Historical Military Figures

Illustrations of notable military figures in armor from various eras, featuring detailed engravings and vibrant colors highlighting historical military attire.

WILLIAM IV, COUNT OF HOLLAND Full-length portrait in military dress Date: 1317 - 1345

Armour worn by King James II at the Battle of the Boyne, 1690; Black and White Illustration;

WILLIAM IV, COUNT OF HOLLAND Full-length portrait in military dress Date: 1317 - 1345

Gentilhomme a bec de Corbin 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476-1524). French nobleman who took part as a knight in the Italian wars. Bayard gave rise to the legend of the "the knight without fear and beyond reproach". Portrait. Engraving by Martinez. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume V. 1855.

Great Britain. England, 1066-1741. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Footsoldier from Thirty Years' War ca. 1618-1648 Artist Unknown Copper engraving

Körperpanzer mit Waffenrock, König Günther von Schwarzburg, 14. Jahrhundert, Modegeschichte, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reprod...

France, 1745-1750 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Norman soldier, after a manuscript of Strutt, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

events German Peasants' War 1524 - 1526 rebellious peasants crossbowman contemporary woodcut,

French knight, horseman from the second half of the 13th century, France, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unkno...

The figure represented here is an English knight in 1333. The illustration dates to 1882.

Japanese lancer from the Shogun troops, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Balzer Dahl (1825-1893), Christian II's armor, 1825 - 1893

Francis I in costume weapons man, Marignan, vintage engraving. Francis I in costume weapons man, Marignan, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673622

Sergeant. around 1687. England. from the book The British Army. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Fifteenth century, Captain of regular armed men, vintage engraving. Fifteenth century, Captain of regular armed men, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673672

Griechischer Hoplit, Ein Hoplit, hoplítes, deutsch Schwerbewaffneter, Kriegsgerät, Harnisch, Schild, war ein Angehöriger der Haupttruppe der griechisc...

The figure represented here is a French guard between 1550 and 1600 - during the time of Charles IX and Henry III. The illustration dates to 1882.

Greece, Greek warrior in full armour, History of fashion, Costume history, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, Europe

Military costume during the reign of Henry V, vintage engraving. Military costume during the reign of Henry V, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656065

Cromo troquelado de un boy scout. Años 1910.

Medieval era. Soldier. Engraving, 19th century.

Gaucher de Chastillon (1250-1329), comte de Crecy Connetable de France French military

A gentleman pensioner. The Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. 1687. bodyguard of the British monarch. from the book The British Army. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century

Armour of Emperor Maximilian I, plate armour, 1486, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Engraving depicting a mounted knight of the 12th Century

Armour of a knight from Mongolia, 14th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Guerrero del ejército de Don Pelayo en el siglo VIII. Cromo de Chocolates Juncosa. Años 1920. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Minion, soldier from Venice, Italy, 15th century, police servant, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date u...

The Tonkin Campaign (French: Campagne du Tonkin) was an armed conflict fought between June 1883 and April 1886 by the French against, variously, the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and the Chinese Guangxi and Yunnan armies to occupy Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and entrench a French protectorate there. The campaign, complicated in August 1884 by the outbreak of the Sino-French War and in July 1885 by the Can Vuong nationalist uprising in Annam, which required the diversion of large numbers of French troops, was conducted by the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, supported by the gunboats of the Tonkin Flotilla. The campaign officially ended in April 1886, when the expeditionary corps was reduced in size to a division of occupation, but Tonkin was not effectively pacified until 1896.

Italy, 1875-1896 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Muenchener Bilderbogen, costumes, Austrian cavalry, Austria, military, three persons, rifle, drum, portrait, beginning of 18th century, historical illustration 1890, Europe

France, 1849 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Arnaout and Osmanli Soldiers in Alexandria, 1851. Created by Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), this color lithograph depicts the clothing and dress of the time, reflecting the social life and customs of Egypt. Published in London by James Madden in 1851

France, 1500-1575. Louis XII, Francis I, Henry II, Charles IX. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Neo-Persian king hunting with a bow on horseback, ca 400, possibly King Firuz, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original,...

France, 1789-1790 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Ehle, also called Lele or Lel, died 955 in Regensburg, like Bulcsu, was a general in the army of the Magyar Prince Taksony in the 10th century and from 925 to 955 Prince of the Neutraer Principality, Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,

Parade armour of a Polish nobleman from the 16th century, armour and helmet of iron scales, decorations of gilded copper, Poland, digitally restored r...

France, 1789-1790 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Lancers, War Costume c. 1535, History of Fashion, Costume History, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Période Gauloise Historique : soldat Gaulois au combat. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Indians of the Iroquois tribe in war costume, America, 1870, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c.1043-1099), known as El Cid. Castilian nobleman, military leader and diplomat. El Cid riding Babieca. Colored engraving.

Bertrand du Guesclin, 1320-1380, was an important Breton army commander and Connetable of France. Thanks to his military successes in the Hundred Years' War between the crowns of England and France, he went down in history as a knight without blemish, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known

A Irish foot soldier in the time of Edward I, from 13th Century illuminated manuscript; Black and White Illustration;

The figure represented here is a French grenadier around 1600. The illustration dates to 1882.

France, 1794-1795 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

A Greek soldier on foot, a hoplite, attacks a mounted warrior with fierce determination after slaying another.

Livonian Guide of Charles XII, 1700, vintage engraving. Livonian Guide of Charles XII, 1700, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678876

Great Britain. England, 1066-1741. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

The figure represented here is a French palace guard in 1772 A.D. The illustration dates to 1882

Mediterranean Soldier, drawing

Two soldiers and a figure with turban, Salvator Rosa, c. 1656 - c. 1657 print Two soldiers of which one sitting and one standing. On the right a third figure with a turban. Italy paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life. armour. head-gear: turban. helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance

Illustration depicting a navvy. Railway navvies were sent out to the Crimea to build a railway and to help with digging trenches. Dated 19th century

A body covering armour of foot soldiers, Landsknechtharnisch, early 16th century, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, exact original date unknown, Europe

events, Franco-Prussia War 1870 - 1871, Bavarian cavalryman, wood engraving after drawing, 19th century,

State Armour of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, 1570, made by Lucio Piccinino, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from the 19th century, exact date unknown

Roman soldier with splint armour, from front, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

The figure represented here is a French cuirassier around 1600. The illustration dates to 1882.

Rapier ca. 1600-10 Clemens Wopper The rapier was the principal civilian sidearm throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Designed for cut-and-thrust fencing of progressively complex techniques, the rapier is characterized by a double-edged blade with an acute point and an elaborate guard for the hand. The guards, usually of iron or steel, were subject to a variety of embellishment. They were engraved, chiseled, gilded, damascened, and encrusted in gold and silver in keeping with fashionable styles. Unless otherwise noted, the materials, attributions, and dating given here refer to the hilts. Rapier blades, invariably of steel, bear a variety of makers marks denoting their origin in the two principal centers of blademaking, Toledo in Spain and Solingen in Germany.. Rapier. Italian; blade, German, Solingen. ca. 1600-10. Steel, gold, silver, brass. Swords

Assyrian archers on horseback. After an illustration by an unidentified 19th century artist from a bas relief in Nimrud.

Armed knight at the time of the Hohenstaufen, digital improved reproduction of an original print 1880, from the manuscript of the yearbooks of Genoa from the 12th century, time of the crusades and the Hohenstaufen war in Italy

Roman auxiliary military, infantry, drawing

The figure represented here is a Prussian line man in 1846. This illustration dates to 1882.

Two soldiers using a hand cannon, Bâton à feu, 14th century Two soldiers using a hand cannon, Bâton à feu, 14th century Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21665184

Officer, Cannoneers, France, 16th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Officer, Cannoneers, France, 16th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

French Soldiers in the 1400s

Matthew Hopkins, Witch-finder.

Europe. Germany. Early modern era. Landsknecht with arquebus and katzbalger. Foot soldier. 6th century.

Medieval armour, 15th century Medieval armour, 15th century Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21665044

General Malatesta's helmet (top left), tournament armour (bottom left), Marco Colatto's equestrian armour (centre), 15th century tournament armour (right), illustration by Freeman, engraving by Best, Hotelin and Co, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 481, Volume XIX, May 15, 1852.

Armet, Turkish helmet from the Battle of Lepanto, 1571. Engraving.

Saxon Cavalry, Germany, 1886, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Saxon Cavalry, Germany, 1886, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

German Knight in the Second Half of the 14th century, Tomb of Otto von Pienzenau, War Costume, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a...

France, 1745-1750 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Armor. Unknown

Soldier with shield and lance 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Medieval era. Soldier. Engraving, 19th century.

military Middle Ages knights armour plate armour of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I Nuremberg Germany before 1480 wood engraving 19th century,

military Russia Streltsy private engraving by Jean Baptiste Le Prince late 17th century Russian soldier,

Portrait of Sidney Smith (1764-1840) a British naval officer who served in the American and French revolutionary wars. Dated 19th Century

The illustration, which dates to 1882, represents a Gallic warrior. Gaul is an ancient name for present-day France. Julius Caesar, a Roman statesman and general, won renown for his conquest of Gaul in the 50s B.C.

Fourteenth and sixteenth-century daggers from a collection in the Tower of London. from the book The British Army. 1868. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Europe. Germany. 16th century. Jousters on foot.

Fireworks by Gonnes and Bowes. Firing fireworks or incendiary bombs with a rifle and a bow. 1643. England. Historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Illustration of a dead soldier. Shown laid in his battle attire with his hands set in praying position and his feet resting on a lion. Circa 13th-14th century AD.

Medieval era. Soldier. Engraving, 19th century.

Officer of the Guard, France, 16th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Officer of the Guard, France, 16th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Artist: Unknown

This illustration of a Chinese soldier, aiming his gun, dates to 1900. The time period in China is the Boxer Rebellion.

Officer, Army of the Bow, Japan, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Officer, Army of the Bow, Japan, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Trommler, 1512 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Drums, Mercenaries (Soldiers) , German , France

Frederick George Jackson (1860-1938) British Arctic explorer. In 1893-1894 he explored the tundra of Siberia. Led the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition to Franz Joseph Land (1894-1897). Cartoon by 'Spy' (Leslie Ward, 1851-1922) from Vanity Fair (London, 16 December 1887).

France, 1796 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Roman Army. Roman General. Engraving. Color. Imperial era.

Qing Imperial court portraits of senior Manchu military officers, known as Bannermen, mid-18th century. From the time China was brought under the rule of the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1683), the banner soldiers became more professional and bureaucratised. Once the Manchus took over governing, they could no longer satisfy the material needs of soldiers by garnishing and distributing booty; instead, a salary system was instituted, ranks standardised, and the Bannermen became a sort of hereditary military caste, though with a strong ethnic inflection. Banner soldiers took up permanent positions, either as defenders of the capital, Beijing, where roughly half of them lived with their families, or in the provinces, where 18 garrisons were established. The largest banner garrisons throughout most of the Qing dynasty were at Beijing, followed by Xi'an and Hangzhou. Sizable banner populations were also placed in Manchuria and at strategic points along the Great Wall, the Yangtze River and Grand Can

The figure shown here represents an Austrian Cuirassier (1683).The illustration dates to 1882.

Egyptian infantry with shield spear and battle axe, ancient Egyptian empire. Egypt. Old engraving illustration from the book Universal history by Osca

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