Historic Military Engagements

Engravings depict historic military battles and skirmishes, illustrating soldiers in formation, battles of the past, and the chaos of wartime, revealing struggles across centuries.

The "Grand Skedaddle" of the inhabitants from Charleston, South Carolina when threatened by an attack from the Federal Troops. USA Civil War
The "Grand Skedaddle" of the inhabitants from Charleston, South Carolina when threatened by an attack from the Federal Troops. USA Civil War
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Five prisoners in Persia walking around a yard bound together by chains, a guard with a sword walks nearby. Process print by C. Hentschel after F. Dadd.
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John the Fearless Stabbed, Anonymous
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THE CRIMEAN WAR
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Montengran Patrol taking a break - Lovcen, a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. During the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) circa 1912
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An engraving depicting a pedometer being used at the Afghan Boundary to measure the length of the frontier. Dated 19th century
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A company of soldiers with bicycles on their shoulders, France, illustration by Tilly from L'Illustration, No 2793, September 5, 1896.
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The soldiers of the Army of Italy, over which General Napoleon Bonaparte had been given supreme command in March 1796, gathered in a square in Nice. In the middle Napoleon and other officers on horseback. The soldiers were poorly fed, but Napoleon encouraged them and restored discipline. Departure of the French Military Headquarters from Nice and portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte D, print maker: Victor Adam, (mentioned on object), printer: Joseph Rose Lemercier, (mentioned on object), publisher: Chaillou-Potrelle, (mentioned on object), print maker: Paris, printer: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: London, publisher: Brussels, 1829 - 1830, paper, h 353 mm × w 520 mm
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A Lamaite Dignitary entering Colonel Younghusband's Camp. Colonel Younghusband was on a mission from the Government of India to Lhasa. The Treaty of Lhasa brought Tibet under British control.
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Paris, Gilhaut Frères, France, Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie, Dessins faits d'après nature au siege de la Citadelle d'Anvers par Raffet, Communication de la descente de fossé, Soldiers at a mine shaft, 1832, bottom center, Soldiers at a wood fire at a mine shaft. Hills in the background. A large basket in the foreground on the right. Part of the series of 24 prints about the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, 30 November - 23 December 1832., print, prent, Roosdorp, prints, lower right in the plate, COMMUNICATION DE LA DESCENTE DE FOSSE., (Au Siège de la Citadelle d'Anvers.), (1832), height 346 mm, width 500 mm, 1804 - 1860-02-16, print maker, printmaker, 1833 - 1833, second quarter 19th century, paper, watercolor (paint), watercolour, lacquer (coating), lacquer, lithography (technique), hand coloring, lacquering, varnishing, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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History of Spain. Madrid. Buglers of the mounted corps of the garrison playing military reveille at the Puerta del Sol (Gate of The Sun), on the morning of January 23rd, 1878, day of the wedding of King Alfonso XII with Mercedes of Orleans. Drawing from life by Pellicer. Engraving by Enrique Alba. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.
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Convoy with silver ingots from the silver mines on the way to Mexico City, 1869, Mexico, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Central America
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The Norwegian expedition in Greenland, between the ice, 1888, engraving from a drawing by Dr Hayes.
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Turkish Soldiers who are prisoners to the Italians, circa 1911
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This illustration from 1896 shows a Mormon Hand-Cart Comoany crossing the Plains. The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Salt Lake City, Utah, between 1856 and 1860. They used two-wheeled handcarts to transport their belongings. Two of the companies, the Willie and Martin companies, started their journey dangerously late in 1856 and were caught by heavy snow and severe temperatures in central Wyoming. Despite a dramatic rescue effort, more than 210 of the 980 pioneers in these two companies died along the
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'The Last Attack on Mafeking: B.S.A. Police Escorting Boer Prisoners to the Gaol', 1901. The siege of Mafeking was lifted on 17 May 1900 - British South Africa Police escort Boers to jail. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901
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Native encampment in Siberia encounted by the expedition led by Nils Adolf Erik 1878-1879. Nordenskiold in SS ''Vega'' to negotiate the Northeast Passage
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Members of the Alpine Club climbing in Switzerland. Engraving published London 1882.
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Dr Livingstone is found by H M Stanley at Ujiji - 'Dr Livingstone, I presume ' Date: 10 November 1871
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Guerra de la Independencia (1808-1814). El General del ejército francés Horacio Sebastiani, llegado desde Lorca, tomó la ciudad de Murcia, prácticamente despoblada, el 23 de abril de 1810, sin ningún tipo de resistencia. Exigió fuertes contribuciones al regidor Elgueta con la amenaza de saquear la ciudad en caso de negarse a darle lo solicitado. Elgueta recaudó de los comerciantes solo una pequeña parte de lo exigido, por lo que la ciudad fué saqueada durante la noche y abandonada al amanecer por los franceses dado que por el curso de la guerra consideraron prioritario dirigirse hacia Andalucía. Huyen los franceses de Murcia. Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.
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Guerra de la Independencia (1804-1814). En 1811 el Marqués de Campoverde quiso asaltar el Castillo de Montjuich, contando con algunos de sus habitantes y la complicidad de algunos oficiales franceses. La intentona debía producirse el 19 de marzo de 1811. Las tropas del general Campoverde se concentraron el día convenido en las faldas del castillo, esperando a que el plan previsto para el asalto se cumpliera. El general Maurice Mathieu, autoridad francesa de Barcelona, estaba al corriente de toda la conspiración por lo que tenía preparada una defensa ante el ataque, neutralizando el mismo. Tentativa frustrada ante Montjuich. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España", por el Conde Toreno. Madrid,1851.
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This Was a Fatal Embarkation. Frederic Remington; American, 1861-1909. Date: 1898. Dimensions: 68.6 × 102.2 cm (27 × 40 1/4 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: New York. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Arnold von Winkelried, Anonymous
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3rd Carlist Wars (1872-1876). Navarre. Estella. The monastery of Iraty enabled as a Carlist hospital. Engraving, 1875. The Spanish and American Illustration.
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French World War One Propaganda postcard based on the 'Gleaners' by the artist Millet
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Image reproduction: Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942), skirmish under the miller in 1831; from: "Biesiada Literacka" 1906 (2) 31; Literary Biesiada (Warsaw; magazine; 1876-1917); 1906 (1906-00-00-1906-00-00);
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"Bush Men Hottentots armed for an Expedition". Plates signed drawn & engraved by Samuel Daniell from "African scenery and animals" 1804
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Englishman with quarterstaff fighting three Spanish swordsmen. Richard Peeke from Tavistock defeated three Spaniards in a duel in Xeres, November 15, 1625. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836.
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An illustration of liberated slaves at Port Royal in Jamaina. The slaves had been on board the slave ship Zelina which was captured by the royal Navy and its survivors liberated.
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Siege of Zaragoza, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834