Historical Engravings of Battles

Dramatic 19th and 18th-century engravings showcasing historic battle scenes and characters, emphasizing dynamic action and emotions.

Don Quixote he thrashed him like a wheat-sheaf. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

Don Quixote he thrashed him like a wheat-sheaf. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

Telemachus after giving Adrastea life is forced to kill him to save his life. Old 18th century engraving from the book the adventures of Telemachus so

William III thrown from his horse near Hampton Court, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

The Pilgrims. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gaetano Gandolfi.

Bau einer Blockhütte im Wald, Holzfäller, Baumstämme, 18. Jahrhundert, Falkenstein, Bischof Klausner, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999883

'Death of the Arab Pirate', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Seafarer on a Phoenician merchant ship, historical illustration

Celebrating the 5th of November Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night in 1611 During the Reign of King James I

Flavio Claudio Juliano (331-363). Emperador romano, llamado el Apóstata. Muerto en su campaña contra los persas en el 363. Grabado de 1866.

Mauregatus of Asturias, the Usurper (-788). King of Asturias from 783 to 788. Portrait. Engraving by Antonio Roca. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume II, Madrid-Barcelona edition, 1853.

Hamlet veut suivre lombre de son père (Act. I. Sc. IV) (Hamlet Wants to Follow His Fathers Shadow), from Shakespeares Hamlet. Artist: Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863

Daily life in the souk of Tangier in the nineteenth century, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Aquiles, héroe tesalio legendario, hijo de Tetis y de Peleo. Para hacerlo invulnerable su madre lo bañó en el Estigio, sujetándolo por el talón. Mató a Héctor, héroe troyano, ante los muros de Troya, y él cayó por una flecha que le hirió su talón. Grabado de 1866.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

Edward II and the Minstrel, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Don Quixote amongst his books in his library. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

Boudicca (Boadicea) lst century British queen of the Iceni after her defeat. Overwhelmed by the Romans under Suetonius, Boudicca is said to have taken poison. The location of the battle is unknown, but some think it is likely to have been at the junction of the Fosse Way and Watling Street in Leicestershire, England. Wood engraving c1870.

Meeting of Henry VIII And Frances I On the Field of the Cloth of Gold, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Oleg of Novgorod's campaign against Constantinople by Bruni, Fyodor Antonovich (1800-1875) / Russian National Library, St. Petersburg / Classicism / before 1839 / Russia / Lithograph / History /

A FIRE IN JAPAN

Torstenson, Lennart.

The capture of Mainz and the destruction of Peter Schoeffer's printing press

Richard III (1452-85) King of England from 1483 killed at Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485, by Henry VII (1457-1509) first Tudor monarch of England, Copperplate engraving

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "Arrival of Cardinal de Ragusa." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101780-4 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Man being tortured on the rack. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

The outrage upon Sir John Coventry' (1636-1685) by T.H. Maguire. Sir John Coventry (c. 1636 ñ 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1667 and 1682. On 21 December 1670, owing to a jest made by Coventry in the House of Commons on the subject of the King's amours, Sir Thomas Sandys, an officer of the guards, with other accomplices, waylaid him as he was returning home to Suffolk Street and slit his nose to the bone. The outrage created an extraordinary sensation in

The death of Prince Arthur, 1187 to 1203, Duke of Brittany. From a nineteenth century engraving.

Peace negotiations between Claudius Civilis and Petilius Cerealis on a broken bridge, 70. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys. Dating: 1778 - 1795. Measurements: h 82 mm × w 56 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Cervantes is arrested. Illustration by Eusebio Planas for the historical novel 'El prÕncipe de los ingenios. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra' ('The Prince of Wits, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra') by Manuel Fernàndez Gonzàlez, 1876. Engraving.

Torture, pulling by horses, the victims are pulled naked by a horse through the streets, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Wm. Hole's paintings, O.T., Old Testament 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Death of Alaric I( 370-410). Buried in the bed of the Busento River. Cyclopedia of Universal History, 1885. Engraving. Later colouration.

Jaime II el Justo, rey de Aragón (1267-1327) entregando el estandarte real a su hijo (futuro Alfonso IV de Aragón). Ilustración por Urrabieta. Grabado por Roca. Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón, por Victor Balaguer. Barcelona,1862.

Portrait of Jean Parisot de Valette (1495-1568) a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta. Dated 16th Century

The Divine Comedy (1307-1321). Italian narrative poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Purgatory. "If I were not prevented by this boulder..." Illustration by Yann Dargent (1824-1899). Engraving by Berveiller. Published in Paris, 1888. Author: Jean-Edouard Dargent. known as Yann Dargent (1824-1899). French artist.

Goldoni, 25 February 1707, 6 February 1793, was an Italian comedy poet and librettist. He portrays one of his comedies in the Scotto Garden in Pisa, I...

Ancient Age. 2nd century BC. Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Viriathus' justice. Thus perish the slaves of the Romans. Engraving. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume I, Madrid-Barcelona edition, 1852.

The father of medicine, absolutely drunk, came to insult the Canadian, vintage engraving. The father of medicine, absolutely drunk, came to insult the Canadian, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657301

events Hambach Festival 27.5.1832 - 30.5.1832 manifestation of the democratic movement Hambach Castle Rhenish Palatinate drawing by Ludwig Burger wood engraving 1898,

Lazio Roma Rome Episcopal Complex (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Baptistery, Cathedral, Cloister)96. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 5th c. baptistery, restored in the 17th c. Interior views of baptismal urn (16th c.), carved walls, ceiling and wall painting; of mosaics and bronze doors in Cappella del Battista; of altar and mosaics in Cappella di S. Venanzio; of mosaic and statue in Cappella di S. Giovanni Evangelista. Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, sculptural fragments, fresco painting, painting, coffering, tiling, stucco. Views 756-886 are of the cathedral. Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculptural fragments, architectural fragments, tombstones, mosaics, sculpture, fresco painting, sculptural relief. Object Notes: Hutzel includes guidebook in German on the site. prints matched to negs General Notes: Views 756 thru 886 are of the Baptistery. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s u

The Rebellion of the Remences. Popular revolt in late medieval Europe against seignorial pressures that began in Catalonia in 1462 and ended a decade later without definitive result. Ferdinand II of Aragon ("Ferdinand the Catholic") finally resolved the conflict with the Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe ( Arbitral award of Guadalupe) in 1486. Attempted assassination of King Ferdinand II of Aragon in Barcelona on October 18, 1492 by a remenc¸a vassal. Catalonia. Spain.

FABULAS-GRABADO DE LA VENTA DEL BURRO. Author: TOMAS IRIARTE (1750-1791). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

geography/travel France Revolution 1789 - 1799 revolt of the Jacobins failed attack on Camp de Grenelles engraving 19th century,

Henry, Duke of Saxony, elected to the German King, Henry the Fowler, Heinrich der Finkler or Heinrich der Vogler, 874 bis 936, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Die Kinderzeche von Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, Germany, woodcut from 1864

Engraving by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator of Don Quixote amongst his books in his library from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Woodcut, rebuilding of city wall, Book of Nehemia, 4, 16, Old Testament, Catholic Picture-Bible

The Spoliarium. After a painting by Juan Luna. From Album Artistico published circa 1890.

France. Paris, 10th August 1793. Celebration of the first anniversary of 10 August 1792, commemorating the date of the storming of the Tuileries Palace, which brought about the end of the monarchy of Louis XVI. The Fontaine de la Régénération (Fountain of Regeneration), erected in 1793 over the remains of the Bastille. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Jonnard. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Alexander discovers the body of Darius, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

Die Strasse Frauengaesschen, der Weg zum Bordell im 16. century, Kupferstich von Crispin de Passe, digital verbesserte Reproduktion aus einer Veroeffentlichung des Jahres 1880, the road Frauengaesschen, the way to the borthel in the 16. century, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

From courtly life at the time of Emperor Frederick I Tournament was applied, from the illuminated manuscript Hortus deliciarum, pleasure garden, Germa...

Roman Empire. Siege engine. Battering ram. Engraving. Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

Spain. Kingdom of Ferdinand VII. Acclaimed by the people. Engraving, 19th century.

Death of Virginia, ancient Rome, Virginius, Appius Claudius, death, dagger, murder, bed, redemption, despair, patrician, plebeian, marriage, ban, horror, important woman, history, historical illustration 1894

U.S. Senator Carl Schurz plunges into an abyss after a failed joust with a windmill. Senator Thomas W. Tipton, seated on a donkey, watches from the edge of the abyss in open-mouthed amazement. Political Cartoon April 6, 1872

The destruction of the aquaduct. Illustration of an incident in Jean-Jacques Rousseau 'Confessions', Paris, 1782-1789.

The Death of Tristan. German composer Richard Wagner 1813-1883. "Tristan and Isolde". Engraving, c. 1890, after painting by Gustave Adolf Goldberg (1848-1911).

'Ménécée', 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier

unknown, Fijt, Joannes, Animals, Kar, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 66 mm, width 96 mm, 1611 - 1661-09-11, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1661, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Drawing Gilbert, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Düsseldorf, Schulte, Ed., Dresden, Bürkner, H., Rethel, Alfred, Steinbrecher, Gustav Richard, Dodendans, Der Tod als Erwürger, Erster Auftritt der Cholera auf einem Maskenball in Paris 1831, Death plays music among dead actors, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 308 mm, width 274 mm, German, 1828-03-25 - 1887-03-04, print maker, printmaker, 1851 - 1851, paper, woodcut, Work conception, 1816-06-15 - 1859-12-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, seller

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). Dieu Mène la France, 1834. Pen lithograph on newsprint paper. Image: 207 mm x 264 mm (8.15 in. x 10.39 in.). Second state.

Venice, Wagner, Joseph, Italy, Amigoni, Jacopo, Moses defends the daughters of Reuel at the well, verso - stamped, Moses drives away the shepherd who wanted to prevent the daughters of Reuel from drawing water from the well to let their father's flock drink. The daughters are standing at the well with the flock. Italian text in two columns in bottom margin., print, prints, height 515 mm, width 337 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1695 - 1780, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, Italian, 1685 - 1752, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1706 - 1780, publisher

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Alfred Rethel, Der Tod als Erwürger (Death as Strangler), 1851 Der Tod als Erwürger (Death as Strangler)

Death of Charles the Bold, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Viriathus (d. 139 BC). Leader of the Lusitanian people who fought against Roman expansion in Hispania in the mid-2nd century BC. Death of Viriathus. Engraving by Vallejo. Later colouration. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852. Author: Spanish artist. José Vallejo (1821-1882).

Columbus received from Ferdinand and Isabella in the casa Deputacion, in Barcelona, vintage engraving. Columbus received from Ferdinand and Isabella in the casa Deputacion, in Barcelona, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673894

Wm. Hole's paintings, O.T., Old Testament 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Faust: Tragédie de M. de Goethe, translated into French by Albert Stapfer.: Illustrations for Faust: Duel of Faust and of Valentin, 1828. Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863), Chez Ch. Motte, Éditeur, distributed by Chez Sautelet, Libraire. Lithograph;

Engraving from the poem The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A reluctant wedding-guest is waylaid by the Ancient Mariner who is determined to tell him his story. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian, member of the Lake Poets, and co-founder the Romantic Movement in England. Dated 19th century

Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "Hudibras", a poem by Samuel Bulter (16131680), satirising the Cromwellians and Presbyterian Church. Plate II: "The Manner How he Sallies Forth".

GRABADO- JOSEP DE LA HERA ATACA A SOLDADOS FRANCESES.

Germany. Middle Ages. Punishment to a child killer. Engraving. "Germania", 1882.

Painting titled 'The Goths Approaching Rome' by W. Edward Wigfull

Humphry Davy (1778-1829) English chemist, c1880. Artist: Edwin Hodder

Work, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Salon 1868, Satire, the King's favourites, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

1852 Exhibition of Painting, Fishing, fall stage, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

Admiral Garrocho (Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 16th century) defeats African corsairs (Berbers and Turks), who made frequent incursions on the coast of the current province of Huelva, Spain. Engraving by Sierra. Later colouration. Cronica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia, 1867. Author: Spanish engraver. Fernando Miranda (fl. 1842-1862). Spanish cartoonist and illustrator. Joaquin Sierra y Ponzano (1821-).

Battle between Romans and Marcomanni, relief from the clinopodium (Antonina) in Rome, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Retort House, Great Central Gas Works, Bow Common, London. It was here that Croll introduced the burning of incandescent coke as fuel immediately it had be taken from retorts. 10% saving. Wood engraving, 1866

The murder of Tiberius Gracchus. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, 163/162-133 BC. Popularis Roman politician best known for his agrarian reform law. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, publis

Paris of Lake Tanganyika, Body thrown overboard in the cross of the Red Sea, vintage engraving. Paris of Lake Tanganyika, Body thrown overboard in the cross of the Red Sea, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657396

Louis Candide Boulanger (1806-1867). Heaven fire. Orientals. Lithography. 1832. Paris, house of Victor Hugo.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

Salon of 1855. French school. Hamlet, pastel by M.H. Thomas. engraving 1855

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; A hand operated pulley and lever system

Gustave Doré; Fairy Tale Sleeping Beauty, the prince approaches the palace and finds the population asleep; Black and White Engraving

Bas-relief of the facts Bretons prisoners lags Antique Cabinet, vintage engraving. Bas-relief of the facts Bretons prisoners lags Antique Cabinet, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648722

Markttafereel met paard en wagen; Markt, serie B.Market scene with a horse on the right a horse for a cart with wicker basket on it. The basket is unloaded by two men. In the background houses. Fourth print of a frieze consisting of four prints, representing a market. Eighth print from the total series of markets (series of market A + B).

Sargon II (721-705 BC) on a Battle Chariot, from the Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, Iraq. Journey to Mesopotamia 1840-1842 by Eugene Flandin

Aimé de Lemud (French, 1816 - 1887). Le Retour en France, 1841. Lithograph on Chinese paper laid down. Image: 447 mm x 392 mm (17.6 in. x 15.43 in.).

TORERO HABIL - 1815-1816 - AGUAFUERTE Y AGUATINTA - 250x350 mm. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

La fayette going to the Hotel de Ville, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

The billet, vintage engraving. The billet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660385

'Flogging at the Old Bailey', 1809, (1925). Creator: Unknown.

A horse pulling a Russian flour sledge, with a mill seen in the background. Lithograph after A.O. Orlowski, 1821.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

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