Historic Military Conflicts

Artistic renderings depicting historic battles and military actions, illustrating narratives of warfare, citizen soldiers, and notable historical figures.

Carrying away the dead bodies following the fatal crash of the balloon Zenith when the aeronauts on board fainted due to the ballon's high altitude Date: May 1, 1875

Reinier Claeszen throws the wick in the Kruit, 1606.The vice-admiral of Zeeland, Reinier Claeszen throws the wick in the powder after a two-day battle against a Spanish force majeure and leaves his edgeless ship fly into the air, October 7, 1606. With caption of 2 lines in Dutch.

Shelling by citizens of the Dutch frigates, 1830, anonymous, 1830 - 1831 print Antwerp citizens shoot at the Dutch frigates that bomb the city in the night of 26 to 27 October 1830. In the background the store of the restorer Mr. François. Possibly belonging to a series of nineteen records in Antwerp, 26-27 October 1830. print maker: Belgiumprinter: Antwerp paper barricades ~ riot Antwerp

Overside of the St. Sebastian or handboog goals in Amsterdam, Julius Henricus Quinkhard, after Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1653 - 1700 drawing paper. deck paint. chalk brush land forces (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia). names of organizations, companies, trade unions, etc.. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait Amsterdam

Reinier Claeszen throws the wick in the powder, 1606, 1810 - 1812 print The vice-admiral of Zeeland, Reinier Claeszen, throws the wick into the powder after a two-day battle against a Spanish force majeure and lets his red-free ship fly into the air, October 7, 1606. With caption of 2 lines in Dutch. Netherlands paper etching self-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose - EE - death not certain; wounded person

Three soldiers drink and tell stories at a pub, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1834 print Paris paper canteen ~ the soldier off duty

Carrying away the dead bodies following the fatal crash of the balloon Zenith when the aeronauts on board fainted due to the ballon's high altitude Date: May 1, 1875

Mac Mahon with his aliirten, the graved graves and the dungeon,

Preparations for a duel, Johan Braakensiek, 1873 drawing paper. pencil duelling

Cologne, K_ln, Government Troops, Municipal Guard, 1846

LADY DUFFERIN PRESENTING NEW COLOURS TO THE 18TH BENGAL INFANTRY AT ALIPUR, 1886

Man ontvangt een brief; L'Impromtu de Versailles.A soldier hands over a letter to another soldier in a departure. They are surrounded by young men and ladies. Scene from the play L'Impromptu de Versailles, from Molière.

Return by the French of historical pieces from Stadholder's collection on the States General, 1795, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1803 print Ceremony with the return by the French led by General J.B. Dumonceau of five important historical pieces from the confiscated stadholder collection by Willem V. French soldiers carry the documents into the Binnenhof for transfer to the States General, 12 March 1795. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Courtyard

War of Roussillon, also called War of the Pyrenees or War of the Convention (1793-1795). Discussion between the Duke of Alcudia and the Count of Aranda in accordance to abbot Muriel (March 14, 1794). In the presence of councilors Aranda, Almodovar, Valdes, Caballero, Astorga, Campo Alange, Flores, Campomanes, Gardoqui, Godoy, Colomera, Socorro, Pacheco, Llaguno and Anduaga (secretary). Anger of King Charles IV with the Count of Aranda. Engraving by Chamorro. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

The death of General Sir John Moore at Corunna: he is supported by a Highlander as Hardinge hastens to help him, in the background more soldiers. Engraving after J. Trumbull.

SERIES POL.126 / Extract from the monitor The Minister of Foreign Affairs received this morning dispatches .... (IT)

A father leads a military drill of his two daughters and sons in the living room, hitting the lamp with a gun and one of the boys stepping on the cat. Part of a series of about 24 cartoons from 1828 on the imbalances within the Belgian militia due to the social inequality within the corps, following the reorganization introduced on April 11, 1827. Fifth Trial, 1828 5me Tribulation. En arriere!!! Maudit exercie! pauvre bibiche Cartoons on the imbalances within the Belgian Marksmen, 1828 , print maker: anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1828, paper, h 220 mm × w 267 mm

The arrest of Francis Burdett for libelling the House of Commons.

Audience of Prince Willem Frederik in Amsterdam, 1813; First Land Order of ZKH den Souvereinen Vorst der Vereenededer Nederlanden in Amsterdam, on the 2.5s of Wintermaand 1813.First Audience of Prince Willem Frederik AS Souverein Vorst in Amsterdam on December 2, 1813. In The Town Hall, The Prince Meets Representatives from the City.

Surrender of the winter after the lost sea battle at Kamperduin, 1797. Transdue from ViceAdmiraal Jan Willem de Winter to Admiraal Adam Duncan aboard the British warship The Venerable, on October 11, 1797 after the lost battle at Kamperduin. The winter presents its saber to Duncan. Numbered at the top right: LXXVI.

STRELTSY V 1613 godu (vid izobrazhaet Tserkov Vasiliia Blazhennogo i Kremlevskuiu stenu v Moskve, v nachale XVII stoletiia) Riflement in 1613 (view of Saint Basil's and Kremlin walls).. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1841. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

One man is holding a pistol to another man's head as others make off with cargo from the hold of the ship or consume its contents. Etching by Paul Pry (William Heath).

The generals of the War of Liberation, The generals of the War of Liberation against Napoleon, including Blucher, Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, Schwarzenberg etc, from About Land and Sea, General Illustrirte Zeitung , Ludwig Burger -, Artist, Eduard Hallberger -, Xylographer

Cartoon at Willems Call to voluntary reinforcement, 1830; Aux Armes a la Pressante Demande De Votre Souverain (...). Cartoon on the call from King Willem I to voluntary reinforcement, 5 October 1830. The king desperately on his throne above which the sword of Damocles hangs. Left and right ministers walk away or the king turned the back.

Man examines the jacket pocket from another man. .

Citizens of Dordrecht force Cornelis de Witt to withdraw the eternal edict, 1672, Jacobus Buys, 1789 drawing A group of angry citizens of Dordrecht forces Cornelis de Witt, who is in bed, to withdraw the eternal Edict, June 30, 1672. Northern Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush Dordrecht

Meeting between carlo alberto di savoia and giuseppe garibaldi in roverbella, 1848

Court-martial of Col. Kerrigan, Washington, December 1861. Created by Arthur Lumley (ca. 1837-1912). This pencil drawing with ink wash measures 25.5 x 49 cm and depicts a significant event from the United States Civil War (1861-1865). The artwork was created between 1861 and 1864, with an issue date of January 4, 1862

Kickapoo ambassadors waiting to be received by Maximilian I, Mexico, illustration by Jules Worms from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1149, Volume XLV, March 4, 1865.

John Malcolm, a Loyalist and tax collector, is paraded through the patriot mobs in Boston covered in tar and feathers. Etching by John Trumbull, from 'M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos,' 1795 (BSLOC_2019_3_61)

Murder of General Bréa and his adjutant Mangin by the insurgents before the Fontaineblau barrier, Jean Baptiste Fidèle Bréa, Paris, June , Unknown

Two drunken war veterans staggering along arm-in-arm. Coloured lithograph by E. Purcell.

Austrias Wendepunct, The abdication of Prince Metternich, on March , under the Metternich, the Archduke Franz Karl, Ludwig, Johann, Maximilian and Albrecht, also Count Sedlnitzky, Count Kolowrat and Graf Breuner, and Freiherr von Doblhoff-Dier, Rittmeister Scherzer, Tschapek, Lerch and Dr, angel, Franz Kollarz Kolář -, Lithographer, Johann Rauh -, Printer, Leopold Theodor Neumann -, publisher

Pencil drawing with highlights on yellowish paper by Franz Gerasch depicting quarching during the Thirty Years' War, showing figures, action, and military context, dated 1854.

Negotiations on a file between Pater Jan Neyen, Prince Maurits and Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in The Hague, 1607; Arrival of Father Neijen by Prince Maurits and Oldenbarneveld. The meeting between Pater Jan Neyen, Prince Maurits and Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in The Hague to negotiate a file, May 1607. The Father and the prince shake hands in an interior by candlelight.

Cartoon at the failed attack on Ostend, 1658; Dialogus of Ostenden. Cartoon on the failed attack by Marshal d'Aumont on Ostend, 1658. A crippled messenger with one leg brings Cardinal Mazarin a letter with the bad news from the failed attack. Right Mazarin with donkey ears, sitting in a chair, left his adviser spinelet, behind him is a monkey who tissues in his nose. Signature at the bottom right: Leyd. A text sheet belongs to the print.

Italy. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1824-1828. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Gift to Admiraal Bailli de Suffren on behalf of the States General, 1784, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1792 print Presentation of the gift of a Golden Degen to the French Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, because of his merits in the fight against the English in the East Indies, 1784. The sword is handed over on behalf of the States General by G. Brantsen and l'Estévenon van Berkenrode. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving presentation of sword ~ installation of a ruler. gifts being accepted. Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

News from America, or the patriots in the dumps , Opposition Political science, Announcing, Gloating, Liberty cap, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

French Revolution: Interrogation of Mr. Merlin, Bazire and Chabot by Judge E. Larivière. May 19, 1792. Nº150, P.331, the revolutions newspaper of Paris Prud'homme (Title)

The Soldier's Birth Right. Dated: c. 1828. Dimensions: Image: 131 x 89 mm Sheet: 253 x 198 mm. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: REMBRANDT PEALE.

Death of Napoleon (IT)

An incident during Congressional Reconstruction in May 1867. Major General Sickles, holding an American flag, confronts a Charleston, SC, fire brigade preparing for a parade to be headed by a portrait of Confederate hero, Stonewall Jackson. Sickles insisted they also carry the American flag at the front of the procession (BSLOC_2019_6_10)

A contemporary caricature - The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October, 1805 was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.

Sebastiaan de Lange blows his ship and herself up, 1572. Sebastiaan de Lange, Admiral of Veere, sticks after an uneven struggle with four Spanish ships at the slu the burning wick in the powder magazine of his ship, May 22, 1572. The admiral standing up The deck surrounded by his men.

Germany, Prussia, 1807-1835 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

The command of a Dutch speaking officer is not understood by the French speaking soldiers. Part of a series of c. 24 cartoons from 1828 on the disproportions within the Belgian militia due to social inequality within the corps, following the reorganisation introduced on 11 April 1827, Sixth ordeal, 1828 6me Tribulation. On shoulder 't rifle, Que diable a-t-il dit dji n'comprens nen Cartoons on the imbalances within the Belgian militia, 1828 , print maker: Jean-Louis Van Hemelryck, (mentioned on object), Southern Netherlands, 1828, paper, h 273 mm × w 221 mm

Military sketch./8./NOT, Mr. ZOUAVE ..., Let's give you a new one [... (registered title (letter)) | military sketch. (Title of all)

We would never have doubted .... (Registered Title) | Album of Headquarters (Title of all)

Citizens in the military exercise Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). Citizens for the military exercise. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.

Friedrich Freiherr von Trenk - before the guillotine on July , Johann Hieronymus Deleteenkohl -, publishing house

Arrival of Emperor Franz Joseph at the train station in Venice,

Prince Frederik in Brussels, 1830. Prince Frederik on horseback in the streets of Brussels, 23 September 1830. The population agitates against the arrival of the prince. Numbered at the top right: LXXXIX.

VI Nivose An XIV, A IV Hours of the morning, Peace was signed in Penbourg, between M. de Talleyrand and MM. The Prince of Lichtenstein and Guilay. (IT)

Heroes of Augustus, 1831, 1831 print Cartoon on the Belgian defeats in the fighting with the Dutch in August 1831. King Leopold I and his allies do not like the Dutch cheese they are served by a Dutch soldier. On the right the stall of the Dutch cheese farmer. The figure on the far right is possible General Daine. Netherlands paper etching cheese. stall, booth (~ market). disagreeable taste

March Napoleon in Milan on May 15, 1796

Lieut.Nelson volunteering to board a prize in violent gale. Horatio Nelson,Lord Nelson,Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805. British naval commander. Illustration by Westall. From the book ""The Life of Nelson"" by Robert Southey published London, 1883.

General Andrew Jackson and Creek Chief Red Eagle after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 27, 1814. Red Eagle, aka William Weatherford, led many Red Sticks fights in the Creek War against Lower Creek towns and US forces. After defeat, Red Eagle negotiated a new treaty, accepting a reduction in Creek territory (BSLOC_2017_6_5)

Mourot, Michel, Netherlands, Lange, Johannes Philippus, Capitulation of Landrecy, 1794, verso - stamped, The French troops in Landrecy surrender to the Austrians, May 11, 1794. A document is signed in front of the tent of an Austrian general., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 145 mm, width 229 mm, Dutch, 1810-09-24 - 1849-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1843 - 1845, paper, steel engraving, 1803-10-11 - 1847-07-27, intermediary draughtsman

KAPRAL, SERZHANT i OFITSER Artilleriiskago polkov s 1728 po 1732 god Corporal, sergeant, and officer, artillery regiment, 1728 to 1732.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1842. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

Manuel Godoy (1767-1851). Noble, político y primer ministro de Carlos IV. "Godoy nombrado Príncipe de la Paz". Título nobiliario español creado por Carlos IV en 1795 como recompensa por el éxito del Tratado de Paz de Basillea. Grabado. "Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

The Siege of Seringapatam (5 April - 4 May 1799). in which Tippu Sultan. the ruler of Mysore. was killed and the British won a decisive victory. It was the final confrontation in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. India. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

An English naval officer meeting a wounded veteran in a London square. Admiral Bowsprit reunited with Captain Bomb after many years. Bomb is an amputee, and has lost an arm and a leg in battle. An army general and a Hackney coachman watch. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Williams from The Post Captain, or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer, J. Johnston, London, 1817. Attributed to Alfred Thornton or John Mitford.

Frederick William I, expelled Salzburgers in East Prussia 1739, History of the Hohenzollerns, Prussia

Soldier training. Russia 1830

The death of Sir Phillip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after Sir D. Wilkie.

Degradation of a knight. 19th-century engraving after a woodcut attributed to Jost Amman in 1565. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Heavy campaign in Flanders, 1793; Fatigues of the Campaign in Flanders. Cartoon on the statement of the allies in the coalition against France in the Austrian Netherlands in 1793. Festive drinking party with music, central is Frederik August, Duke of York, with a fat Flemish woman on his lap. To the left of him a thick Dutchman who smells quietly, possibly Prince Willem V. opposite to the table a Prussian hussar of the Totenkophusaren. To the table other officers with their female companions, music is made and drinks in the background.

Johan and Cornelis de Witt attacked in their room in the prison gate, 1672; 1672 / Death of the whitening. Johan and Cornelis de Witt are attacked by angry armed archers or civilians in their room in the prison gate in The Hague, August 20, 1672. Cornelis sitting in bed, Johan standing behind a writing table.

France. 'Le Marie de Rennes'. Attack on the mayor of Rennes. An incident during the French Revolution. Illustration fom 'Le petit journal'. 7th February 1891.

Official handing over of a letter, Marius Holleman, 1917 print A man in uniform walks down a staircase and is given a letter by a man with a beard. In the background a woman behind a curtain. On the left a horse. Groningen paper etching letter, envelope

The self-sacrifice of Mayor Pieter van der Werff, 1574. The self-sacrifice of Mayor Pieter van der Werff, during the Siege of Leiden, September 1574. Van der Werff standing in the Breestraat for the town hall street between furious children and offers them its sword and body On.

Our trangiers in the East ./10./- We left us there with the order to blow you all ... (title registered (letter)) | Our trows in the East. (Title of all)

Peace of Pressburg (1805) between Napoleon and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Signed in Pressburg (nos Bratislava). Engraving, 19th century. Color.

A boy smokes a cigar given him by a Prussian soldier; a furious Frenchman kicks his behind. Lithograph, c. 1870, after A-C-H. Cham.

Washington and his generals in consultation, March 15, 1783 ; Washington refusing a dictatorship.. Pyle, Howard (1853-1911). Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Convention after the Battle of Marengo, Italy, 15th June 1800 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown

Bravo Molly Pitcher - Molly Pitcher is hailed after manning a cannon at the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolution

Vasco da Gamas audience with King Manuel I after his return to Portugal, September 1499 Vasco da Gamas audience with King Manuel I after his return to Portugal, September 1499 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660593

'The Emperor Maximilian Surrounded By The Most Illustrious of His Contemporaries (1508-1519)', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Image reproduction: Julian Fa AT (1853-1829), W Glara; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1884, No. 98 (November 15), p. 312; Unknown, Weekly Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1884 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);

Austrias Wendepunct, The abdication of Prince Metternich, on March , under the Metternich, the Archduke Franz Karl, Ludwig, Johann, Maximilian and Albrecht, also Count Sedlnitzky, Count Kolowrat and Graf Breuner, and Freiherr von Doblhoff-Dier, Rittmeister Scherzer, Tschapek, Lerch and Dr, angel, Franz Kollarz Kolář -, Lithographer, Johann Rauh -, Printer, Leopold Theodor Neumann -, publisher

After the defeat of Novara, the new king of Sardinia, Vittorio Emanuele, rejects the demands of Austrian commander Radetsky. Even so, the terms are harsh.

The death of Leopold I, uncle of queen Victoria and first king of Belgium.

Alexander of Battenberg (1857-1893). Prince of Bulgaria (1879-1886). Prince Alexander is acclaimed on return to their states. Engraving.

General George Washington looking to heaven after reading a dispatch during the American War of Independence 1776-1783.

Stephen Douglas' Propagandists, United States presidential election, from a drawing by Saintin, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 926, Volume 36, November 24, 1860.

Interrogation of Louvel, Assassin of S.A.R. The Duke of Berry. (IT)

Event of October 6, 1789 - Massacre of a bodyguard At the door of the Queen's apartment by brigands Jean-Fran�ois Janinet (1752-1814). "Event of October 6, 1789 - Massacre of a bodyguard at the door of the Queen's apartment by brigands". Engraving.

new way to pay the national-debt designed by Helagabalis ;executed by Sejanus. Caricature by James Gillray, 1756-1815, artist. 1786. Cartoon shows King George III and Queen Charlotte standing before the Treasury, moneybags under their arms, their pockets overflowing and bursting with coins (funds from the Treasury to cover Royal debts), William Pitt, his pockets full of coins, hands the king another moneybag taken from an overflowing wheelbarrow;the Prince of Wales, George IV, stands to the right looking destitute;a quadriplegic sits on the ground to the left with an overturned and empty hat between the stubs of his legs, which are fitted with prostheses.

Historia de Argentina. Siglo XIX. Conjuración de Alzaga. Detención del español Martín de Alzaga, posteriormente fusilado por conspiración el 5 julio 1812. Author: FORTUNY FRANCISCO.

Febreary 26, 1815 Napoleon I escape from Elba island (Exile) and return to France. Engraving, 19th century.

Cartoon on the Dutch (no. 2), 1793-1794; Caricatures hollandaises. Three figures: on the left an inspecting captain, centrally a standing drinking man, right a sleeping man behind a telescope in a wheelchair. Part of a series of four French cartrents in the Dutch, who prefer to smoke and drinking than defend the Landsbelang, ca. 1793-1794.

- These brave Milan! .... (title registered) | Zouaves and Croats. (Title of the whole)

8 / The glorious martyrs./mort of General Bréra and his camp help (IT)

Caroline Matilda, grand- daughter of George II and queen of mad Christian VII, is arrested for her liaison with devious minister Struensee who will be executed.

Midshipman Newcome and Masters Mate Spunyarn drinking black strap or Malaga wine at the Navy Tavern, at the summit of Scud Hill, Gibraltar. Widow Cummings brings more wine, a monkey sits on a cannon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Williams from John Mitfords Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, London, 1819.

Satirical cartoon titled 'Denmark has never forgotten' The Charivari of Paris. The Englishman offers the Dane his fleet to help against Prussia. But the Dane answers in remembrance of the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807.

Lord Edward Fitzgerald. an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. died of injuries sustained while resisting arrest. He was accused of high treason for his involvement in the 1798 United Irishmen uprising. He was buried the next day in the cemetery of St. Werburgh's Church in Dublin. Ireland. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

Napoleon's first abdication, at Fontainebleau

Second Carlist War (1872-1876). Distribution of passports to the Carlist in the quarters. Tolosa. Spain. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876. Colored.

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