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Engravings depicting significant historical military scenes, including recruitment, leisure activities at artillery ranges, and notable events from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Railway disaster at Canonbury, the accident occurred when two trains collided in a tunnel between Finsbury Park and Canonbury. The tragedy was blamed on a overworked signalman onduty at one end of the tunnel. Date: 17th Dec 1881

Escalation of the Pullman Strike by the American Railway Union, night of June 26, 1894.

THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN), WITH BAKER PASHA'S EXPEDITION TO RELIEVE TOKAR

1800s 1860s MCCLELLAN AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM SHARPSBURG MARYLAND SEPTEMBER 17 1862

Civilians Battle Union Troops in New York 1863 Artist Unknown

Nelson is fatally wounded on the deck of the 'Victory' Date: 21 October 1805

Battles at the Battle of Berlin, 18 March 1848, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

1800s 1860s DECEMBER 1861 TORCHLIGHT PARADE OF FEDERAL UNION SOLDIERS IN HONOR OF GENERAL MCCLELLAN TAKING COMMAND WASHINGTON DC

The Nuremberg Stückschießen on the shooting range near Sankt Johannis, from 1671, Nuremberg, Germany / Das Nürnberger Stückschießen auf dem Schießplatz bei Sankt Johannis, von 1671, Nürnberg, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

US Civil War. General Ulysses Grant at the Battle of Shiloh (aka Battle of Pittsburg Landing), April 6-7, 1862. Grant's scout, Carson, standing a few feet away, receives a shot that blows his head off, spattering bystanders with blood, brains, and bone. In horrific incidents such as this, Grant was known for remaining outwardly calm (BSLOC_2018_10_44)

Spain. Sevilla. 19th cenutry. Corral del Conde. Engraving.

SALE OF THE HORSES OF THE TENTH HUSSARS AT TATTERSALL'S

Illustration titled 'The Battle of Agincourt', a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War. Dated 19th Century

Police officers dispersing the strike of employees of Streetcar in New York, March 4, 1886. Engraving.

FIGUERAS , ESTANISLAO. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. BARCELONA 1819 - 1882. " PROCLAMACION DE LA 1ª REPUBLICA. EL DIPUTADO SEÑOR FIGUERAS ARENGA AL PUEBLO EN EL EXTERIOR DEL CONGRESO, AÑO 1873 ". ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Garibaldi's men on the march in the neighbourhood of Partenico.

Scene on an English emigrant ship, here the dining room, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Engraving depicting a shooting lesson. Dated 19th century

THE JAPANESE FIRE BRIGADE

Crimean War: A.B. Soyer's Barrack Hospital kitchens in Scutari. Wood engraving.

The Civil War. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Brown and fellow raiders trapped in the engine house, now known as John Brown's Fort. Harpers Ferry Armory, 1859

The bell was the largest steel casting in Britain and was ordered by Conroy and O'Connor of San Francisco to be used as a fire alarm bell. Date: 1860

Barricades of the Paris Commune or La Commune de Paris, 1871, rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, France, Europe

Marruecos. Siglo XIX. Revolución de las tribus en Tanger, presentación al sultán de las cabezas de rebeldes. Grabado de 1892.

Suddenly a squad of Cossacks burst, vintage engraving. Suddenly a squad of Cossacks burst, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659717

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, THE SALVATION ARMY

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

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade testing fire escapes made by EH Bayley & Co.

military Germany 18th century recruitment copper engraving from ""Der vollkommene deutsche Soldat"" (The Perfect German Soldier) by Mayor Hans von Fleming Leipzig Germany 1726,

Charging the retorts, South Metropolitan Gas Company's works, Vauxhall, London, England. Engraving 1889.

Illustrations showing Prussian troops hoisting the German flag on top of Mont Valerien, one of Paris' most important fortifications. When it fell to the Prussians the fall of Paris was one significant step closer. Date: 1871

The War in Afghanistan: execution of the Kotwal of Cabul, Oct. 26, outside the Residency, 1880. The British army in Afghanistan. 'One of the first results of the appointment of Major-General Hills as Military Governor of Cabul, was the arrest of the Kotwal (headman) of the city...This man had taken a very active part in the disturbances of Sept. 3, and had...furnished provisions to the troops fighting against us...the Kotwal, and three others were hanged on the morning of Oct. 20, in the Bala Hissar, close outside the late Residency walls. On the very spot where the mutineers had brought into

'Ice Mountain', artificial sledge run, Russia, 1833. Artist: Unknown

The market for dogs' and cats' flesh, Paris, (sketch by balloon post), 1871. The Franco-Prussian War. 'Our Artists in the besieged city of Paris have sent us, by the usual balloon post, which is now a regular institution, a number of sketches representing the diverse expedients lately adopted there for carrying on the defence of that unfortunate city, including one of a dog-and-cat-butcher's stall in the Marché St. Germain...Eating is quite as important a part of this business as fighting, and the approach of hunger is more to be feared than a Prussian bombardment or assault. It was fou

The people of Malta demonstrate in favour of Italy. Date: 1883

Confederate Prisoners brought in after the Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863, USA Civil War

HOP-PICKING AT ALDERSHOTA MILITARY FLIRTATION, UK, ENGRAVING 1873

Adolphe Thiers during an inspection in 1871 during the Paris Commune. France, 19th century.

Scene at the Kilkenny Election, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Edmund Fitzpatrick. 'The Irish elections...are usually made the occasion, in almost every town, of a vehement exhibition of the popular spirit, breaking out sometimes in the form of serious tumults. The scene at the nomination of candidates for the county of Kilkenny, which took place at the Courthouse...was a very characteristic example of the disorderly behaviour of the multitude on these occasions...It was necessary to have a troop of the 12th Lancers and a company of the 53rd Regiment...drawn up in the streets during the

Presentation of colors to the Garibaldi Zouaves, New York, May, 1861 The Garibaldi Zouaves on the double-quick in Broadway.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, 1861 June 8, p. 362. Zouaves, New York (State), New York, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

RETURN OF THE PRINCE OF WALES FROM INDIA, 1876: "GOOD-BYE, MY LADS!"

Engraving showing the distribution of 'grog' (watered down rum) on board HMS 'Sultan' to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. As can be seen, several non-commissioned officers (and perhaps the purser) are keeping an eye on proceedings to ensure the proper allocation. 'Grog' was so called as it was first issued under the order of Admiral Edward Vernon, whose nickname was 'old Grogram' after the material his cape was made of. Prior to this the Royal Navy issued straight rum to its s

REMOVING THE NAME OF A STREET, STREET SCENE IN MADRID SPAIN 1873

The House of Decoys, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Illustration showing the moment when Polish Underground Army soldiers (in mufti) left the office of Hoffman, Nazi Labour Exchange Chief of Warsaw, having carried out sentence of death on him, 11th April 1943. Two passing German SS men restrained their desire to investigate, due to number of Polish Underground soldiers surrounding them. This drawing was made during the Second World War by Captain Bryan de Grineau, under the direction of an officer of the Polish Underground Army. 1944

THE CELEBRATION AT SAVANNAH OF THE SESQUI-CENTENARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF GEORGIA, U.S.A., U.S., USA, US, UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA, 1883: 1. Lieutenants G.P. Walker and R.F. Harmon, of the Chatham Artillery, Savannah, in Command of the Historical Washington Guns at the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration. 2. General James Oglethorpe, the Founder of the Colony of Georgia (From an Engraving of the Period). 3. The Town of Savannah, as First Planned. 4. Pageant Commemorating the Lan

The Dos de Mayo of 1808, was a rebellion by the people of Madrid against the occupation of the city by French troops, triggering the Peninsular War. The spark that provoked the rebellion was the move by the French Marshal in command of Madrid, Joachim Murat, to send the daughter of Charles IV and the Infante Francisco de Paula to the French city of Bayonne. On 2 May a crowd began to gather in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid. Those gathered entered the palace grounds in an attempt to prevent

mail post telegraphy transatlantic telegraph cable laying 1858 looking for defects at the cable wood engraving 19th century,

Ziegenhirte in einem Dorf im Elsass, 1878, Frankreich, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister of Prussia from 18621890 is almost assassinated by Ferdinand Cohen-Blind, a democrat who hoped to prevent a war among the German states. Bismarck was shot at five times at close range but survived; Cohen-Blind committed suicide while in custody. Date: 8th May 1866

Prussian Army, marching out on manoeuvres, Germany, ca 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Turkey-Shooting, from Harpers Weekly. Artist: Unknown After: Julian Scott, American, 1846-1901

EL CONDE DE REUS DESEMBARCA EN PUERTO RICO - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. CONDE DE REUS. GENERAL PRIM. GENERAL JUAN PRIM Y PRATS (1814-1870).

Mine. The davy lamps, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

events First Crusade 1096 - 1099 conquest of Jerusalem 1099 storming the city with siege towers wood engraving 19th century,

The Champ de Mai distribution flags, vintage engraving. The Champ de Mai distribution flags, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656496

Engraving showing the interior of Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, during the American Civil War. This image, made in 1865, shows the sentries on duty and fortifications in place. Date: 1865

military uniforms Germany German Empire uniforms of the Imperial German Navy sailors Corvette Captain admiral ensign naval cadet wood engraving late 19th century,

Contrabands accompanying the line of Sherman's march through Georgia / from a sketch by our special artist. | Library of Congress

Republican barricade at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris. Date: 3-4 December 1851

events Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 atrocities military punishment breaking wheel etching from the series ""The Large Miseries of War"" (""Les Grand Miseres de la Guerre"") by Jacques Callot 1633,

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, At the Diet of Wuerzburg, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Entry of French troops in Amsterdam, vintage engraving. Entry of French troops in Amsterdam, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656400

THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY: SCENE IN COURT DURING THE TRIAL AT THE OLD BAILEY, LONDON, UK, 1883

Leaflet from the scene with a dignitary (port in the background); around 1908 (1903-00-00-1912-00-00);Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938), Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938)-collection, gift (provenance), occasional prints, Islamic art, Turkish art, leaflets

Funeral of Leon Gambetta, the funeral procession leaving the Chamber of Deputies, England, historical illustration, 1884

Egypt. The Suez Canal. It connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Inauguration ceremony of the Suez Canal at Port-Said on November 17, 1869 under Isma'il Pasha (1830-1895). Engraving by Desandre.

Assassination of James King, newspaper editor and former member of the first San Francisco Vigilance Committee (formed and disbanded in 1851), by James P. Casey. His murder prompted the creation of a second Vigilance Committee in 1856.

Home from the war | Library of Congress

Russo-Japanese War: Japanese ambulance men at work on a battlefield. Pen and ink drawing by H. Johnson, 1904.

Dog pound in Berlin, historical illlustration, about 1886

An unsuccessful assassination attempt on the life of the Italian statesman, Francesco Crispi, by the anarchist Lega. Date: 1894

A milling match between decks. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 11981. Sailors,British,1810-1820. , Fighting,1810-1820.

THE ARMISTICE BETWEEN SERBIA AND BULGARIA: BULGARIAN VOLUNTEERS DISBANDING AT RUSTCHUCK, 1886

Requisitions convoy passing through Montlignon outside of Paris, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Army of the PotomacSleeping on Their Arms Published 1864 United States. Wood engraving on paper . Winslow Homer

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 Siege of Paris 19.9.1870 - 28.1.1871 dogs cats and rats are sold on the market of Saint Germain wood engraving late 19th century,

The Arrest of Ravachol, 1892. Artist: Francois Claudius Koeningstein

Historical engraving, Frederick the Great, Frederick II, 1712-1786, underneath the petition lime tree in Potsdam, he receives the requests of the needy, Germany, 1888, Europe

Alfonso XII (1857-1885). King of Spain. Mercedes of Orléans (1860-1878). Marriage of King Alfonso XII to Infanta Mercedes of Orléans, celebrated on January 23, 1878. Royal celebrations in Madrid on the occasion of the event. Inauguration of the Racecourse of La Castellana on the occasion of the royal festivals. Fourth horse race on the afternoon of January 31st, won by "Il Barbiere", owned by Mr. Davies, from Jerez. Drawing by Perea. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish and engraver.

The Sonderbund conflict provokes unrest throughout Switzerland : the scene at Fribourg. Date: 1847

Scenes showing women carrying on and fulfilling men's roles during the First World War while husbands, fathers, brothers and sons serve in the trenches. In this case, perhaps displaying the bias of the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News in which this illustration was published, the lady in question gardens, farms, exercises horses, goes hunting, feeds his game birds and looks after a convalscent charger. The title alludes to the popular, patriotic WW1 song written by Ivor Novello and Len

Painting depicting a scene from the Battle of Sedan. Fought during the FrancoñPrussian War on 1 September 1870. Dated 19th Century

TOP: Passengers inside a South Boston Street car are showered with broken glasses as strikers throw rocks and bricks in February 1887. BOTTOM: Police charging on the rioters.

'Wayside Calvary in France', 1916. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VI. The Spring and Summer Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton. The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916

Ranks of troops onboard the ship the 'Great Eastern', capable of carrying 10,000 men. The troops were making their way to North America to reinforce the British presence in Canada. Date: 1861

Oosterhuis, Haatje Pieters, Netherlands, Sluyter, Dirk, Woerden, 24 November, 1813, Plundering of Woerden, verso - stamped, Plundering of Woerden by the French, 24 November 1813. View of a street where men and women are being abused by soldiers., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 82 mm, width 120 mm, Dutch, 1790-01-19 - 1852-06-17, print maker, printmaker, 1813 - 1813, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1784-11-28 - 1854-12-14, intermediary draughtsman

July 2 1881 Shooting Of President James Abram Garfield By Assassin Charles Guiteau Illustration

The Civil War. The Army telegraph - setting up the wire during the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Woodcut by Alfred Waud, Dec. 1862

Soldiers of Gen Augurs Brigade waiting for the cars to take them to Uptons Hill, Virginia their old camp. Title inscribed lower left, Inscribed on verso: The brigade consists of the 24th, 22nd, 14th and 30th N.Y.V. the scene represents the variety in appearance sic of those soldiers after walking the day prevous sic, 21 Miles, some distance beyond Fairfax Courthouse in a rain storm. The variety of costume is obvous sic - they have all some token to remember the F.F.V. scene at the R.R. Station, Alexandria, Va. Sunday Eve, Source unknown, Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 24th (1861-1863) , United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1861-1863) , United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 14th (1861-1863) , United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 30th (1861-1863) , Augur, Christopher Colon, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Uni

Russia. Moscow. 1856. Ceremony to welcome the participants in the siege of Sevastopol defense, during the Crimean War (1853-1856). Lithography by Vasili Fedorovich (George Wilhelm) Timm (1820-1895). Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol. Ukraine.

Labourers waiting at airlock to start a 7-hour shift tunnelling under London, 1890.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, At the Diet of Würzburg, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact origi...

SKETCHES AT THE REGIMENTAL STEEPLECHASES AT ALDERSHOTT, 1880

Hogenberg, French, Northern Netherlands, Assassination attempt by Jean de Jauregui on William of Orange, 1582, Assassination attempt by Jean de Jauregui on William of Orange in Antwerp, 18 March 1582. In an interior Jauregui fires a pistol shot at the prince. In the middle Jauregui is overpowered by soldiers. Inscriptions in French in the depiction. With 4-line caption in Latin. Numbered 134. Printed on the back with text in Latin., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 125 mm, width 181 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1613 - 1615, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590

Witches, The Flight of Bute from Dover, the Arrival at Calais, 1768. Bute is accused of promoting French interests. Bute and a witch escape England on a broom, Prince Charles Edward (the young pretender to the throne), the devil as satyr, witch on a broom, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original

British Arctic Expedition: HMS Valorous bidding farewell to HMS Alert and HMS Discovery near the entrance to Baffin's Bay.

Southern Guatemala Railway. Official inauguration of the railway from Guatemala City to Amatitlan on 19 July 1884. On that date the first locomotive entered Guatemala City's Central Station, with a great celebration by the population and the Guatemalan government. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). September 22, 1884.

THE FUNERAL OF COUNT MOLTKE

An engraving depicting the Duke of Wellington at the diamond cutter's wheel cutting the first facet in the reworking of the Koh-I-Noor diamond. Dated 19th century

Revolution 1848 - 1849 in the Empire of Austria, Speech of a student to the workers in the Marzgasse (lower Backerstraue) on 27 May 1848 in Vienna, Austria, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..

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