Historical Military Engagements

Images depicting historical military events, including scenes from the Crimean War, Russo-Turkish War, and various strikes, highlighted with a dramatic, historical style.

Anarchist bomb attack on a Paris police station : removing the body of the dead policeman.

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Anarchist bomb attack on a Paris police station : removing the body of the dead policeman.

Illustration depicting a scene during the Mason strike in London. Dated 19th Century

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Burial of a Serbian volunteer. Engraving by Vierge. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877. Author: Daniel Vierge (1851-1904). Spanish-born artist.

The Marquis de Lafayette laying the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill monument, 1825 (c1880).Artist: Hooper

Serbo-Turkish War: wounded soldiers returning to Constantinople by train. Wood engraving.

The entire police force of Washington, DC and US troops in readiness to protect Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield, on his way to and from court

Unfit Romanian soldiers at a railway station, invalids, Romania, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown,...

French Revolution (1789-1799). Arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family at Varennes, June 21, 1791. Engraving by A. Closs. Our Century, 1883.

Illustration of French soldiers in a canteen. Dated 1870

A fire-engine drawn by horses races through the streets to attend to a fire. Wood engraving.

'Sebastopol; Carrying the Wounded to the Hospital Lines', 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854".

Oliver Cromwell (1599 ñ 1658)dismissed the Rump Parliament of England on 20 April 1653, by force. Cromwell was English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Lancers clearing the streets during the Longford election Date: 1870

Revolutionaries arrested by the government receive food from their families. Date: July 1848

Tradition, Turmbläser am Ostermorgen, 1890, hier in Schwaben, Deutschland, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904072

The squire of a town is flung out of a cottage by angry villagers, one man flexing his muscles ready to continue the fight if necessary. Date: 1870

Washerwomen of the banlieue at the Quai de la Conference, Paris, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. 'One of the sketches by M. Jules Pelcoq, sent from inside the besieged city by the balloon post, shows the scene at the Quai de la Conference, near the Champs Elysées, where a number of washerwomen were employed to clean the clothing of the soldiers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES TO THE QUEEN'S (WESTMINSTER) RIFLE VOLUNTEERS IN WESTMINSTER HALL ON SATURDAY LAST BY COUNTESS GROSVENOR

''The Fire Season at Hong Kong; Officers of the Brigade coming up in Rickshaws', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

EXECUTION OF TOMKINS AND CHALLONER, LONDON

Rioters and petroleuses firing public buildings in Paris during the Paris Commune, 1871 (1906). Artist: Unknown.

Franco-Prussian War

Prison Hulks: Warder watching prisoners in the washroom on board convict hulk 'Warrior' at Woolwich. This hulk held 600 and was an intermediate confinement between an ordinary gaol or transportation. Prisoners were used as labourers in the naval dockyards. Hulks (Tenders) were usually old naval vessels that were no longer seaworthy From 'The Illustrated London News', 1848. Wood engraving

William Bligh (1754-1817) British naval officer, seized in his cabin by mutinous crew of 'HMS Bounty', led by Fletcher Christian (with sword) 28 April 1789. Late 19th century engraving

Crusade against the intemperance of women in the United States. They seized the man by the collar and rushed into the street, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Foot Ball at Rugby, 1845. Schoolboys playing rugby football at the public school where the game was invented in about 1845, although forms of football in which the ball was carried and tossed date back to medieval times. 'This truly English game is played in perfection at the fine Elizabethan school, at Rugby, in Warwickshire. Our artist has sketched a match, at the moment of a "skrummage;" the buildings in the background being the Chapel and part of the School-house...Pepys, in his Memoirs, 1664-5, says, "January 2, to my Lord Brouncker's by appointment in the Piazza, Covent ga

McClellan entering Frederick. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. McClellan, George B, (George Brinton), 1826-1885, Military service, Women, 1860-1870, Children, 1860-1870, Cavalry, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, Maryland, Frederick

Salt mines in Dürrenberg: men stand at the head of the mine as two people prepare to go down the chute. Etching.

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Minuteman leaves toward the war while he is blessed by a priest. Engraving.19th century.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). On 1 March 1871, the Prussian army entered Paris in a symbolic manner, although the troops subsequently left the city. The last German in Paris. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

FRENCH SOLDIERS AND ENGLISH SAILORS FRATERNISING AT CALAIS, 1854

Spain, Galicia. Customs of La Corua. Engraving by Ricord. Cronica General de Espaa. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Galicia, 1866.

Robespierre and his accomplices being led to their execution, 1794. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Slaves irrigating by water-wheel on the banks of the Nile. Wood engraving.

Captain Boycott thanks labourers for help with harvesting his potato crop, a harvest which had been 'boycotted' by his tennants due to the evictions. Date: 1880

Captured suspects are examined for powder marks on their hands which would imply that they have been active in the fighting. Date: May 1871

Loading a horse with necessities for a month's encampment at the gold digging site, Ophir, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1851

Folk games in Holstein in the 19th century. Throwing the pigeons out of the barrel, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

INCIDENTS OF CLIMBING IN THE HIGH ALPS, 1889: IN THE PARTOUT CABANE.

Engraving depicting hunger in Gerona during the Peninsular War (1807ñ1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. Dated 1810

Billeting of soldiers in Bohemia, historical woodcut, c. 1880

The combined battalion at the triumphal procession in Berlin on June 16, 1871, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Abolitionist John Brown, after seizing the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in a gesture against slavery, is captured, convicted of treason and hanged.

Drawing of the death bed scene of President Abraham Lincoln, with a man holding Lincoln 1942. Hermann Faber

A disloyal demonstration, New Orleans, Feb. 20th 1863 A group of exchanged Rebel prisoners / / Bobbett-Hooper. | Library of Congress

THE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE, 1886: "THEY HAVE BLOCKADED US!"

Miners in the Californian gold fields relaxing in their log cabin at night. From "L'Illustration" Paris 6 August 1853. Wood engraving

1620 PILGRIM FATHERS DRAFTING THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT TO GOVERN PLYMOUTH COLONY ONBOARD SHIP

French Revolution. Thermidorian Reaction. The Coup of 9 Thermidor Year II. On 27 July 1794, Robespierre pronounced his speech at the National Convention under the shouts of the Thermidorians. The 9 Thermidor at the Convention. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

March past of the 'Garibaldi Guard' before President Lincoln, 1861-1865 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

TIGRE ISLAND, THE UNITED STATES GARRISON, 1850

This illustration shows the massacre at Fort Mims (also spelled Mimms) that took place on August 30, 1813. Fort Mims was located some 40 miles north of Mobile, Alabama. The Red Sticks faction of Creek Indians, under Red Eagle, Peter McQueen, and William Weatherford attacked the fort. Major Beasley had heeded warnings and a massacre ensued.

JAPANESE NAVAL AND MILITARY OFFICERS IN EUROPEAN ATTIRE, 1874 engraving

Image showing the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, and bidding farewell to his escort at the end of the American Civil War, 1865. Davis was captured by Unionist troops two days later. Date: 1889

Soldiers at spade drill at the Tower. Date: 1870

John Wilkes's Triumphal entry into the city.

John Paul Jones in 'Bonhomme Richard' engages 'Serapis' in the North Sea ; the American crew board the British ship, forcing captain Pearson to surrender. Date: 23 September 1779

Engraving depicting a scene onboard an Irish emigrant ship bound for North America during the potato famine of the 1840s. The emigrants were so weakened by starvation that epidemics swept through the cramped quarters and the mortality rate was high.

Lord Duncan speaks with such warmth, such patriotism, vintage engraving. Lord Duncan speaks with such warmth, such patriotism, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657362

John Brown after the Capture, Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1859

ARREST OF A SUSPECTED NIHILIST AT ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, 1880

A study at the Seaman's Hospital dispensary, Well Street, London docks. Date: 1881

ROMAN SOLDIERS PASSING OVER A BRIDGE OF BOATS. (From the Antonine Column.)

Queen Victoria being attacked by Robert Pate, former lieutenant of the Tenth Hussars at Cambridge Park, Piccadilly, London. Date: 27 June 1850

Lucio Furio Camilo, (siglo IV a.JC). General romano. Vencedor de los galos en el año 349 y de los latinos en el 338, transportó a Roma los prisioneros y despojos de sus enemigos. Grabado de 1866.

France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. Repression after the fall of the Paris Commune. The Communards were imprisoned on pontoons, in iron cages built for the purpose on decommissioned or out-of-service warships. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

A cartoon depicting a police officer using a bulls-eye lamp. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century

Signing of Treaty of Nanking on board HMS Cornwallis, First Opium War, 1842 Signing of Treaty of Nanking on board HMS Cornwallis, First Opium War, 1842 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21665038

Death of General de Bréra. (IT)

History of banditry. Catalonia, 19th century. Brawl between Jaume Servelló, a resident of Vinebre, and the bandit Isidre Teixidó, so-called "el Barbut" (Lo Barbut de Vinebre) (The Bearded Man of Vinebre), on 21 November 1837, at the former's mill in Ascó: "You see that God doesn't want that you kill me, said Servelló, after having defeated el Barbut, forgiving him generously". Engraving. Historia de las Escuadras de Cataluña, 1876.

Convalescent soldiers at the Protestant Ambulance, Bordeaux, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. Portrait of '...a group of the military convalescents, one of whom is a young Englishman, a volunteer in the French army, who had served marching and fighting, nearly five months, and had never been wounded, but suffered from bronchitis, occasioned by sleeping in the snow. He is now almost recovered, and hoped soon to leave the..."Protestant Hospital" in the Rue Huguerie which was established for the relief of foreign sailors, a portion of which has lately been occupied by wounded French soldier

Inglaterra. Siglo XIX. Despedida de las tropas inglesas enviadas al Canadá. Grabado de 1862.

Getting food is a risky business, with fighting in progress between Communards and government forces throughout the city. Date: May 1871

Peter the Great or Peter I, ( , tr. Pyotr Velikiy), 1672 ñ 1725). ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death. Watching English shipbuilding in Deptford

EJECITO DE VOLUNTARIOS EN CUBA. GRABADO.. BIBLIOTECA DE CATALUÑA.

After the Paris Commune, the Lodge of Perfect Equality set traps for individuals suspected of insurrection under the pretext of initiations. On leaving the lodge, if they were found guilty by having boasted of having shot people, they were stopped and sent away. Date: 1890s

THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA, 1881, NOTES ON BOARD A TROOP SHIP: 1. Leaving Portsmouth Harbour. 2. Winding in the Log. 3. Man Overboard. 4. To the Rescue. 5. Daily Prayers. 6. Fair Weather Amusement.

A ladies' visit to the Transvaal gold mines in South Africa showing a cage to transport workers down to the mines. Date: 1890

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Prussian outpost in the French town of Saint-Cloud. Engraving by Capuz. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

The British diplomat Harry Smith Parkes in Canton. Opium Wars, China, 19th century.

French Revolution. Storming the Bastille. 14 July 1789. The partisans of the 3rd Estate of Paris, storming the Hotel des Invalides to gather arms. Engraving, 19th century.

A Thrilling scene in east Tennessee--Colonel Fry and the Union men swearing by the flag. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 March 29, p. 193. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Guerrillas, Pledges of allegiance, Tennessee, 1860-1870.

J.C. Nielsen (1831-1874); Lorenz Froelich (1820-1908), Workers in Paris, 1862

Men landing opium at Hong Kong from the 'Pekin' Date: 1857

'Romans playing at Mora; Rome and United Italy', 1875. From 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London and Galpin.

16th Century torture on a rack

Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms | Library of Congress

Livestock get loose; soldiers on deck trying to round up the chickens. Date: 1879

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Junkers celebrating in a tavern, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Historical drawing, caring for the injured in a field hospital at Rezonville, France, after the Battle of Gravelotte on 16 August 1870, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, Europe

España. Invasión Napoleónica. Linchamiento y muerte del general Miguel de Ceballos, director del Colegio de Artillería de Segovia, por la muchedumbre enfurecida, el 9 de junio de 1808. Este militar no pudo resitir a la acción de las tropas francesas al mando del general Frere. Ceballos decidió abandonar la ciudad de Segovia junto a un reducido número de alumnos y piezas de artillería. Al llegar a las cercanías de la localidad de Carbonero fué apresado por paisanos que le acusaban de la pérdida de Segovia, conduciéndole con toda la familia a Valladolid, sede de la capitanía general. Durante el recorrido en Valladolid fué reconocido por gentes del lugar y apedreado. Cayó del caballo y, una vez en tierra, fué atacado por la muchedumbre sin que los paisanos que lo custodiaban pudieran hacer nada para evitar el ataque. El presbítero Prieto logró retirar del lugar a Ceballos arrasntrándolo al portal de una casa, pero un soldado portugués le atravesó el cuerpo con su bayoneta. Asesinato del g

Journey of the Imperial Prince Crown Prince Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte (16 March 1856 to 1 June 1879) to Cherbourg, troop children pr...

Illustration depicting Sir Henry Sidney's return to Dublin after a victory reception. Sir Henry Sidney (1529-1586) politician and courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. Dated 16th Century

Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao (Combate del Dos de Mayo ) commanded by Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez. Occurred on May 2, 1866 between a Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez and the fortified battery emplacements of the Peruvian port city of Callao during the Chincha Islands War.

Exterior of an army barrack canteen, 1847. An illustration provided to accompany an article in the Illustrated London News, advocating temperance and reform, and illustrating the "evils of canteens...sketched from life, in the precincts of the Horse Guards, presenting the abuse of the system with unexaggerated detail." 1847

A group of men are sitting at a table eating and drinking, one raises a riding crop in salute, another a glass. Etching.

THE RETURN OF THE TROOPS FROM EGYPT

'Washing for the Soldiers, Douarnenex', 1915. Artist: William Douglas Almond.

The War in Schleswig - Repose in Camp, 1850. Soldiers resting during the First Schleswig War. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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