Historic Battle Illustrations

A collection of engravings depicting significant battles from history, showcasing military action, cavalry, and dramatic scenes of conflict from various eras.

Scene at the Battle of Morat

COLONIALISMO. AFRICA. Tropas angloegipcias luchando contra el ejército del Sudán (1896-1898). Dibujo de W. B. Wollen ("La Ilustración Ibérica", año 1898) .

Reproduction of a painting: Bagieński, Stanisław (1876-1948), Apoteosis of the Battle of Vienna; from: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany". Schuler, A., photographer, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher

Battle against the Toba Indians, 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

THE REVOLT IN THE TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA, 1881: BRITISH TROOPS CROSSING A RIVER

Brush and wash drawing by August Querfurt depicting an equestrian battle, with gray and brown washes and graphite overlays.

The Stampede from Bull Run, July 21, 1861 during American Civil War From "The Illustrated London News" (London, August 17, 1861) Frank Vizetelly (1830-1883 English) Engraving

Military mutiny views mutineer cavalry attacking an Infantry Square at Battle of Cawanpore Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Battle Scene (Study for The 2nd Light Cavalry withstanding the onslaught of theArabs). Artist: Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet, French, 1804-1860

The Recognition Battle at Niederbronn on 26th July, France 1870 / Die Erkennungsschlacht bei Niederbronn am 26. Juli, Frankreich 1870, 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 father so tender had promised (bis) / to make yourself slaughter our friends (bis) / but his shot failed / thanks to our good jurors. / Dance the carmagnole, / Long live the sound, long lives / dance the carmagnol / long live the sound of the cannon. Benjamin Roubaud, said Benjamin (1811-1847). Press cartoon. "The so tender father had promised (bis) / to go slash our friends (bis) / but his shot failed / thanks to our good jurors. / Dance the carmagnole, / Long live the sound, Long live the sound / dance the carmagnol / Long live the canon sound ". Board published in "caricature" of February 6, 1834. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.

The Battle of the Washita - The Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custers 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettles Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (the present-day Washita Battlefield National Historic Site near Cheyenne, Oklahoma

Charles de Steuben's "Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo". Unknown, photographer about 1870-1890 Painting depicting Napoleon on horseback in the middle of a battle. He is surrounded by soldiers, some of which have fallen on the ground. A flagpole with tattered flags is being raised beside the horse. (Verso, mount) center, pencil: "Waterloo";

Boat (mahonne) for landing British troops and horses, Crimean War, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 604, Volume XXIV, September 23, 1854.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman. Wellington in India at the Battle of Conaghull, 10 September 1800. On the gun carriage, centre right, is the body of Doondiah Waugh, the Indian leader. Engraving c1860.

Peninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain). Polish troops fought in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), during the Spanish War of Independence, with a heroic intervention carried out by the Polish cavalry under the command of Jan Kozietulsk. Polish Chevau-legers of the Imperial Guard fighting alongside the French in battle. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840.

Painting depicting the death of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) a British flag officer at the Battle of Trafalgar. Dated 19th Century

Equestrian Fight, Gerardus Emaus de Micault, 1799 - 1863 drawing Design for a print. paper. pencil. ink pen / brush battle (+ cavalry, horsemen)

ODIN Odin's wild hunt

Rider fight. Draughtsman: Dirk Langendijk. Dating: 1797. Measurements: h 407 mm × w 555 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Richard III, Death at Bosworth, Henry VII crowned, 1485.

Russian smugglers according to the image of Carl Suhrlandta. A clipping probably from a German magazine. unknown, Suhrlandt, Carl (1828 1919)

Craeyvanger, Reinier, Netherlands, Kaiser, Johann Wilhelm (I), King William killed by the West Frisians, Count William II falls through the ice at Hoogwoud, 1256, Count William II falls through the ice of the Berkmeer at Hoogwoud and is killed by the West Frisians, January 28, 1256. The count in armor on horseback falls through the ice and is beaten to death by wild peasants armed with clubs, lances and flails., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 213 mm, width 268 mm, Dutch, 1813-01-05 - 1900-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1839 - 1841, second quarter 19th century, paper, steel engraving, 1812-02-29 - 1880-01-10, intermediary draughtsman

King Sigismund's Escape - He is rescued from the Turks after his disastrous defeat at Nicopolis

The battle of Austerlitz or the Three Emperors, confronted on December 2, 1805 a French army commanded by Emperor Napoleon I against the combined Russ

Francisco de Goya, Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias lunas, banderillas y otras armas (The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lances, Sickles, Banderillas and Other Arms), in or before 1816 Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias-lunas, banderillas y otras armas (The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lances, Sickles, Banderillas and Other Arms)

Scene from the Italian campaign , Unknown

Count Willem II drops through the ice at Hoogwoud, 1256, 1839 - 1841 print Count Willem II sinks at Hoogwoud through the ice of the Berkmeer and is killed by the West Frisians, January 28, 1256. The count in harness sinks through the ice and is beaten to death by wild farmers armed with bates, lances and dorslegel. Netherlands paper steel engraving violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death. attempt, political murder High forest

THE FIRST BRUSH WITH MANIPURIS

Officier dartillerie légère de la Garde Impériale (Light Artillery Officer of the Imperial Guard). Artist: Théodore Géricault, French, 1791-1824

A soldier protects an unarmed man from approaching soldiers. Engraving with etching.

Hannibal and his army crossing the Alps Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887. still image. Portraits. 1869 - 1871. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Military standards, Armies , To 499, Arms & armament , To 499, Soldiers , To 499, Punic wars, Carthage (Extinct city) , History, Hannibal, 247-182 B.C, Generals , To 499, Alps

Granadiers of the Imperial Guard. Group of elite soldier of the French Army under the direct command of Napelon I. Engraving. 1812.

Thomas Burke, 1749-1815, British, The Battle of Agincourt.

Arnulf, Graaf van Holland, in a fight, 993; Doubling from Graaf Arnout. Arnulf, count of Holland, died during an equestrian fight. According to FM this place found in 998, modern sources give 18 September 993 as the date of his death.

The Death of General Warren at Bunker Hill, a battle in the American War of Independence. It took place on 17 June 1775 during the siege of Boston, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time, The Death of General Warren at Bunker Hill, a battle in the American War of Independence. It took place on 17 June 1775 during the siege of Boston, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

General Joubert at the Battle of Rivoli, 14th January 1797 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown

The Battle of Monmouth or Battle of Monmouth Court House, June 28, 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. In the picture George Washington rallies his troops of the Continental Army. After a 19

THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN), THE RELIEF OF TOKAR, AFTER THE SECOND BATTLE OF TEB

France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War. Shootings of Communards at the Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Gardens), 25 May 1871, after the defeat of the Commune. Engraving by Sadurní. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871. Author: Celestino Sadurní (c. 1830-1896). Spanish engraver.

The rising army, Hendrik Verschuring, 1678 drawing paper brush troop movements, transportation. army 'en route'. camp followers

Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Northern Netherlands, French fire on fleeing troops on the Gierbrug, 1794, verso - stamped, French troops fire on fleeing Dutch and British troops who are trying to reach the other side via the Gierbrug ship bridge over the Waal, 7 November 1794., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 242 mm, width 150 mm, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1799 - 1801, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

'The Battle of Plassey', (1757), 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Night journey of Spanish soldiers through the water to Duiveland, 1575, 1701 - 1703 print Night journey of Spanish soldiers of 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 of Legenda A-I in Dutch. Marked at the top left: Tom. I. No. 73. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Army 'and Route' Schouwen-Duiveland. Sint-Philipsland

Bosnian insurgents advancing onwards to Sarajevo during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). From Russes et Turcs: La Guerre D'Orient, published 1878.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Battle of Sedan (1-2 September 1870). The Prussian army defeated and captured the entire French army, including Emperor Napoleon III who took part in the battle and surrendered his army. Burial of the bodies of Prussian soldiers after the battle. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

A Battle Scene 1783 Ferdinand Kobell German. A Battle Scene 396648

The Rising of the Peasants, Anonymous

Ibrahim Pasha (eldest son of Muhammad Ali) in battle in Arabia 1818. Watercolour by the French painter Jean-Adolphe Beaucé (1818 - 1875). Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848) commanded the Egyptian army. After his father became senile Ibrahim ruled Egypt.

'Attack on the Road to Bayonne, December 13, 1813', c1813 (1909). Artist: Thomas Sutherland.

Battle of Bunkers Hill (or The Death of General Warren). Artist: J.G. Muller, American, 1747-1830 After: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Cossacks. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VIII. 1856.

Days of 1848 (IT)

GRABADO - EL 15 DE NOVIEMBRE - GUERRA CARLISTA - SXIX.

The death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native American Indians. Engraving by J. Thomson after J. Trumbull.

GUERRA CARLISTA. TERCERA GUERRA CARLISTA. ( 1872 - 1876 ). REINADO DE AMADEO I O AMADEO DE SABOYA. " ATAQUE Y DEFENSA DE ESTELLA , AÑO 1873 ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Retorno de las tropas catalanas de la batalla del Bruc durante la Guerra de la Independencia, el seis de junio de 1808. Author: Joan Vilanova Roset.

Heroic Trait / Vendée War / Transition from the Vrine Bridge on May 5, 1793 (IT)

Cavalry during a battle, Gerardus Emaus de Micault, 1813 - 1863 print Netherlands paper etching warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)

The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London Date: First published: 1841

1830 REVOLUTION Street fighting in Paris - a group of revolutionaries ambush the gendarmes

Conquest of Mexico, 1519. Moctezuma II (c. 1466-1520), ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, comes to receive Hernan Cortes (1488-1547), Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Engraving. 19th century.

David rigid by the Philistines; Tenth book; David and Saul. David is surrounded by furious Philistine soldiers and pelted with stones. The soldiers don't want to record David in their army because they don't trust him. David has put his helmet, shield and sword on the floor for him and makes a gesture of incomprehension with his arms. The print is part of a series about the story of David and Saul.

Photography of the woodcut of the French authors: Aumonier Polonais Blesse d'ut Coup de Sabre et delivre Par Les Volontaires Polish chaplain wounded saber, released by the uprising; Wyspian, Franciszek (1832-), Dumont, Louis (1822-1885), Worms, Jules (1832-1914 Ant 1924); 1863 (1863-00-00-1863-00-00);Dąbczańska, Helena - collection, Pruszyńska, Karolina (Fl. 1928) - collection, Cartes de Visite (photo), chaplains, January Uprising (1863-1864), insurgents, wounded, purchase (provenance)

An engraving depicting men riding in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London. Dated 19th century

Militair begs for his life, Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, 1855 print A military lying on the ground begs with folded hands around his life with a young man in the uniform of the Scottish Guard. In the background a battlefield, on which two other Scots are about to kill an opponent. Weapons are on the ground in the foreground. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Europeans (with NAME). duel in place of battle

España. Guerra de la Independencia. Escenas en la batalla de Bailén. Grabado de 1897.

Arabian Fantasy. Traditional fantasy horse show under the walls of Hail, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

French troops refuginat in Sedan by the door of the fortifications. The Franco-Prussian war. Franco-Allemande was a war that was fought between July 1

Fokke, Simon, Amsterdam, Illustrations of Dutch history, Invasion of the Normans, 810, Representation from Dutch history. A group of Normans steps ashore, in the distance soldiers are fighting at a city gate., print, book illustration, prints, height 85 mm, width 107 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception

Robbery of farmers tied up, killed and robbed, Robbery of farmers, draughtsman: Cornelis de Wael, , 1602 - 1667, paper, brush, brush, brush, h 240 mm × w 399 mm

Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II, captured by Guy I, Count of Ponthieu, France, 1064

Egipto. Soldado inglés herido en Sudán. Grabado de 1884.

Maurits kneels after the victory at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600, Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben, After Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, 1840 - 1884 print Prince Maurits kneels on the battlefield and thanks God after the victory at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, July 2, 1600. Amsterdam paper steel engraving

Graf FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN (1838-1917) has a narrow escape in 1870 during a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines in the Franco-Prussian War. Date: 1870

Storming a defended city. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1867 - 1923. Measurements: h 212 mm × w 311 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cromwell suppressed the revolt of the soldiers of the English New Model Army in Banbury. Several mutineers were killed in the battle on May 13. 1649. England. digital reproduction of a historical original.

The storming of the Bastille, July 14, 1789..

Knights and men-at-arms covered in chain mail, under the reign of Louis VI of France (1108-1137). Engraving after an 11th-century miniature. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Historia de España. Primeras partidas realistas, grupos de guerrilleros de ideología absolutista para restituir el poder absoluto a Fernando VII. Grabado de 1880.

October 5, 1813 - Battle of the Thames. American forces fighting Tecumseh's Indian confederation.

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Grand Pensionary J. de Wit attacked and seriously wounded, Johan de Witt attacked and seriously wounded, 1672, Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt is attacked on the street by a group of armed men and is seriously wounded, June 1672., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 159 mm, width 90 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1788 - 1788, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Landing of British troops in Pearl Bay; Talien-Wan on the 5th of July. From a sketch by an artist in China.

España. Guerra de África. Desembarco de tropas españolas en Argelia, camino de Orán, en 1780. Grabado del siglo XIX.

Sea battle at Cape La Hogue, 1692, 1780 - 1824 print Sea battle at Cape La Hogue where the French were defeated under Admiraal de Tourville by the combined fleet of England and Holland under the Admiral Russel and Almonde, 29 May to 3 June 1692. The moment Tourville of a boat is in another Wil steps and grasp is made by an Englishman whose hand he will withdraw with his sword. Right and central French ships. In the caption the title and a description in French. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching battle (+ naval force)

General Pepperell at the Siege of Louisburg The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year

Conrad Gessner, Cavalry Charging, 1801 Cavalry Charging

Middle Ages. Religious wars between the West and the East led by the Pope, carried out by Christian Latin Europe against Muslims, pagan Slavs, Jews, among others . Christian soldiers against infidels. Engraving. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume III, 1882.

The royal family returns to Paris, June 1791, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

The custom of playing with Bowes and Arrows for the deceased.. Ogilby, John (1600-1676). Illustrations, Prints. 1670. General Research Division. South Africa, Islands of the Indian Ocean, Islands of the Atlantic, Africa , Description and travel

The German princes agree that Metz should be French, but emperor Carl V disagrees : he tries to re-take it, but it is successfully defended by Francois de Guise. Date: October-December 1552

Napoleanic Battle Scene. Daniel Urrabieta Vierge (Spanish, 1851-1904). Lithograph; sheet: 39.2 x 32.3 cm (15 7/16 x 12 11/16 in.); image: 27.3 x 22.5 cm (10 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.).

Delaware Indians acting as scouts for the Federal Army in the West during USA Civil War

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Bivouac of General Ducrot's troops in the wood of Vincennes. Engraving by Trichon. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

Caucasian Wars by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, Watercolor on paper, 1840, 1814-1841, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum,

Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Patriota polaco, jefe de la resistencia ante Rusia, Prusia y Austrohungria. Grabado de 1866.

Genl. Wadsworths division in action in the Wilderness, near the spot where the General was killed by Alfred Waud, 1828-1891, artist Published 1864

HUNS - Huns on horseback on the attack.

A Dutch position with soldiers in the Citadel of Antwerp besieged by the French, November-December 1832 On the left, Dutch and French soldiers share jugs of drink Part of a series of twenty sheets from 1833 depicting the French Northern Army's military intervention in Belgium in 1832, Dutch Stelling, 1832 Poste Hollandaise La Capitulation de la Citadelle vient d'etre sign, print maker: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, (mentioned on object), printer: Gihaut frères, (mentioned on object), publisher: Gihaut frères, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1832 - 1833, paper, h 245 mm × w 340 mm

Jacobite Rising, at Killiecrankie the Jacobites rout the Royalist army of General Hugh Mackay, but their leader, John Graham, Viscount Dundee, is killed after fighting valiantly Date: 27 July 1689

New York firemen zouaves turning out to support pickets between Alexandria and Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Date: June 1861

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