Historic War Scenes

Dramatic historical images depicting wartime events and civilian hardships, capturing the intense emotions and struggles during conflicts.

Irish potato famine 1840s. Evicted family.
Irish potato famine 1840s. Evicted family.
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THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH FLEET
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A mother receives news of the death of her son from visiting french soldiers during World War One
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Fashion, clothing in North America, end of the 18th 19th century, trappers in their leather and fur suits, on the right Captain Meriwether Lewis 1805, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original
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Episode from the Crimean Wars - Scene in prison. unknown, painter
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Crew on board a German Zeppelin Airship going into combat during World war one, 1917
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During the Italo Turkish War of 1911/1912 the dramatic pronouncement to the crews of the Turkish fleet
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Engraving depicting a French soldier writing home to his family during the Siege of Paris. Dated 20th century
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Group portrait of miners.
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A light of peace in the trenches on Christmas Eve as a German soldier approaches the British lines with a Christmas Tree and small paper lantern. December 1914
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THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN), REINFORCEMENTS LEAVING PORTSMOUTH
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Watching The Fight At Bunker Hill 1901 Pyle, Howard(1853-1911 American) Lithograph Private Collection
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President Antonio Salandra (1853-1931) assisting in the sterilization of garments for soldiers at Palazzo Bianco, Genoa, Italy, World War I, drawing by Gennaro Amato (1857-1947) from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 7, February 13, 1916.
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Artwork: "Officers Club-Algiers" Artist: Mitchell Jamieson Catalog Number: 113. Courtesy U.S. Navy Combat Art Center. Country: Unknown
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North Korean workers heading to work in the early morning. Propaganda painting. 1963.
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Study magazine with a hunter () Seen from behind, a soldier and a fisherman. Draughtsman: Leendert de Koningh. Dating: 1787 - 1849. Measurements: h 277 mm × w 434 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Wagon Train to the West. A wagon train of settlers camped in the snow. Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
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Interior of the militia guard at the Botermarkt at night Hoofd-wagt der Schuttery, Above the Reguliers Waag, at the Botemarkt. In Amsterdam (title on object), View of the interior of the militia guard at the Botermarkt in Amsterdam by night, with some figures by candlelight, guard duty, keeping sentry, night, playing cards, card games, pipe, tobacco, Butter market, Hendrik van Hilten (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1750 - 1793, paper, etching, h 242 mm × w 352 mm
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English War Work: The Gun Shop, 1916. Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926). Lithograph;
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The Council of War on the Morning of the Taking of the Mamelon. Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha, Marshal Pélissier 1855 Roger Fenton British. The Council of War on the Morning of the Taking of the Mamelon. Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha, Marshal Pélissier 269654
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Buitentoilet. Krijgsgevangenenkamp Stalag IVB in Mühlberg aan de Elbe (series title). Draughtsman: Wim van Hooff. Dating: Jun-1944 - Oct-1944. Place: Mühlberg. Measurements: h 21 cm × w 28 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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A Plantation Christmas "Fore De War" Drawn By W. T. Smedley. Original caption: A plantation Christmas "Fore de War" drawn by W. T. Smedley. Harper's Weekly, July-Dec. 1896-40, p. 1276.
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''Au Camp des Prisonniers Allemands de Dinant; La corvee de quartier', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.
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Spanish-American War. War conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898, the result of the North American intervention in the Cuban war of independence. Charles Dwight Sigsbee (1845-1923). Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, the captain of the USS Maine, which exploded in Havana harbor (Cuba) in 1898, setting off the start of the Spanish-American War. Sigsbee on his cabin. Photoengraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.
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Russia, painting of The Duel
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Li Hung-chang escorted by Russian and Japanese troops, China, 1900. Artist: Unknown
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Lt. Newcome sends Parson Gray and prostitute Bet Bouncer down into the coal hole and closes the hatch. Officers drinking and carousing in the Doctors Mates berth, HMS Victory. The cabin decorated with swords, lanterns, flags, muskets and spyglasses. Parson and his lass in the coal hole. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Williams from John Mitfords Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, London, 1819.
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Death of General Manuel Gonzalez Flores (1833-1893), 36th President of Mexico from 1880 to 1884. Date: 1893
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Funeral of General Edward Braddock 1755 near Great Meadows Pennsylvania USA, General Edward Braddock 1695-1755 British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America at the beginning of the French and Indian War, After a 19th century print by J Rogers after J McNevin, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Prisoners held by the Cheka, a secret police force established in December 1917 to investigate 'counter- revolutionary' crimes.
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Back Shop of the Sieur Cordier Employee Fruitier, Route de la Revolt n ° 4 bis Where S.A.r.mgr The Duke d'Orléansa made the last sigh at 4 hours of the afternoon (...) (IT)
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Interior of the Holy Guard of the Schutterij on the Botermarkt at night; Hoofd-Wagt der Schuttery, above the Reguliers Waag, on the butter market. In Amsterdam. View of the interior of the military guard of the militia on the Botermarkt in Amsterdam at night, with a few figures by candlelight.
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Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) (1808-1873). President of France (1848-1852) and Emperor of the French (1852-1870). Coup d'état of 1851. Executed by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte in order to perpetuate himself in power. The night of 2 December 1851. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume X, 1881.
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Humorous illustration showing more treacherous German ideas for making life difficult for British troops. Soldiers in the trenches are being scalded by Germans sending boiling hot water in kettles by kites. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans 1915
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George Washington as a surveyor
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Street fighting, during the Spanish Civil War
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La Voie Sacree of Verdun, March 1916, by George Bertin Scott (1873-1942), watercolour, World War I, France, 20th century.
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Spain. Navarre. Oteiza. Puerta del Sol. Meeting point for the military during the Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Engraving by Capuz. "La ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana", 1875.
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Cuba Independence War (1898). Gun pointing to Santiago de Cuba. Engraving.
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Illustration showing the accidental shooting of a boy during a bird hunt by shooters. (French 1900)
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Japan: Meiji Period woodblock print depicting the surrender of Chinese forces after the Battle of Weihaiwei, by Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908), 1895
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Historical illustration of the bomb attack on the French Parliament, Paris, France/Historical illustration of the bomb attack in the French Parliament, France, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored
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Nationalist soldiers escort civilian refugees. Spanish Civil War illustration 1938
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Guerra de Cuba (1896-1898). Campamento de una columna en las lomas del Riscadero.
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'La relique; un mechant bout de metal qui a failli lui tuer son fils.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".
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España. Segunda guerra mundial (1939-1945). Interior de la revista de soporte a la división azul, La amenaza secular. Rostros de supuestos enemigos de la cristiandad. Años 1940.
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From across the sea, season's greetings. This image depicts Coast Guardsmen celebrating the holidays and thinking of home.
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Highland Regiment, British Army Life