Historic Military Engagements

Engravings depicting iconic military events from history, showcasing battles, parades, and the experiences of soldiers during significant periods.

General Cavaignac, given dictatorial powers, posts proclamations to restore order in Paris.
General Cavaignac, given dictatorial powers, posts proclamations to restore order in Paris.
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Verbena de San Pedro Madrid 1890. Ribbon race in Carranza street, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890
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After the Battle of Gravelotte (Franco Prussian War) Sisters of Mercy arriving on the battle field to succour the wounded. Published 1870
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Weinfälscher getarnt als Ausflügler an der bayerischen Grenze bei Kufstein gefangen, Deutschland, Schuggler, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer O...
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Fighting between Italian and Austrian students in Innsbruck, Austria, from the newspaper La Domenica del Corriere, 1903
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Destruction of the coloured orphan asylum. Anti-draft riots in New York caused at least 120 deaths and $2 million worth of damage. Returning soldiers from the Battle of Gettysburg put down the disturbances. 1863
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Indian Mutiny 1857-1859, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Great War of Independence. First relief of Lucknow by General Henry Havelock 15 September 1857. Engraving.
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Pictures of the time of 1855, Funeral service for soldiers killed in Crimea in Toulon, France / Bilder aus der Zeit von 1855, Trauerfeier für die auf der Krim gefallenen Soldaten in Toulon, Frankreich, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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Revolutionary demonstrators st Petersburg, Russia July 1917
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Revolt of Anarchist prisoners on prison Island of Salut, Cayenne, French Guyana, South America: A Protest against brutal conditions, it was mercilessly put down, October 1894. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 16 December 1894.
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Deutsche Truppen beim Marsch über die Loire in Orleans am 5. Dezember, Frankreich, deutsch-französischer Feldzug 1870-1871, Historisch, digital restau...
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Alexander Kaulbars (1844-1925). General of the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer of Central Asia. Bulgaria. Sofia. Voters interrupting a speech by General Kaulbars. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886. Colored.
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Engraving depicts Prussian soldiers passing through Berlin on their way to the Front. Dated 1870
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A Cadet Hop at West Point (Harper's Weekly, Vol. III). Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). Dimensions: image: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (23.5 x 35.2 cm)sheet: 11 3/4 x 15 15/16 in. (29.8 x 40.5 cm). Date: September 3, 1859. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Lunch at Agen Station, railway inauguration, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 738, Volume XXIX, April 18, 1857.
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Funeral service for soldiers, killed in Crimea, in Toulon, 1855, woodcut, France, Europe
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Meeting in favour of peace, London, 1899. Artist: Unknown
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The Assassin pulling the second shot from the president, The crowd awaiting news from the president at the door of the White House, Das attack vom , Juli auf den amerikanischen präsidenten James A, Garfield, Menschenauflauf Vor Dem Weißen Haus Aus illustration , Unknown
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German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Liberation of the Priest Matthaeus. Matthaeus Alber (also Aulber) (born 4 December 1495) (died 2 December 1570) was a German reformer, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Historical scene, US-American history, 19th century, soldiers guarding a bridge on the Potomac River, before the Battle of Fredericksburg, American Civil War, 1862, Virginia, USA, North America
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Vintage Photograph. Hand drawn depiction of Arrival of a Federal Steamer with Flag of Truce at Madisonville
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An engraving depicting a sledge drawn by horses in Siberia. Dated 19th century
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PRIM , JUAN. POLITICO Y MILITAR ESPAÑOL. REUS 1814-1870. " ENTRADA TRIUNFAL EN BARCELONA , 1860 ". GRABADO COLOREADO.
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Sir Roger Casement tries unsuccessfully to recruit Irish prisoners in Germany to form an Irish Brigade to fight the English. Date: 1916
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Montgomery, Alabama February 18, 1861 on the Inauguration of CSA President Jefferson Davis
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Surprise attack by Russian cavalry on the road to Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. Artist: Unknown
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An engraving depicting the end of the Paris Commune - Parisians not actively involved in the commune risings waiting for government troops engaged on a mopping-up operation to pass.
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Charles Lee (1731-82) English-born American Revolutionary general captured by British troops 1776. Engraving
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Departure of General Grant for Washington (Scene at the Galena, Illinois Depot) Artist Unknown
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An angry Chicago crowd seeks to lynch the radical anarchist Emma Goldman, whose teaching had inspired Leon Czolgosz to assassinate President William McKinley.
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On the road near Oberstein August 20, 1870 (registered title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)
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United Kingdom. Violent clashes in the House of Commons. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal'. Engraving.
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Presidential inauguration of William H. Harrison in Washington City, D.C., on the 4th of March 1841
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Engraving depicting the royal visit of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-1861) to Ireland. Dated 19th Century
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Trade Unionism: Demonstration in Copenhagen Fields, London 21 April 1834 in protest against the deportation of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset agricultural workers deported to Australia for 'association'.
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Procession to Hambach Castle, Hambach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, wood engraving, about 1880, Europe
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A ward on the top deck of a hospital ship with patients standing or sitting by their beds. Engraving.
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Panama Canal: Paying West Indian labourers on their arrival at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal. Wood engraving 1888.
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Feeding Soldiers in U.S. Civil War
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King Humbert's entering, Berlin, historical engraving, about 1888
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British South African Police escorting Boer prisoners to gaol after the taking of Mafeking. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.
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Charles Lee (1731-82) English-born American Revolutionary general captured by British troops 1776. Engraving
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Workers at Woolwich Arsenal prepare to equip the cavalry for the Abyssinia Expedition, 1869, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 1...
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Attack on the Quarantine establishment, Staten Island, NY on September 1, 1858. Mob burning Marine Quarantine Hospital, which was used for immigrants, in protest of the health hazard.
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Battle in the suburb of St. Antoine on 28 April 1789, French Revolution, France, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact dat...
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France. The cavalry charges against demonstrators in the 1st May 1906. 'Le Petit Journal'. May 13, 1906. Engraving.
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A German Prisoner Dares to Attack an Officer', France, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 26th August 1915. Th artist is unknown.
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The receipt of the stock exchange on the day of the closing of the subscription of the bond, War Bond for the Franco-Prussian War, 1870, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Reception of the Crown Prince of Prussia at the Berlin-Anhalter station in Leipzig on July 26, 1870, Germany / Empfang des Kronprinzen von Preußen auf dem Berlin-Anhalter Bahnhof in Leipzig am 26. Juli 1870, Deutschland, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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Anarchist outrages in Spain: Police searching a cellar in Barcelana finding a laboratory for producing explosives. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 15 January 1894. Terrorism
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A Cadet Hop at West Point, 1859. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;
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Parnell, Irish leader, is sent to Kilmainham gaol charged with obstructing the Land Act. He instructs his followers to pay no rent while the Land League is outlawed.
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The flood in Murcia, rescue of the inhabitants in the district of San Benito, Spain, Historic, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an origi...
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A service at the Madeleine, Paris, commemorates the Revolution. Date: March 1849
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Military repression in front of the Winter Palace, revolution in St Petersburg, Russia, drawing by Fortunino Matania, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 5, January 29, 1905.
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France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. Trial of the Paris Commune. Cases proceedings by the court martial at Versailles against the leaders of the Paris insurrection. Session room of the third council of war at Versailles. 6 August 1871. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.
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RIOTING IN BELFAST, A STREET CORNER, 1886; BURNING OF M'CLOSKEY'S PUBLIC HOUSE IN YORK STREET
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France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. Trial of the Paris Commune. Cases proceedings by the court martial at Versailles against the leaders of the Paris insurrection. Session room of the third council of war at Versailles. 6 August 1871. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.
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Haverleys Minstrels as they appeared by special invitation at the inauguration of President Garfield. The band ascending the steps of the Capitol building, Washington, 1891. Chromolithograph.
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Revolutionary workers carry economic banners for the Bolshevik Party on the eve of the October revolution. 1917
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First Franco-Hova War 1883-1886: French marines embarking for Madagascar at Brest. War ended with the Treaty of Tamatave, January 1886. Chromolithograph Colonisation Malagassy Brittany France Trade Card
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The duty that lies near , Mayors, Construction, Grace, William Russell, 1832-1904
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Rural strike in Mantua: Women mobilised and blocking a road. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, May 1901.
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French Revolution: Execution of Louis XVI (1754-1893) 21 January 1793. King of France from 1774. Louis making his final address to the crowd. Coloured print.
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1800s 1860s CURRIER & IVES LITHOGRAPH ENGRAVING OF THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN THE METROPOLITAN SYSTEM NEW YORK CITY COLOR HALFTONE
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Arrest of Charlotte Corday, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834
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Abraham Lincoln's Return Home after his Successful Campaign Or the Presidency of the United States, in October, 1860