Historical Battle Illustrations

Vintage engravings depicting famous historical battles and equestrian events, featuring soldiers on horseback and scenes from notable conflicts.

GERMANY / HUNGARY The Mongol armies invade Eastern Europe and inflict serious losses on the German nobles at Liegnitz

Thorvald Ericsson, son of Eric the Red, is fatally wounded by Red Men while exploring coast of North America.

The Siege of Juelich in 1610, The siege of Juelich by troops of France and the United Provinces under the command of Claude de La Chatre and Moritz of Orange took place from 29 July to 2 September1610, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Siege of Londonderry, Ireland. The Protestant population was under siege by forces of James II for 105 days and suffered disease and shortage of supplies until 28 July 1689 English sailors managed to break the book across the river Foyle and bring relief. From Engelants Schouwtoneel .... Jacobus II, Amsterdam, 1690.

Garibaldi during the final French assault on Rome, facing defeat. Date: June 1849

Untitled Made 1857 France. Albumen print, from the album Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons . Gustave Le Gray

English troops in Abyssinia with local employees as auxiliaries, 1869, Ethiopia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown, Africa

1860s NOVEMBER 1863 DURING THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN GEORGIA USA

United States of America American Civil War 1861 - 1865 Battle of Mill Springs Kentucky 19.1.1862 attack of the 9th Ohio infantry regiment wood engraving 1862,

The 16th century Breakaway of the Netherlands from Spain, Prince William I of Orange-Nassau and the Antwerp, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Chinese artillery, historical engraving, 1883

The Battle of the Aegates, Battle of the Aegadian Islands, fought the Aegadian Islands off the west coast of Sicily on 10 March 241 BC, History of Anc...

1810s WAR OF 1812 DEATH OF BRITISH GENERAL EDWARD PAKENHAM AT BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS JANUARY 1815

events Great Turkish War 1683 - 1699 Siege of Ofen (Buda) 1684 - 1686 contemporary copper engraving by J. Christian Haffner,

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, The Council at Hall with its Arms, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Scottish bagpipers in kilts and playing the pipes, lead the troops over a river as they leave Zululand. Date: 1879

The Tonkin Campaign (French: Campagne du Tonkin) was an armed conflict fought between June 1883 and April 1886 by the French against, variously, the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and the Chinese Guangxi and Yunnan armies to occupy Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and entrench a French protectorate there. The campaign, complicated in August 1884 by the outbreak of the Sino-French War and in July 1885 by the Can Vuong nationalist uprising in Annam, which required the diversion of large numbers of French troops, was conducted by the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, supported by the gunboats of the Tonkin Flotilla. The campaign officially ended in April 1886, when the expeditionary corps was reduced in size to a division of occupation, but Tonkin was not effectively pacified until 1896.

Soldiers gather around several campfires at night, the scene is alive and energetic, district celebration in a soldier's biawak, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Two thousand miles across South America, Thousand thunders! my French, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856-1860.

The March to Valley Forge. After a 19th century work by Felix Darley, engraved by Albert Bobbett. Valley Forge, in Pennsylvania, was a winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American R

The Battle of Wimpfen - Die schlacht bei wimpfen, May 1622, Thirty Years War

'The British Troops entering the Breach of the Moro Castle', (c1770s). Creator: Walker.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, The Captain of Poor Konrad. Poor Konrad (also Armer Kunz) was the name given to the secret peasant unions that rose up against their feudal lord Duke Ulrich of Wuerttemberg from 1514 onwards, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Mandarin and Soldiers, 1850, China, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known, Asia

The March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The Women's March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.

Mandarin and Soldiers, 1850, China, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known, Asia

Spain (1808-1814). Peninsular War. Sieges of Saragossa. Spanish woman shooting a French soldier. Etching. SPAIN. ARAGON. Zaragoza. DiputaciÑn Provincial Library.

The storming of the Bastille, Paris, July 14, 1789.

Death of Charles the Bold

This scene shows Mr. T. F. Brady, Her Majesty's Inspector of Irish Fisheries distributing 32 tons of seed potatoes Clare Island, west of Ireland. This relief was brought by steamer with extreme difficulty in a terrific storm to relieve the distress caused by extreme hunger. He is standing on the potato sacks distributing them to the Irish peasantry and accompanied by the relieving officer and the local priest. It was desperately difficult for the hungry and famished to abstain from eating the

CELEBRE SITIO Y TOMA DE OSTENSE - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: CARLOS MUGICA y JULIO DONON. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, vote on Luibas. Leubas is a church village in the north of the city of Kempten and had a bone mill in the Middle Ages. In 1525, peasants gathered in January and made the decision to call the Swabian League, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Velasquez (1599-1660) 'The Reduction of Breda': Spanish occupation of Low Countries, 1625. Prado, Madrid

Sir Samuel Baker's Expedition up the Nile River Artist Unknown Culver Pictures

French punishers in Madagascar. 1895

The men of Marseille march north to join the Revolution.

Storming the Bastille, French Revolution, Paris, July 14 1789. FRANCE.

Napoleon III surrenders to king Wilhelm I of Prussia after the Battle of Sedan. The battle was a decisive victory of the Prussians over the French, September 2, 1870

Peter I of Castile (1334-1369), called the Cruel or the Just. King of Castile and Leon (1350-1369). Peter the Cruel entering the Guadalquivir. Engraving by Barceló. La ilustración. Revista hispano-americana, 1883.

Sea battle, organised as an exhibition fight for the Roman people by Emperor Claudius, historical engraving from 1883, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885). Artist: Unknown

An Excursion to the Dayak, this game looks like a fantastic ballet, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

In ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or turtle formation was a formation often used by the Roman legions during battles. The History of Ancient Rome,...

Richard Caton Woodville Jr / "The Devil's Own" 88th regiment at the Siege of Badajoz. Hacia 1905. Museum: National Army Museum, BERLIN, UK.

Entry of Joan of Arc into Orleans, France, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original, Europe

Gun battle near Bussurel near Hericourt on January 17, 1871, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Battle of Champagne, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Battle of Champagne, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

Women Who Went To War -- The Maid Of Saragossa!: Augustina was her name, and. she it was who saved the old Spanish town from Capture during the Napoleonic Wars.The city was attacked by Marshal Lefebre and there were only 170 soldiers and a few old guns available, so the-women formed themselves into companies of 200 and 300 strong, relieving the men and fighting side by side with them. Lefebre could make no impression until, by means of bribery, he succeeded, in having the city's powder magazine blown up. March 9, 1940. (Photo by Camera Features).

Russia is constantly having to suppress revolts in its many provinces : Shamil leads his Circassian forces into war with the Moscow government. Date: 1846

Spain. Aragon. Uprising in Zaragoza, 1591. The confrontation of the Justice of Aragon, Juan de Lanuza (1564-1591) with Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), led to the execution of the first one by order of the king. Juan de Lanuza executed by beheading the 20 of December, 1591. Engraving.

Mongolian soldiers practicing target shooting with weapons, Mongolia. Asia. Trip to Mongolia by Nikolai Mijailovich Przewalski in 1870-1873, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Bloody trophies. They are trophies after their guns, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, The Counts of Hohenlohe must swear to the League of Peasants, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Ambrosius Suess blesses the peasant army in Wuerzburg. Augustinian Ambrosius Suess, he supports the rebellious peasants, becomes their field chaplain and is burnt at the stake for it in 1528, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Richard I, Coeur de Lion, (1157-1199) landing at Jaffa (Joppa), September 1191. (c1880).

CAPTAIN ARTHUR KNYVET WILSON, V.C., R.N., AT THE BATTLE OF TEB. During one of the Arab charges on the British Square Captain Wilson, R.N., sprang to the front, and, though his sword was broken, he engaged in single combat with several of the enemy. But for the action of this officer, Sir Redvers Buller thinks one or more of his detachment must have been speared. For his conspicuous bravery on this occasion Captain Wilson has been awarded the Victoria Cross.

The Prussian guard in the battle near Sedan, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

The attack mail. And sides of gun it was the most daring of these rascals earth, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

The Prussian Guard at the Battle of Sedan, France, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign, Europe

Buccaneers by Frederick Judd Waugh, circa 1910

Guzman the Good. Alonso Pérez de Guzmán (León 1256 - Gaucín 1309). First lord of Sanlucar de Barrameda. Military and noble Leon, founder of the house of Medina Sidonia. Old engraving of the book Spanish Biographical Year by Ildefonso Fernandez 1899

Napoleon's empire is approved by a majority of Frenchpeople - peasants of the Bourbonnais cheer him as he travels through their region.

'Thorwald Erikson's Battle with the Indians, about AD 1003', (1877). Artist: Unknown

In 1822 the French appointed commission to finding the speed of sound in air. Two hills near Paris chosen for the experiment at Villejuif and Montlhery. On each hill a gun was discharged. Observers on the other hill, by noting the time of flash and time at which they heard report, calculated the speed to be 1,118.152 feet (340.8m) per second. Gay-Lussac, Humboldt and Bouvard at Montlhery; Arago, Mathieu and Prony were at Villejuif. From Robert Brown 'Science for All', London, c.1880

The entry of Napoleon I. in Berlin, 1806, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Otto I the Great, King of East Francia at the Battle of Lechfeld, 10 August 955, it was a decisive victory for him over the Hungarians, Germany, Otto I, 912, 973, traditionally known as Otto I the Great, Otto I the Great, was German King from 936 and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Reproduction of a picture, woodcut from 1881, digitally restored, Historical, Otto I the Great, King of East Francia at the Battle of Lechfeld, 10 August 955, it was a decisive vic, Europe

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Occupation of Paris by German forces - an Uhlan at the Arc de Triomphe. Wood engraving, 11 March 1871

Crew and passengers from a shipwrecked vessel, in a dangerously over-full lifeboat Date: early 19th century

Cossacks To Gallop, Russia, 1943.

Egypt. Military intervention and conquest of Egypt by the British. The Egyptian national leader Ahmed 'Urabi or Ahmed Orabi (1841-1911) leading his troops, on the march to the fortified camp of Kafr Dowar. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, also known as Cossacks of Saporog are drafting a Manifesto (painting by Russian artist Ilya Repin 1891). Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks depicts a supposedly historical tableau, set in 1676, and based on the legend of Cossacks sending an insulting reply to an ultimatum from the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed IV.

ENGRAVING BULLFIGHT IN ROMAN ARENA GLADIATORS HORSES ELEPHANT ALL FIGHTING BEFORE SPECTATORS ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE

German Navy in Orleans, soldier, officer and machinist, German French War, 1871, France / Deutsche Marine in Orleans, Soldat, Offizier und Maschinist, Deutsch Französischer Krieg, 1871, Frankreich, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Roving of the peasants in Roggenburg, Bavaria, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th...

PALMAROLI GONZALEZ, Vicente (1834-1896). Battle of Tetouan. 1870. Fight happened on the 4th February 1860 between Spanish troops led by General O'Donell and Moroccan troops led by Muley el Abbas. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum.

Battle of Zutphen : English allies of the independent Netherlands try to intercept a Spanish supply column at Zutphen : they fail, and poet sir Philip Sidney is killed. Date: 22 November 1586

Japanese Imperial Army under French training; Japan 1870

The Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf was a series of engagements during the First World War fought for the control of the Hartmannswillerkopf peak in Alsace in 1914 and 1915.

Death of Almoadam during the seventh crusade 1249 1250, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Occupation of Rome by the French army, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Occupation of Rome by the French army, vintage engraving. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656452

Fictional Boston native, Updike Underhill is seized by the Algerines while on the African coast nursing sick slaves back to health. Date: 1797

Gallic Wars (58-50 BC) Oppugnatio. Caesar Gallic War, 1899. Engraving. Later colouration.

Hounds Lead Hunters into a Graveyard, Dogs

Killing a Shark, Hunting

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