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Illustrations of iconic historical battles featuring soldiers, weapons, and dramatic scenes from different time periods and cultures.

Last Stand of the Indians at Tippecanoe”, near Lafayette, Indiana, 1811, Book Illustration from Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891
Last Stand of the Indians at Tippecanoe”, near Lafayette, Indiana, 1811, Book Illustration from Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891
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Alexander the Great fighting Assacani at fortified city of Massage, India Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox
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Francois Joseph Westermann (1751-1794) was a brigadier general of the French Revolution, famous for his atrocities in the Vendée War. He was called le boucher de la Vendée. The butcher of the Vendée. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)
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Estados Unidos de América. Indios americanos deliberando por la suerte de un prisionero blanco. Grabado de 1867.
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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: A STREET OF LAON AFTER THE EXPLOSION, SEPTEMBER 9 1870
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Founding of British Dominions: Burma - The Surrender of Rangoon to British Troops Artist Unknown
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Whilst captured by the Iroquois, Captain Mac-Kinsty makes the distress signal and is saved by the Chief, who has recognised him as a 'Brother'.     Date: 1890s
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The situation of Poland in 1773 after the first partition of Poland, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Less injuried soldiers helping the more seriously injured to evacuate a Red Cross hospital, English retreat from Mons, Belgium, World War I, drawing by F Matania, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 41, October 11, 1914.
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events revolutions 1848 - 1849 Germany Baden surrender of Rastatt 23.6.1849 Governeur Gustav Tiedemann gives his sword to General Karl von der Groeben wood engraving,
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Einzug von Jeanne dArc in Orleans, Frankreich, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
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The killing of Mr. Charles Huder. Move and we will kill you too. The killing of Mr. Charles Huder. Move and we will kill you too. From Travel Diaries, vintage engraving, 1884-85. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659881
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Nashornjagd in Afrika, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
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After the battle of Hohenfriedeberg on 4th June 1745, during the second Silesian War, Frederick the Great also known as Frederick II, history painting from the 19th century
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Invasion of the Huns. Engraving, 1882.
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World War I English troops caught in a sand storm in Mesopotamia. Illustration from French newspaper Le petit journal. June 3rd, 1917.
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Painting depicting soldiers slipping and stumbling by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton (1865-1888) British artist. Dated 1880
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Spartacus (d71 BC) Roman gladiator, Leader of the slave army eventually defeated by Marcus Licinius Crassus, Late 19th century impression of Spartacus victorious in the arena,
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Boabdil confronted by Ferdinand and Isabella after the Fall of Granada 1492 by Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz 1882
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A stage coach travelling at  night is attacked by Native  Americans        Date: 1885
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A pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States)
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The Crusaders attack with scaling ladders to the walls of Wieselburg and are repulsed with heavy losses, First crusade  /  Die Kreuzfahrer greifen mit Schuppenleitern an den Mauern von Wieselburg an und werden mit schweren Verlusten zurückgeschlagen, Erster Kreuzzug, historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, koloriert, handcoloriert, Koloration.
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Hernando Cortes (Cortez - 1485-1547) Spanish conquistador attacking natives in Mexico
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Relief of Ladysmith - the last rush at Hlangwane Hill,  19 February 1900. Artist: Unknown
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Roman soldiers, 1801. Artist: Unknown
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Propaganda illustration by Carlos Saenz De Tejada depicting looting by anarchist forces of a regional government building in Valencia, during the Spanish Civil War. Dated 1936
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Reproduction of a painting: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), A fight; excerpt from a magazine. Wierzbicki, B. i S-ka (Warszawa ; zakład graficzny ; 1897-1944), reproduction atelier, unknown, publisher
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The Samurai hero Yashitzone in combat with an armoured opponent Date: late 19th century
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The Battle of the Alamo, during the Texas Revolution.  After a work by E. Percy Moran.
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defeat of Pulakeshin Chalukhya by Narasimhavarman I at Badami in 642 AD Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox
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The Zaporozhye Cossacks Replying to the Sultan - Ilya Repin, circa 1880
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Mounted Muscovite warriors equipped with bows and arrow, swords and quilted armour. Woodcut 1556.
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Arrival of the prisoners of Minich during the seventh crusade in Cairo, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Robinsons guyana. The blade fitted to an arm wrestling, fell, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).
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Battle Scene: Arabs Making a Detour Adolf Schreyer German Schreyer's first exhibited works were military and historical scenes. After a study trip to France and North Africa, he settled in Paris from 1862 until 1870, when he returned to Frankfurt. In Paris he exhibited Arab scenes that were admiringly compared to those of Delacroix and Fromentin. He did not date his paintings and often repeated motifs. A reversed image of the horseman in this work appears as the central figure of Arab Warrior (Milwaukee Art Center).. Battle Scene: Arabs Making a Detour. Adolf Schreyer (German, Frankfurt 1828-1899 Kronberg). Oil on canvas. Paintings
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Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878: Turkihs forces under the command of Sulieman Pasha bivouacking in the Shipka Pass, August 1877, during the abortive Tgurish attempt to capture the pass from the Russians. Sulieman lost 10,000 men, about one quarter of his army. Chromolithograph
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The Battle of Arsuf during the Third Crusade 1191, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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The Emperor Frederick monument near the battlefield at Woerth, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia
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Engraving depicting an Assyrian bas relief of warriors in a cart captured from the enemy. Dated 19th century
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Washington and Fairfax at an Indian war dance 1748. George Washington 1732 - 1799 First President of the United States. Thomas Fairfax 1692 - 1781 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.
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USA General Zachary Taylor during the US - Mexican War 1846
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Armors of the princes of the house of austria. Royal Armory at Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894
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The early 1900s caption reads" "Harald the Hardredy was sorely wounded." Harald Sigurdsson, also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada (Hardredy) in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. Additionally, he unsuccessfully claimed both the Danish throne until 1064 and the English throne in 1066. The Battle of Stiklestad did not go well for the half-brothers Olaf and Harald. Olaf was killed, possibly by the spear of Thorir Hund, and Harald was severely wounded. Olafs body was secretly taken away to be buried and Harald managed to escape.
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4th Crusader. The Greek nationalist Mourzoufle parleying with Doge of Venice Enrico Dandolo on horseback. (1107-1205). Engraving by Dore, 19th century. Author: GUSTAVE DORÉ.
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Siege of Zaragoza, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834
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Ave Theodore!' President Theodore Roosevelt, as a Roman emperor, riding in a chariot being pulled by an elephant ridden by George B. Cortelyou; three captives are tied to the back, W.J. Bryan, Alton B. Parker, and another man. Charles W. Fairbanks rides in a smaller chariot with Henry G. Davis as a captive, in tow; next to them Benjamin B. Odell carries a banner labelled 'G.O.P.', except that the 'P' has been crossed out and replaced with a 'T'. In the foreground, William H. Taft is carrying a large club. An African American man appears in the lower right foreground.
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Patriotic fascist montage showing Augustus Caesar and soldiers marching in Rome. Circa 1940
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