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Art and Military Honors

Artwork and illustrations portraying military ceremonies and notable historical events, focusing on recognition and commemorations of military figures and actions.

Riot at Enkhuizen in which the houses of vice-admirals Kwast and Turk are destroyed, 1635, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, h 112 mm × w 155 mm

Spanish Netherlands. Reigh of Philip II. The duke of Alba arrest Egmont and Hoorne after an invitation for a meal, September 1567.

Departure for the War, Drawn by G. White, Engraved by J. G. MacRae, Engraving, circa 1870

Die Soldaten der Garde-Landwehr werden von ihren Familien am 22. März 1871 auf dem Potsdamer Bahnhof von Berlin empfangen, Historisch, digital restaur...

Revolutions of Paris. / Period of Friday, February 19, 1790. (IT)

Charles III (879 ñ 929); called the Simple; King of Western Francia meets Dirk I (Theodoric) Count of Holland; thought to have been in office from ca. 896 to ca. 928 or 939

Bellerophon forces the Amazons to peace; From the life of Bellerophon. Bellerophon and a woman are under a canopy. The woman has a rolled up sheet of paper in her hand. A group of bystanders looks.

Alarmed by the mob at Versailles, Louis (out hunting) returns rapidly, while Lafayette restores order. The king agrees to talk to the market-women. Date: 6 October 1789

The Germans arrive , Soldiers, Arrivals & departures, Punishment & torture, World War, 1914-1918. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Amsterdam, Desguerrois & Co., Netherlands, Steyn, Johannes, Four plates of the defense of the Citadel 10-18 December 1832, The stay of General Chassé at the Citadel of Antwerp, (18 December 1832.), verso - stamped, General Chassé in his bunker in the Citadel gives Lieutenant-Colonel Van der Wijck orders to keep the French under artillery fire, 18 December 1832. Part of a series of four plates of the Dutch defense during the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp by the French army, December 1832., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, Deposited, lower right - printed, height 244 mm, width 333 mm, Dutch, 1805-11-30 - 1840-12-18, print maker, printmaker, 1832 - 1833, paper, papier, lithography (technique), Work conception, after a design by, printer

Northern Netherlands, Cartoon on marksmen of the Rotterdam society de Unie, 1786, verso - stamped, Orangeist cartoon on some Rotterdam marksmen, members of the society de Unie, who in mid-December 1786 submitted a fierce address to the military chamber to force the city council to elect a larger number of members. Five marksmen in a room in front of a cupboard, the door of which can open, making the devil standing behind it visible. On the sheet below the plate an explanation of the representation. The names of five men are also mentioned: J.Ph. Hildebrand, JJ Raaff, F. Brusselaars, A. vander Hart and J. Buysen., print, prent, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 238 mm, width 170 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1786 - 1786, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, letterpress

Attack on men for a hut, anonymous, After Wouter Schouten, 1676 print There are four Dutch people in front of a cabin. They are attacked by a few Javanese with spears. Above the name of the author of the book and the page number. Verso: text leaf. print maker: Low Countriesafter design by: Low Countriespublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving (military) attack. hut, cabin, lodge Java

KET'S REBELLION, Norwich, England.

Johan and Cornelis de Witten robberies in their room in the prison gate, 1672. Johan and Cornelis de Witt are attacked by angry armed civilians in their prison gate in The Hague, August 20, 1672. Cornelis sitting in bed, Johan standing behind a writing table .

Chatelet; Bicetre: massacre of the prisoners of the prison of Chí¢telet and the house of Bicetre, the two and three of September and following days, to the number of about eight hundred. 1792. French Revolution

'Single Combat between King Edmund II and Canute the Great on the Isle of Abney', 1787. Artist: Unknown.

Historia sagrada. Tribunal ordenando un castigo corporal durante un Interrogatorio. Grabado de 1862.

This engraving shows the entry of Henry IV in Paris with more than 1,000 armed cavalry, known as cuirassiers. The caption for the illustration is: Miraculous defeat of Paris under the order of the Christian king Henry IV, and how his Majesty entered by the New Gate on Tuesday March 22, 1594. Henry IV had renounced Protestantism and chosen to be Catholic.

Courtyard. In a courtyard there are armed men, probably gatekeepers. On the right in the foreground strictly one of them are laces, while he is on a throm.

Event of July 17, 1789. / Arrival of Louis XVI in the capital three days after taking the Bastille. (registered title) | Historical engravings of the main events since the opening of the general states of 1789. (Title of the whole)

End of the game to Schenckenschans, 1635-1636; The Geluckich Eynd from the Vorstelijck Raffel game to Schenckenschants / Le Heureusse Fin du Jeu des Princes Pour Le Fort de Schenck. Cartoon on the battle for Schenckenschans in the years 1635-1636. The end of the game to the scans. Frederik Hendrik and the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand dice to a table around the fort. The Stadholder throws the winning pitch. The Cardinal Infant scratches himself on the head, Count Johan van Nassau looks at the stones through binoculars. Links leave the pope, the bishop Cologne, the king of Spain and the emperor. Right Kardinal Richelieu watches. On the left in the background, the adhesive farmers dance. From under the table a priest and a non-appearance. On the right in the background The conquest of the fort through the state army on April 29, 1636. A separate text sheet belongs to the print.

Combat at 13 vendemaire Jean-Jacques-Fran�ois Le Barbier (1738-1826). "Combat at the 13 Vendemiaire An IV".

The arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) at Varennes, June 22, 1791. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Simson and Delila. Soldiers take Simson caught after he slept at Delila and his hair has been cut through a filis.

Holanda. Suplicio infligido a los anabaptistas de Amsterdam, corriente del protestantismo, en el año 1535. Grabado de 1864.

Ferrand of Portugal, Count of Flanders, made prisoner at the Battle of Bouvines, and taken to Paris

Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, known as the 'Night watch'. .

Attack by Jean de Jauregui at Willem van Oranje, 1582. Mord attempt by Jean de Jauregui at Willem van Oranje in Antwerp, 18 March 1582. In an interior, Jauegui is a gun shot on the prince. Jauregui is being overpowered by soldiers. In the show inscriptions in French. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 134. Printed on the back with text in Latin.

The Duke of Anjou on horseback under a canopy, 1582. The Duke of Anjou riding on horseback under a canopy held up by six carriers. Adorned with the crown and cloak of the Duke of Brabant. Plate V in the description of the entry of the Duke of Anjou in Antwerp, 19 February 1582.

Yemeni cavalry performing military exercises. They gallop on horses in front of a fortress wall and mosque, while a soldier with musket watches. Ezercizi Militari del Yemen. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1847.

Execution of Captain Bont, 1677, 1780 - 1782 print Execution of Captain Jan Bont on 5 February at the Admiralty or Prinsenhof on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam. Convicted of leaving the fleet of Jacob Binckes in the West Indies. Furly standing on the scaffold for his decapitation. Northern Netherlands paper etching on the scaffold or place of execution Admiralty. Oudezijds Voorburgwal

Scene from the Battle of Stralsund, Germany. The Siege of Stralsund was a battle between the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Swedish Empire on 10 an...

Card Players Fighting with Weapons Drawn, 1600, Holland, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A draw of recruits from the War series of Artur Grottger Studio 906, Grottger, Artur (1837 1867)

Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Civil war that confronted Carlists, supporters of the Infante Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, against the Isabelinos (Elizabethans), defenders of Isabel II and the regent María Cristina de Borbón. Northern Front. Navarre. Skirmish in Urdañiz conducted by six selected Carlist companies. Illustration by Manuel Miranda. Engraving by Martinez. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Madrid, 1842.

Republicans gather outside a bar to read war announcements, 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.

Execution of members of Amboise conspiracy. Abortive Huguenot conspiracy against Catholic House of Guise, 25 March 1560. Engraving by Hogenberg, late 16th - early 17th century.

Rolling a tar barrel on 5 November, Bonfire Night, at Brighton, Sussex. Date: 1853

Steerled Van General Mars, Emil Thomas, Aftèu Laurens, Even Jeanert Rourthe Rulle Romis, 1870 print The Austrian General Staff visits the deathbed of the French revolutionary General François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, at the age of 27, September 21, 1796. To the painting of J.P. Laurens from 1877. paper deathbed. lying in state

Colonel Pride's purge of the Members unsupporting of the army from the House of Commons.

Map playing soldiers, Willem Linnig (I), 1857 print paper. etching guard duty, keeping sentry. playing-cards. drum (musical instrument)

Paris Commune, 1871. Artist: Anon

In 1570 a peace congress was held in Szczecin, which led to the ending of the War of the Three Crowns between Denmark and Sweden by the Peace of Szczecin, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown.

THE REBELLION IN THE SUDAN, WITH BAKER PASHA'S REINFORCEMENTS, 1883: DRILLING THE GENDARMERIE IN THE COURTYARD OF THE DEPOT AT BOULAK; STORES FOR THE SOUDAN AT BOULAK

This etching depicts scenes from the tournament book of René of Anjou (1409-1480), showing knights, armor, jousting, and tournament setting in the first half of the 19th century.

The Storming of Mooltan, Second Anglo-Sikh War, 2nd Jan 1849 The Storming of Mooltan, Second Anglo-Sikh War, 2nd Jan 1849 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21664915

British First World War propaganda poster. The Only Road for an Englishman: Through Darkness to Light. Through fighting to Triumph. Soldiers marching through ruined buildings. Lithograph, 1915.

King Charles V of Spain receives tribute from Hern·n CortÈs 1485 ñ 1547. Spanish Conquistador who caused the fall of the Aztec Empire

Welcome of soldiers; Such a moment makes years of sorrow forgotten. In a sober interior greet three women and two men, probably soldiers, each other. One of the men wears a uniform and women wear long dresses. There is a table in the room and a crack in one of the windows.

Northern Netherlands, Tumult in Middelburg, 1672, View of the Grote Markt in Middelburg. Riotous farmers bring the mayor to justice on 21 July 1672 Philip van den Brande and some other regents from his house, on suspicion of colluding with the French., print, image, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 274 mm, width 346 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1675 - 1677, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Event on July 16, 1647 During the Neapolitan uprising.a Group of Men Shoot a Man On The Tent Day Of The Neapolitan Uprising In 1647.

Gillis van der Massse killed in Goes, 1657, 1780 - 1795 print Gillis van der Massse killed in Goes in an attempt in the street on the street about the election of stewards, March 1657. Van der Massse is hit during a firefight on the street. Netherlands paper etching violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death. street-fights, riots Goes

New Inventions of Modern Times Nova Reperta, The Invention of the Polishing of Armor, plate 17 ca. 1600 Jan Collaert I Netherlandish Seventeenth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of an armor polishing workshop. In the foreground on the left two young boys carry in baskets full of armor. On the right a man and a young boy unpack the baskets of armor. In the middle ground two men seated at the polishing machine, clean pieces of armor. In the background on the right two men carrying swords interact with one another.. New Inventions of Modern Times Nova Reperta, The Invention of the Polishing of Armor, plate 17 659728

Lazare Hoche (Louis Lazare Hoche) (1768-1797). French general of the French Revolutionary Wars. Death of General Hoche in Wetzlar, due to tuberculosis, on 19 September 1797. Drawing by Philippoteaux. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 2nd part, 1879.

The departure for the war - An old time illustration of a soldier leaving his family to go to war

Johan de Witt attacked and badly injured, 1672; Jan de Wit uyt de Publique Affaires na Huys Gaende, Wert Aengeranst and quatic from Jacob de Graef and Dry van Syne Compagnie. Board pensioner Johan de Witt is attacked on the street by a group of armed men led by Jacob de Graef and is seriously injured, June 1672. Fragment of the Great Print over the De Witt brothers: Witten Wonder mirror (1675).

Middle Ages. Judgement of God. Trials by means of duels and combats to elucidate who was the possessor of the truth or to be right. Each side chose a champion to act on their behalf. The winner was proclaimed the possessor of the truth. Both sides out of their pavilions, ready to do their duty at the voice of the marshal who received the gauntlet. Duel between two knights using handled swords. Engraving from a miniature of "Ceremonies des Gages de Bataille", 15th century. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Hearing from Moroccan envoy, 1759. Moroccan envoy allocates the States General, 26 September 1759.

Historia de Catalunya. Guerra de germanías de Valencia. Revolución popular de los valencianos en 1522. Dibujo de los año 1930.

Spain (1905). Anarchist attack against cardinal CasaÐas in front of the cathedral of Barcelona. 'Le Petit Journal'. Engraving. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Bombardment of Paris. / January 1871 - Street of Lourcine. (IT)

Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon showing Paris citizens, casualties of the fighting which ensued when Adolphe Thiers, President of the Republican government exiled to Versailles, ordered his troops to recapture the city from the Paris Commune. From a private collection.

The death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar

The Wounded Paris Carried from the Field of Battle Master FG Italian. The Wounded Paris Carried from the Field of Battle 361937

Assassination of French Plenipotentiaries at Rastadt, April 28, 1799, April 28, 1789. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Soldiers in the tavern. Germania, 1882 by Juan Scherr.

French Revolution. 8 Thermidor Year II (July 26, 1794). Jean Simon Loizerolles (1733-1794) gave himself up to be executed in place of his son, Francois Simon Aved de Loizerolles (1772-1845), while he was deeply asleep in his cell, in Saint Lazare prison, when the guards went to take him. Drawing by Renaud. Engraving by Meyer. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Torture, the barricade, stripped civilians placed in front of military troops as a shield, 1918, Belgium, World War I, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

The Torture of the English by the Dutch on Ambon in 1622, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Saint-Lazare prison: the great dormitory

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

Alcide Joseph Lorentz (1813- after 1858). "Wounded national guard (episode of the 1848 revolution), August 1848". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27109-20 Injure, national guard, military, 1848 revolution, soldier, oil on canvas

Historia Antigua. Grecia. Guerreros griegos pertrechándose para la guerra. Grabado alemán de 1865.

Soldier Scene, attributed to Carel de Moor (II), 1680 - 1738

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