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.
Anarchist bomb attack on a Paris police station : removing the body of the dead policeman.
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Derby. Return to weighing Derby winner, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1879-80).
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Richmond ladies going to receive government rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 June 3, p. 340. Women, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, War damage, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage.
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At the rendezvous, Napoleon III, former emperor of the French, handed over to Wilhelm I, King of Prussia later German Emperor in the presence of Otto von Bismarck, Unknown
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US. Far West. Wagon train attacked by native americans. 19th century. Engraving. Color. Author: John S. David.
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The arrest of Beaury, accused of conspiring to assassinate Napoleon III. Date: ca 30 April 1870
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Engraving of Tom Saunders, on board an Indiaman, using a glass to observe another vessel through the gunport. Dated 19th Century
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Spain, Madrid. Circo Price: The American shooter Mr. Paine, executing his risky exercises with his wife as assistant. Drawing from life by Daniel Perea. Engraving by Bernardo Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.
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Fenian explosives conspiracy, 1883, Police discovery of nitro-glycerine factory,
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Freedom heros death, 2nd August 1810. Early 19th. Anonymous. Oil on canvas. ECUADOR. PICHINCHA. Quito. Eloy Alfaro Military School.
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Otto von Bismarck and Napoleon III - The fallen emperor and triumphant statesman talked together
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In the coming era of socialism. Illustration shows police breaking up a demonstration by capitalists who are turning the tables on the socialists by demanding their rights. Also shows a capitalist rally in a Fifth Avenue Dive, socialist thugs pressuring a priest for delivering sermons dee-cidely capitalistic, a socialist dismayed by a newspaper headline that states Heinrich equal rights son of socialist leader joins capitalistic ranks, and a poor showing for capitalists in the Election Returns B
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Coal mining accident, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. Artist: Unknown
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Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: (left) prisoners are walking in a long file leaving spoons in a bowl as they go past; (right) prisoners stand in line to receive a loaf of bread. Wood engraving after G.U. Régamay.
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Soldiers at Vienna Prater, Austria 19th Century.
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The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale (Turkish: Çanakkale Savasi), took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire (now Gelibolu in modern day Turkey) between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War. A joint British and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (Istanbul) and secure a sea route to Russia. The attempt failed, with heavy casualties on both sides. The campaign was considered one of the greatest victories of the Turks and was reflected on as a major failure by the Allies. The Gallipoli campaign resonated profoundly among all nations involved. In Turkey, the battle is perceived as a defining moment in the history of the Turkish peoplea final surge in the defence of the motherland as the ageing Ottoman Empire was crumbling. The struggle laid the grounds for the Turkish War of Independence and the foundation of the Republic of Tu
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Roman soldiers in conversation, steel engraving after a painting by Caravaggio, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.
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PRIM HIERE AL CABECILLA MUCHACHO - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. CONDE DE REUS. GENERAL PRIM. GENERAL JUAN PRIM Y PRATS (1814-1870).
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""I have kept the faith"". This image depicts a Chaplain administering last rites to two dying Coast Guardsmen aboard the USS Callaway, who were fatally wounded when their vessel was struck by a Japanese bomb, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist Norman Millet Thomas.
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The 1643 executions of Richard Challoner and Nathaniel Tomkins, Waller's Plot, London, England, United Kingdom
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Recruiting for the war--scene at the recruiting tents in the park, New York. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864, March 19, p. 404, Reference copy in LOT 4420-0. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Recruiting & enlistment.
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'Ceux qui y retournent. "Allons, maman, t'en fais pas ! "', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".
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Baxter-Brooks War of Arkansas, 1872-74. Brooks' forces evacuating the States House at Little Rock. Joseph Brooks was a Republican politician in Arkansas during the Reconstruction era, who led a coup d'état against his Democratic opponent, the legal governor, Elisha Baxter, after the American Civil War. Joseph Brooks coup d'état in 1874 failed, after which his legal appeals were rejected and Elisha Baxter remained in office (BSLOC_2019_6_19)
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North grapples with south as America is depicted at war with its own flesh and blood. Date: 1856
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JAPAN
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Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847-1923). French military officer from 1870 to 1898. Spy for the German Empire, he was the author of the acts of treason for which Alfred Dreyfus was condemned. On 10 January 1898, he was tried before a military court. A court martial session. The court unanimously acquitted him. Engraving by Matute. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.
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Decemb horses market. 1870 (registered title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)
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Old soldier in the military home in Deversee, woodcut from 1864
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events First Opium War 1839 - 1842 Chinese pillaging British stack in Shanghai contemporary drawing 19th century China Great Britain Asia robbery drugs opium,
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'The Real Italian Brigand Chief', 1861. Artist: Unknown
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Execution of Charles I, 1649, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834
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The Union must and shall be preserved, USA Civil War illustration
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Florence military prison series - "Fiddling for wood squad". 13466 U.S. Copyright Office, No. 32, Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897. Florence Prison (S.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners, Union, Prisoners of war, Union, South Carolina, Florence, 1860-1870, Military personnel, Union, South Carolina, Florence, 1860-1870.
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España. Asesinato del general Prim en Madrid el 27 de diciembre de 1870. Grabado de época. Juan Prim y Prats.
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'Le Recit (Noyon, mars 1917)', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.
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'THE SOLDIER'S PARTING'
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Death of John of Austria (1547-1578) by tiphus. Illegitimate son of Emperor Charles V, he was a military leader in the service of his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain and known for his naval victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 against the Ottoman Empire. Engraving by Rafael Castillo en "Historia de Espan_a Iustrada", 1871. Colored.
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Sailors with a sniffing dog; Barbant, Charles (1844-1922), Myrbach-Rheinfeld, Felician von (1853-1940); 1888 (1888-00-00-1888-00-00);
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Lesser Antilles. Grenada. French occupation. 17th century. Uprising of the colonists against the tyranny of the governor, sentenced to death by hanging. Engraving, 1807. Colored.
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St Bartholomews Day Massacre of the Protestants, 1572. Paris. FRANCE.
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The French general Alfred-Amedee Dodds receiving Medaille du Dahomey, illustration from L'Illustration, No 2621, May 20, 1893.
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Guerra Ruso-Japonesa (1904-1905). Tropas rusas aclamadas al embarcarse hacia la Manchuria. Cromo de Chocolates Amatller. Año 1905. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.
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The Brooklyn sanitary fair was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861 to support sick and wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue (assuming $1865.16 Million in 2015) and in kind contributions, to support the cause, and enlisted thousands of volunteers.
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WW1 - The Foreign Minister of Germany, Hermann Muller, seen here signing the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was signed at he Palace of Versailles on 28th June 1919. It was the most important of the treaties of Paris that ended World War I in 1919/1920. The peace treaty was negotiated between U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, British politician David Lloyd George, French Statesman Georges Benjamin Clemenceau and the Italian Prime Minister, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. They were known as 'The Big Fo
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Engraving depicting the generation of light at Montmartre during the Siege of Paris, using a steam engine as a source of power. At the top of the picture a searchlight is being directed on some distant object which is being observed by the soldier directly below. On the table are two carbon arc lamps in addition to an oil lamp.
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Soldiers Depot, Hospital. (4th floor). Artist: Unknown Printer: Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York, founded ca. 1846