Historic Military Battles

Engravings and prints of significant military confrontations from the 19th century, depicting intense battle scenes and military leaders.

The Battle of the Pyramids on July 21, 1798 between the French and the Mamluks The battle took place at the pyramids of Giza, Egypt, Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, print maker: Abraham Lion Zeelander, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Johannes Steyn, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1840, paper, etching, engraving, h 224 mm × w 296 mm

Battle of Austerlitz. (IT)

Wednesday, July 28, 1830./pl.5./Porte St Martin. (IT)

Departure of the British, 1799; The counting of the English. The soldiers of the British Russian invasion power leave Den Helder on November 29, 1799. In the foreground an English officer in conversation with a young woman and sitting on a coffin marked with the crowned monogram gr. In the background the accommodation 'Het Wapen van Haarlem' and allocate men in sloops to the ready ships.

Battle of Spain Passage of the Bidassoa. (IT)

Entry into the conquered names, 1695; Intritus in Urbem Expongnatam / Blyde Intreese, after the Victory of the Stadt. The armies of Allies are ready to attract the captured city on 4 August 1695. In the distance, the shelling of the citadel will continue. From the performance verses in Latin and Dutch.

Album-premium of the chronicle illustrated / New Year's Day at the ramparts.

Napoleon on horseback, surrounded by his staff, welcomed in a city (Italian) (TF)

French troops leave Landrecy, 1794; Extraction of the French journeys from Landrecies den 11 Mey 1794. The French troops out of LandRecy after the surrender of the city on 11 May 1794. In the foreground, Austrian troops see.

Battle of Kircholm; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1862, No. 157 (27 September), p. 125; Kossak, Juliusz (1824-1899), Kübler, J., Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1862 (1850-00-00-1875-00-00);

Entrance of S. Mr. Charles Ten King of France and Navarre, / In his capital on September 27, 1824. (IT)

No. 25. / The Panik in Le Mans. (Ti)

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

The French come to the assistance of Belgium : they besiege Antwerp and will eventually take it from the Dutch.

Royal Palace (trait of courage of a young man from the Ecole Polytechnique) / Day of July 28, 1830. (IT)

Russo-Turkish War: wounded Russian soldiers being brought back to the rear at the siege of Plevna. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after I. Montagu, 1877.

Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh - Retreat of Dresser's Battery, Captain Timony, Centre of Federal Position, Sunday morning, April 6th, 1862, USA Civil War

Siege of Ceuta (23 October 1694 to 22 April 1727). The army of the Moroccan Sultan Muley Isma'il (1678-1727) carried out an armed blockade of the city of Ceuta. The Marquis of Lede (Jean François Nicolas de Bette, 1672-1725), a Flemish military officer in the service of Spain, arrived in 1720 with a military contingent to repel the besiegers. Liberation of Ceuta by the Marquis of Lede. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.

The last days of the Confederacy : Jefferson Davis signs acts of government by the roadside. Date: April 1865

A Night Scout in the Southwest - Surprise of an Outpost, and Survey of the Rebel Guns (from "Harper's Weekly") April 4, 1863 Thomas Nast American, born Germany Union success on the Civil Wars western front depended upon gaining control of the Mississippi and Ulysses S. Grant waged a series of campaigns to achieve this goal between 1861 and 1863. Published in Harpers Weekly in April 1863, this wood engraving depicts Union scouts overpowering Confederate lookouts at night on a hill above a river fort. At this time Grant was planning an unorthodox campaign against Vicksburg, a bluff-top city in northern Mississippi that protected a key stretch of the river and had resisted multiple Union assaults. The town finally surrendered on July 4, 1863, a day after the Battle of Gettysburg ended a thousand miles to the northeast. The twenty-three-year-old Nast traveled with the army and sent drawings back to New York for publication. He had accompanied Giuseppe Garibaldis unification army in Ital

Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710-1777, French, active in Britain, 7. Returning from the Chase / Retour de Chasse, 1770. Engraving.

War of 1870. / Battle of Sédan. / 1 Sep.Bre 1870. (IT)

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), War - Battle of Gravelotte; excerpt from a magazine. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher, Schübeler, Julian (fl. ca 1865-1890), woodcutter

The gray of Prussian kirassyers for batters French in the battle of Noisseville (August 30, 1870); Z: "K Osy" 1870, No. 284 (December 8), p. 357; Kossak, Juliusz (1824-1899), Holewi Ski, Józef (1848-1917), K Osy (Warsaw; magazine; 1865-1890); 1870 (1850-00-00-1875-00-00);

Naval battle, a rowboat filled with people fighting with muskets to left, people drowning in the sea in the center and right foreground, a ship on its side and burning in the background, from 'Peace and War' (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dedicatee: Marquis de Maulevrier. Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 4 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (10.5 × 25.3 cm). Publisher: Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Series/Portfolio: 'Peace and War' (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre). Date: ca. 1641. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Battle of Hasselt, 1831. Victory of the Dutch troops in the Battle of Hasselt on August 8, 1831. In the middle of the Prince of Orange and Prince Frederik on horseback surrounded by their staff. In the foreground a group of rising voluntary hunters. In the distance the towers of the city of Hasselt. See also the pendant. A separate statement is one of the print.

Conquest of the Warandepark in Brussels, 1830, Jean-Louis Van Hemelryck, 1830 print Conquest by the insurgents of the Parc Royal in Brussels on 26 September. Part of a group of prints from various other series but added to the Recueil about the events during the Belgian Revolution in Brussels, Antwerp and other cities in the period 25 August 1830 to 27 March 1831. Brussels paper street-fights, riots Brussels. Wara -park

Prince of Orange leads the Dutch troops at Quatre-Bras, 1815; Z.K.H. The Prince of Orange De Nederlandsche troops on the enemy carrying. Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, leads the attack of the Dutch troops against the French in the Battle of Quatre-Bras, 16 June 1815. Part of a group of illustrations of events around and during the battles at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, 16 -18 June 1815.

Count Adolf van Nassau sluvenates at Heiligerlee, 1568; Doubling Adolf from Nassau. Count Adolf van Nassau sluvenates at Heiligerlee, May 23, 1568. In the battlefield, the count falls deadly from his horse.

The French cross the Linth river, in Switzerland, where they have no right to be...

France military. / Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. (IT)

Scholarship (IT)

Spanish War of Independence. Battle of Vic (February 1810). Colored lithograph by Engelmann (Paris). XIX century. Province of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Langendijk, Dirk, Bemme, Joannes, Crossing of the French troops over the Waal in January 1795, verso center - stamped, The battered soldiers cross the frozen river on foot and on horseback. Artillery is carried on wagons., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 154 mm, width 260 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1775-09-05 - 1841-09-15, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1841, fourth quarter 18th century, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1748-03-08 - 1805-12-15, intermediary draughtsman

Scene from the struggle at Sommacampagno, July , Radetzky praised the soldiers Tremmel, Franz Werner, publisher

Franco-Prussian War

Pictures of the War Showground, 1870. Nr 17. / Rider attack of General V. Colomb on French TiRaillers at Poupry on December 2, 1870. (TI)

The Battle of Inkerman on November 5, 1854 by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1855 / Great Britain / Colour lithograph / History / 58,5x77,9

On the way to the woman; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1874, No. 358 (November 7), p. 285; Kossak, Juliusz (1824-1899), Gorazdowski, Edward (1843-1901), Weekly Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1874 (1843-00-00-1868-00-00);

Surrender of the City and States of Bruges to Austrian troops, December 2, 1790 Representatives of the city offer the Austrian commanders the keys to the city In the background the city of Bruges Numbered at top: V and bottom right: 5, Surrender of Bruges to Austrian troops, 1790 Wiederunterwerfung der sterreichischen Niederlande, am 2ten Dec 1790 , print maker: Johann Carl Bock, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Johann Michael Voltz, (mentioned on object), print maker: Germany, intermediary draughtsman: Nördlingen, 1800 - 1806, paper, etching, engraving, h 197 mm - w 242 mm

Death in combat, board # 12 Lithographic sketches 1824. (Title Title)

The battle of the K, military on Tabor , on October , Major General Hugo from Bredy is shot from horse, Vinzenz Katzler -, Lithographer, Johann Höfelich -, printer

Schlacht im Dreissigjaehrigen Kriege.. Wouwerman, Philips, 1619-1668. Prints. 1837 - 1842. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Painting , Germany , Munich, Lithography, German, Campaigns & battles, Horses

Conquest of the lunet of Saint -Laurent, 1832, 1832 - 1833 print Conquest of the Lunet of Saint-Laurent (Sint Laurens) by the French army on December 13, during the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, December 1832. France (possibly) paper assault ~ siege Citadel of Antwerp (19th century)

Riders at a soldier's camp, Jean Moyreau, c. 1733 - 1762 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving tent. (military) camp with tents. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

No. 18. / Revue of the outpost before Paris Durtr King Wilhelm von Preussen on October 5, 1870. (TI)

Engraving depicts Prussian soldiers at a Prussian outpost. Dated 1870

Landing of the British at Callantsoog, 1799, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1806 - 1808 print The landing of the British invasion force on the coast at Callantsoog, 27 August 1799. From the dunes the Batavian soldiers fired on the landing troops. Netherlands paper etching / engraving (military) attack Callant eye

PROCLAMACION DE ALFONSO XII EN SAGUNTO POR LA BRIGADA DABAN AL MANDO DEL GENERAL MARTINEZ CAMPOS A FAVOR DE LA MONARQUIA EL 29/12/1874. Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ARSENIO MARTINEZ CAMPOS (1831-1900). ALFONSO XII (1857-1885).

Prise de Constantine 19th century Auguste Raffet French. Prise de Constantine 339669

Battle of Montebello (20 May, 1859). It was the first major clash between Austrian and French forces during the Second War of Italian Unification. Piedmontese cavalry and French infantry fought against Austrian troops. Elie-Frédéric Forey (1804-1872), French Marshal, in the battle. Engraving by Dumont.

Dutch ships taken by the French cavalry, 1795; VICTOIDES ET Conquêtes / Prise des Vaiseaux de Guerre Hollandais Par La Cavalerie Française. French hussars under General Pichegru conquer the ships of the state fleet, which are frozen in the ice at Den Helder, 24 January 1795.

Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600, 1825 - 1899 print Fight scene during the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 2 July 1600. In the middle Prince Maurits on horseback. Francisco de Mendoza is imprisoned in front right. Netherlands paper battle (+ land forces) Nieuwpoort (Belgium)

Unknown, Halt of a Wagon Train, 1864, wood engraving on paper.

The War for the Union, 1862A Bayonet Charge Published 1862 United States. Wood engraving on paper . Winslow Homer

Bivouac Cossacks in Champs-Elysées.

Fugitive British officers and their families attacked by mutineers From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

SPAIN. NAVARRE. Eraul. Spain. Third Carlist War. Carlist uprising. Action of Eraul, between the Navarro's columns and Dorregaray's soldiers, 5th May 1873. Published in 'La IlustraciÑn espaÐola y americana'. Engraving.

Etching by Georg Philipp Rugendas depicting scenes from the siege of Augsburg in 1705, showing soldiers, city walls, and battle activity.

Landscape with dueling men. In the foreground a group of sword cute men with different wounds on the chest. Drawing on leaf 16 from an album with 35 drawings.

Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1st July to 3rd July 1863 (1862-1867).Artist: John R Chapin

2003.0031.161.. Handsworth Troop of Horse Drilling. From album of John Phillp drawings and watercolours of Handsworth and Soho, Birmingham.

Sir John Chandos making his death charge against the French at the bridge of Lussac, during the 100 Years War, 1369. Woodcut after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV, George Routledge, London, 1868.

Lieutenant Galland at Puebla Headquarters April 1863. (IT)

Luyken, Jan, Noordelijke Nederlanden, Massacre at Maastricht committed by the Spaniards, 1579, Northern Netherlands, bottom and top right - handwritten, Maastricht captured after siege by the army of Parma, June 29, 1579. Murder and slaughter by the Spanish soldiers among the inhabitants of the city. Many attempt to save their lives by jumping into the water of the Meuse., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, Mastricht pris d'assaut et Saccagé par le Prince de Parme le 29 Juillet 1579, No. 16, height 274 mm, width 346 mm, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1678 - 1680, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Engraving depicts the soldiers transporting a cannon into battle. Dated 1870

Reproduction of a painting: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), General staff of the Polish army; excerpt from a magazine. unknown, publisher

The death of Col. Moorhouse at Bangalore. Engraving by E. Stalker, 1811, after R. Home, 1791.

The Battle of Bunkers Hill near Boston. Artist: James Mitan, British, 1776-1822 After: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Reproduction of a painting: Kaczor-Batowski, Stanisław (1866-1946), `... He jumped off his horse, and, taking off his helmet, he bowed deeply`; excerpt from a magazine. Wędrowiec (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1863-1906), publisher

Fight between Cavalry and Infantry, Gerardus Emaus de Micault, 1856 print A fight takes place on an open field between shooting infantrymen and cavalrymen on horseback. A mill is visible between the clouds in the background. Netherlands paper etching charge ~ battle (+ land forces)

Pasquieci, Northern Netherlands, Roode, Theodorus de, Mons taken, by Dumourier 1792, Taking of Mons by Dumouriez, 1792, verso - stamped, Taking of Mons by the French revolutionary troops under general Charles-François Dumouriez in 1792, probably shortly after the French victory at Jemappes on November 6, 1792., print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 201 mm, width 250 mm, 1736 - 1793-07-26, print maker, 1792 - 1793, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draftsman

His royal highness Willem Prins van Oranje in the ramps battle of Waterloo, on the 18th of June 1815, injured at the moment of the victory / son Altesse Royale Guillaume Prince d'Orange (...), 1817 print The Prince of Orange is injured during the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. Centrally the Prince on horseback who grabs his shoulder, his staff rushes to the rescue. On the left comes a dragonder with the conquered French standard on which the names Austerlitz, Jena and Wagram. In the foreground on the right an injured Scottish soldier. print maker: Netherlandsafter painting by: Brusselspublisher: AmsterdamNetherlandsAmsterdam paper etching / engraving battle (+ land forces) Waterloo

Battle of Pyramids (IT)

March of the Turkish troops from Kamiesch to Balaclava, Pictures of the time of 1855 / Marsch der türkischen Truppen von Kamiesch nach Balaclava, Bilder aus der Zeit von 1855, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Hungarian Landsturm, Near Pressburg the th October , August Xaver Karl Pettenkofen Knights of -, Lithographer, Johann Höfelich -, Printer, Leopold Theodor Neumann -, publisher

Battle of Princeton. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Storming of the bridge of Lodi on May 10, 1796, Napoleon's campaign against the Austrians in Italy, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century.

MADRID TAKING (TI)

King Wilhelm I at Gravelotte / on 1870th 1870. (TI)

France, 1806 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), brave resistance of the Russian Guard, 1805

A Battle Between Cavalrymen and Infantry 1790 (or 1798) Dirk Langendijk Of the various types of military subjects he depicted, the confrontation of mounted cavalry and foot soldiers was among Langendijk’s favorite. In this example, horses rear as shots are fired and swords and bayonets are raised. At center, he deploys his characteristic combination of brown ink and gray wash to dazzling effect, creating the illusion of smoke enveloping the figures.. A Battle Between Cavalrymen and Infantry 704472

Military and other subject Vernet, Emile Jean Horace (1789 1863)

Twenty -three part of the Maskerade of the students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences on 17 June 1846, representing the entry of Prince Philips II in Utrecht on October 3, 1549.

The death of General Sir Robert Sale on the battlefield. Engraving by J. Rogers after J. Gilbert, 1845.

Murder Party in Maastricht caused by the Spaniards, 1579. Maastricht after Siege conquered by the Army of Parma, 29 June 1579. Murder and slaughter by the Spanish soldiers among the inhabitants of the city. Many tried to save life by jumping into the water of the Maas.

GRAND REVIEW AT ALDERSHOT BEFORE HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, MARCH PAST OF THE 5TH ROYAL IRISH LANCERS, ENGRAVING 1876, UK

Saul commits suicide; David and Saul. In the background Flights Saul and his weapon carrier away from the Philistine Army. In the foreground both have committed suicide by depositing themselves in their swords. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the story of David and Saul.

Return of the Parisian Heroines after the expedition of versailles of October 5, 1789 Return of Parisian heroines after the shipping of Versailles of October 5, 1789 ". Print.

The advance of the croats at the Sofienbrücke in Erdberg , on October , Joseph Albrecht, Lithographer, Mossbeck, publisher

Seventh trial, 1828; 7th tribulation. Le 1er Coup The Feu Ou Les Trois cartouches. à anvers; Cartrans at the maddresses within the Belgian shooters, 1828. Two recruits fall out of fright when firing the rifle. Part of a series of approx. 24 spot prints from 1828 on the mad deals within the Belgian shooters through social inequality within the corps, after the reorganization introduced on 11 April 1827.

Utrechtse Maskerade from 1851: Courtleven in 1296, Antonie Johannes Groeneveldt, after Willem Pieter Hoevenaar, 1851 print Episode from the late Middle Ages in the Netherlands, 1296. Floris V, Graaf van Holland, with his nobles on falconry. Part of the series of eight prints of the Maskerade of the students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences representing episodes from Dutch history, 25 June 1851. paper students' pageant. bird hunting. sports, games ~ animals (+ hunting with falcon, hawk; falconry) Netherlands

The Crossing the Dnieper on August 14, 1812 by Faber du Faur, Christian Wilhelm, von (1780-1857) / State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow / 1820s / Germany / Lithograph, watercolour / History / 27,5x43,5

Memories of the municipality. - Interior of the rocket prison after battle. (IT)

Landscape with procession of flagellants. These were believers who ritually flogged themselves, Procession of flagellants Openbaare Optogt der flagellanten, of geesselslagers, in Spain, Italy, etc. , print maker: Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1752 - 1789, paper, etching, h 222 mm × w 322 mm

Mexican war. Entry of the army from France to Mexico on June 10, 1863. History of France, old engraved illustration image from the book Histoire conte

Photo collection Government information service. Floods, historic, hedikhuizen. undated

Noordelijke Nederlanden, Begrafenis van een dood salmon, 1787, Northern Netherlands, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the Rhinegrave of Salm. A funeral procession in which Keeshonden carry a bier on which lies a dead salmon. Behind the bier walks a procession of patriots indicated by numbers. In the background on the right a cemetery where Prussian soldiers dig a grave for the fish. On the occasion of the abandonment of Utrecht by the Rhinegrave and the patriots at the approach of the Prussian troops in September 1787. The print includes an explanation and a reading certificate., print, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 173 mm, width 273 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Leander Starr Jameson (1852-1917) taken prisoner after failure of Jameson Raid, aim of which was to initiate rebellion in Johannesburg by British settlers or 'Uitlanders'. Jameson and troop of 500 overwhelmed by Boers and forced to surrender 2 January 1896. From 'Le Petit Journal' Paris, 2 January 1896.

18th century French illustration depicting a siege of a castle

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