Romanticism/ 31x44,4/ Genre,History

Rescue operations after the collapse of a warehouse in Antwerp, Belgium, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 769, Volume XXIX, November 21, 1857.

Gladstone and his Liberal allies, dressed as Roman soldiers, are about to defeat the Conservatives, who throw themselves from the citadel marked "Counties". Lithograph, 1879.

December in Moscow. Artist G. Savitsky. Russian revolutionary painting 1918.

Great Days of the French Revolution: No 3. Top: Carnot at Battle of Wattignies, 1793. Hoche at Wissembourg, December 1793. Bottom: Hoche pacifying the Vendee. Captured enemy flags presented to the Republic, 1795. Print.

Italian Firemen's congress and demonstration at the Arena in Milan. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 24th September 1899.

LIFE OF A FIREMAN THE NIGHT ALARM START HER LIVELY BOYS CURRIER & IVES - 1854

Charge of the Danites, Mormon military force in 1838 Mormon War

N ° 17/27 - Taking the place of the Bastille by the army of Versailles. (IT)

French Republic. / Combat of the Parisian people in the days of 22, 23 and 24 February 1848. (IT)

The defence of Mazagran, Algeria, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer

Explosion of a Steam-Boiler in Hague-Street, New York, 1850. Scene showing the '...explosion of a boiler of a steam-engine in a machine shop, crushing the building...into a vast mass of ruins in less than one minute. About fifty persons, it is said, were killed and sixty wounded, by this awful catastrophe, the building being occupied by several workmen... the whole building, which was six stories in height, was actually lifted from its foundation to a height of six feet and, when it reached that elevation, it tumbled down, crushing in its ruins a vast number...Immediately after the explosion,

The war of Germany against France./no.47./The unveiling of the monument Friedrich Wilhelms III./AM 16 June 1871 in Lustgarten to Berlin. (TI)

4 / Barricade from St. Antoine Street. (IT)

Battle of Borodino, Russia, 7 September 1812, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin

Concert for invalids scene from the time of the First World War, Adolf Kaspar -, artist

A Rebel guerrilla raid in a western town / Th. Nast.. Title from item, Illus. from: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 300 (1862 Sept. 27), pp. 616-617, Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2013. Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Executions, 1860-1870, Hotels, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Atrocities, Confederate, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Guerrillas, Confederate, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Confederate.

Our soldiers in streets of Fredericksburg / drawn by Mr. A.R. Waud.. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 291 (1863 January 3), p. 5. Military personnel, Union, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, Streets, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va, 1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

Barricade of St-Antoine Street / N ° 4

US Civil War. Battle of New Orleans, April 28, 1862. Union naval officers, Capt. Bailey and Lt. Perkins, are met by a hostile crowd when seeking the surrender of New Orleans. Instead, on April 29, 1862, 150 Union infantrymen marched into New Orleans, and occupied the city without further resistance (BSLOC_2018_8_84)

France assists Martinique, 1902. Artist: Unknown

Paris Commune 26 March-28 May 1871. The Bloody Week: Retaking of Monmartre by the Versailles, regular Government troops 23 May 1871. Coloured lithograph.

The insurgents take the Hotel de Ville. Date: 28 July 1830

Shootouts in the Rue Saint-Denis, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Fighting a Paris fire using a steam water pump, c1874.

Taking the barricade of the Red Cross. / N ° 9.

General Thomas swearing in the volunteers called into the service of the United States at Washington, D.C. , Military parades & ceremonies, United States Capitol Washington, D.C., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865

'The Life of a Fireman: The New Era. Steam and Muscle,' 1861. Three engines have arrived at an urban fire, two of which are steam pressured engines, while third uses about 17 men to hand pump water (BSLOC_2019_8_178)

Taking of the Bastille, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834

US Civil War, 2nd Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, Oct. 3-4, 1862. Confederate Army of West Tennessee attacked the railroad center then held by Union Army of Mississippi. In the distance, are the critical positions of the Union Battery Robinett and Battery Williams (BSLOC_2018_8_14)

May 22 _ Taking batteries from the door jersey. / No. 3.

Reproduction of a painting: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), A military episode (Spring salon of Richling in Warsaw); excerpt from a magazine. unknown, photographer, Świat (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1906-1939), publisher

Asia. Campaña de Tonkín de 1883. Bac-Ninh. Emboscada vietnamita a la cañonera francesa Mousqueton. Cromo de Maison Franchomme & Cie., de Bruselas. Años 1900.

Guerra de la Independencia Española (1808-1814). Sucesos de Montellano (abril de 1810). Don José Romero, alcalde de Montellano, estaba integrado junto con otros vecino del pueblo en partidas de guerrilleros que hostigaban al ejército francés distribuido en la zona. En uno de los hostigamientos un destacamento francés de unos 500 soldados atacó la localidad el 14 de abril de 1810, si bien fué repelido con furia por Romero y sus seguidore. El 22 de abril volvieron las tropas francesas, al mando del coronel Bonnemains. Al no conseguir tampoco vencer la resistencia de sus habitantes decidieron saquear e incendiar, que resultó prácticamente destruido por completo, salvándose únicamente parte del campanario de la iglesia y algunas pocas casas. En esta ocasión los vecinos contaron con la ayuda de una partida de habitantes de los pueblos de Puerto Serrano y Algodonales, al mando de Gaspar Tardío y Francisco Salcedo. El alcalde Romero. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España,

The return of amnesties in Paris / exit from Orléans station (IT)

The four principal types of German tank during the Second World War: heavy and light mechanical cavalry. Top left: light tank (short type). Bottom left: light tank (long type). Top right: light medium tank. Bottom right: heavy medium tank. Date: 1940

Guerra de Cuba (1896-1898). Desembarco yankee rechazado en Cabo Haitiano.

Great War Meeting at Washington, DC, August 6, 1882 at the end of the Peninsula Campaign of the US Civil War. President Lincoln inconclusively addressed the controversy caused by McClellan's criticism of the Secretary of War's failure to supply him with more troops, which he blamed for the failure of Peninsula campaign's capture of Richmond, Virginia (BSLOC_2018_7_131)

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