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Historic Battle Scenes and Leaders

Artistic representations of historical battles and iconic leaders, illustrating significant moments in military history through detailed engravings.

Prince of Orange is injured during the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, Jacob Ernst Marcus, After Louis Moritz, 1815 print Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, was injured on the left shoulder during the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, is investigated by a surgeon. Heavy fighting on the left and in the background. There are some officers at the prince. Netherlands paper etching / engraving battle (+ land forces). medical aid and nursing of the sick and wounded on the battlefield Waterloo

Monseigneur with the Gal Cavaignac (IT)

Attack on Soestdijk, 1787, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print The Palace in Soestdijk attacked by Patriots from Utrecht but defended by a detachment German troops, July 27, 1787. In the foreground the body of the shot soldier Christoffel Pullman. Amsterdam paper etching (military) attack (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia). festivities on events of national importance (+ eating and drinking ~ festive activities) Soestdijk Palace

Etchings by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas from 1741-1742 depicting military scenes with soldiers and related activities.

Two-fight on the waterfront. Two men duel to the waterfront. One of the men has placed the point of his degen on the chest of the other.

Julius Mansuetus is killed in a fight with his son, Reinier Vinkeles (I), after Jacobus Buys, 1782 print Julius Mansuetus is killed in a fight with his son in the Battle of Cremona. At the top right: III.D.PL.II. Bottom right: Page.154. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving duel in place of battle. (military) camp with tents Cremona

. The intake of Mons (Bergen) by the French army, led by General Charles-François Dumouriez. The Austrians had to clear the field. The intake was part of the Battle of Jemappes.

Sworn in the Society Pro Aris et Focis in Haarlem, 1787, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1787 - 1795 print Interior of the old goals in Haarlem with the sworn in the Pro Aris et focis society as one of the three battalions of the Haarlem militia, April 5, 1787. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving taking the oath ~ military service Haarlem

Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, Quartering of a French Officer, 1915, lithograph on wove paper.

Robert Blyth, 1750-1784, Banditti...Representing Banditti Variously Employed: Giving Orders in Battle, 1779. Etching.

Banditti...Representing Banditti Variously Employed: Giving Orders in Battle, Robert Blyth, 1750-1784, after John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, 1779, Etching

Portret van Étienne-Maurice Gérard, Pierre Michel Adam, After Antoine Julien Potier, 1831 print France paper etching / engraving historical persons. (military) uniforms. devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare)

Bombardments of Lille (North) by the Saxe-Teschen Duke's sheaths, presence of the Archiduchese Christine, Austrian Camp, early October 1792. 36 TABLE OF TAFEREELEN VAN DE STAATSOMWENSING IN FRANKRIJK (1794-1807), T.12, P .54. French Revolution. (TF)

King William I gives thanks for the help granted to the victims of the flood of 1826, 1829, Jean-Louis van Hemelryck, 1829 print King William I owes his countrymen for the aid to the victims of the flood on October 16, 1826. The king is sitting on his throne. His sons, the crown prince and Prince Frederik are on either side of him. With two -way caption. Part of the series of 24 records with meetings with King Willem I, published under the title 'Les RenContres' in 1829-1830. Brussels paper official acts of rulers, e.g. royal acts (ruler giving audience, granting mercy, etc.; ruler and his subjects). popular representation ~ government

N ° 9 / Prize of Tobago. 1781 (Ti)

Soldiers in a garrison.

Mort Du Prince Poniatowski (Ti)

Death of General Montgomery. 1799 - 1872. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775 , Death and burial

I become dry as a herring ... / 8 (registered title) | Political and military civilian life of Valentine's Day. 1st part. (Title of the whole)

Etching by Johann Christoph Storer from 1651 depicting military scenes with soldiers, weapons, and battlefield settings.

Meno Haas (1752-1833); Franz Ludwig Catel (1778-1856), illustration with uniformed person in the battlefield with a lying man, 1801

Duke Arnold van Gelre kidnapped by his son Adolf; Kidnapping of Arnoud van Gelre over the ice overnight. Arnold van Egmond, Hertog van Gelre is kidnapped by soldiers from his son Adolf and led at night in his inside over the ice to the castle of neighbors, 1465. In the castle he is forced to waive his rights.

Italy. Sardinia, 1846-1850 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

The Battle of Landrecy on April , Unknown

Hollandse Wacht, 1832, 1832 - 1833 print A Dutch soldier on guard in the Citadel of Antwerp, November-December 1832. Part of a series of twenty magazines from 1833 with performances of the military intervention of the French Northern Army in Belgium in 1832. Paris paper guard duty, keeping sentry Citadel of Antwerp (19th century)

A barricade boulevard des Italians. (IT)

Etching by Antonio Tempesta depicting a military discharge of a bata, created in 1611, showing soldiers, cavalry, and battle formation.

Rearmed procession of the ladies of the Halle, en route to Versailles, October 5, 1789. Event of the French Revolution (Title Title)

Enemies of the revolution seeking to slaughter a monument bearing patriotic sentences and a tree of freedom. (TF)

A group of soldiers on horseback, Joannes Bemme, after Dirk Langendijk, 1804 print A group of Napoleonic soldiers drives through a dune landscape. An ammunition car drives to the first soldier. Rotterdam paper etching warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach

Oproer in Zierikzee, 1786, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1786 - 1795 print Oproer by Orangists in Zierikzee, Patriots are attacked on the street, November 17, 1786. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving street-fights, riots Zierikzee

Three soldiers at a table in a courtyard, one of them reads from a book, Edouard Hamman, 1842 print paper etching reading to somebody. in the guard-room, 'kortegaard'

Corpse of Willem IV, 1752, plate 1, 1752 - 1755 Dragonders and a drum butcher. In the margin the caption in Dutch, French and English. Part of a series of 41 plates of the funeral procession of Stadholder William IV in Delft on February 4, 1752. Numbered at the top right: N. 1. In the bound edition of 1755. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: The Haguepublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving Delft Dragonders and a drum butcher. In the margin the caption in Dutch, French and English. Part of a series of 41 plates of the funeral procession of Stadholder William IV in Delft on February 4, 1752. Numbered at the top right: N. 1. In the bound edition of 1755. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: The Haguepublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving Delft

Twee medailles met historische voorstellingen.Two medals. Above: Count Willem IV van Holland gives Amsterdam a new charter in which the status of the city is laid down, in 1342. Below: Emperor Maximilian gives the imperial weapon to the Amsterdam city weapon, in 1488. At the bottom right: bl. 45.

The Battle of Poltava on 27 June 1709 by Larmessin, Nicolas de, II (1684-1755) / Private Collection / ca 1720 / France / Etching / History /Rococo

Children from Paris to Barricades. (IT)

Vondst van gesmokkelde jezuïten bij de Belgische grens, 1828; Saisie extraordinaire faite par la douane Belge dans les environs de Luxembourg.At the border between the Southern Netherlands and France, near Luxembourg, Customs will find Jesuits who try to enter the country. They are hidden in pockets on a farmer's cart. On the right a customs office, on the left see a smiling cook and kitchen maid. In the middle, two customs are a suitcase full of French reactionary laws. Cartoon on the expulsion and expansion of Jesuits about the Belgian borders in October and November 1828, which they had exceeded without leave, after being expressed from France. Under the representation of the legend A-I in French.

Mr. Mayeux, rampart from France. / May the enemy appear, thunder of d ...! And I will make charges in my turn. (registered title)

Citizens of Dordrecht force Cornelis de Witt to withdraw the eternal Edict, 1672. A group of angry citizens of Dordrecht forces Cornelis de Witt, who lies in bed, took the eternal edict, 30 June 1672.

Etching by Antonio Tempesta showing a military discharge of a bata, created in 1611, illustrating cavalry, soldiers, and battle formation.

A Military Operation, Christian Rugendas, German, 1708 - 1781, Georg Philip Rugendas, German, 1666-1742, Mezzotint engraving with etching in sepia and dark brown ink on paper, In a landscape with ruined buildings soldiers, horses and caravans are seen at camp or on the march., Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1720-1740, Print, Print

Three soldiers and the Spirit of Van Speijk, Roelof van der Meulen, 1831 print In the foreground a Dutch officer, sailor and Infanteris. They are grouped in such a way that they are visible between them in the spirit of Van Speijk. Further on the battlefield. On the Horizon is Antwerp, on the left the gunboat of Van Speijk explodes. Amsterdam paper projectiles, explosives, etc.: gunpowder (+ sailing-ships) Antwerp

Swiss soldier on a stone, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, c. 1842 print Paris paper private soldier. Europeans (with NAME)

The Night Watch of Rembrandt, 1642, 1797 print The painting of the corporal shelter of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, known as the 'Night Watch', painted by Rembrandt in 1642. In the middle the names of the officers and shooters. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper etching picture, painting. warfare; military affairs (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia)

Peace talks in Aachen, 1748. Peace negotiations between the Allies (Republic, England and Austria) and France and Prussia to terminate the Austrian Succession War, October 1748.

Photo production of a drawing of recurring soldiers from the Lützow's Freikorps, Anonymous, After Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Martersteig, c. 1860 - c. 1875 photograph paper albumen print drawing (mathematics). the soldier; the soldier's life

Etching by Gérard Audran from 1660-1703 showing a battle in front of a burning city gate in Egypt, with soldiers, horses, and weaponry.

Soldiers decorate image of woman with lance and freedom hat with garland from laurel ..

Cornelis de Houtman in fight before Bantam, 1596, 1823 - 1829 print Ships of the fleet of Cornelis de Houtman in fight before Bantam, July 1596. Cannons fly through the air, in the foreground men in sloops. Netherlands paper etching battle (+ naval force) Bantam

An 18th-century copper engraving and etching by an unidentified engraver depicting the death of Marshal Turenne, a French military leader.

1st Federation, July 14, 1790 (IT)

Battle of Bunker Hill.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, Massachusetts , History , Revolution, 1775-1783 , Campaigns & battles

Three Spanish Cavalrymen, Charles Beyer, 1819 print paper etching Europeans: Spaniards. private soldier (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Soldier as Boer, Edouard Schuler, After Horace Vernet, 1816 - 1882 print Karlsruhe paper. steel engraving the soldier; the soldier's life. farmers

Etching by Johann Christoph Erhard from 1816 showing military scenes with soldiers, formations, and battlefield elements.

Frisian Garde du Corps in the funeral procession of Princess Maria Louise, 1765; The Corps Friesche State Gardes of His airline Hoogheit, the Hee Re Prince of Orange and Nassau, Erf-Stadhou of the Capitain General and Admiral of the Zeven Provinces, etc. etc. etc.; Corpse of Princess Maria Louise, 1765. Soldiers of the Frisian Garde du Corps. Signature at the bottom right: pl. III. On the leaf under the plate part of the title and the mention of the sergeant. Part of the series of plates of the funeral of Princess Maria Louise in Leeuwarden on June 13, 1765.

Storming of Stony Point. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

. Arrival of Prince Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina van Prussen and their children in Middelburg on June 18, 1786. Illustrations of the Prince's visit and Princess to Zeeland June 18 - July 25, 1786.

Julius Mansuetus is killed in a fight with his son; He fell, amazing, littered (...). Julius Mansuetus is killed in a fight with his son in the battle of Cremona. At the top right: III.d.pl.ii. Bottom right: Bladz.154.

Those at least do not revolt. (IT)

Sea battle at Nieuwpoort between the State fleet under Tromp and the English fleet under Monck, 1653, J.G. Walker, After Robert Cleveley, 1803 print Nederlaaag van de Staatse Vloot under M. Tromp Tijdends the naval battle at Nieuwpoort against the English fleet under Blake and Monck, 12-13 June 1653. Reduced performance with an angel with a laurel wreath and olive branch at the top, a penning with the English title. print maker: Englandpublisher: London paper steel engraving battle (+ naval force). Battle of the Gabbard

The dying Don Jose de Barboza and the British army, William Sharp, After John Trumbull, 1789 - 1824 print paper etching / engraving after the battle. dying. commander-in-chief, general, marshal Gibraltar

Arabs signal the approach of the French army; Gihaut Freres (Paris; Publisher; 1815-1871); 1838 (1838-00-00-1838-00-00);

Soldiers from the Caucasus, Anonymous, 1800 - 1899 print Numbered at the top right: 8. Germany paper Europeans (with NAME). the soldier; the soldier's life

st, castle - interior views - tapestry Turkish wars, Raimund Stillfried von Rathenitz -, Photographer, Anton Schroll , Co, publishing house

Bergen in Hainaut by list taken by Lodewijk van Nassau, 1572, William Unger, after Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1871 - 1873 print The troops of Lodewijk van Nassau take Bergen in Hainaut by list, August 1572. After overpowering the guard, the gate of the city is opened for the out of riders waiting outside. print maker: Germanyafter drawing by: Netherlandsprinter: München paper etching Bergen (Belgium)

Mounted riders of Moscow from the 16th century, according to woodcut from the work `Rerum Moscoviticarum Comentarii` by Siegmund von Herberstein from the year 1571. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Between brothers of arms / n ° 14 (title registered) | in Crimea (title of all)

Stanislaw II Augustus, King of Poland, escapes from a kidnap attempt by the Bar Confederates near Warsaw in 1771. Guards with swords on horseback defend the king from an attack on his coach at night. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 12 Blätter Darstellungen aus der neuen Geschichte, 12 Pictures Illustrating Modern History, Germany, 1789.

Cartoon on the constantly accepting the budget, 1826. Cartoon on the constantly accepting the statements-General of the budget, December 1826. At the entrance to the Palace of the States General in Brussels, the guard wants a man Stopping, if it says it's going to leave the budget, let's pass him pass with the words 'ça passe toujours'.

Defeat of Maxentius, Balthazar Moncornet (attributed to), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1610 - 1668 print publisher: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching historical persons. bridge. horse

Battle on elephant back under the command of Pyrrhus, the King of Epirus (illustration 10 in: Cesar Cantu, General history, Warsaw 1853, vol. II, p. 421). Orgelbrand, Samuel (Warszawa ; wydawnictwo, drukarnia ; fl. 1836-1919), merchant employer, unknown, graphic artist

Hungarian Infantry, Presbourg, July 2, 1837. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet; French, 1804-1860. Date: 1837. Dimensions: 187 × 285 mm (image); 187 × 284 mm (primary support); 352 × 459 mm (secondary support). Lithograph in black on gray chine laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Seven Brave Boers, 1881 print Leaf with 7 performances over seven brave farmers with a large lance. A caption under and between the images. Numbered at the top right: No. 82. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing tales and fairy tales. farmers. casting weapons: spear

The Babylon (IT) barracks

Scene from Ukraine (in: Pamjatnaja Kniażka); Grews, R. (St. Petersburg; Fl. Ca 1860-1870), Trutovsky, Konstantin Alexandrovič (1826-1893), Voennaâ Tipography (Petersburg; Drukarnia; Fl. Ca 1860-1870); 1864 (1864-00-00-1864-00-00);

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Schematic representation of a shore and a canal. Below that a rider who comes to get a cup of drinks from a man in a barrel in front of a tent. In the corner at the top left the number 37 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. male sutler. warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Frisian Garde du Corps in the funeral procession of Princess Maria Louise, 1765, 1765 print Soldiers of the Frisian Garde du Corps. Marked at the bottom right: pl. III. On the leaf under the plate a part of the title and the mention of the sergeant. Part of the series of records of the funeral of Princess Maria Louise in Leeuwarden on June 13, 1765. Leeuwarden paper etching cortege, funeral procession Leeuwarden

View of Antwerp from the Citadel, Anonymous, After Izaak Schouman, 1837 print General Chassé surrounded by the members of the Council of Defense of the Citadel, standing in the Citadel of Antwerp, on October 28, 1830 the day after the bombing of the city. The Duke of Saxen-Weimar reports to Chassé on the bombing. In the background the city with the smoldering Entrepôt on the left. A key belongs to the print. paper fortress Antwerp

Portrait of Cornelis Govert Visscher and the firefight near Vreeswijk, 1787, Anonymous, 1787 print Leaf with a medallion at the top with the portrait of Cornelis Govert Visscher, bust to the left, above an image of the firefight in which he died. Fight on the Vreeswijk Buitenwijk Buiten Utrecht between armed citizens of the Utrecht militia and troops of the Regiment van Efferen, in the evening of 9 May 1787. marked at the top right: the post of the Neder Rhyn No. 565. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving battle (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia) Vreeswijk

Gains popillius laenae Trekt Cirkel om Antiochus, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818 print Gaius Popillius Laenas pulls a circle to leave Antiochus and forbids him to leave the circle before he has answered a question. Roman and Syrian soldiers watch. Rome paper etching History

Equestrian portrait of Karel Bernhard, Duke of Saxen Weimar. Equestrian portrait on a battlefield. Around the person portrayed are soldiers and a gun. Under the portrait are title.

A pencil drawing by Franz Gerasch from 1849-1856 depicting Grenzer soldiers in uniform, showing military posture and details.

Revolution of 1830 / The people defeated these gentlemen share (IT)

Patriots leave Utrecht, 1787; Patriots, flee the city of Utrecht, on September 16. Exodus of Patriots from Utrecht on September 16, 1787, when approaching the Prussian troops. Picture belonging to the letter P from an ABC book. A text leaf belongs to the print.

Józef Antoni Poniatowski (1763 1813), Chief of the PoIIsh Army, Marshal of the Empire. Mort du Prince Poniatowski, from the series of four engravings dedicated to Prince Józef, No. 2 Unknown, Chez Trombetta

Soldier stops a door from which the enemy shoots at his partner, Pierre Jacques Dierckx, 1876 print paper. etching private soldier. door

Liberal war (IT)

Bivouac after the battles at Schwechat, Joseph Graf Jelačić von Buzim, Karl Ritter von Zeisberg and Franz de Paula Joachim Fürst Liechtenstein on October , Josef Kriehuber -, Lithographer, Johann Höfelich -, Printer, Leopold Theodor Neumann -, publisher

Dutch atrocities, 1830, Anonymous, 1830 - 1831 print Atrocities caused by Dutch soldiers led by Prince Frederik. A man is shot by four soldiers, more atrocities in the background. Left battles in the streets of Brussels, September 1830. At the top of the prince on horseback. Belgium paper soldiers and civilians. horrors of war. violent death by fusillade Brussels

Kneeld man between two warriors, Philippus Velijn, After Jelgerhuis, 1797 - 1852 print A kneeling man between two warriors in armor and with shields. The man is kneeling between two warriors and grabs the spear from one warrior with one hand and wipes the shield off the other warrior with the other hand. There is a staff and a garment in front of his foot. In the background, an audience looks from an elevation. Netherlands paper etching protective weapons: shield. casting weapons: spear. kneeling figure

They wait for me! // he will come back (Ti)

Reception of Col Wood--by the 14th Brooklyn Regiment--(after his return from Richmond) at Uptons Hill, Virginia--Tuesday, p.m.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Wood, Alfred N, Military service, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 84th (1861-1864) , Flags, Union, 1860-1870, Military camps, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Military parades & ceremonies, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, Virginia, Upton's Hill

An etching by Jost Amman from 1590 depicting various people involved in warfare, showing soldiers, armor, and military attire.

Execution of the Colonel de Labédoyère. (IT)

Duke Lanness death in the Battle of Aspern on May , Kirchmayr, Lithographer, after, Melchior Fontana, Drawer

Etching by Johann Adam Klein from 1843-1846 depicting scenes from a campaign near Rome, an inn at Brineburg, and Tyrolean Drohrwerk, showing soldiers, travelers, and architectural elements.

Etching by Antonio Tempesta from 1613 illustrating battles from the Old Testament, including armed combatants, strategic positioning, and landscape elements.

Battle of the Boyne, 1690 Artist: Unknown

. The uniform of the whole hookers in Dordrecht, 1783. In the foreground a standing shooter in full montage, in the background the exercising militia. In the margin the title and arm of the militia.

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