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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

Battle of Castricum, 1799, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Dirk Langendijk, 1800 - 1802 print Fights between the French-Batavian army and the British-Russian invasion force on October 6, 1799. In the foreground, the French-Batavian troops under General Brune advance towards Castricum. In the distance the church tower of Castricum. Netherlands paper etching / engraving battle (+ land forces) Castricum

Bandits Pursuing Cowboys, Victor Semon Pérard, American, 1870-1957, Ink on paper, Trial proof for illustration. Mounted cowboys guarding a coach carrying a woman flee from mounted pursuers., USA, ca. 1905, figures, Print, Print

Image reproduction: Stanis Aw Bagie Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1914, No. 1 (3 January), p. 4; Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1914 (1914-00-00-1914-00-00);

Allegory at the fall of the French regime, 1813; The fate of the role. The French eagle is used by the Russian eagle in a landscape. On the left the French weapons, flags and deeds fall into the abyss. A Frenchman is on the floor in the background. He is monitored by two eagles. Dark clouds and lightning in the sky. Allegory on the fall of the Napoleonic regime, 1813. See the pendant.

General Cambronne during the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, Léopold Flameng, After Edouard Armand -Dumaresq, 1867 - 1869 print The French General Pierre Cambronne captured during the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. The general is only opposed to British troops. print maker: Belgiumprinter: Paris paper etching surrender ~ war (+ during the battle) Waterloo

Héroic Belge. 1832. Cartoon on the behavior of the Belgian soldiers at the time of the battle for the citadel of Antwerp, November-December 1832. Five scenes, each with a caption in French: Belgian soldiers lazing and entertain himself at a inn; Belgian soldiers observe with binoculars the bombing of the citadel by the French army; Dutch prisoners of war in a cart are mocked and abused by Antwerpen (December 24, 1832); Belgian soldiers shoot at Dutch drowners who try to reach the shoreline in sweating; The King Leopold I with binoculars on a church tower. Central a six-line verse in French.

Two skeletons of Death attack a German general on horseback. One skeleton on a spectral horse fires a musket, while another hooks him with a scythe. The General. Der General. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from a series of Dance of Death, originally published in the Lavenburg Calendar in 1792. Reprinted from the original copperplates in Totentanz by Walther Nithack-Stahn, Eigenbrodler Verlag, Berlin, 1926.

Insurgents in 1863. unknown

Went to war / to kill enemies

Gate St. Martin./scene of the Barricades of July 28, 1830. (IT)

Italy, 1875-1896 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Willem Crul in battle with the English, 1781. The Dutch warship Mars under the command of schout-at-night Willem Crul attacked by three English warships on February 4, 1781. The Mars guided a convoy Dutch merchants from Sint-Eustatius.

Norway and Sweden, 1905-1909. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Norway, Sweden

American soldiers passing through a French village during World War One, as documented by the Signal Corps. The image shows a moment of interaction between the soldiers and the local population as they make their way through enemy territory.

Cavaignac and Lamorio / (En 58) (Ti)

Turfschip van Breda, 1590, Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben, After Valentijn Bing, 1855 print Intake of Breda through the Turfschip, March 4, 1590. Heraugières sends his men into the castle from the ship. Amsterdam paper steel engraving Breda

Nocturnal robbery on the Armialis Arial Camp where his ship is captured, 69-70, 1768 - 1770 print Nocturnal robbery on the Armialis army camp where his flagship is captured. Print 32 in a series about the Batavian rebellion, copied to the Batavorum Cum Romanis Bellum series of Antonio Tempesta (Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612). Illustration for: Marquis de St. Simon, Histoire de la Guerre des Bataves et des Romains, d'Aperrès César; Corneille Tacite, Aux Dépens de Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1770. Prints printed in a large ornamental frame in which a cut out title and at the bottom a caption is stuck in French. paper etching / engraving extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). battle, fighting in general Netherlands

Ah! The GEAI is taken. We have friction. (IT)

Groot-Vizier Ibrahim Pasha and the leader of the Janitsaren, Abraham de Bruyn, 1576 - 1596 print Two prints on a magazine, with German caption and Latin inscription. Left: Horse and rider to the left. The horse prancers. Great vizier Ibrahim Pasha is dressed in Ottoman style and has an ax in his hands. Right: horse and rider to the right. The horse is in step. De Ruiter is the leader of the Janitsaren, the elite troops of the Ottoman court. He has a baton in his hand. Around an ornamental frame. Cologne paper engraving warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). folk costume, regional costume. military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armour, helmet, etc.)

Satirical sheet for the conflict of Joseph II with the southern Netherlands, De Edelmossige Hollander of de Verbonbreekende Kyser, The noble Dutch and the contractual emperor, Unknown

De Blijde Exodus, 1787 - 1790 print Cartoon on the falling apart of the United Dutch States due to armed Prussian intervention in 1790. In a long procession, the caricature suppliers and supporters of the Brabant revolution leave. In the procession, among other things, clergy, a turkey, war veteran, hunters and a smit with buoys. With legend 1-13 in French. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790. print maker: Southern Netherlandspublisher: Paris paper etching retreat of the defeated Brabant

Lifting of the volunteer camp, Plaine de Grenelle / August 4, 1791. (IT)

Allegorie op het herstel van Nederland, 1813; De Oude Hollanders Herleeven Weeder.Allegory on the liberation of the Netherlands in 1813. The Dutch lion is sitting with crown on the head and armed with a sword in the Dutch garden. The orange tree blooms in the garden. The gate is monitored by two armed Dutch soldiers. In the air the fame and the all-viewing eye.

July 29, 1830 (IT)

Monster Mortier, 1832, 1832 - 1833 print A large mortar used by the French army in the bombing of the Citadel of Antwerp, 20-23 December 1832. There are a few soldiers in the guns, in the foreground two grenades that could be shot with the mortar. Brussels paper firearms (with NAME) Citadel of Antwerp (19th century)

Battle of Seneffe, 1674, 1779 - 1781 print Battle of Seneffe on July 11, 1674 between the Allied Spanish, Imperial and State troops under William III on the one hand and the French under the Prince of Condé on the other. Under the show a verse of 8 lines. Numbered at the top: Ci. Northern Netherlands paper etching battle (+ land forces) Tendon

. The conquest of the cat burger bridge to the island of Kattenburg on the rebellious orange spirits through the armed Amsterdam citizens, 30 May 1787. Picture belonging to the letter k from an ABC book.

Fate of Librry, 1830, Anonymous, 1830 - 1831 print Spoprente on the publisher George Librry, Count of Bagnano, 1830. Right: branded in France and displayed on a pole for forgery in writing, middle: in prison with a ball chain on the leg, left: as a friend of the Dutch king William I. Belgium paper

Photo production of a drawing of portraits by Kenneth and Thomas Mackenzie by the Clan Mackenzie, Day & Son Vincent Brooks, after Kenneth MacLey, c. 1860 - in or before 1870 photograph photographic support albumen print adult man. folk costume, regional costume. firearms: rifle

The last moments of the Duke de Berry (TF)

Known air / left at war / to kill enemies. (IT)

Exercities with a cannon: aiming a cannon, Jacques Callot, 1635 print Two soldiers are on the right of a cannon. A third is bent by the cannon. This print is part of a series of 12 (13 incl. Title print) prints with performances of military (weapon) exercises. On most of those prints there are three soldiers in different postures with a certain weapon or instrument. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching handling of weapons ~ military training. firearms: cannon

The war ! / War! (Ti)

Passage of Berezina (IT)

After the war.

Cartouche with military objects; Cartouches with emblems. Rocaille cartouche with objects to deal with war and struggle such as various lances, spears, flags, cannon and bullets and a drum. Publisher number 21.

Spitzer, Karl Heinrich Technician from bison, Moravia. Sitting on the shoulders of his colleagues, she encourages right and freedom.

Members of the Signal Corps are seen at the central American camouflage depot in Dijon during World War One. The photograph was taken by Capt. Ernest Peixetto and is an official war drawing. It shows the paint shop at the depot, where camouflage materials were produced.

Fransen shoot the fleeing troops on the Gierbrug, 1794, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1799 - 1801 print Fransen troops shed the fleeing Dutch and British troops trying to reach the Gierbrug across the Waal across the Waal, November 7, 1794. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving retreat of the defeated Nijmegen

Soldiers at a MijnGang, 1832, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1833 print Soldiers at a wood fire near a mine. In the background hills. On the right in the foreground a large basket. Part of the series of 24 prints about the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, November 30 - December 23, 1832. print maker: Franceprinter: Parispublisher: Paris paper. watercolor (paint). lacquer (coating) lacquering fortifications, military engineering Antwerp. Citadel of Antwerp (19th century)

Lallemand. / June 3, 1820.

1911. text. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Art , Poland

Mother Bickerdyke, a nurse, seeks the living among the dead after a battle and does what she can to help them. Here she offers a wounded soldier a drink.

Uniform of the Heelhaakschutters in Dordrecht, 1783, Carel Frederik Bendorp (I), after Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, 1783 print The uniform of the healing shooters in Dordrecht, 1783. In the foreground a standing shooter in full mount, in the background the exercising militia. In the margin the title and the arms of the militia. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving drill ~ military training (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia). (military) uniforms (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia) Dordrecht

Corpse of Willem IV, 1752, plate 33, 1754 print Members of the staff of the States of Holland and of the Staff of the Supreme Court. 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: 33. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving cortege, funeral procession Delft

Man on a horse; In hand, in place. .

Three Moluccan men in a landscape, Wilhelmus van Groenewoud, after François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers, 1835 print Three inhabitants of the Moluccas: a sitting man with lend towel and turban; Two standing warriors with spears and shields. In the background the Dutch army including shooting soldiers and some soldiers on horseback. Numbered Rechstboven: pl. 7. paper human races; peoples; nationalities (+ anthropological characteristics emphasized). charge ~ battle Molukken. Indonesia

Program Masquerade Students Attila and the Hunnen; The ATILLA and HUNEN relocation. An army of Hunen comes through a mountain pass. Front two people walk with spears and shields. Behind it a group of riders with a banner, including Atilla theirs. Behind it the rest of the army on foot and with horse and carriage. The figures are numbers. The numbers are included with the role and name of the executive student. Below you have a text about the hunnen and a description of the scene.

Standing soldier with sitting eggs saleswoman, Joannes Bemme, after Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1800 - 1841 print Rotterdam paper etching (military) uniforms. folk costume, regional costume. street-trader - BB - women engaged in trade and commerce

Flight of the Dutch, 1830, Anonymous, 1830 - 1831 print Cartoon on the withdrawal of the Dutch troops from Belgium, November 1830. Belgian insurgents with the 'Liberté' flag chase a group of frogs from the country in the water. Among the frogs are King William I and Prince Frederik. A insurgent piss on a frog, the legs are cut off from another frog and another is stung on a spear. With caption 1-7. Belgium paper hunting, chase. tailless amphibians: frog. urination

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print A mathematical figure. Below that a firefight between riders. In the corner at the top right, the number 48 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. battle. warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Such a cavalry player with the reins in his hand, Pierre Jean Baptiste Leroy, 1794 - 1862 print paper etching private soldier (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Conflict Tussen Johann Dreews en franse soldiers en het portrait van Hermann Ernst von Manstein, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1796 print Berlin paper etching History. quarrel, argument. the soldier; the soldier's life. smoke

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Floor plan for a fortress, fort or reinforcement (hexagon). Below that a number of soldiers in fight with a rider. In the corner at the top right, the number 6 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. battle. warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Exercises with a drum; Military exercises. On the left a drumsid, seen on the back. In the middle a drumsid, seen from the front. On the right a drumsid, seen from the side, walking to the right. This print is part of a series of 12 (13 incl. Title Print) Prints with performances of military (weapon) exercises. On most of those prints there are three soldiers in various attitudes with a certain weapon or instrument.

Marines van Ierseke shows an African man from a Boot Vlissingen, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804 print The print is part of an album. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Haarlem paper etching / engraving Africans. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating. pipe ~ tobacco. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Flushing

Generous dedication of the Parisian national guards, serving the homeland. (IT)

Captain on horseback with his entourage, c. 1859 - in or before 1869 photomechanical print paper photolithography riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. commander-in-chief, general, marshal

Brochet hunt. / N ° 6. (registered title) | Twelve shooting topics (IFF 29) (set of all)

Prison of the Mayor Zelinka on November , Construction officer, delegations of the mens singing association and the N, Singing Association, Rudolf Stadler, Drawer

Cartoon on the French defeat in the sea battle at Cape La Hogue, 1692, 1692 print Cartoon on the French defeat in the Battle of Cape La Hogue where the French were defeated under Admiraal de Tourville by the combined fleet of England and Holland under the Admirals Russel and Almonde, 29 May to 3 June 1692. Jacobus II comes as a courier on a donkey rushed with the news of the French defeat. On the left, the Victorieus Engelsman (Admiraal Russel) To kiss his hand, behind him the Dutch sailor. On the ground a crushed relief from the sun god. At the top a list of the lost French ships. At the print a loose text sheet with a spotlight with an explanation of the letters A-O in 2 columns in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires

A group of officers in high rank. .

The soldier's dream of home. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5994, No. 200. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Daydreaming, 1860-1870.

Maskerade by students from the Leidse Hogeschool, 1840 (plate 13), 1840 Historically costumed parade of the students of the Hogeschool van Leiden on February 8, 1840. The parade depicts the entry of Hertog Jan van Beieren in Leiden on August 18, 1420. Thirteenth record in a series of nineteen unnumbered plates, with the groups numbered 83-89 . Leiden paper Historically costumed parade of the students of the Hogeschool van Leiden on February 8, 1840. The parade depicts the entry of Hertog Jan van Beieren in Leiden on August 18, 1420. Thirteenth record in a series of nineteen unnumbered plates, with the groups numbered 83-89 . Leiden paper

Jacques Callot, Preparing to Fire the Cannon, 1634 1635 Preparing to Fire the Cannon

Ancient dutch dresses.; Three standing men in a landscape, dressed in 16th century costume. Three standing men in a landscape. Number 1 proposes the Prince of Orange in the year 1572. He is wearing a folding collar, harness, wide knee pants and stockings. Accessories: Staff or roll of paper, sword, openwork shoes. Number 2 proposes the count of Flanders in the year 1582. He carries a folding collar, harness, cloakly off with fur, long pants and canons. Accessories: Bonnet, scepter, sword () And (row) boots. Number 3 proposes a soldier in the year 1588. He wears a folding collar, short wamboo, short puff pockets with splits, knee pants and stockings. Accessories: top hat or toque with feather, rifle, openwork shoes.

A group of officers in high rank, c. 1887 - in or before 1897 photograph Japan photographic support albumen print officer. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait

Pl. 9. / On July 28, 1830, the national guards gather on the square / small fathers. (IT)

Tent Camp and Flag Guard of the Army of Switzerland, 14th century, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date un...

The skirmish of the Japanese mounted scouts near Toochingtse, in or after 1894 - in or before 1895 photomechanical print Japan paper collotype land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen). battle

Name list of the officers in the Citadel of Antwerp, 1830-1832, 1833 - 1834 print Leaf with a list of names of the officers who were part of the Council of Defense and Head and Staff Officers of the Citadel of Antwerp in 1830 and 1832. This includes lists of the officers who were present during the siege were injured or killed. At the top of the siege of the Citadel by the French in December 1832. For the name lists of lauwert branches and banners, at the bottom of the national weapon, weapons and bullets. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Utrecht paper permanent fortifications. bombardment ~ siege Citadel of Antwerp (19th century)

1870/1871 / Victory Cheers Leaf / for the collection ceremony of the victorious German armies. (TI)

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