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Engravings capturing intense battle scenes from the American Civil War and European conflicts like the Franco-Prussian War, showcasing soldiers in action.

The battle of New Orleans - Jackson's 'terrific slaughter' of the British.

ASALTO A SOLSONA (LÉRIDA) - GUERRA CARLISTA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike - Sketched by Mr. W. Homer (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VI). Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). Dimensions: image: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (23.5 x 34.9 cm)sheet: 10 13/16 x 16 1/8 in. (27.5 x 40.9 cm). Publisher: Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Date: May 17, 1862. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Baur, Johann Wilhelm, Northern Netherlands, Decker, Coenraet, Toght der Spanjaarden door 't waater naa Duyveland en Schouwen, Nightly march of Spanish soldiers through the water to Duiveland, 1575, Nightly march of Spanish soldiers from Sint-Philipsland through the water to the island of Duiveland, September 28, 1575. In the foreground on Tholen a Jesuit blesses the departing soldiers, in the distance the island of Duivenland and Zierikzee. At the bottom the legend AI in Dutch. Marked top left: Tom. I. No. 73., print, prent, historieprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 281 mm, width 351 mm, Dutch, 1650 - 1685-03-02, print maker, prentmaker, 1701 - 1703, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, 1607-05-31 - 1642-02

Prince of Orange is injured during the Battle of Waterloo, 1815; 1815 / Battle of Waterloo. (The crown prince hurt.). Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, hits the left shoulder during the battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. Heavy fighting in the background.

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April-August, 1862. Battle of Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862, was the beginning of seven days of fighting called the 'Battle of Fair Oaks' by the Union, and the 'Battle of Seven Pines' by the Confederates. Union General Fitz-John Porter and his staff are on horse-back at far left. Confederate General Joseph Johnston's infantry is at far right. In the center are the Union cavalry and horse artillery (BSLOC_2018_7_94)

Illustration showing the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia advancing at the Battle of Sadowa during the Seven Weeks War (or Austro-Prussian War) of 1866. This war, between the Prussians and the Austro-Hungarians, signified the start of Prussian expansionism, which ultimately led to the Franco-Prussian War. General Moltke, with help from Bismarck, defeated the Austro-Hungarian Army under General Benedek. Date: 1866

Gallant Charge of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry over the enemy's breastworks, near Falling Waters, Maryland. July 14, 1863. USA Civil War

Landing of United States troops at Port Walker after the Bombardment. November 7th, 1861, USA Civil War

The battle at Königgrätz on July , Heinrich Gerhart, publisher

Pictures of the War Showground, 1870. No. 10. / Failure Battle at Chevilly September 30, 1870 in front of Paris (TI)

The storming of the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo. perched on a rocky hill on the right bank of the Agueda River in the province of Salamanca in western Spain. As an important border fortress. it was the scene of a ten-day siege by the Duke of Wellington. Its capture from the French opened the invasion of Spain in 1812. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

The expedition is attacked by the Avisibba. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

España. Guerras napoleónicas. Guerra de la independencia. Batalla de Somosierra el 30 de noviembre de 1808. Grabado del siglo XIX.

Liberation of Perm by Red Army. Russian Civil War,1919. (Painting by I.A. Vladimirov).

Spain. Peninsular War. (1808-1814). Battle of the town of Valls. Combat between the French and Spanish, February 24, 1809. Lithograph Vidal and Serra. End of 19th century.

The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, took place on 21 July 1861 and was the first significant land battle of the American Civil War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period, The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, took place on 21 July 1861 and was the first significant land battle of the American Civil War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period

The British relief column arrives at Rorke's Drift, Kwa-Zulu-Natal province, South Africa, after the battle. From Afrika, dets Opdagelse, Erobring og Kolonisation, published in Copenhagen, 1901.

The Dos de Mayo of 1808, was a rebellion by the people of Madrid against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a brutal repression by the French Imperial forces and triggering the Peninsular War.

War of 1812. Battle of Lundy's Lane, aka Battle of Niagara Falls, took place on July 25, 1814. It was one of the deadliest battles of the Anglo-American War of 1812. The outcome was a draw, but at the cost of many soldiers for both sides (BSLOC_2019_6_78)

The 11th North German figther bataillon near Wörth, France 1870/1871 / Das 11. Norddeutsche Fechterbataillon bei Wörth, Frankreich 1870/1871, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Holiday in camp--Soldiers playing 'foot-ball' , Military camps, Holidays, Soldiers, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865

Engraving depicting the destruction of Tarragona by French. Dated 17th Century

RECEPTION OF THE BELGIAN RIFLEMEN AT THE CAMP ON WIMBLEDON COMMON, UK, 1867

The Prussians storm the Spichever Heights. The 2nd battery of Major Lyncker. Date: 6 August 1870

Print, Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown; Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); Published by Harper's Weekly; USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; Image: 17.5 × 23.5 cm (6 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

A bivouac fire on the Potomac , Military camps, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865

FIRING AT THE 200 YARDS RANGE ON THURSDAY WEEK, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING AT WIMBLEDON, JULY 13, 1861

The flood of the Diemerzeedijk at Amsterdam, 1776. The flood of the Diemerzeedijk at Amsterdam, during the flood of November 14-18 1775. People rush to strengthen themselves on the dike. On the right the sea.

Assault on the village of Sainte-Marie-aux-Chenes by the avant-garde of the 1st Prussian Guard Division on 18 August, Franco-German War 1870/71 / Überfall auf das Dorf Sainte-Marie-aux-Chenes durch die Avantgarde der 1. preußischen Gardedivision am 18. August, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/71, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

The Civil War in America : the last stand made by the Federals at Manassas. The Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Battle of Second Manassas, as it was called by the Confederates, was fought in August 1862 and won by the Confederacy under General Robert E Lee. The Union army was driven back and only an effective rearguard action prevented complete disaster. 1862

1800S 1860S March 8 1862 Css Virginia Formerly The Merrimack An Iron Clad Confederate Ship At The Sinking Of Uss Cumberland At Hampton Roads

Battle of Gettysburg.. Thulstrup, Thure de (1848-1930). Proofs, Cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Campaigns & battles, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Batalla de Gerona (20-21 de junio de 1808). Una división imperial francesa, al mando de Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, intentó tomar una guarnición española comandada por los tenientes coroneles O'Donovan y O'Daly. Los atacantes no pudieron lograr su objetivo y tuvieron que retirarse. "Defensa de Gerona". Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.

Crimean War 1853-1856: Siege of Sebastopol - mortars and cannon used to bombard Russians 1854-1855.

George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn where he died. Engraving.

In the year 1781, Anonymous, c. 1789 - c. 1810 drawing Fight scene, 1781. Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush battle (+ land forces)

General Grant's campaign - return of Kautz's cavalry expedition from its raid in Virginia / sketched by William Waud.. Title from item, Illus. from: Harper's Weekly, vol. 8, no. 397 (1864 August 6), p. 508. Kautz, August V, (August Valentine), 1828-1895, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Cavalry, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, Campaigns & battles, Virginia, 1860-1870, Fatigue, 1860-1870.

Gordon's and Crawford's Brigades driving the Confederate forces from the woods at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9th 1862 - USA Civil War

The War at the Beginning of the Iron Age, Fire of the lake cities

Sowing wheat in the Dakota Territory, circa 1880

The united Return Grenadiere u, National Garden , are attacked by the Nassau regiment not far from the Praterstern, on October , Major Hugo by Bredy is shot from horse, Hennig, publishing house

Battle of Shiloh.. Roberts & Company

The fieldpost is attacked by Franctireurs, German-French War 1870/1871 / Die Feldpost wird von Franctireurs angegriffen, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/1871, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

OS on the spit, plate pp, 1530 - 1536 print Roasting an ox on the spit, plate pp. Procession of Karel V with the Pope Clemens VII in Bologna after his coronation to Keizer, 24 February 1530. Mechelen paper etching festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities) Bologna

American Civil War 1861-1865: Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, 11-15 December 1862. Union Army of the Potomac under Burnside attacking. Confederate victory under Robert E Lee. Currier & Ives. Infantry Artillery Rifle Bayonet

Prince of Orange leads the troops at Ravels, 1831, J.B. Clermans, Desguerrois & Co., after Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1831 print The Prince of Orange leads on foot the 2nd battalion of the 18th Infantry department in the streets of Ravels, 3 August 1831. Part of a series of seven plates. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper battle (+ land forces) Ravels

Attempt of the Rebels to recapture Fort Harrison. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Fort Harrison, Battle of, Va, 1864, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Lee, Robert E, (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Military standards, Confederate, 1860-1870, Troop movements, 1860-1870, United States, Virginia, Fort Harrison , XVIII Corps ; , X Corps.

Image reproduction: Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942), Prince Józef Poniatowski near Raszyn in 1809, 1884; unknown, Husnik & häusler (Praga; Reprographic Department; 1888-1936); around 1885 1890 (1884-00-00-1909-00-00);

FAMOSA BATALLA DE VITORIA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: CARLOS MUGICA y JULIO DONON. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

US Civil War, Winter Campaign in Virginia, Jan 21, 1862. After his one-sided defeat at Fredericksburg, Burnside tried to salvage his campaign by attacking Lee's army from another angle. This became the 'Mud March', sketched here near Falmouth, by Alfred Waud. On Jan. 26, Burnside was relieved of his command and replaced with Major General Joseph Hooker (BSLOC_2018_7_184)

Expeditionary travelers crossing the Ccoñi river, Peru. South America. Trip to the Valley of the Quinas by Paul Marcoy. Old engraving

The Last Day at the Battle of Gettysburg.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

Chartist Riots

''Military Manoeuvres at Aldershot: A Sham Fight; A Field Battery at Work; A Safe Position', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Halt of a Wagon-train, from Harper's Weekly, February 6, 1864, pp. 88-89, Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper with slight coloring added by hand, Horizontal view of a group men seated and standing about an open fire in the foreground with a large number of covered wagons in the background., USA, February 6, 1864, graphic design, Print, Print

The death of Captain Cook: men row towards an island with palm trees, a man on shore fires a musket at a man coming towards him with crowds of men in loin cloths fighting them off. Engraving by W. Byrne after J. Webber.

LA ARTILLERIA VOLANTE MARCHA CUBIERTA POR EL CUERPO DE REALES GUARDIAS DE CORPS FORMADA EN 8 ESCUADRONES PRESENTADA AL PRINCIPE DE LA. Author: JULIA ASENSIO. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN. MANUEL GODOY Y ALVAREZ DE FARIA (1767-1851). MANUEL GODOY (1767-1851) PRINCIPE DE LA PAZ.

Historia de Argentina. Siglo XIX. Batalla de Salta que acabó con la capitulación del ejército realista español el 20 febrero 1813. Author: FORTUNY FRANCISCO.

Taking the Barricades of La Villette / June 26, 1848. (IT)

THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN, 1875: ALPHONSIST TROOPS AT DINNER IN THE CAMP ON MOUNT ESQUINZA

INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF SIR MARK CUBBON AT BANGALORE, INDIA, 1866

Military and munity mutiny views Attack of the Mutineers before Cawnpore Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Going into bivouac at night / Edwin Forbes.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Outdoor cookery, 1860-1870, Military personnel, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life.

Days of 1848 (TF)

Spanish Republican sailors mutiny. Spanish Civil War illustration 1936

General Boulanger injured at the cooky park attack (30 Nomber 1870)

Brussels, Avanzo & Cie., Simonau, Pierre, Prints added to the series Evénemens de Bruxelles, Anvers (1831), Bruxelles., Défense de la porte de Schaerbeck le 23 Septembre au matin 1830, Defense at the Schaarbeeksepoort in Brussels, 1830, verso - stamped, Belgian rebels defend the Schaarbeekse Poort in Brussels, September 23, 1830. Part of a group of prints from various other series related to the plates in the recueil about the events during the Belgian Revolution in Brussels, Antwerp and other cities in the period August 25, 1830 to March 27, 1831., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 226 mm, width 275 mm, Belgian, print maker, printmaker, 1830 - 1831, paper, lithography (technique), printer

The last day at the Battle of Gettysburg.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

Battle of Mill Creek, Kentucky 1862, USA, After a painting by Alonzo Chappel, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America

Firing minute guns in the long walk, Windsor Park, on the death of the Prince Consort, Albert, 1861

South Africa - 19th century - The Anglo-Boer Wars (1880-1881) - An English detachment wades a river between Natal and Transvaal - Engraving

Our Army Before Yorktown, Virginia Published 1862 United States. Wood engraving on paper . Winslow Homer

US Civil War, Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Popular print by Currier & Ives adjusts it sentiments for a Northern audience. In florid prose it described the scene, 'The Army rushed with desperate valor on the entrenchments of the enemy&Though driven back by an entrenched and hidden foe, the Soldiers of the North are still as ready to meet the Traitors of the South, as in their days of proudest victory' (BSLOC_2018_7_181)

15-16-17 September 1812 Fire of Moscow, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque (1882).

London Gas Company, Old Kent Road: the coke ground Date: 1891

Charge of the 8th Missouri and 11th Indiana Regiments, led by General Lew Wallace, at Fort Donelson

Vienna, The inner city, during the closer cernirization by the k, Troops, on October , Troops and civilians on the Glacis in front of the burning Hofburg, Johann Höfelich -, publisher

Firing squad shooting a blindfolded Federal soldier for desertion during the American Civil War. Date: 1862

Seven Years' War. Naval battle between the French and the English fleets (20th May 1756). The English squadron taking refuge in Gibraltar. Engraving. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Return of the students from Altorf via Nuremberg to Erlangen, March , Return of the students from Altorf via Nuremberg to Erlangen, March , After, Johann Adam Klein -, drawer

Battle of the railway embankment at Bethoncourt on 16 January 1871, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

The Civil War in America : General Stuart (Confederate) with his cavalry scouting in the neighbourhood of Culpepper courthouse. Periodical illustrations. 1862-10-04. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, United States , 1862, Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864, Flags , American , 1862, Cavalry , American , Virginia , 1862, Horses , 1862, Men , Virginia , 1862, Military reconnaissance

Austrian Dragon

Bapaume fight. (January 3, 1871). (IT)

Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800

'For God and King, at Marston Moor', 1644, (1893).Artist: Stanley Berkeley

Austria's Greatest Battle - The Aroused Austrian's defeat Napoleon at Aspern

The caravan crossing the Logone River. State border between Cameroon and Chad. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

American Civil War 1861-1865: Second Battle of Fort Fisher, 13-15 January 1865. Capture of Fort Fisher by Union (Northern) forces. Confederate (Southern) forces attempting to repel the landing party. Print c1887.

The Civil War in America: cottonburners in the neighbourhood of Memphis surprised by Federal scouts - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. 'Our Special Artist writes from Memphis as follows: "The only excitement now in the immediate neighbourhood of Memphis and in South-western Tennessee generally is an occasional collision between scouting parties of Indiana cavalry and the guerrilla bands of cottonburners. I send you a Sketch, the result of one of my scouts with a troop of horse, in which we came upon a party of Southerners on a plantation destroying every bale they could lay thei

Rehearsal of a French Invasion as Performed before the Invalids at the Islands of St Marcou on the Morning of the 7th of May 1798 May 18, 1798 Thomas Rowlandson. Rehearsal of a French Invasion as Performed before the Invalids at the Islands of St Marcou on the Morning of the 7th of May 1798. Loyal Volunteers. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 18, 1798. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Prussian camp under the arcades of Pont-à-Mousson. (IT)

Death of Fernando Felipe de Orleans. Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans. (Palermo, September 3, 1810 - Sablonville, July 13, 1842) was the eldest of the son

Defense of the K, Zeughaus , In the night from the th to October , Joseph Albrecht, Lithographer, Mossbeck, publisher

Passage of the Arthur Thouar expedition through the Pilcomayo river, Bolivia, South America. Journey in search of the remains of the Crevaux mission by Émile-Arthur Thouar 1884. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Unknown, Army of the PotomacSleeping on Their Arms, 1864, wood engraving on paper.

Charge of Louisiana brigade Gettysburgh sic. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, Soldiers, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg , Louisiana Brigade.

Execution of Duke of Enghien (1872-18049 of platoon of the Gendarmes d'Elite. 21 March 1804. Napoleon as First Consul of France.

Battery Prussian drawn mortar No. 26 in front of Fort Double Couronne near Saint Denis, France, Franco-German War 1870/71 / Batterie preußischer gezogener Mörser Nr. 26 vor dem Fort Double Couronne bei Saint Denis, Frankreich, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/71, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

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