Historical Battle Engravings

19th-century engravings illustrating significant battles and events, featuring soldiers in action, dramatic scenes, and detailed landscapes.

The Battle of Borisov on November 28, 1812 by Campe, August Friedrich Andreas (1777-1846) / Private Collection /Germany / Etching / History / 22,7x30,9
The Battle of Borisov on November 28, 1812 by Campe, August Friedrich Andreas (1777-1846) / Private Collection /Germany / Etching / History / 22,7x30,9
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The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VI) June 7, 1862 After Winslow Homer American. The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VI). After Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). June 7, 1862. Wood engraving. Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Prints
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Departure from the mortal remains of Napoleon of Ste Hélène Island. / October 18, 1840. (IT)
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Robert Blums last moments, Robert Blums shooting on November , After, Carl Constantin Heinrich Steffeck -, Peinstre, Boes, Printer, Wilhelm Corduan, publisher
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Print made by John Augustus Atkinson, (etching), 1775-1831, British, Military Costumes of the Reign of King Henry VI, 1447, 1812. Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.
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Barricades / May 12, 1588. / No. 8. () | Ninth album 1829 (IFF 54) (set of all)
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Barricade at the old toll building on the Haarmarkt today part of the Rotenturmstraße on May , Motto, Brothers, We want to build a tower that reaches sky, but the old dear Lord Götter should not language this meal confuse, Carl formes, lieutenant in the acad, legion, Commandant of the barricade , Josef Heiche, Lithographer, Johann Rauh -, printer
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Netherlands, Héroisme Belge. 1832, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the behaviour of Belgian soldiers during the battle for the Citadel of Antwerp, November-December 1832. Five scenes, each with a caption in French: Belgian soldiers lazing and enjoying themselves at an inn; Belgian soldiers observe with binoculars the bombardment of the Citadel by the French army; Dutch prisoners of war in a cart are mocked and abused by the people of Antwerp (24 December 1832); Belgian soldiers shoot at Dutch drowning people who try to reach the shore by swimming; King Leopold I with binoculars on a church tower. In the center a six-line verse in French., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 356 mm, width 515 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1833 - 1833, chine collé, lithography (technique)
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Lithograph by Auguste Raffet from 1835 showing Napoleon Bonaparte as chief general of the Egyptian army during the Syria campaign, rendered in lithographic technique.
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. Card from the country between Amsterdam and Brest. The woke up Dutch lion shows pleasant and vigilant. On the right Dutch merchants and the Russian prince Gallitzin that insists on an answer to the range of armed neutrality. On the leaf under the plate the declaration of the figures 1-9 in the performance.
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Russo-Japanese War. Japanese attack on Port Arthur (August 21, 1904). Etching. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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Military scene; XVII (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);
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Illustration of the Battle of the Thames, showing settlers in battle with Native Americans. The image very much favours the white settlers, who of course, had guns and great weapons of war. Circa 1800s
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The skirmish of the Japanese mounted scouts near Toochingtse. .
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France, 1877-1885 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France
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Cartoon on the victory over the French and Spaniards in the naval battle at Vigo, 1702; Sailor in joy; Sailor in joy about conquering and destroying all the Spanish gallions and French war ships, among MONSR. The Chataurenault in the port of Vigos by the combined English and Dutch war fleets. On the 22 October 1702. Cartoon on the victory of the English and Dutch on the French and Spaniards in the naval battle at Vigo, October 23, 1702. The Dutch sailor with broom over the shoulder is on rock near the sea where ships are perishing. A Frenchman begs to grace at his feet. On the right an Englishman threatens a Spaniard with a heel ax. On the leaf under the plate a text with 2 columns in Dutch and 3 columns in French.
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Battle ofLexington. Artist: Cornelius Tiebout, American, ca. 1773-1830 After: Elkanah Tisdale, American, 1768-1835
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L'Exercice du Canon: La Preparation (Drill of the Cannon: The Preparation), from Les Exercices Militaires (The Military Exercises) 1635 Jacques Callot French. L'Exercice du Canon: La Preparation (Drill of the Cannon: The Preparation), from Les Exercices Militaires (The Military Exercises). Les Exercices Militaires. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1635. Etching; first state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints
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Welcome to the steppe; Wircientnia Warszawska (Warsaw; Drzewytownia; 1873-), Brandt, Józef (1841-1915); 1905 approx. (1880-00-00-1905-00-00);
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Battle of Montebello and Casteggio, Italy, 20 Prairial revolutionary year 8 (9 June 1800
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Allegory of civilian armament, 1785, Abraham Jacobsz. Hulk, After P. Coijon, 1785 print In the lower right corner the personifications of self -torch, lust, stateness, trick and hypocrisy. They are driven out by the armed men and the Dutch lion. On the right a memorial with coats of arms. A statue of freedom, representing the freedom, is set up on the left. On the left of the sky rays that shift the dark clouds on the right. Under a text in Dutch. Assigned to the societies of arms trade in the United Netherlands. Amsterdam paper etching weapons. Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ personification)
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Boston massacre.. Hunt, Charles Havens. Prints. 1881. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Boston Massacre, 1770, Soldiers , British , Massachusetts , Boston, Boston (Mass.) , History , Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Captain Cook's landing on the island of Tanna amid a crowd of hostile inhabitants. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after W. Hodges, 1 February 1777.
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Neptune obliged to follow progress, to preserve the Empire of the Seas. (Registered Title) | News. (Title of the whole)
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Reproduction of drawing: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), War. French chasseurs in Scheibenhoff at Worth; excerpt from a magazine. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Szymborski, Franciszek (-1872), engraver, Kłosy (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1865-1890), publisher
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Blackwell's Military Figures, Plate II, Halberd Men, Thomas Cook, 1744-1818, British, after William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, 1809, Engraving
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The Heroes of Waterloo, Lieut-gen sir e,kerrison, Gen Lord Strabord, Lieut-gen Sir H,Hardinge,The Duke of Wellington, Maj-gen Hon E,Lygon , London News , Henry Anelay -, Xylographer, after, John Prescott Knight -, Artist
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Recovering valuables and buried property from among the ruins of Richmond, Virginia at the close of the American Civil War
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War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes Peter Duval. War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes, 1834. Hand-colored lithograph on paper, Image: 6 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (16.5 x 36.8 cm). American Art 1834
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The English trader inkle meets after his shipwreck Yaro in West Indies. Scene from the play inkle and yarico.
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Battle of countries, 1693; Bloody Bataille Between Z.K.M. from Great Britain Willem de III. and Den Hartog of Luxembourg, by countries etc. 26 July 1693. Battle in countries (lower) between the Allies under King Willem III and the French under the Duke of Luxembourg, 29 July 1693. View of the battle, in the air the Cartouche with title flanked by two allegorical figures. Under the plate on the sheet The description in 4 columns.
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The Battle of the Alma on September 20, 1854 by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1854 / Great Britain / Colour lithograph / History / 29x41
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The prisoners at Versailles : the suspected.(TI)
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Adolph Kittendorff (1820-1902); August IronDorff (1846-1906), episode of the Hiking of Israelites in the Oerken, 1880's +
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Fire in Enschedé, May 7, 1862; Brand to Enschedé. In May, 1862. The big fire in Enschedé on May 7, 1862. In the foreground families with cattle and other possessions, in the background the city in flames.
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Walk of the Prussians in Paris. / December 2, 1870.
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Details of some rendering operations.
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Patriotic Macedonia. / No. 4. (IT)
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The Seventy Ninth Regiment (Highlanders), New York State Militia (Harper's Weekly). Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 × 16 1/16 in. (28 × 40.8 cm). Publisher: Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Date: May 25, 1861. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Assault of bastion no.8, from Souvenirs dItalie Expédition de Rome Published 1860 France. Lithograph in black on warm ivory wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper . François Hippolyte Lalaisse
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Battle of Lexington
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Prison Sainte-Pelagie, Café Jean-Victor Adam, said Victor Adam (1801-1866). Prison Sainte-Pelagie, coffee. Lithography.
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Sea battle at Cape Lezard, 1747; Image and objection of the grillful victory died through the English vice-admiral Anson on the French war fleet under the commander and chef de la Jonquiére (...) Cape Lezard, on Sunday 14th Mey, Ao. MDCCXLVII. Sea battle at Cape Lezard (Cape Finisterre) where the English fleet under Admiraal George Anson achieved a victory on the French fleet under Admiral de la Jonquiére, 14 May 1747. On the leaf under the plate A description of the battle in three columns with a list Of the French ships taken with numbers of guns and men, at the bottom of a declaration of the figures 1-30 of the English and French ships.
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The Army of the Potomac- Our Outlying Picket in the Woods, from Harpers Weekly, June 7, 1862. Artist: Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910
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Fight between a Dutch squadron under Hidde Sjoerds de Vries and French ships under Jan Bart in the North Sea, June 29, 1694 The French board a Dutch ship With caption in 2 columns in French Marked upper right: No 30, Battles between Hollanders and French, 1694 Jean Bart enleve aux Hollandois un convoi dont ils s', print maker: Jean Baptiste Morret, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacques François Joseph Swebach, (mentioned on object), printer: Pierre Blin, (mentioned on object), print maker: France, printer: Paris, 1789, paper, engraving, h 247 mm × w 166 mm
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Italy - 19th century, Second War of Independence - Battle of Castelfidardo, 18 September 1860. Coloured print.
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Battle of Dijon (Côte d'Or) - (21, 22 and 23 January 1871.) (IT)
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Washington. A representation of the capture of the city of Washington..... Prints. 1814. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Campaigns & battles , Washington (D.C.), United States , History , War of 1812 , Campaigns, Washington (D.C.) , History , Capture by the British, 1814, Bladensburg, Battle of, 1814
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The chaotic scene at the start of a race. Date: 1780s
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Reproduction of a painting: Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), Skały Tyberyusza na Caprerze Skała Tyberiusza na Capri Orgy of the Times of Tiberius on Capri; from: `Tygodnik Ilustrowany` 1890, no. 14 (April 5th), p. 216-217. Holewiński, Józef (1848-1917), graphic artist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher
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On to Orleans The Negro Insurrection, 1888, Boston, Publisher, D. Lothrop Co., Subject New Orleans (La.), Louisiana, History, Slave insurrections, Slaves, United States, Immigrants, Haitian, United States
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N ° 3 / Tip of Bastille / July 14, 1789 (IT)