Historical Military Engravings

A collection of 19th-century engravings depicting key military events and figures, featuring scenes of royalty, battles, and significant historical moments.

Engraving depicting the Valencia uprising 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 1809

Return of the Prince of Wales from India: the Governor of Bombay taking leave on board the Serapis, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII returns to England. The Prince of Wales '...dined with Sir Philip Wodehouse Governor of Bombay, whom he thanked for his hospitality, and said he should never cease to think with pleasure of the visit begun and ended at Bombay. The final leave-taking, however, was deferred to the Monday, when the farewell address from Bombay was presented to the Prince of Wales on board the Serapis. At one o'clock Governor Wodehouse a

Incidente entre San Luis IX (1214-1270), rey de Francia y el conde de Crovecaur. Grabado de 1840.

Napoleon Bonaparte during the Coup of 18 Brumaire (9 november 1799). Engraving by Coppin, 19th c.

The Truthful History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo. The Council of the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz proposed to appoint of Hernan Cortes as General. Engraving, 1807.

Engraving depicting the Valencia uprising 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 1809

Murder of Doreslaer, 1649, 1780 - 1795 print The murder committed on the English envoy Isaäc Doreslaer by a group of masked men in The Hague, 12 May 1649. print maker: Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlands paper etching murder The Hague

Oliver Cromwell suppressing a Leveller mutiny in the army 1649. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

The Call to Arms - General York declares the moment has come for Prussia's fight for freedom

The renunciation of Philip II by the States, 1581, Jacobus Buys, 1784 - 1786, The renunciation of the Spanish king Philip II by the States, July 26, 1581. Interior in which members of the States General take the oath. On the ground the broken arms and seals of Philip II. Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, Netherlands, 1784 - 1786, paper, pen, brush, h 150 mm × w 90 mm

King Charles I of England, before the Battle of Edge hill (or Edge Hill) a battle of the First English Civil War. 23 October 1642

The meeting between Peter the Great, left, and King William III, right, in 1698 during the Czar's visit to England where he spent time at the dockyard at Deptford. Peter the Great, aka Peter I ,1672 -

After the Battle of Prestonpans on 21 September 1745. Prince Charles. commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or the Young Pretender. moved south to the River Mersey. where he met Mrs. Skyring. the elderly daughter of a Cavalier. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

Danton and Camille Desmoulins defend themselves before the Convention,30th March 1794. Georges Danton,1759-1794. French revolutionary leader. Camille Desmoulins, 1760-1794. French revolutionary and journalist. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Count Edzard for the Council of Groningen, 1514, 1853 - 1861 print Edzard I the Great, Count of East Friesland, standing in armor for the council members of the city of Groningen, November 3, 1514. Netherlands paper Groningen

GUERRA DE INDEPENDENCIA ESPAOLA (1808-1814). SEGUNDA ETAPA (INVIERNO 1808-VERANO 1812). "ENTRADA Y RENDICION DE MADRID ANTE LAS TROPAS NAPOLEONICAS" (diciembre de 1808). Grabado de la Època.

Frederick the Great in Lissa Castle on the evening of the Battle of Leuthen in 1757, History of the Hohenzollerns, Prussia

Return by the French of historical pieces from stadmaderous collection to the States General, 1795; Gifts from Patriotic Memorials to their high may. Ceremony with the Return by the French LED by General J.B. Dumonceau of Five Important Historical Pieces from the Confiscated Stadholder Collection by Willem V. French Soldiers Contribute The Pieces to the Internal Court to Transfer to the States General, March 12, 1795.

1003 / The King gives the flags to the National Guard / Paris and the suburbs, August 29, 1830. (IT)

William I, having won the throne of Britain, grants lands to his followers - in this case, his nephew, le comte de Bretagne Date: 1066 /1067

Audience of Willem I Frederik, 1813; First obedience of Z.K.H. Den Soverein's prince of the United Netherlands in Amsterdam, on the 2nd of winter month 1813..

LAS COMUNIDADES CASTELLANAS. GUERRA DE LAS COMUNIDADES. Conflicto social, político y bélico acaecido en Castilla entre 1520 y 1521 bajo reinado de Carlos V. "JUNTA DE AVILA" (agosto de 1520). Agrupación de varias ciudades castellanas que no reconocían la autoridad del gobernador y del Consejo Real. Grabado del s. XIX.

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen: he passes a water-flask to a fellow soldier. Mezzotint by J. Jones after G. Carter, 1782.

Photo collection Government information service. Attack on Willem van Oranje by Balthasar Gerards in Delft. 1584. Delft, South Holland

German knights swear oaths as crusaders 12th Century.

The arrest of King Charles I by George Joyce led a cavalry detachment to Holmby House in Northamptonshire. England. on 3 June 1647. digital reproduction of a historical original

The Times Correspondent looking on at the sacking of the Kaiser Bach after the capture of Lucknow March 15 1858 From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

A woman shields a wounded man on a battle field from the soldiers around him. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé.

Herault and the convention are opposite Henriot.

Engraving depicting the arrival of the first Englishman in Japan. Dated 1860

Wigbold Ripperda addresses the citizens and the militia of Haarlem, December 1572, Jacobus Buys, 1793 - 1795 drawing Wigbolt Ripperda makes an appeal to the citizens and militia of Haarlem at the start of the siege of the city to defend the city, December 1572. Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush historical events and situations. historical persons. person addressing a group, orator Haarlem

Major Bagstock is delighted to have that opportunity. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Dombey and Son by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

The alternative of Williams-burg , Vigilance committees, Gallows, Punishment & torture, Document signings, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783

Installation of Willem V as a stadholder in the States General, March 8, 1766..

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (Dutch pronunciation: jo?? v?? old?(n)b?rn?v?lt ), Lord of Berkel en Rodenrijs (1600), Gunterstein (1611) and Bakkum (1613) (September 14, 1547, Amersfoort May 13, 1619, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain. On 20 February 1619, Oldenbarnevelt sentenced to death and beheaded in the Binnenhof, in The Hague. Oldenbarnevelts last words to the executioner were purportedly: Make it short, make it short.

After unsatisfactory session of Etats- generaux, Mirabeau tells official Dreux-Breze the third estate are there by the will of the people, and will be ejected only by force. Date: 23 June 1789

Spain. First Carlist War. RamÑn Cabrera's going to death (Tortosa, 16th February 1836). Picture from the novel 'De grumete a general' by Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

French general handing Directory order to Pope Pius VI after invasion of Rome 1801 Giovanni Petrini. French general handing Directory order to Pope Pius VI after invasion of Rome. Giovanni Petrini (Italian, active 1800-12). 1801. Engraving. Prints

The Truthful History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo. The Council of the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz proposed to appoint of Hernan Cortes as General. Engraving, 1807. Colored.

OFITSERY LANDMILITSII s 1736 po 1742 god Home Guard officers, 1736 to 1742.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1842. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

Illustration of Edward Montagu refusing to leave his ship during the Battle of Solebay

The 1906 caption reads PETER THE GREAT died 1725 LEARNING SHIP-BUILDING IN HOLLAND.It was this sovereign who made Russia the vast power it is to-day. Its people were a mere tribe of barbarians until he came to the front, civilized himself, and then civilized them. He was one of the world's wonderful men. He found none of his people capable of doing anything, so he did it all himself. He went abroad for years to study the arts of more advanced lands, and brought, them home to his own kingdom. In this picture you see Peter in Holland went there in 1697 toiling as a common workman in shipy

Engraving depicting the presentation of medals to Giuseppe Garibaldi's (1807-1882) Veterans in the Grand Square, Naples. Dated 1860

Care of the wounded Prince of Orange, 1815, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1815 - 1816 print Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, was injured during the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. Interior of a house in which the prince sits on a chair next to a bed and is taken care of by a doctor. On the right other injured soldiers. Part of a group of illustrations of events around and during the battles at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, 16-18 June 1815. Netherlands paper etching / engraving medical aid and nursing of the sick and wounded Waterloo

Guerra de sucesión (1714). Juramento de los capitanes barceloneses y el conseller Rafael de Casanova ante la bandera de Santa Eulalia, patrona de la ciudad, en 1713. Grabado de 1840.

Acceptance of high regime by the three-manship in the name of the Prince of Orange, November 21, 1813; Renting a Dutch board to the Netherlands. (November 20, 1813). The acceptance of the high regime by the three-manship in the name of the Prince of Orange by A.F. van der Duyn, G.K. From Hogendorp and L. van Limburg Stirum on behalf of the Prince of Orange, The Hague, November 21, 1813. Meeting at the house of Van Hogendorp where the oath is taken to an orange flag, here are also present: Kemper, Fannius Scholten and F.D. Changuion.

André Masséna (1758-1817). French military officer. Appointed Marshal of the Empire by Napoleon in 1804. Massena at the Siege of Genoa (6 April to 4 June 1800), negotiating with an Austrian officer. Portrait. Drawing by Eugène Charpentier. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume I. Published in Paris, 1845. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver. Eugène Charpentier (1811-1890). French painter.

The arrest of the Cato Street conspirators 1820. he Cato Street Conspiracy was an attempt to murder all the British cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool in 1820. The name comes from the meeting place near Edgware Road in London. The Cato Street Conspiracy is notable for dissenting public opinions regarding the punishment of the conspirators

Crown Prince Friedrich von Prussia in the camp of Prince Eugen Franz, Prince of Savoy-Carignan * October 18, 1663 in Paris April 21, 1736 in Vienna, one of the most important generals in the Habsburg monarchy, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date not Stated

The 1906 caption reads: JULIAN DECLARED EMPEROR BY HIS SOLDIERS AT PARIS.This takes us back to the time when France or Gaul was still Roman. The young general Julian had so successfully defended Gaul against the barbarian Franks, that when the jealous Roman Emperor would have degraded him, his soldiers declared him Emperor in place of his rival. He marched off to fight for his title in Italy, leaving Gaul to its ravagers.I n 360 AD, Julian was proclaimed emperor by his soldiers at Lutetia (present-day Paris), sparking a civil war with his father, the emperor Constantius II. However, Constan

Military Persons in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, A Military Lecture in Versailles with Crown Prince Frederick William, King Wilheln, General von Blumenthal, War Minister von Roon, General von Podbielski and General Moltke, from left, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Napoleon I of France and Tsar Alexander I of Russia meet on July 7. 1807. on a raft in the middle of the Neman River in Kaliningrad Oblast. Russia. to sign the first Treaty of Tilsit. digital reproduction of a historical original

SERRA Y PAUSAS, Joan (s.XIX). D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. 1860s. Illustration of 'D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers'. Edition illustrated by J. Serra Pausas. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Henry IV 11 November 1050, 7 August 1106, was elevated King of the Germans in Cologne in 1056, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th c...

American General William Hull's surrender to the British troops and Native American warriors in Detroit, July 15, 1812, Anglo-American war, engraving, United States of America, 19th century.

Retreat of Spaniards from Antwerp, 1577. At the departure of the Spanish troops from Antwerp, the castle is transferred to Philip of Croy, Duke Van Aerschot, March 20, 1577.

Erster Schlesischer Krieg, 1740-1742, ein preußischer Offizier verlangt vom Bürgermeister von Grünberg die Schlüssel zu den Stadttoren, Historisch, di...

Erzherzog Karl Ludwig von Österreich am preußischen Königshofe, Karl Ludwig von Österreich auch Carl Ludwig, geb. 30. Juli 1833, gest. 19. Mai 1896 war ein Habsburger Erzherzog und der zweitjüngere Bruder Kaiser Franz Joseph, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999452

Costume ball in honor of General William Howe. 5th Viscount Howe. (10 August 1729 - 12 July 1814). a British army officer who rose to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces during the American War of Independence. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

Napoleon Bonaparte after Council of Five Hundred

Coriolanus, 1802 print A Roman military state, covering his face with his hand, opposite army commander. Women and a child mourn behind him. paper (story of) Coriolanus

Ambulance at the Theatre Français, Paris, 1871. Franco-Prussian War: '...military hospital extemporised in the public lobby of the Theatre Français...The statue of Voltaire...is seen in the background...The beds of the wounded soldiers are ranged along both sides...The cloth stretched behind the row of beds displays the red cross of the field-hospital service, and a placard bearing the written name of the soldier laid in each bed. The lady nurse, with curls, at the third bed to the left, offering a basin of broth to the Lieutenant who has his arm in a sling, is Mdlle. Marquet; she is

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, arrestment, 1776, William Franklin, 1730-1813 under house arrest, an American soldier, colonial administrator of New Jersey and last colonial governor of New Jersey

Charles, Count of Valois (1270-1325). Charles of Valois throws the sword in presence of the King. Engraving by A. Belin. The Universal Library, 1868.

Andrew Jackson & William Weatherford after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 1814

Meeting between Earl of Elgin and Japanese Commissioners sent by Shogun for the exchange of full powers on 26th August 1858, from Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, c. 1859, by Lawrence Oliphant

Louis II the Younger, 825 - 875, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor, attacked by Adelchis, prince of Benevento, in August 871

War of Spanish Succession (1702-1715). Oath of the captains of Barcelona who commands the troops of Antonio de Villarroel, Commander in Chief of the Army of Catalonia. Engraving by Urbadieta and J. Nicolau. 19th century. Colored.

William Parry, encouraged by the Jesuits, plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, but his plans are discovered and he is executed Date: 1584

Wilhelm der Eroberer belehnt den Herzog von Bretagne, Wilhelm der Eroberer, William the Conqueror, Wilhelm der Bastard, 1027-28 -9. September 1087, ab...

Contemporary illustration of Colonel Henry Bouquet conducting a council with the Indians, in a British military camp. Scene is from a map of Indian-country under the command of Colonel Bouquet in 1764, during 'Pontiac's war' (BSLOC_2019_3_45)

Napoleon and Alexander I make peace at Tilsit. The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by Napoleon I of France in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland. The first was signed on 7 July, between Emperor Alexander I of Russia and Napoleon I of France, when they met on a raft in the middle of the Neman River.

Interview of Howe's messenger with Washington 1776, USA, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America

An engraving depicting men of the Forty-Second Highlanders circa 1786. Dated 19th century

French armyt recruits being vaccinated with Cowpox to protect them from the more virulent infection, Smallpox. A Heffer is lying on the table and a shaven portion of her stomach has been infected with Cowpox and the infection is being transferred to the arms of the recruits. c1895.

French Revolution. Marquis De La Lafayette, in his National Guard uniform is confined in wrist and leg-irons in an Austrian Netherlands prison in 1792. French radical factions ordered his arrest, prompting his flight into the Austrian Netherlands (Belgium). After his capture by Austrian troops, Lafayette spent over five years in prison (BSLOC_2019_4_20)

Tuileries Storm 1792, Paris, France, National Guardsman and Federe, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Hernan Cortes honours Spanish missionary Martin de Valencia Date: 1525

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Karlstadt and Luther in Jena/German Peasants' War, Karlstadt and Luther in Jena, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored

Prisoners in the French Revolution awaiting the summons to the guillotine. Engraving by Masson after Charles Muller.

Zieten, sitting in front of his King, Hans Joachim von Zieten, also called Ziethen, also called Zieten aus dem bush, 14 May 1699-27 January 1786, one of the most famous equestrian generals in Prussian history and a close confidant of King Frederick the Great, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

. Presentation of the gift of a golden degen to the French Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, due to his merits in the fight against the English in East Indies, 1784. The more is handed on behalf of the States General by G. Brantsen And L'Estévenon Van Berkenrode.

GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE. MILITAR Y POLITICO ITALIANO. 1807-1882. GARIBALDI JUNTO A GIUSEPPE MAZZINI. GRABADO.

The Hundred Years War. The surrender of Calais. 1347.

Captain Tongrelow Took The Biggest Illustration From 'New York Colonial Privateers' by Thomas A. Janvier 1895 Howard Pyle (1853-1911 American) Lithograph Private Collection

'Greek Light Infantry', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".

When Espartero resigns, General O'Donnell forms a government : this provokes riots in Madrid, but he subdues them. Date: July 1856

Louis is guillotined : the executioner holds up the royal head for all to see. Date: 21 January 1793

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Oath of the Abbot of Kempten, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact ...

Divers prepare to descend to investigate the wreck of the 'Northfleet' which sank after a collision, drowning some 300 navvies bound for Australia to build railways there Date: January 1873

The Eve of the Battle of Edge Hill, 1642 - King Charles I stands centre wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Garter; Prince Rupert of the Rhine is sat next to him and Lord Lindsey stands next to the king resting his commander's baton against the map. The Prince of Wales (later Charles II) and the Duke of York (later James II) are the two boys behind Prince Rupert's back. The standard-bearer is Sir Edmund Verney. Charles Landseer, 1845

Military costumes, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Meeting of the Constitutional Council at Heilbronn, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an origin...

Farewell of Bavarian Landwehrleute in Munich, illustrated war chronicle 1870-1871, German-French campaign, Germany, France, Europe

B&W Illustration; The agents of Britain and Sweden signing the treaty against Napoleon; Treaty of Örebro

Engraving. Surrender of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga. 1775.

Willem V reert the heroes of the sea battle at Doggersbank, 1781, Jacobus Buys, 1786 - 1788 drawing Prince Willem V rewarded Johan Zoutman on November 30 with a memorial medal at a golden chain, after his victory in the sea battle at Doggersbank between the Dutch and the British fleet on August 5, 1781. Design for a print. Northern Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush ruler giving mark of honour. decorations, honours (as symbols of the state, etc.). medals and other marks of military honour (+ sailing-ships) Doggersbank

The noble sons of Ireland. Print shows men prominent in Irish history, wearing the particular dress of their times.

Convention of Reichstadt, meeting between Tsar Alexander II of Russia and Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, July 8, 1876, engraving. Russo-Turkish War, Czech Republic, 19th century.

The day after the coup d'etat of 1851, the same members of the Free-Masons, who had applauded the creation of a French Republic, congratulate Prince Napoleon Bonaparte on his ascension to Emperor. Date: 1890s

Manuel Quintano Bonifaz (1699-1774), inquisidor general, recibe la orden del destierro emitida por Carlos III en agosto de 1771. Grabado de 1880.

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