Historic Military Scenes

Engravings depicting various military events from the 17th to 19th centuries, including battles, sieges, and soldiers in action, with a focus on historical accuracy and dramatic scenes.

Illustration showing some 'Red Republican Conspirators' attacking the Fireman's Station at Belleville, Paris. Socialist agitators were already a force in Paris and tried to proclaim a new republic, Commune, in October 1870. The Commune actually took charge in Paris between 26th March and 21st May 1871, after the end of Franco-Prussian War, but were then brutally suppressed by the National Guard. Date: 1870

EL GENERAL RIEGO LLEVADO EN EL SERON PARA EJECUTARLO (1823). RAFAEL DEL RIEGO.

Street scene with soldiers, wounded and peasants outside the town of Sedan on the morning of 2 September, during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Engraving depicting the French raising the siege of Zaragoza, the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting a chest fire engine of the type in use in Holland during the 17th century. Dated 19th century

Sedanais return after the battle of Douzy, vintage engraving. Sedanais return after the battle of Douzy, 1844 Exhibition of Painting, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660458

THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN PRESENTING THE CITY KEYS TO THE RIGHT HON. EARL SPENCER, K.G. LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND, 1869

A Sunday Parade of local irregular militia, 19th century Ireland. Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circ 1873-5.

Street scene in Saint-Denis during the armistice, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Illustration showing some 'Red Republican Conspirators' attacking the Fireman's Station at Belleville, Paris. Socialist agitators were already a force in Paris and tried to proclaim a new republic, Commune, in October 1870. The Commune actually took charge in Paris between 26th March and 21st May 1871, after the end of Franco-Prussian War, but were then brutally suppressed by the National Guard. Date: 1870

VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO CLUMBER

THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO FRANCE

Paris students demonstrate periodically against this, that or the other. With these medical students it's something to do with the Assistance Publique...

French General Donaine buried by Prussian troops in Sarreguemines, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France

During the Draft Riots in New York in July 1863, a mob lynches a black man in Clarkson Street and hangs him. Date: 1863

After the Bibonar in Conrelles, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France

Delegates travelled from one part of Paris to another with a large protective escort.

The insurrection of 31 May - 2 June 1793 resulted in the fall of the Girondin party under pressure of the Parisian sans-culottes, Jacobins of the clubs and Montagnards in the National Convention. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Galileo is consulted by the Duke of Florence

The massacre of friars in Madrid in 1834 was an anticlerical riot that occurred on July 17, 1834 in the capital of Spain during the regency of María Cristina and the first Carlist War (1833-1840) in which several convents were assaulted from the centre of Madrid and 73 friars were murdered and 11 were injured

Surrender by France at the Battle of Bailén, General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang handing his sword to Spanish General Castaños

A HIGHLAND SOLDIER'S WEDDING AT STIRLING CASTLE: CHAIRING THE BRIDEGROOM, UK, 1876

Teil der französischen Loire-Armee auf dem Rückzug nach der Schlacht von Orleans, Frankreich, deutsch-französischer Feldzug 1870-1871, Historisch, dig...

Rocket-line exercise of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. R. Watson, showing '...the members of the brigade exercising on the cliff near the Spanish Battery with a rope stretched across the water at Prior's Haven to the scaffolding erected for the building of the new breakwater, at the extreme promontory of the...Tyne. The lighthouse above and the ruins of the ancient priory are landmarks of the site...The Volunteer Life Brigade was inspected by Captain Robertson, R.N...There was a capital muster of all classes - clergymen, magistrates, aldermen, merchant

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World, many on the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, were West Africans from the central and western parts of the continent sold by western Africans to western European slave traders, or by direct European capture to the Americas. The numbers were so great that Africans who came by way of the slave trade became the most numerous Old World immigrants in both North and South America before the late 18th century. Far more slaves were taken to South America than to the north. The South Atlantic economic system centered on producing commodity crops, and making goods and clothing to sell in Europe, and increasing the numbers of African slaves brought to the New World.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Hubmaier is solemnly received in Landshut, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Zieten defeated the French in the victory of the Belle Alliance, La Haye Sainte, between Charleroi and Brussels, woodcut from 1864

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Entry into Munich (Bavaria) of several French cannons and machine guns captured by Bavarian troops. Engraving by Capuz. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, The little Heilbronn ensign moves out, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Europe

Jean Lannes (1769-1809). Marshal of France who served in Napoleon Bonaparte's army. Marshal Lannes died on 31 May 1809, after being wounded by a bullet on 22 May, the second day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling. War of the Fifth Coalition (April-October 1809) of the Napoleonic Wars. Death of Marshal Lannes. Engravingd by Williams and A. Sandoz. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume V. 1855.

Boston boys and General Gage

Louis Napoleon, president of France, rides through the streets of Paris.

FETE OF JOAN OF ARC AT ORLEANS, 6th OF MAY, 1855

Catalunya. Barcelona. Huelgas obreras. Manifestaciones en la calle Pelayo. Grabado de 1892.

General Prim crossing the Prado being celebrated by the people of Madrid, 1869, Prim himself was appointed Prime Minister by Serrano, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Slaughter of Mexicans by Spaniards at Cholula, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

At the Fete de l'Empereur, in Paris, the historic 'Field of the Cloth of Gold', where Francois I met Henry VIII, is re-enacted. Date: 1853

Fighting at the gate, Barcelona : the Catalonians are caught up in the Carlist Wars in addition to their own wishes for independence. Date: 1842

Democratic rioters storm the Zeughaus (arsenal) at Berlin, where they will arm themselves. Date: 4 June 1848

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Hans Müller with his satellites. Hans Müller, called von Bulgenbach (born in the 15th century) (died 12 August 1525) ...

Dragoons and Highlanders Scattering the Rioters in Belfast; Belfast Riots in Hannahstown of 1872. Nationalists demonstrating and campaigning for the r

Newspaper report of the detention of Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell, that caused the 'Trent Affair'. They were brought on board the United States warship 'San Jacinto' as prisoners, Nov. 8, 1861, by Union Captain Charles Wilkes. This action violated British sovereignty by stopping and boarding the RMS Trent, and arresting the two passengers. After two months of international crisis, the US authorities released Mason and Slidell, allowing them to sail to London from Boston on Jan 14, 1862 (BSLOC_2018_6_45)

Illustration depicting the between decks on an emigrant ship travelling from Liverpool to America. Dated 19th century

Engraving showing the prisoner of war camp on Belle Isle, Richmond, full of Federal prisoners. In the background can be seen the city of Richmond itself. Date: 1864

España. Tercera guerra carlista. Entrada en Bilbao de las tropas liberales el 2 de mayo de 1874. Grabado de 1874.

Louis Philippe II (1747-1793). Duke of Orléans (1785-1793). Accused of treason, was condemned to death and guillotined on 6 November 1793. The Duke of Orléans being led to the scaffold. Engraving by Blanpain. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

ENTRADA DE ESPARTERO EN MADRID JULIO 1854 - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN. JOAQUIN BALDOMERO FERNANDEZ-ALVAREZ ESPARTERO. GENERAL BALDOMERO ESPARTERO (1793-1879).

French Cuirassier and Carabiniers marching from Neuchatel to Bern on 5 February 1871, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Riots at New York City, Sacking Brooks's Clothing Store, 1863 draft riots

From The Chase, by W. Somerville, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Francois de Charette (Francois Athanase Charette de La Contrie) (1763-1796). French military officer, General of the Catholic and Royal Army of Vendee. He was condemned to death and executed on 29 March 1796 at Place Viarme in Nantes. In front of the firing squad he refused to be blindfolded and commended himself to God. Death of Charette. Drawing by H. Renaud. Engraving by Barbant. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Interview at Sealkote, India. on the 9th of March 1860. Between the Maharajah Runjeet Singh of Cashmere and his excellency Lord Canning.

The celebrated chef Alexis Soyer demonstrates his field kitchen for camp and bivouac in the Crimea, to Lord Rokeby and general Pelissier Date: 1855

Street battle in the Antonsvorstadt, Paris, France, Thirty Years' War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact d...

Street battle in the Antonsvorstadt, Paris, France, Thirty Years' War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

THE 5TH (FRENCH) REGIMENT OF THE LINE PASSING THROUGH THE PORTE DES DUNES, ON THEIR WAY TO THE CAMP OF BOULOGNE, 1854

Königstein. Fortress - Purge bed

Beginning of Thirty Years War (1618-1648). An old Bohemian method by which the people more than once avenged themselves on unpopular ministers was to throw victims from a high window. Most famous of all these Defenestrations was the one shown here, which started the terrible Thirty Years War. The hated councillors, Slavata and Martinitz (also spelled Martinic), were hurled from the window of the council hall and fell eighty feet to the palace ditch. Luckily they landed on a heap of rubbish and thus escaped death. The Thirty Years War began as a religious war, fought between Roman Catholics an

George Washington greets the regiment from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in Boston, Massachusetts, in January 1776.

The Prussians, who have occupied Luxembourg, withdraw. Date: 1867

French prisoners of war marching out of Sedan, illustrated war history, 1870-1871, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

Visit of Prince Albert to Colchester - Arrival of His Royal Highness and Staff at Wavenhoe sic Park, 1856. Royal visit '... to Colchester for the purpose of inspecting the troops stationed in the Encampment...Having concluded his examination of the Camp, the Prince proceeded to...the review of the troops, who were drawn up in line in Wivenhoe Park...The regiments...were commanded by: 88th, Colonel Maxwell; West Suffolk Militia, Colonel Deare; West Essex Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Brice; East Norfolk Militia, Major Sir E. Lacon, M.P.; Essex Rifles, Major Wallace. The fineness of the weather

The capture of 's-Hertogenbosch by Frederik Hendrik of Orange, Netherlands, 1629, (c1870).Artist: CL van Kesteren

Spain. Catalonia. Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814). The city of Manresa opposed much resistance to French occupation. Between 1810 and 1812, the French Imperial Army carried out five incursions on the city. From 16 March to 4 April 1810, a significant French contingent under the command of General Schwartz entered Manresa. On 5 November, they carried out a punitive operation in the town, setting fire to and looting houses. On 30 March 1811, the most serious events occurred in occupied Manresa. General Macdonald's troops ransacked houses, set fire to around forty buildings and executed six citizens. French excesses in Manresa. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

The New Uniforms of the Officers and Soldiers of the Artillery of the Army of Austria in 1869, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an origina...

España. Madrid. Vicalvarada. Primeros enfrentamientos en la plaza de Santo Domingo. Grabado de 1854.

The arrest of Robespierre in the meeting room of the municipal council of Paris during the night of the 9th to the 10th Thermidor (the eleventh month of the republican calendar of the French Revolution) 1794, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknown

Manuel Godoy (1767-1851). Noble y político español, favorito y primer ministro de Carlos IV entre 1792 y 1798, y hombre fuerte entre 1800-1808. "Entrega de Manuel Godoy a las tropas francesas". Ilustración por Miranda. Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.

Battle of Friedland, Friedland in East Prussia, on 14 June 1807, Napoleon's troops, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

ENTRY INTO STAMFORD, HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO BURGHLEY

French Liberal Revolution (February 1848). Mob assaulted on the Tuileries on February 24, 1848 due to refusal of monarch to extend right to vote. For this reason he abdicated and Republic was established. Louis Philippe and family out of Tuileries Palace. Engraving by J. Ladmiral, 1881. Colored.

Inmates are supervised as they pick oakum in Clerkenwell prison. 1874

Experiments with l'Extincteur on the Thames Embankment in London before the Prince of Wales, 1868. 'The Prince and the Duke of Sutherland are known to take a particular interest in the organisation and action of all means of extinguishing fires. They have lately turned their attention to Dick's patent portable self-acting fire-engine, named "L'Extincteur"...three temporary structures were put up...The first of these was...filled with tar and naphtha; the second was...filled with a dozen of tar and other casks, firewood, and shavings; the third represented three sides of a carpenter

William I., in German, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, 27 September 1781, 25 June 1864, King of Wuerttemberg and Vincent, Count Benedetti, 29 April 1817, 28 March 1900, French diplomat, both in Ems on July 13, 1870, woodcut, France, Europe

The German Army crosses the Loire in the snow to occupy France. Date: 1871

A casualty of the fighting. Date: May 1871

Women of Montmartre pledging to fight the government troops to the death, with the slogan 'The Commune or Death', as Paris burns in the background, 1871. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government, which led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards. Date: 1800

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

José I Bonaparte (1768-1844). Rey de Nápoles (1806-1808) y de España (1808-1813). Hermano mayor de Napoleón I, quien le concedió el trono español tras las abdicaciones de Carlos IV y Fernando VII. Proclamación del rey José I Bonaparte en Madrid, el 25 de julio de 1808, en plena Guerra de la Independencia. Ilustración por F. Pérez. Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.

A scene of delivery for law and, Freedom, March , - Triumphal procession of the wounded tailor -made Josef Abeck am Graben, Lentz, Lithographer, Franz Werner, publisher

The Provisional Government in the Town Hall of Dresden, Germany, 1849, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

THE WAR IN AMERICA

In Budapest a demonstration by discontented workers alarms the populace but is suppressed by mounted police.

The last oxen in Paris (sketch by balloon post), 1871. Food shortages during the Franco-Prussian War. 'The last oxen in possession of the Government at Paris available for the daily rations given to the population, at the rate of an ounce per head per diem, were stalled in sheds erected in the Boulevard d'Enfer, against the wall of the Cemetery of Montrouge. The number remaining at the period when our Artist's sketch was taken was extremely small; and it will be seen from our Special Correspondent's diary in Paris, which we have published from week to week, that, so long as three weeks ago, be

Alfonso XII (1857-1885). King of Spain. Mercedes of Orléans (1860-1878). Marriage of King Alfonso XII to Infanta Mercedes of Orleans, celebrated on January 23, 1878. Royal celebrations in Madrid on the occasion of the event. Passage of the military retreat through the Armería Arch on the night of January 27, 1878. Drawing from life by Pellicer. Engraving by Ovejero. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878. Author: José Luis Pellicer y Fenyé (1842-1901). Spanish artist. Andrés Ovejero. Spanish engraver.

General Werder moves into Strasbourg after the capitulation on 30 September, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Engraving depicting the Rise of Badajoz during the Peninsular War (1807ñ1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. Dated 1808

France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War. The insurgents dragging the cannons to Montmartre. Drawing by Garcia. Engraving by Ricord. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

John Lilburne (1614August 29, 1657), an agitator in England before, during and after the English Civil Wars of 16421650. He was a Puritan, though towards the end of his life he became a Quaker. The authorities then resorted to flogging him with a three-thonged whip on his bare back, as he was dragged by his hands tied to the rear of an ox cart from Fleet Prison to the pillory at Westminster.

Inspection at Woolwich Arsenal, where troops were being equipped for the expedition to Abyssinia, 1869, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Illustration showing a chartist riot in 1839. An attack on the Westgate Inn, Newport.

Engraving showing the procession through the Thames Tunnel, between Rotherhithe and Wapping, to mark its opening on 25 March 1843. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), the French engineer and inventor, is seen on the left of this image, raising his top hat. Date: 1 April 1843

Engraving depicting a postman on horseback collecting letters on Christmas Eve. Dated 1860

Kingdom of Sicily. In 1647 an insurrection took place in Palermo because of the tax increase on wheat. The anti-tax uprising spread to the whole island. "Sicily is flooded with blood". Engraving. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

In the wake of the Commune, the French elections are hotly disputed : the scene outside the Palais de Justice at Versailles. Date: 1871

The opening of the Park Date: 1869

First Blood - The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment fighting their way through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. USA Civil War

Engraving depicting the Spanish declaration of war against the French in Seville. Dated 1808

Engraving depicting the royal visit of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-1861) to Ireland. Dated 19th Century

US Civil War, Vicksburg Campaign, Jan. 8-July 4, 1863. General Ulysses Grant meeting with surrendering Confederate General John Pemberton inside Rebel works, on the morning of July 4, 1863. Grant originally demanded an unconditional surrender, but more practically accepted terms allowing the 30,000 Confederate soldiers to be paroled. Wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (BSLOC_2018_8_149)

Battle of Dresden, Saxony, Germany. 26-27 August, 1813. French victory. Napoleon's arrival to the city of Dresden, the day of the first battle. Engraving, 19th century.

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