Historic Battle Scenes

Dramatic depictions of historic battles featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery. The scenes depict intense combat during various European conflicts from the 19th century.

Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, Europe. (Editorial Usage Only)

Attack on a convoy, Jan van Huchtenburgh

Death of Colonel Edward D. Baker at the Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia, 1861. Baker was a serving U.S. Senator. Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century. Record date not stated..

Brazil. Colonial America (1648). Battle of Guararapes, happened between Portuguese and Dutch troops for the control of Pernambuco. Anonymous painting. Detail of the troops. Oil on canvas. BRAZIL. PERNAMBUCO. Recife. Pernambuco State Museum.

Italy. Genoa, 1685-1800 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Bitwa pod Wiedniem Battle of Vienna. Date/Period: 1683 - 1685. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,560 mm (61.41 in); Width: 1,840 mm (72.44 in). Author: Pauwel Casteels.

Cuba. Guerra de la independencia. Combate entre tropas españolas y los insurrectos cubanos en 1895.

Attack of Porta Pia, siege of Ancona, 1860, Italian Risorgimento, lithograph by Carlo Perrin from the drawing by Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), 22x15 cm, from Album Storico-Artistico della Guerra d'Italia (Historic-Artistic Album of the Italian War), Turin.

A colored brush and black chalk drawing by Carl Adolph Heinrich Heß depicting an attack by Saxon Dragoons on French infantry, created on brownish paper in 1795.

Caucasian Battle by Brandt, Jozef (1841-1915)/ Private Collection/ Poland/ Oil on canvas/ History painting/ 94x151,1/ Genre,History

France, Versailles, The seizing of the Tuileries Palace

Germany. Saxony. Knights 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

The Indians of Colorado attacking the transcontinental stagecoach in the desert, July 1867, United States of America, drawing by Janet Lange (1815-1872) from original sketches, from The American prairies, The Rocky Mountain Mines and the Land of the Red Skins by Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886), 1867, from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume X, Issue 1, July 2, 1868. Digitally colorized image.

The Wernberg regiment after the Battle of Liegnitz on 15 August 1760 during the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, in what was then Silesia, Frederick II or Frederick the Great, 1712 - 1786, King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from the royal house of Hohenzollern, historical painting from the 19th century

The Battle of Belmont' during the Second Boer War on 23 November 1899, where the British under Lord Methuen assaulted a Boer position on Belmont kopje.

First Battle of Bull Run, (First Manassas), July 21, 1861. Capture of Ricketts' Battery by Confederates on Henry House Hill at around 3 PM. After Union Gen. McDowell ordered Griffins and Ricketts batteries moved from Dogan's Ridge to Henry House Hill, they were captured in hand to hand combat by two Confederate regiments. Captain Ricketts received 4 bullet wounds and taken prisoner at this turning point of the battle (BSLOC_2018_6_134)

Mexican American War. The Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 23-24, 1847, was the largest and deadliest battle of the war. 20,000 Mexican soldiers, plus camp followers attacked the US forces, of 4,500. Both armies were made up of mostly green volunteers or conscripts. After one day of battle, the US suffered 700 casualties (dead or wounded) and the Mexicans over 1,500. The Mexican army silently evacuated the battlefield on the night of Feb. 23-24, to return south to their headquarters at San Luis Potosi. Upon arrival, Santa Anna displayed captured US battle flags and captured cannons as proof of his 'victory' (BSLOC_2019_8_20)

Bivouac at Molodechno, 3-4 December 1812: An episode from Napoleon's Retreat from Russia. Night Quarter in Molodetschno, 3-4 December 1812: Episode from the retreat from Emperor Napoleon from Russia. A night stay as used by both first lieutenants W.P. D'Auzon de BoisminArt and his brother-in-law A. de Groot Stiffry. Soldiers hide with a provisional shelter of reeds at a campfire, on the right the horses. At the fire a man kneel with a pig head in his hands. On the left the French soldiers walk through the snow in long rows.

events War of the 6th Coalition 1812 - 1814 Leipzig Battle of the Nations 16.- 19.10.1813 fight at the Grimma Gate 19.10.1813 coloured copper engraving by J. Lorenz Rugendas 1814 landscape drawn by J. Wagner Museum of Military History Rastatt Germany,

The last battle. Native American Wars, United States, 19th century.

'The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 1898' (1906). Artist: Unknown.

Battle of San Marcial part of the Battle of Irún was a critical battle of the Campaign of Gipuzkoa prior to the War in the North, during the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army, under Alfonso Beorlegui, captured the city of Irúnusing a force comprising German light tanks, Junkers Ju 52 bombers, and a 700-man corps from the Spanish Foreign Legion. Illustration by Joaquin Valverde

Battle of Pea Ridge (also known as Elkhorn Tavern), Arkansas

The Battle of Aliwal was fought on 28 January 1846 between the British and the Sikhs.

US Civil War. 2nd Battle of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. African American troops of the 54th Massachusetts, charge toward the Confederate defenders at great disadvantage. The Confederates held the fort with few casualties, compared to high losses among Union soldiers. Print by Thomas Nast (BSLOC_2018_8_98)

The retreat of the French artillery, detail from the Battle of Buzenval, defence of Longboyau's gate, chateau of Buzenval, October 21, 1870, by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885). Franco-Prussian War, France, 19th century.

The Italian War of 1542-1546. Battle of Ceresole, 11 April, 1544. The French army, commanded by François de Bourbon (1519-1546), Count of Enghien, defeated the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, commanded by Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino (1502-1546), Marquis del Vasto. Engraving. Colored.

Painting of the battlefield, Showing soldiers in trenches surrounded by fire and explosions. Living and dead soldiers alike. Artist unknown. Circa early 1900s.

War of 1870. / Battle of Gravelotte. / 16 August. (IT)

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

Contemporary Egyptian depiction of Crusades in the 12th century. The Crusader invasions of Egypt (1154-1169) were a series of campaigns undertaken by the Kingdom of Jerusalem to strengthen its position in the Levant by taking advantage of the weakness of Fatimid Egypt.

Rugendas, Christian, inventor: Georg Philip Rugendas, work, Battle of the Cavalry, (1000 - 2000), technique text: line etching and scroll engraving, graphics, dimensions : plate width 24 cm, plate height 17.1 cm, image width 22.6 cm, image height 15 cm

The Japanese troops launching an attack on the fortifications of Port Arthur. First Sino-Japanese War, China, 19th century.

Battle of the Somosierra Pass, Somo-Sierra, 1808, a battle between Napoleonic and Spanish troops, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time.

The fight for Volochaev. Painting by E.O. Mashkevich.

The fall of Gerona in Spain, 1809. Gerona was besieged by 35,000 French Napoleonic troops under Vergier, Augereau and St. Cyr, and held out obstinately under the leadership of Alvarez until disease and famine compelled it to capitulate on the 12th of December 1809

Defence of Longboyau's gate, chateau of Buzenval, October 21, 1870, by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885). Franco-Prussian War, France, 19th century.

Scene of a military offensive by Schwarz, Gustav (ca. 1800-after 1855) Regional W. Wereshchagin Art Museum, Mykolaiv 1855 Oil on canvas 32x40,6 Germany German Painting of 18th cen. Genre Painting

STREET FIGHT IN BAZEILLES ON THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, 1870. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870. Anton Hoffmann (10. April 1863 in Bayreuth; 1938 in Munich) was a German painter and illustrator

The capture of the Prussian fortress of Kolberg on 16 December 1761 by Kotzebue, Alexander von (1815-1889) / State Central Artillery Museum, St. Petersburg / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1852 / Russia / Oil on canvas / History / 226x352

Civil War Battle. Dated: 1861 or after. Dimensions: overall: 91.7 x 112.4 cm (36 1/8 x 44 1/4 in.) framed: 109.5 x 130.5 x 4.7 cm (43 1/8 x 51 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 19th Century.

Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains. Dated: 1863. Dimensions: overall: 92.5 x 74.5 cm (36 7/16 x 29 5/16 in.) framed: 121.3 x 103.2 cm (47 3/4 x 40 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: EUGENE DELACROIX.

Battle of Wagram collared litho. Caption originally read, Bataille de Wagram, Livrée de 7 Juliet 1809. Date early 19th century. Charles Horace Vernet (known as Carle Vernet, 1758-1836) The Battle of Wagram (July 56, 1809)

Italy - 19th century, Second War of Independence - Italians win a battery Austro-Hungarian. 19th century oil painting by unknown artist.

Great Britain, 1854-60. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

'The departure from the stable', Philips Wouwerman, c. 1660 - 1670

World War 1 - Battle of Devils Wood - fierce hand to hand fighting between British and German soldiers. 1916. The Battle of Delville Wood 14 July 3 September, was an engagement in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War.

Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches during the Crimean War

Piotr Michalowski (1800-1855). Polish painter. Somosierra, 1844-1855. 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. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.

Chromolithograph showing the death of Nicolas-Louis d'Assas (1733-1760), also known as Louis d'Assas du Mercou. d'Assas, was a captain of the French Regiment d'Auvergne, whose celebrity depends on a single act of defiance. Having entered a wood to reconnoitre it the night before the battle of Kloster Kampen in 1760, he was suddenly surrounded by the enemy English soldiers, and defied with bayonets at his breast to utter a cry of alarm; "To me, Auvergne! Here is the enemy!" he exclaimed, and fell dead on the instant, pierced with bayonets, to the saving of his countrymen.

Battle of Livorno, 14 March 1653, an incident from the First Anglo-Dutch War, Anonymous, after 1653 - 1660

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Troops of the Prussian Guard. Engraving. "La Ilustracion", 1870. Colored.

Episode from the uprising; Care, Józef (1849-1914); 1884-1885 (1884-00-00-1885-00-00);

Last charge and capture of Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese War 1905

Conquest of the island of Majorca by Christian king James I of Aragon. He landed on the beach of Santa Ponsa at midnight on September 10, 1229. Troops reaching the coast. Lithography. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.

Siege Of Sevastopol by William Simpson, Color woodcut, 1855, 1832-1898, Russia, Sevastopol, State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol,

Charles the Bold (10 November 1433) (5 January 1477), died at the Battle of Nancy, the last and decisive battle of the Burgundian Wars, which took place outside the walls of Nancy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

The burning of Paris on the night of May 24, 1871 during the Paris Commune. France, 19th century.

WW1 - Western Front - Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14th-17th July 1916) - A piper of the 7th Seaforth Highlanders leading the troops of the 26th Brigade from the trenches to attack at Longueval on 14th July 1916. Date: 1916

Great Britain, modern (2) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Convoi d'Artillerie Automobile' ('Convoy of Motorised Artillery'). After watercolour by French war artist Georges Scott (1880-1947). 1918. Half-tone

Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Assiniboine and Cree Indians attack a Blackfoot encampment at Fort McKenzie on August 28, 1833. The fort was a trading post established by the American Fur Company on the Missouri River in 1833. The stockade had two blockhouses at opposing corners, each armed with several cannons. It assumed the name of 'Fort Brule' (burned fort) before it was abandoned in 1844. Hand-colored aquatint etching of 1840 by Swiss-French artist Karl Bodmer, who accompanied German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his Missouri River expedition, 1833-1834 (BSLOC_2019_9_2)

''Bataille de la Somme; La Vallee de la Somme pres de Curlu', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Guerra de Marruecos (1911-1927). Carros blindados en un asalto a la trinchera rifeña. Dibujo de A. Mestres.

'The Turkish Fire rigorously, but their projectiles reach their target very rarely'!Turkish heavy artillery at Chanak firing toward British Naval positions and coming under fire themselves. Date: circa 1916

'To the Victors!' British troops man-handling a captured German Field Gun as they remove it from its position - 1917/18.

Army of the Roman Empire. Officers in the review of the formed legions. Illustration by Lluis BargallÑ. Watercolour.

Japanese attack on Chinese, whose flags are flying on the hill, in Manchuria, 1894 (Sino-Japanese War, 1894-5)

Ships of the air against ships of the desert: British aeroplanes bomb a Senussi camel convoy loaded with ammunition, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Entry of the 55th Colored Regiment from Massachusetts into Charleston, West Virginia, February 21, 1865, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

Battle of Rivoli, 14 January 1797 (copy of Carl Vernet picture) (French under Napoleon v. Austrians under Alvintzy) (MV 1488)

Taiping Rebellion, contemporary painting of Imperial Chinese troops putting the rebels to flight at Tai Ping fort, Tientsin, c. 1850

Battle of Pleven by Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov, Oil on canvas, 1914, 1882-1934, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Artillery Museum, 105x260

This contemporary illustration shows Russian soldiers in trenches awaiting attack by Austrian troops during World War I.

George Jones, 1786-1869, British, Study for 'Battle of Waterloo', 1815. Oil on paper mounted on board.

Panorama from Vienna during the siege in October from Nußdorf on October , Matthäus Trentsensky -, publisher

Charge of the Pennsylvania Reserves, Second day at Battle of Gettysburg, USA Civil War

The Battle of Stadtlohn by Sebastiaen Vrancx, circa 1623. The Battle of Stadtlohn was fought on 6 August 1623 between the armies of the Electoral Palatinate and of the Catholic League during the Thirty Years' War

Battle of Vransarii against Russia for control of the fjords at Kockis Kapell, June 16, 1790, by Johan Tietrich Schoultz (1754-1807). Russian-Swedish wars, Sweden, 18th century.

Royal Saxon Tailor Regiment in Captain at Mondiedier October 15, 1870Mondidier. K.S. Middle manor regiment in action 15.10.1870

Battle of Omdurman, Sudan: troops are massing and engaging in battle next to the River Nile.. Chromolithograph by A. Sutherland.

Scene from Russo-Turkish war by unknown painter, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 66x99, 3

Russian Artillery on the Defence of Stalingrad by Marchenko, Georgi Ivanovich (1913-1981)/ State Central Artillery Museum, St. Petersburg/ 1947/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Soviet Art/ 128x204/ History

The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii, Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, between 1798 and 1801, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm), actor, As You Like It, play by William Shakespeare, battle, cannons, costume, fire, flag, literary theme, men, performance, pose, smoke, soldiers, theater (discipline)

First Italian War of Independen ce. Fighting in Sommacampagna, 23 iulio 1848). Oil by F. Cerruti Bauduc, 1855.

Molly Pitcher At Battle of Monmouth by John Ward Dunsmore, 1856-1945

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Battle of Courcelette 1916.

Pause of a Batailon infantry on the heather ..

Exodus of Austrian troops from Porta Tosa , 1848, by Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884). First War of Independence, Italy, 19th century.

UN SOLDADO QUITANDO LA BANDERA A UN MORO-BATALLA DE CASTILLEJOS - DICIEMBRE 1859. Author: RICARDO BALACA Y CANSECO (1844-1880). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA.

A barricade in Paris February 24, 1848. Detail. France, 19th century.

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Pyramids 21 July 1798. Napoleon defeated Mamelukes. Painting by Louis Francois Lejeune (1776-1848): oil on canvas.

Abomey, Dahomey War- French Colonisation in Africa. area now part of Southern Benin , French colonial days, vintage illustrations from watercolors by Henry Darien

War of Libya or Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912). Conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy. Battle of Zanzur, June 8, 1912. Italian victory. Engraving of La Domenica del Corriere, Italy.

Cándido López, After the Battle of Curupaytí, 1893, oil on canvas, National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

World War II. Libya (North African Campaign). Italian troops in Cyrenaica progress to Egypt. Illustration by Antonio Beltrame. 'La Domenica del Corriere'. September 22, 1940.æ. Engraving.

Battle of Liaojang in Russo-Japanese War

The Turks reconquering Limno Fortress from Christians, miniature from Turkish Memories, Arabic manuscript, Cicogna Codex, Turkey 17th Century.

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