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Historic Battles and Warfare Art

Artistic depictions of notable battles across various conflicts, illustrating soldiers in action and the turmoil of war.

Native Americans attacking Deadwood stage coach

'Dans les tranchees; Le gourbi d'un capitaine d'infanterie aux "cavaliers de Courcy" (mai 1915). La grande bouteille qui sert de pot a eau provient de la verrerie de la Neuvillette, voisine de la tranchee', 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

The Tug of War in the Far East - Uncle Sam with John Bull and Meiji, Emperor of Japan, standing beneath a flag labeled "Open Door Policy", in a tug of war contest for "Trade Supremacy" with "Russia" (Nicholas II), "Germany" (William II), and "France" (Felix Faure) who are being pulled through a gate labeled "Trade Restriction". Political cartoon, 1898

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Guardia de la bandera. Dibujo de 1915. Grabado de 1923. Author: Georges Bertin Scott.

German Infantry practising shooting at painted bladders. Date: 1914

Illustration of Cavalry, Infantry and Soldiers Retreating (Kiheitai, hoheitai, daichoren no zu). Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (36.2 x 73 cm). Date: 8th month, 1867. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woodcut illustration of Japanese troops attempting to blockade Port Arthur on small boats during the Russo-Japanese war. Dated 1904.

American Civil War (1861-1865). Pilot Knob (Missouri). Destroying the Fort (September 28, 1864). Ewing decided to abandon the fort due to the Confederate army's attacks. His soldiers blew up the powder magazine and flee among the Confederate troops who were guarding the escape routes undetected. Mural by Don Gray (b.1948). Series of murals depicting historical scenes of both local and national themes. Cuba, State of Missouri, United States. Author: Don Gray (b.1948). American artist.

Italy. Genoa, 878-1684 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

drawing by F. Barrias: Virgil scene from the Aeneidos soldier kills enemy, Anonymous, 1858.

FRANCO BAHAMONDE, FRANCISCO. MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPA¿OL. EL FERROL 1892-1975. JEFE DE ESTADO ESPA¿OL 1937-1975. "FRANCO EN DAR RIFFIEN", DIBUJO DE M. BERTRUCHI: "HISTORIA DE LA CRUZADA ESPA¿OLA".

ESPAÑA. GUERRA CIVIL 1936-1939. CARTEL DE LA CNT. " NO PASARAN ".

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Japanese poster. The Japanese attack on Fort of Isington. Retreat of German Army

'Lord Roberts and Staff Watching the Battle of Osfontein', 1900, (1901). Creator: Mortimer L Menpes.

Artwork: "Fighter Planes Attack Russian Column" Artist: Wilhelm Garuno. Country: Unknown

GUERRA DEL 14-CORDERO GUIA SOLDADOS ALPINOS PERDIDOS POR NIEBLA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

Turkey Shoot; 1879 Oil on canvas John Whetten Ehninger American; 1827-1889

A Boer convoy retreating towards Transvaal, 1900, by John Beer (active 1895-1915), drawing. Second Anglo-Boer, South African, 20th century.

A Motor-Cycle Detachment of the British Army Armed with "Tommy" Guns. Artist: Roland Davies. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

The Siege of Tsingtao was the attack on the German-controlled port of Tsingtao (now Qingdao) in China during World War I by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom. It took place between 31 October and 7 November 1914 and was fought by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom against Germany. It was the first encounter between Japanese and German forces, and also the first Anglo-Japanese operation during the war.

Knocking Out the Moros, Spanish Civil War

Artwork: "Enemy Tanks at Ponte Rotto"Artist: Mitchell Siporin, Anzio, Italy, 1944. Artwork: "Enemy Tanks at Ponte Rotto"Artist: Mitchell Siporin, Anzio, Italy, 1944

Sherman's March Through Georgia 1864 A.B. Carlin (active 1871 American)

Soldier's Equipment, Helmet, Bayonette, and Photos from Home.

Black and white drawing of demonstrators being run down by police on horseback in the Place de la Concorde, Tuesday evening, 6 February 1934.

French aircraft provide cover for a ground assault during World War One. 1918

Tokyo, Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô), Japan, Ginkô, Adachi, Waga gun Heijo no shinhei o gekiha suru zu., How our forces defeat the Chinese soldiers at Pyongyang., verso - stamped, Japanese army commanders on horseback and walking with Japanese war flag, watching the battle with Chinese soldiers (in blue)., print, engraving, triptych, prints, engravings, Japan (collection), height 357 mm, width 718 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1894-09 - 1894-09, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, silver powder, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, polishing, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Watanabe, Nobukazu (n.1872 - D.1944), Sino -Japanese war scene (common name), 1894. Museum Cernuschi, Museum of Asia in the city of Paris.

Colour woodcut titled 'View of the Great attack on Gaipingcheng'. The print depicts Japanese soldiers, using bamboo as a screen, attacking Chinese troops who appear to be caught off guard. Dated 1895

GMC Duck rescuing Ammo from burning LCT.

'Russian cavalry Attack on the German Artillery Battery'. 1916. Dimensions: 36,8x50,4 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Joseph Charlemagne.

Jeanne Laisne (b1456), French heroine, also called Jeanne Hachette (Jean the Hatchet) for her courage in helping to prevent Burgundian troops taking Beauvais, 27 June 1472. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 8 January 1894. France, Siege

The city of Cuestrin oder Kuestrin destroyed by Russian troops after the Battle of Zorndorf on 25 August 1758 in the Seven Years' War, 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

Battle at Tashichaw, China, Boxer Rebellion, August 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in trade, politics, religion and technology in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. The assassination of the German ambassador and the siege of foreign diplomatic legations in Peking prompted Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria-Hungary to form the Eight Nation Alliance and intervene militarily. French trading card advertising Chocolat-Louit. The artist is unknown.

Spanish Civil War: 'Mutiny on the battleship Spain' by J. Valverde. In July 1936 the Espana, by then a decrepit ship, was in reserve at El Ferrol with a reduced complement. The battleship was seized by the nationalists after a Republican attempt to defend her

The president, vice-president and other leaders are exiled to Sumatra. Dating: 19-Dec-1948 - 30-Jun-1949. Place: Jogyakarta. Measurements: h 17.1 cm × w 24.2 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Mohammad Toha Adimidjojo.

Vice Admiral Ito Mocks, Points and Looks at the Enemy Bullets ca. 1894 Mizuno Toshikata Japanese. Vice Admiral Ito Mocks, Points and Looks at the Enemy Bullets 55190

The captain-lieutenant at sea Takeo Hirose; Kaigun Chusa Hirose Takeo Kun. Captain-lieutenant at sea Takeo Hirose, with left hand his sword cliding, on the exploding ship the Fukuuuuuuuru.

Labour day by Samuel Ehrhart, approximately 1862-1937, artist. Published in Puck, 1909. Illustration shows a parade of 'Workers' who work real hard at swindling honest working people of their hard earned money, as well as many gullible people easily duped while looking for an easy path to riches.

'Les joueurs de cornemuse du "Sutherland Highlanders"', 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Diver inspecting a wreck Date: 1893

China Boxer Rebellion 1900 attack to Beijing coloured Japanese illustration,

DA-SC-85-00910. Country: Unknown

GUERRA DEL TRANSVAAL-AFRICA DEL SUR"PARTIDA DE LAS TROPAS INGLESAS". Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

Ejército francés. Siglo XIX. Aeróstatas "aerostiers". Cuerpo de ingenieros franceses, creado en 1793. Su misión consistía en la observación, desde globos aerostáticos sujetos al suelo con potentes ruedas, de los movimientos de los ejércitos enemigos. Ilustración a color de la "Armeé Française, Nos Soldats" (Ejército Francés, Nuestros Soldados). Autor, Eugene Hennebert (1826-1896). París, h. 1890. Ilustración firmada por Hussenot y Pallandre. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona, Cataluña, España.

World War II 1939-1945: Russian cartoon showing a Soviet army tank overwhelming German army forces, c1942.

King Ferdinand I of Romania among the soldiers, by Stocca. Detail. World War I, Bulgaria, 20th century.

Toshikata, Mizuno, B, C, Ship's stout cannon. Scene from the war between Japan and China (1894-95), (1894 - 1895), color woodblock print, graphics, sheet width 73 cm, sheet height 37 cm

Artwork: "Medical Red Flag Training". Artist: TECH. SGT. David M. Band, US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712-1786 am Abend des 18. Juni 1757 in Kollin, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19....

Two Indian soldiers () take aim and fire their rifles. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

Illustration of the Decapitation of Violent Chinese Soldiers by Utagawa Kokunimasa. Japanese soldiers educating other Chinese captives not to commit violence by beheading 38 Chinese soldiers who committed acts of assault on a Red Cross hospital and killing injured and ailing person in the 1st Sino-Japanese War. October, 1894

Illustration of the Siberian War, No. 3, the Battle of Usri or Ussuri, Siberia. Captain Konomi died in battle, in the fight, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time, Illustration of the Siberian War, No. Captain Konomi died in the battle, in the fight, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

Cowboy fighting

With the British regulars during the famous retreat from Mons in the opening weeks of World War I. In the narrow streets of Landrecies, soldiers of the Grenadier, Coldstream and Irish Guards successfully repel a German attack. 25 August 1914

The Battleship Potemkin uprising on July 1905 by Fomin, Pyotr Timofeyevich (1919-1996) State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg 1952 Oil on canvas 142x200 Russia Soviet Art Genre,History Painting

Japanese soldiers of the Allied Armies launch a general offensive on Peking, China during the The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty.

Battle of Waterloo (18th June 1815). Battle situation at 2.30 p.m. Gouache. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Army Museum.

The Second Division lands at Liaodong, 1894 print General Yamaji Motoharu with drawn sword on a rock, several Japanese soldiers follow behind him. While the first division of the Japanese army came in via Korea Manchuria, the Second Division was landed via the Liaodong Peninsula under the leadership of General Yamaji. This happened on October 24, 1894, during the first Chinese-Japanese War (1894-1895). paper color woodcut / polishing commander-in-chief, general, marshal. rock-formations. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

The Death of Captain Faulknor, Robert Faulknor the Younger (1763-1795) was a Royal Navy officer in the 18th century. He was court-martialled (but acquitted) and died in a battle off Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean Sea, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu, Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Taiken Gate., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, 1817 or 1818, 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.9 x 25.4 cm (left panel), 37.7 x 25 cm (center panel), Print shows a battle scene involving mostly cavalry with some hand-to-hand combat.

Our brave Marines, camouflaged in vessels as warships, let their ships sink heroic under a bullet rain to block the access to Port Arthur., Taniguchi Kokyo, 1904 print Sailors on a Japanese torpedo boat, in the foreground on the left, roping ropes to the Japanese crew escaping the warship of warship De Hokokumaru, in Port Artur. paper color woodcut war

Battle of Sevastopol by Dmitri Nikolayevich Kardovsky, watercolor on cardboard, 1910, 1866-1943, Russia, Pereslavl Zalessky, State Open-air Museum of History and Architecture, 68x82

History by Polybius. Volume I. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. "Traite de La Colonne" (Treaty of the Column). How to form and fight in it. Military marchinery in the ancient world. "Tellennon". This machine was used for raising and throwing men upon the towers and walls of besieges places. Engraving. Later colouration.

Saxony, Saxon Army, Hussars and Uhlans Destroy Telegraph Line and Railway, Germany, ca 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th cen...

Illustrated War News cover. Date: 1914

Attack. November 1941, Baltermants, Dmitri (1912-1990)

World War I (1914-1918). farewell recruits. Italy. Drawing by Achille Beltrame (1871-1945). La Domenica del Corriere, 1917. Color.

Diver in diving suit inspecting a wreck at Le Havre, France. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 13 February 1892.

RECORTABLE SOLDADOS EJERCITO POPULAR. Location: EXPOSICION DE LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Infantry Attcking Snake River Indians Near Owyhee River, 1880, U.S. Army

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Un dirigible ruso sobre Constantinopla. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

O. Grunde. Trenches in the Iron Bridge, 1934. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia.

Running Indian warriors by Stanley Borack, 20th century

David Livingstone memorial in Blantyre; Livingstone being transported through the jungle by his men. Photoprint.

Storming of the castle Gaisberg during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknown

Chinese imperial customs, the emperor Guangxu (1871-1908) sledding in the garden of his winter palace in Beijing, China. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Usypenko, Fyodor Pavlovich (1917-) State Central Military Museum, Moscow 1948 107x168 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

Bersagliere, by Michele Cammarano (1835-1920).

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Encarnizado combate en el puente sobre el río Isonzo, en Görz, entre tropas italianas y austríacas. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

Cowboy hiding from enemy behind rock

Japanese Print Illustration of the Siberian War

Guerra en el Riff. Año 1909. Plantada de la bandera española en la cumbre del Gurugú el 29 de septiembre de 1909.

U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, visit various museums and monuments in Normandy, France, May 25, 2022. This visit is to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their respective countries during World War II.

Caucasian War by Franz Roubaud, oil on canvas, 1892, 1856-1928, Russia, Makhatchkala, State Art Museum of the Dagestan Republic, 126x199

Cowboy with gun on top of rock

Artwork: "Infantryman Throwing a Grenade," 1942. Artist: Peter Paul Etz. Catalog Number: G.O.1.1723.47. US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Naval engagement at Losiu, China, 10 March 1904 (Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5), Japanese engraving

'Dans les tranchees; Tranchee couverte, a Saint-Paul, pres Soissons', c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

The Allies' native allies - from India and Africa - are none too pleased to be taken prisoners by the Germans in the first winter of the war. Date: December 1914

There is a rising militarism apparent in this 1935 advertisement for Zuigan sake - a soldier with fixed bayonet stands guard beneath three warplanes.

Infographic about the medieval armies in the East (5th -15th centuries), the fight for the Three Korean Kingdoms and the battle of river Salsu when the Left Army (Chinese) was defeated by the Goguryeo Kingdom soldiers (Korean). Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x3188.

Mounted Policeman Stops Runaway Wagon, Police, Law Enforce, & Crime

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