Historical Military Engagements

Depictions of various historical military events, including troop movements and sieges, set in muted tones with dramatic skies and battle scenes.

Attack on Grenelle camp by conspirators: 24 Fructidor, Year 4

Engraving depicts a Prussian battery before Metz. Dated 1870

After Winslow Homer, The War for the Union, 1862A Bayonet Charge, 12 July 1862, wood engraving on newsprint.

Arrival of Z.M. Willem the first king of the Netherlands, prince of Orange (...) in Scheveningen den 30st of Slagtmaand 1813, 1813 print Arrival of Prince Willem Frederik on the beach of Scheveningen, November 30, 1813, to take on the government of the country as a sovereign prince. The prince is rowed to the country in a sloop. On the beach an enthusiastic crowd greets the prince. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: AmsterdamAmsterdam paper engraving being welcomed ~ travelling. homage to a ruler Scheveningen

Inauguration of Hofors station.

Napoleon Bonaparte, Campaign of Italy, passing the Po river at Piacenza May 7, 1796. History of France, old engraved illustration image from the book

events Second Opium War 1856 - 1860 attack of British and French forces on Canton December 1857 contemporary engraving by Hanhart after Oliphant China Great Britain France colonialism imperialism Asia,

Netherlands, Desguerrois & Co., The departure of the Hague Militia, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel L. Boreel. on 16 October 1830, Inspection of the Hague Militia, 1830, verso - stamped, The departure of the volunteer Hague Militia under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel L. Boreel, The Hague, 16 October 1830. See also the pendant., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 250 mm, width 295 mm, Dutch, print maker, printmaker, 1830 - 1831, paper, papier, lithografie (technique)

Sea battle at Plymouth, 1652; Sea battle at Plymouth. Sea battle at Plymouth in the first English war between the state fleet among Michiel de Ruyter and the English fleet under George Ayscue, 26 August 1652.

The royal family bringing back to Neuilly the body of S.A.R. The Duke of Orleans (IT)

Funeral procession of Sophie van Württemberg, 1877. Funeral procession of Sophie on June 20, 1877. In the background Palace House ten Bosch in The Hague. Middle above a portrait of sophie. Left her birth year and on the right her death year. Completely in a rectangle of mourning wheels and leaves. A rule of Dutch text in the undermarge.

Encampment of Piekann Indians, near Fort McKenzie on the Musselshell River, circa 1860

War of 1812. Siege of Fort Meigs, lasted 121 days, from April 28 to May 9, 1813. A British and Indian force of 1,250, was led by General Henry Proctor, and chiefs of Tecumseh Confederacy. While the fort held, the 1,600 Kentucky militia approaching the fort suffered 1,000 casualties in an Indian ambush (BSLOC_2019_6_53)

. Firefight to the speed at Vreeswijk outside Utrecht between armed citizens of the Utrecht militia and troops of the Efferen Regiment, in the evening of 9 May 1787. under the title a reference to: the post of the Lower Rhyn No. 565.

Optogt van de H.H. Students of Leydsche Hoogeschool held on the 9 Feb 1833, representing the integration of Ferdinand and Jsabella in Grenada on 6 Jan. 1492. Historical costumed procession of the students of the University of Leiden in the evening of 9 February 1833. The procession depicts the arrival of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile in Grenada on January 6, 1492. The procession attracts the ruin of it Rapenburg and the Nieuwesteegbrug.

The storming of the Barricade at the St, Marxer line , by the General Major of Zeisberg, Chief of the General Staff of the st Army Corps , and the senior lieutenant Zullach from the th Jäger Battalion, on October , Bachmann-Hohmann, Lithographer, Johann Rauh -, Printer, Leopold Theodor Neumann -, publisher

Surrender of Gen.Lee. Lithographer: Unknown

Optocht van de stoet met Maria de Médicis langs de Haarlemmerweg (plaat nr. 1), 1638.Procession of the procession with Maria de Médicis along the Haarlemmerweg. Queen's carriages accompanied by the Amsterdam Schutterij. Cows and a milkmaid in the foreground. Right boats on the IJ. Plate No. 1 In the illustrations in the description of the festivities in the visit by Maria de Médicis to Amsterdam, 31 August - 5 September 1638.

Rhine crossing the Allied troops shipping of troops and transition over several ship bridges on New Years Night, Unknown

The entry of Napoleon in Schonbrunn - Balthasar Wigand

Bemme, Joannes, Langendijk, Dirk, Netherlands, Six landscapes with a soldier's staff, A group of soldiers on horseback, A group of Napoleonic soldiers rides through a dune landscape. An ammunition wagon is driving towards the first soldier., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 137 mm, width 112 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1775-09-05 - 1841-09-15, print maker, printmaker, 1804 - 1804, first quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1748-03-08 - 1805-12-15, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Fire in 's Lands Sea Magazine, 1791. Large fire in' s Lands sea magazine in Amsterdam on July 6, 1791. From boats on the water being tried to extinguish the fire.

ST Alban Grand Steeple Chase On March 8, 1832, a famous horse race over terrain routes in England from 1830 to 1839, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4913487

The Spring Meeting at Yokohama, Race of Japanese Officers - The Start 1865

Engraving depicting the besiege of Girona by French Napoleonic troops under Vergier, Augereau and St. Cyr, and held out obstinately under the leadership of Alvarez until disease and famine compelled it to capitulate. Dated 1809

Rémilly Station 19 Aug 1870 (registered title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)

N � 6 / Combat de Montenotte. (Ti)

French conquer the Flemish Head, 1832, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1833 print Fransen conquer the Flemish head in Antwerp, December 26, 1832. Soldiers in rowing boats. In the background a quay with a few sailing ships and houses and a church. Part of the series of 24 prints about the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, November 30 - December 23, 1832. print maker: Franceprinter: Parispublisher: Paris paper. watercolor (paint). lacquer (coating) lacquering siege, position war. troop movements, transportation Antwerp. Citadel of Antwerp (19th century). Scales

Advance of the army of the Potomac. - Occupation of Winchester, Va., and the abandoned confederate fortifications Advance of the army of the Potomac.,Occupation of Winchester, Va., and the abandoned confederate fortifications, by a detachment of General Banks's division of the federal army, consisting of the brigades of Generals Hamilton and Williams, March 12th, 1862. still image. Prints. 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, United States , 1862, Military personnel , United States , 1862, Horses , Virginia , 1862, Winchester, 1st Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1862 (May 25), Forts & fortifications , Virginia , Winchester , 1862

Near the city of Polotsk on July 25, 1812 by Faber du Faur, Christian Wilhelm, von (1780-1857) / State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow / 1820s / Germany / Lithograph, watercolour / History / 29x42

This Representation of Peter Franciscos Gallant Action with Nine of tartletons cavalry in Sight of a Troop of Four HundredMen. Artist: David Edwin, American, born England, 1776-1841

Rotterdam, Jong, Dirk de, Pfeiffer, François Joseph (I), Monogrammist DR (printmaker), Het Genootschap van Wapenhandel te Rotterdam, De Palmboom, onder de Spreuk, Voor Stad and Fatherland, Rotterdam Exercise Society De Palmboom, 1785, verso - stamped, First public weapons exercise and firing by the Rotterdam Society of Arms Trade called De Palmboom, June 23, 1785., print, prints, Frederik Muller History Plates, height 237 mm, width 281 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1785 - 1785, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, 1741 - 1807, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Ongournel November 1870 (registered title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)

No, of the series Nordic War Seat, Attack of the Royal-Swedish fleet at Tolwanemi on May , Unknown

The departure of the Garrison of Amersfoort in 1790, Dirk Langendijk, 1790 drawing The departure of a garrison cavalry from Amersfoort in 1790. In a column, the soldiers with cars drive out of the city through a gate. Northern Netherlands paper. pencil. ink pen / brush marching away (troops) Amersfoort

Bivouac, August 31, 1812, Faber du Faur, Christian Wilhelm, von (1780-1857)

Heroic Defense of Chteaudun (IT)

Dutch Cavalry at the Leuvenepoort in Brussels, 1830; Bruxelles, Jeudi 23 September 1830. / Entrée de Lanciers et Curassiers Par La Porte de Louvain; Prints added to the EVÉTELENS series de Bruxelles, Anvers (...) (1831). Dutch Cavalry (Lansiers and Kurassiers) attracts from the Leuvenepoort Brussels within, 25 September 1830. Part of a group of prints from various other series related to the records in recuueil about the events during the Belgian revolution in Brussels, Antwerp and other cities in The period August 25, 1830 to March 27, 1831.

Meeting between Governor General Janssens and the Xhosa leader Gaika, 1803; Meeting of the Hoog Ed. GTR. Mr. Generaal J.W. Janssens. Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the Supreme Head of the Kaffers. Gaïka, in the Kafferland, to the Katrivier, in the Flowering month of 1803. No. 3. Landscape with in the foreground the encounter between Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape of Good Hope, with Gaika (Ngqika), the Xhosa leader, May 1803. Both leaders are accompanied by a great effect. On the left the Dutch army camp.

Pont-à-Mousson 14 Aug 1870 (title registered) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)

Nousads in the Loire of the Vendeens rebels by order of Carrier, December 1793-FEBRUARY 1794. Plate 55, T.18, P.74 TaFerelelen van de Staatsomwemening in Frankrijk (1794-1807) Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (1747-1819); Reiner Vinkeles (1741-1816); Vrydag or Daniel Friday (1765-1822). "Drowning in or loire, on the 26ths of winter month of 1793". French Revolution. Nousads in the Loire of the Vendean Rebels by order of carrier, December 1793-February 1794. Plate 55, T.18, p.74 Table cells of state aveasure in France (1794-1807). Graphic Arts Cabinet Document. Etching. In 1793; In 1804.

Tournament held in England circa 1450. (Caption refers to the huge tournament held at Beaucaire during King Henry II's reign.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Charles Hamilton Smith from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Execution of Rossel, Ferre, and Burgeois at Satory, Near Paris, Execution by Louis Rossel, Ferre and Bourgeois after the failure of the Paris community in Satory from The Illustrated London News , Unknown

Inauguration du monument, elevé par l' Astrolabe à Lapérouse i.e., La Pérouse à Vanikoro.. Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. Prints. 1830 - 1835. General Research Division

. A fortress is attacked by soldiers on horseback. In the foreground two soldiers holding a rider. In the background a fight between cavalry on a bridge. With an empty margin.

The Death of Prince Józef Poniatowski. unknown, graphic artist

The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Harper's Weekly, Wood engraving in black ink on paper, Soldiers lying in the woods with rifles aimed. Upper half of the page., USA, June 7, 1862, figures, Print, Print

Battle of Fleurus, NUMERO 29 NAUDET, THE BEAUTIFUL. "Battle of Fleurus, number 29 (June 26, 1794)".

View of the French camp on the Malieveld in The Hague in honor of the throne rise of Louis Napoleon, André, 1806 print View of the French Army Camp on the Koekamp (next to the Maliebaan) in The Hague, founded by order of General Michaud on the occasion of the reception of Lodewijk Napoleon, June 1806. The print also includes a map of the camp. The Hague paper etching (military) camp with tents Cookie lamp

The French "Entreprenant" balloon is used for reconnaissance purposes at the battle of Fleurus-the first use of manned airborne devices in warfare. Date: 25th June 1794

Fire in 's Lands Zeemagazijn Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 6, 1791. Willem Kok, 1791-1796.

Middelburg, Sallieth, Mathias de, Zeeland, Arrival of his Holy Highness Willem de V. together with his Queen's Consort and Princely Sprouts, in Middelburg. The 18th of June, 1786, Arrival of the prince and princess of Orange in Middelburg, verso - stamped, Arrival of Prince William V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia and their children in Middelburg on 18 June 1786. Illustrations of the visit of the prince and princess to Zeeland 18 June - 25 July 1786., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 227 mm, width 262 mm, Czech, Northern Netherlands, 1749 - 1791-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1786 - 1786, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

James Malton, 1761-1803, British, A Military Encampment in Hyde Park, 1785. Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers-While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.-The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned together, whilst trying to save each other. Little children buffetted the waves in vain for a few moments, and then sunk to rise no more. Persons on board about 500 of which number nearly 100 are supposed to have perished. Dimensions: Image: 7 9/16 × 13 1/2 in. (19.2 × 34.3 cm)Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 15/16 in. (25.5 × 38 cm). Lithographer: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 New York). Date: 1852.A steam-driven paddleboat burns. Passengers crowd to the upright bow of the ship, while others jump from the stern. In the foreground passengers are tossed in the ocean waves. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mexican American War. Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847. The exhausted Mexican army silently evacuated the Buena Vista battlefield on the night of Feb. 23-24, leaving the field and victory to the US. It was a very close fight, and possibly he could have won in a second day's fight since the Americans were also worn out. When Santa Anna reached his headquarters at San Luis Potosi, he displayed captured US battle flags and captured cannons as proof of his 'victory' (BSLOC_2019_8_28)

MilitaryExecution. Artist: James Queen, American, 1824-1877 After: Peter S. Duval, American, born France, 1805-1886

Taking clos st.lazare./(25 june 1848) (IT)

William Schouten and his officer are crowned and entertained by Kings in the East Indies. Date: 1616

Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton, Pa.. Queen, James Fuller (1820 or 21-1886). P.S. Duval & Son. Prints. 1860. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.), Explosions, Easton (Pa.), Steamboats , American , Pennsylvania

Battle of Lexington (painting), Lexington, Mass. still image. Postcards. 1903 - 1904. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Lexington, Battle of, 1775

Chasse d'un Caïman. au HâvreTartetet. (Nelle. Irlande.).. Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. Prints. 1830 - 1835. General Research Division

Battery in Ouderkerk, 1787, Anonymous (attributed to), After Anonymous, 1787 print Battentij on the Buitenamstel in Ouderkerk on the Amstel. Numbered bottom left: 8. Part of a series of three (of the possibly fourteen) German plates copied to the series of fourteen plates of the defenses laid out by the patriots around Amsterdam at the time of the invasion of the Prussian troops in September 1787. print maker: Augsburgafter print by: Northern Netherlands paper etching defensive measures (military). defence of fortification or city Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

Battle of Plattsburgh, Battle of Lake Champlain, between British and US land and naval forces took place at Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814 during the War of 1812, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period, Battle of Plattsburgh, Battle of Lake Champlain, between British and US land and naval forces took place at Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814 during the War of 1812, Historical, digitally resta

The funeral cortege for Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at the Domes des Invalides in Paris in 1840. Coloured lithograph by A. Cuvillier after P. F. Lehnert.

Halt of a Boors Family, South Africa. People sitting by Caravan resting on their journey. Plate signed drawn & engraved by Samuel Daniell from "African scenery and animals" 1804

Indian Burial Ground, 1849-1855, Seth Eastman, American, 1808-1875, 5 5/8 × 9 in. (14.29 × 22.86 cm) (image)9 9/16 × 12 13/16 in. (24.29 × 32.54 cm) (sheet), Watercolor, United States, 19th century, U.S. Army Captain Seth Eastman was a trained artist who served twice on the frontier at Minnesotas Fort Snelling, from 1830 to 1832 and again from 1841 to 1848. His extensive firsthand, peaceful encounters with Native Americans gave him extraordinary opportunities to observe their customs and practices, which he documented in his art.

Headquarters of Paris./2./Cantine of the Bastion 29./paris October 8, 1870.

'An Officer of the Guards in Full Dress',c1812 (1909). Artist: Joseph Constantine Stadler.

Dutch infantry at a tent camp, Jean Baptiste Madou, 1827 - 1851 print paper private soldier (+ infantry). the soldier; the soldier's life (+ infantry). (military) camp with tents

Battle of Shiloh, April 6th 1862, McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder Advertisement from a Théophile Poilpot Panorama Painting, Lithograph, Cosack & Co., 1885

Engraving of the attack on Saarbruk by the French during the Franco-Prussian War. Dated 1870

Paris, Gilhaut Frères, France, Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie, Dessins faits d'après nature au siege de la Citadelle d'Anvers par Raffet, Ruines dans le Bagne, Ruins, 1832, center bottom, Ruins; on the right a man with goods on his back; on the left in the foreground a wounded or dead man lies under some planks. Part of the series of 24 prints about the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, 30 November - 23 December 1832., print, prent, Roosdorp, prints, bottom center (on plate), RUINES DANS LE BAGNE., Siège de la Citadelle d'Anvers., (1832), height 346 mm, width 500 mm, 1804 - 1860-02-16, print maker, printmaker, 1833 - 1833, second quarter 19th century, paper, watercolor (paint), water color, lacquer (coating), lacquer, lithography (technique), hand coloring, lacquering, varnishing, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Fire on the Oude Schans in Amsterdam, 1658, 1690 - 1735 print Fire in a house on the Oude Schans in Amsterdam on December 5, 1658. The facade of the house collapses and kills firefighters and bystanders. For the house, bystanders flee in panic. To illustrate the old way of extinguishing fire and the dangers that accompanied it. With four -line caption in Dutch and French. Plate 4 in the fire spray book by Jan van der Heyden. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching fire-extinguishing equipment. on fire, ablaze. fire-fighting Oudeschans

The Troops of Louis XIV before Naarden, 20 July 1672. Dating: 1672 - 1690. Measurements: h 52 cm × w 93.5 cm; d 4.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Adam Frans van der Meulen.

After Charles Severin, Peytona and Fashion In Their Great Match for $20,000 Over the Union Course LI May 13th 1845, Won by Peytona Time 7 39 3 4, 7 45 1 4, c 1845 Peytona and Fashion: In Their Great Match for $20,000. Over the Union Course L.I. May 13th. 1845, Won by Peytona. Time 7:39 3/4, 7:45 1/4

Hay equipment; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1883, No. 32 (August 11), p. 96; Brzozowski, Feliks (1836-1892), Angrer, C. & Göschl (Vienna; Graphic and Photographic Plant; 1873-), Weekly Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1883 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);

Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800. French forces under Napoleon defeated Austrians. Engraving

Barracoons at Macao. Prints. 1864. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Barracks , China , Macau , 1800-1899, Contract laborers , Chinese , 1800-1899, Slave trade , China , Macau , 1800-1899

The National Guard with ramparts. Bivouac fire (IT)

Battle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War, 3 June, 1861. Artist: Unknown

Camp element in Delft, 1787; Image of the civil army, as it has been camped after by the city of Delft: from the 21sts to the 30th of August 1787. View of the camping of the flying army set up in a meadow outside of Delft with the tents of the release morels from different places , August 1787. On the left a lane with visitors and carriages.

Redcoats Sack A New England Alfred Thompson (1840-1896 British)

John Lee Surrenders for trial in Mountain Meadows Massacre

Andersonville prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, where Union prisoners were kept during the American Civil War. From a 19th century illustration.

Frederik Hendrik is greeted as a general in the French army, 1635, 1800 - 1899 print Stadholder Frederik Hendrik is greeted in the army camp of the French army, May 1635. Printed on the back with text in Dutch. Netherlands paper Victory, position was

Marion crossing the Pedee.. Ranney, William Tylee (1813-1857). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States , History , Revolution, 1775-1783, Marion, Francis, 1732-1795, Pee Dee River (N.C. and S.C.)

Mexican American War. Battle of Monterey, Sept. 21-23, 1846. Heights of Monterey, viewed from the Saltillo Road looking towards the city from the west. General William Worth's division is moving into position to attack the city from the west after the action of 'St. Jerome' on Sept. 21. His soldiers will also seize and control the road (BSLOC_2019_8_12)

The Arkansas Traveler - Designed by one of the Natives and dedicated to Colonel S C Faulkner

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