Historic Military Engravings

Engravings depicting significant military events and ceremonies from the 19th century, including battles and infrastructure developments.

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: watching the Caroline going out to sea with the shore end of the cable, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley. '...the country people...were manifesting the keenest interest in the proceedings of the day...On shore, where a trench, 2 ft. deep, had been cut across the narrow beach and up the face of the cliff, to receive the cable, a hundred or more of the country people...were pulling and shouting in their Irish fashion, with the utmost enthusiasm...When the cable had been underran, hauled into the boats again, and the shore end really began t

FORT NOTTICH, BOMARSUND. BREACH MADE BY AN ENGLISH THREE-GUN BATTERY, 1854

Defense of Paris. - action of 29 November from the hay to seals ... (IT)

THE CRIMEAN WAR

OPENING OF THE HENARES CANAL OF THE IBERIAN IRRIGATION COMPANY IN SPAIN, 1867

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: watching the Caroline going out to sea with the shore end of the cable, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley. '...the country people...were manifesting the keenest interest in the proceedings of the day...On shore, where a trench, 2 ft. deep, had been cut across the narrow beach and up the face of the cliff, to receive the cable, a hundred or more of the country people...were pulling and shouting in their Irish fashion, with the utmost enthusiasm...When the cable had been underran, hauled into the boats again, and the shore end really began t

Engagement between United States Gunboats commanded by Commodore Davis and the Confederate Mosquito Fleet under Commodore Tatnall near Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, January 28, 1862. USA Civil War

The French fleet entering the Oran natural harbour, Napoleon III visiting Algeria, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1162, Volume XLV, June 3, 1865.

Recapture of Baton Rouge, Louisiana December 17, 1862 - Federal troops under General Grover, driving out the Confederates and occupying the city

THE NAVAL REVIEW

Retreat of the British and Russians, 1799; Retreat and embarkation of enemy English and Russian armies, from the straights of Noord-Holland in November 1799. The departure of the British and Russian troops from the beach at Den Helder in sloops to ready ships, November 29, 1799. While commanders greet each other The Batavian flag is raised and drag the British flag over the ground. See also the pendant.

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Sea Shore--Folly Island, South Carolina May 1863. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Blockades, 1860-1870, Ships, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, United States, South Carolina, Charleston , United States, South Carolina, Folly Island

THE VOLUNTEER SHAM FIGHT AT WIMBLEDON ON EASTER MONDAY

THE ASHANTEE WAR

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Crossing the Danube by the Russian troops. Bridge of Simnitza, June 26, 1877. Two bridges supported on trestles were laid over the lagoons. Engraving by A. Ferdinandus and Roch Regnier et Cie. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

The spot where General Burgoyne surrendered to General Gates, 1777 - 1890, by Jacques Gérard Milbert (1766-1840), pertains to the Saratoga Campaign in New York, 1777. It reflects the historical context of the American Revolution (1775-1783) and features significant figures such as Horatio Gates (1728-1806) and John Burgoyne (1722-1792) in relation to their homes and haunts

The capture of Hale. 1760 - 1900. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

Vnurtennost' odnoi iz batarei Kornilovskago (Malakhova) Kurgana.. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

(Leeward Islands) Formerly exploited for its phosphates but, sad to say, the deposits are now exhausted. Date: 1865

Painting of the looting of Oudewater, 1575.The Painting of the Looting or Oudewater by the Spaniards, 8 August 1575.

Ansicht des Lagers von Conlie bei Le Mans, Frankreich, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870-1871, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Orig...

The Great Rebel Prison Pen at Andersonville, Georgia

Franco-Prussian War

Engraving depicting the review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh. Dated 1860

Blockade runners and other shipping in St. George's Harbor, Bermuda, during the US Civil War, 1861-65 (BSLOC_2018_8_50)

Siege of Vicksburg - The Fight in the center of Fort Hill after the explosion, June 27, 1863. USA Civil War

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet entering the Mississippi River / sketched by an Officer of the "Mississippi".. Title from item, Illus. from: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 281 (1862 May 17), pp. 312-313, Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2013. Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870, Military service, Battleships, Union, Mississippi River, 1860-1870, Armored vessels, Union, Mississippi River, 1860-1870, Steamboats, Union, Mississippi River, 1860-1870, Lighthouses, Mississippi River, 1860-1870, Mississippi River, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union.

French Marshal MacMahon is defeated at Sedan on September 1st 1870, following french defeats at Worth, Weissenburg, Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte. The French Army and Emperor Napoleon III capitulate on September 2nd. Date: 1870

Ditch of the Bastion du Mt by William Simpson. View of the earthworks showing spiked timbers, gabions, and openings to underground bomb shelters at the Bastion du Mt, a French redoubt at the far left of the British lines and facing the Russian Grand Redan and Sevastopol.

Ship in a storm with ropes held by men on the coast; Abolition of spirits in 1838..

Imposing scene of Petersburg, Virginia, with troops in the foreground during the American Civil War. Unionist forces missed the opportunity to cut off Petersburg and a nine month siege ensued. Date: 1864

The port of Hiogo with the English and American fleets, at anchor, 1869, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, ...

Machareti mission. Bolivia, South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Expedition to the Pilcomayo Delta by French explorer Emile Arthur Thouar from Le Tour du Monde 1889

Japón. Bombardeo de Shimonoseki. Los barcos de guerra franceses Semíramis y Tancrede protegiendo el desembarco de tropas en Shimonoseki (Simonosaki) el 19 de julio de 1863. Grabado de 1863.

Gidon, five men, Lais, people, Zidonians, quiet, security, wealth, carefree, Bible, Old Testament, Book of Judges, chapter 18, verse 7, historical illustration around 1850, Middle East

THE FRENCH CAMP AT HONVAULT, NEAR BOULOGNE

The Austrian Military Camp near Bruck an der Leitha, Austria, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact or...

View of Capua, from Monte St. Angelo - from a sketch by our special artist, Frank Vizetelly, 1860. 'The Sketch from which our Engraving is taken was made...shortly before the battle on the Volturno took place. In the field in the foreground is bivouacked a battalion of Garibaldians serving as supports to the advanced line thrown out by the national army. The houses burning in the middle distance had been occupied by the Garibaldians but the Neapolitans coming up in force compelled the few troops that held them to fall back. Skirmishing is going on at the extreme right, on both banks of the Vol

The Battle of the Volturno. Battery where the Neapolitans burnt the wounded Garibaldians. From a sketch by T. Nast.

Testing of cannons, Jan van der Heyden, 1681, Testing of cannons at Amsterdam in 1681., draughtsman: Jan van der Heyden, 1681, paper, pen, brush, h 164 mm × w 276 mm

Two galleys with soldiers in a bay, print maker: Abraham Dircksz Santvoort, Gerrit van Goedesberg, 1667.

Ascending the Cumberland to Fort McHenry. Feb. 3, 1862., 1861 - 1864. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Pencil drawing, 18 x 32.4 cm

Sherman's Campaign in Georgia - American Soldiers, at Atlanta, Georgia, tearing down buildings shattered during the late bombardment. American Civil War, 1864

Testing of guns, Jan van der Heyden, 1681 drawing Testing cannons in Amsterdam in 1681. paper. ink pen / brush industries ~ metal. firearms: cannon Amsterdam

THE PORT OF HIOGO, IN THE TSUWA NADA, JAPAN, LATELY OPENED TO BRITISH VESSELS, 1868

Whale fishing in the Gavres peninsula, Morbihan, France, June 19, 1850, drawing by Ducouret, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 383, Volume XV, June 29, 1850.

THE WAR IN THE EAST

GENERAL VIEW OF ELMINA RECENTLY BOMBARDED BY THE BRITISH TROOPS, THE ASHANTEE WAR 1873. Anglo-Ashanti Wars between the Ashanti Empire, now Ghana, and the British Empire in the 19th century

The Civil War In America

Engraving depicting the landing of British Troops at Pehtang. Dated 1860

Head-Quarters of Lord Raglan, near Balaclava - from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1854. Crimean War. View of '...the Head-quarters of Lord Raglan, not far from Balaclava. The house is a long building, of the villa and farm-house description, partly covered with vines, which are very luxuriant in the Crimea. Tents are pitched in the adjoining grounds; and on the right of the picture is stationed the British flag'. Raglan was Master-General of the Ordnance, in command of British troops in the Crimea. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Soldiers on a horse cart during the Frans-German War, Auguste André Lançon, 1870 print France paper etching / drypoint / engraving war. four-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals. the soldier; the soldier's life

Towing the wounded Federal Soldiers down the bayou on a raft on the night of January 14, 1863, after the Battle of Bayou Teche, Louisiana. USA Civil War

The Battle of the Barrier was fought between British and Chinese forces at the boundary between Macau and mainland China on 19 August 1840. The barrier ran across an isthmus separating Macau from mainland China. At about noon on 19 August 1840, British corvettes, accompanied by the Louisa cutter and Enterprise steamer, having seamen and marines of the Druid with Bengal volunteers on board, attacked the barrier. The vessels opened fire on a battery about 600 yards (550 m) away which promptly returned fire. A British officer wrote, 'The Chinese junks, which were aground in the inner harbour, were utterly useless, for none of their guns could be brought to bear, though several of the thirty-two pound shots of the ships found their way over the bank, much to the consternation of the occupants of the junks'. In less than an hour, the batteries were silenced and the British forces were landed. They consisted of a brigade of 380 men comprising 110 royal marines, 90 seamen from the Druid, an

View of Yantai, China, Second Opium War, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 917, Volume 36, September 22, 1860.

Weissenbruch, Jan, Netherlands, Isaac, Abolition of strong drinks in 1838, Ship in a storm held by ropes by men on the shore, print, prints, height 98 mm, width 116 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1838 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure, Work conception, 1822-03-18 - 1880-02-15

The first battle near Metz, at Pange. Date: 1870

View of the camp of Conlie at Le Mans, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

African Americans, arriving at Fort Monroe, accompanied by Union soldiers. Carrying their possessions, they approach a bridge to the fortress that offers refuge from slavery during the Civil War. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, August 17, 1861 (BSLOC_2018_5_85)

The campaign in Virginia,fight at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864,General Smith's corps in action. Waud, William (d. 1878). Prints. 1864-06-09. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, United States , 1864, Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864, Campaigns & battles , Virginia , Cold Harbor , 1864, Smith, William, Major General

Unidentified Civil War prison and stockade next to railroad track. No. 8178, Title devised by Library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718

Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Spain. Panorama of the place of the battles of Santa Barbara de Oteiza and Montejurra. Detail. Sketched by the lieutenant colonel of Luis Marenco. Navarre. Engraving by Capuz. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876.

The Departure of Charles II for England. Het vertrek van Karel II naar Engeland vanuit Scheveningen. Draughtsman: Jan de Bisschop. Dating: 23-May-1660 - 1662. Measurements: h 390 mm × w 520 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Scenes at and around Fort Pickens / sketches by officers of the garrison. | Library of Congress

Battlefield of Spotsylvania C.H. May 10th 64 / Edwin Forbes.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va, 1864, Military personnel, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Spotsylvania

No. 3. 14th February 1776continuation from No. 2 including the Town of Cambridge., 1776. Armies British, To 1799. Military officers, Personal narratives, War in art, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Campaigns & battles, Cambridge (Mass.), Boston (Mass.), History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Military facilities. Ink drawings, 1 drawing; ink and wash on paper; 29.4 x 47.7 cm., An ink and wash drawing depicting the Town of Cambridge during the American Revolution, created in 1776. The artwork is part of a continuation from a previous piece and portrays military officers and scenes related to the Revolutionary War. It measures 29.4 by 47.7 cm

STONNESS CHROUBER 18070 (Nitel Inform) | The Troisove Invasion. Wars of 1870-1871. (title of the ensemble)

VILLAGE OF PETROWSKA, SEVEN MILES FROM FORT KINBURN

Sketch - Sacking of a town John Henry Walker (1831-1899)

Train of prisoners, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Rest of soldiers at a shore, Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1814.

THE EXPEDITION INTO KURDUFAN, TROOPS ABOUT TO BREAK CAMP AT SUNRISE, SUDAN, 1883

On Hastings Beach, 12 October 1820, Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854, British, 1820, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 × 5 1/4 inches (10.2 × 13.3 cm)

THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN

Fishing: people smoking herrings and sardines; pots and nets for trapping them. Etching, ca.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Siege of Citadel of Antwerp, December 1832, 1832 - 1833 print The bombing of the Citadel of Antwerp, 20-23 December 1832. On the right in the foreground the Great Mortier used by the French army. In the distance the citadel and the Scheldt. At the bottom a small portrait of General Chassé with the inscription 'Old Dutch greatness, France's violence, Belgium cowardice. Two four -line verses on both sides. The print includes a separate key to the show. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Antwerppublisher: Netherlands paper firearms (with NAME). bombardment ~ siege Citadel of Antwerp (19th century)

Franco-Prussian War

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Wrecked British shipping at Balaclava Bay after the great storm of 13-16 November 1854. On the left survivors from the wrecks are being hauled up the cliffs to safety. From 'The Illustrated London News' (London, 9 December 1854). Engraving.

An engraving depicting soldiers running out the wire of Trove's military telegraph. Dated 19th century

The arrival of the ship containing the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte in Courbevoie in 1840. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.

The Illustrated newspaper / Before Paris : A Prussian battery before St.Denis(TI)

Freedmans village--Greene Heights Arlington, VA.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Children, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans, Freedman's Village (Va.) , Greene Heights (Arlington, Va.), 1860-1870, United States, Virginia, Arlington Heights

A Mennonite religious service outside their barracks in central Kansas. Engraving of the newspaper "Frank Leslie's" "(1875).

Indian village Rewicargut at the Yukon in Alaska, in 1880 / Indianerdorf Rewicargut am Yukon in Alaska, im Jahre 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi, lately held by the rebel General Beauregard - Burning of stations, warehouses and supplies - Entry of National troops / from a sketch by our special artist, Henri Lovie. | Library of Congress

Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, which At mpted to Run the Blockade, Near Newport News. Published engraving based upon DRWG/US - Balling, no. 1 (A size), Attributed to Balling in New York Illustrated News caption, Title printed below image, Initials T.N. engraved lower right of image indicate that Thomas Nast prepared the wood engraving for publication, Published in: New York Illustrated News, 30 September 1861, p. 337, Source unknown. Yorktown (Steamship), 1860-1870, Cumberland (Ship), 1860-1870, Louisiana (Gunboat), 1860-1870, Blockade running, 1860-1870, Naval warfare, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Soldiers, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, United States, Virginia, Newport News

The Great Naval Battle of the Mississippi - First Day's Bombardment - Federal Schooners off Ports Jackson and St. Philip, Commanding the Passage of the River

The British Steamer "Bengal" bringing a supposed Russian Prize into Madras Harbour, 1854. 'Madras Chennai in India was thrown into a state of great excitement by the appearance of a ship bearing Russian colours...The Bengal, having first ascertained that the lady passengers had been duly furnished with their morning cup of tea, steamed forth on her dubious mission, and to the lasting honour of the Peninsular and Oriental service, challenged, boarded, and captured the stranger, whom she took in tow, and anchored within musket-range of the Custom-house. The crew, sixteen in number, a

British expedition to Antwerp, 1809; Picturesque plan of the great expedition, on the Wester-Schelde, in August 1809. Demonstrating the difficulty of approaching Antwerp. Landscape with face in a nutshell from the river Scheldt to the city of Antwerp. In August, the British fleet in August 1809 past Fort Bath de Schelde in the direction of Antwerp, halfway between Fort Lillo and Liefkenshoek a chain over the river is tense, behind the necklace lies the French fleet. In the distance the city of Antwerp for which eight French ships lie. Title and inscriptions in Dutch. An explanation is one of the print.

Burning of the Confederate Gunboats, Rams, etc at New Orleans and Algiers on the approach of the Federal Fleet, USA Civil War

Russo-Turkish War: field hospital and ambulances waiting for the wounded. Wood engraving, 1877.

First Landing of Americans in Japan at Gore-Hama July 14th 1853. Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885). Tinted lithograph. 63.8 x 89cm.

Sebastopol - from an original drawing, 1854. Crimean War. Warships on the Black Sea near the port of Sebastopol. The Siege of Sevastopol was the subject of Crimean soldier Leo Tolstoy's "Sebastopol Sketches" and the subject of the first Russian feature film, "Defence of Sevastopol". 'None of the sea batteries or forts are of the slightest service for defence on the land side...the great fort, St. Nicholas, has not a gun pointed in that direction, and such an armament would be perfectly useless...as that part of the hill on which the town stands rises behind it to a height o

The winter quarters of the left wing of the Confederate army, on the Rapidan. The Confederate army cut down most of the surrounding trees for use as fuel and heating during the winter. Date: 1864

Admiral Porter's fleet at the mouth of the Yazoo. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co, c1894, v. 2, p. 447. Porter, David D, (David Dixon), 1813-1891, Military service, Warships, Union, Mississippi, Yazoo River, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union.

West Point. 1760 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. West Point (N.Y.)

The Revolution in Sicily. 'Our first Bivouac at sunrise, near Villafrati'.

The Battle of Millesimo, fought on 13 April 1796 near the town of Millesimo, Italy, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Confederate general Pickett leads his legendary charge, but he cannot prevent an overwhelming defeat in which Lee loses one-third of his army.

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