Historical Military Figures

Illustrations feature historical military leaders in formal uniforms from various eras, depicting their attire and insignia.

Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata (San Sebastián 1833 - Madrid 1906) was a Spanish military man, Captain General of Navarra, Cuba, the Philippines and Catalonia. Spain, Europe. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Rafael Maroto Yserns (1783-1847), militar español, jefe carlista. Grabado de 1880.

Victor Dezideryevich Dandevill, 1826 - 1907. General of the infantry in the Imperial Russian Army. From Russes et Turcs: La Guerre D'Orient, published 1878.

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Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata (San Sebastián 1833 - Madrid 1906) was a Spanish military man, Captain General of Navarra, Cuba, the Philippines and Catalonia. Spain, Europe. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: GENERAL BOURBAKI, COMMANDING THE IMPERIAL GUARD

Ludwig Karl Wilhelm Freiherr von Gablenz, 1814-1874, was an Austrian cavalry general, woodcut from 1864

Emilio Calleja (1830-1906). Spanish Military. Captain General of the island of Cuba. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886.

Heinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von Heß, also von Heß, 17 March 1788, 13 April 1870, was an Austrian soldier and field marshal who joined the army in ...

Michail Grigorjewitsch Tschernjajew, geb. 3. November 1828, gest. 17. August 1898, russischer General und Diplomat, kämpfte im Krimkrieg, im Kaukasus und Zentralasien, und fungierte als russischer Generalkonsul in Serbien, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903935

Ludwig von Wittich (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Wittich) (1818-1884). Prussian lieutenant general. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

MIJAIL LORIS-MELIKOV (1826-1888). Político y militar ruso de origen armenio, general de caballeria y ministro del interior de 1880-1801, durante el reinado de Alejandro II de Rusia. Grabado. "La Ilustración Española y Americana", 1877.

Prince Menzikof or Menshikov, commander of the Russian army of the Crimea, woodcut, Russia, Europe

Carlos María de la Torre y Navacerrada (1809-1879). Spanish lieutenant general. First Governor General of the Philippines (June 1869 to September 1871) after the Spanish Revolution of 1868. Portrait. Drawing by Salcedo. Lithography. Crónica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias (General Chronicle of Spain, Illustrated and Descriptive History of its Provinces), Philippines, 1871. Author: Isidoro Salcedo. Spanish painter, lithographer and cartoonist,19th century.

Cesáreo Fernández Losada (Celanova 1831 - Barcelona 1911) was a Spanish military doctor, surgeon, founder of the Academy of Military Health in the Spanish army and prominent scientist. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

German military in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Privy council F. von Wardenburg was a Knight of the Order of St John, 1895-1896, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Military people of Deutschland in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, Privy council F. von Wardenburg was a Knights Hospitallers, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved

Portrait of Charles Denis Sauter Bourbaki, 22 April 1816 - 22 September 1897, was a French general, Commander of the French Eastern Army in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 / Porträt von Charles Denis Sauter Bourbaki, 22. April 1816 - 22. September 1897, war ein französischer General, Kommandeur der französischen Ostarmee im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg von 1870/71, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

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Albert von Rheinbaben, 1813-1880, Prussian general of the cavalry, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France

Portrait of Juan Romero y Moreno (Ferrol 1827 - Madrid 1893) Spanish politician and military man who fought in the African War in 1860, Minister of the Navy during a Sagasta government, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Philippe Eugene Ferdinand Marie Clement Baudoin Leopold Georges von Belgien geb. 24. März 1837 im Schloss Laken, gest. 17. November 1905 in Brüssel war ein Prinz von Belgien und trug den Titel eines Grafen von Flandern, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903317

Historic drawing, 19th century, portrait of Pierre-François-Joseph Bosquet, 1810 - 1861, a Marshal of France in Algeria and during the Crimean War

The caption accompanying this 1903 illustration in Gaston Masperos book on History of Egypt reads: Lord Kitchner of Khartum. Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) was famous forcolonial victories in the Sudan and South Africa. As Commander in Chief of the Egyptian army, he rescued Khartoum from the dervishes of Sudan in 1898 after a two year battle. Kitchener won fame in 1898 for winning the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, after which he was given the title 'Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. Later, he helped build Britain's first mass army and became the face of the First World War when he appeared on the 'Your Country Needs You' poster.

Louis Faidherbe (Louis Léon César Faidherbe) (1818-1889). French general and colonial administrator. Governor of Senegal (1854-1861, 1863-1865). He commanded the Army of the North during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. Portrait. Drawing by García. Engraving by París. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870. Author: Marcelo París (ca. 1846-1901). 19th-century Spanish engraver.

Omar Pasha (1806-1871). Ottoman general and governor, born in Croatia. Led the Turkish army in the Crimean War. Portrait. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VIII. 1856.

Paul de Ladmirault, 17 February 1808, Sillars, 1 angolan rousette (1898), was a French general, French corps commander in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown

Leonhard von Blumenthal, 1810-1900, Prussian general field marshal, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, 1 April 1815 - 30 July 1898, known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890 / Otto Eduard Leopold, Fürst von Bismarck, Herzog von Lauenburg, 1. April 1815 - 30. Juli 1898, bekannt als Otto von Bismarck, war ein konservativer preußischer Staatsmann, der von den 1860er Jahren bis 1890 die deutschen und europäischen Angelegenheiten dominierte und zwischen 1871 und 1890 der erste Kanzler des Deutschen Reiches war, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Louis-Eugene Cavaignac, 15. Oktober 1802 in Paris, 28. Oktober 1857, war ein französischer General, der 1848 in Paris einen massiven Aufstand niedersc...

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Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888) was a highly successful U.S. cavalry officer whose driving military leadership in the last year of the American Civil War was instrumental in defeating the Confederate Army.

Baldomero Fernández Espartero (Granátula, 1793-Logroño, 1879). Militar español isabelino. Grabado de 1870.

Portrait of General Guglielmo Pepe (1783-1855) an Italian general and patriot, and the son of Cesare Balbo. Dated 19th Century

August Karl von Goeben, 10 December 1816, 13 November 1880, was a Prussian General of the Infantry, German, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

The President-Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice, Count de Mac Mahon, The Duke of Magenta, 13 June 1808, 17 October 1893, was a French general and politician, He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the second president of the Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879, French corps leaders during the German-French war 1870-71, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Portrait of Gustav von Alvensleben, 30 September 1803 - 30 June 1881, was a Prussian general who commanded the Prussian IV. Corps during the Franco-Prussian War, commander of the North German Federal Army / Porträt Gustav von Alvensleben, 30. September 1803 - 30. Juni 1881, war ein preußischer General, Befehlshaber des preußischen IV. Korps während des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges, Kommandeur des Norddeutschen Bundesheeres, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Rafael Maroto (1783-1847). Spanish military. He joined the troops of the pretender Carlos V (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbon) in the First Carlist War. Together with Espartero, he starred in the Embrace of Vergara (August 31, 1839) which ended the conflict. Portrait. Engraving. Historia General de Espana by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1853.

Paul Gerald Pau; (1848; - 1932) French General; a commander of an army at the beginning of World War I.

German military in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Chief staff surgeon MD Schubert, Germany, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Military people of Deutschland in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, Chief staff surgeon MD Schubert, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Europe

Charles Denis Bourbaki, French soldier and general, 1868. Artist: Unknown

August Karl von Goeben, 10. Dezember 1816, 13. November 1880, war ein preußischer General der Infanterie, deutsch, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion e...

GUTIERREZ DE LA CONCHA E IRIGOYEN, Manuel (1806-1874). Spanish liberal military man, who fought in the Carlist wars. First Marquis of Douro. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

events Second Schleswig War 1864 Battle of Dybbol 18.4.1864 portrait of Lieutenant J.A.P. Ancker defender of redoubt No. II wood engraving published on 28.5.1864,

Franz Kielmeyer, Premier-Lieutenant der Kaiserlichen Schutztruppe 1893 bis 1898, Deutsch Ostafrika, geboren am 11. Juni 1864, gefallen am 1. Februar 1898, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903951

Ramon Castaneda (1793-1872). Spanish military. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872.

General Bosquet (1810-1861) on engraving from the 1800s. French Army general. Drawn & engraved by D.J. Pound and published in London by the Printing and Publishing Company.

Historical drawing, portrait of Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke, 1800-1891, Prussian Field Marshal in the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-71

Graf Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold August von Werder geb. 12. September 1808 in Schloßberg, Ostpreußen, gest. 12. September 1887 auf Gut Grüssow, Pommern, preußischer General der Infanterie, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903995

'Lieut-General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), British Army cavalry officer. Led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, 25 October 1854. Engraving c1860.'

Leopold Hermann von Boyen, 1811 - 1886, a Prussian general of the infantry and governor of the fortress of Mainz and later of Berlin, wood engraving, about 1880

The President-Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice, Count de Mac Mahon, The Duke of Magenta, 13 June 1808 - 17 October 1893, was a French general and politician, with the distinction of Marshal of France. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the second president of the Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879, French corps leaders during the German-French war 1870/71 / Der Präsident-Marschall Marie Esme Patrice Maurice, Graf de Mac Mahon, Der Herzog von Magenta, 13. Juni 1808 - 17. Oktober 1893, war ein französischer General und Politiker, mit der Auszeichnung Marschall von Frankreich. Er diente als Staatschef Frankreichs von 1873 bis 1875 und als zweiter Präsident der Dritten Republik, von 1875 bis 1879, französischer Korpsführer im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870/71, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, kolorier

Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape, 2 February 1813 - 7 May 1895, was a Royal Prussian General Colonel of the Infantry with the special rank of General Field Marshal, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice, 23. Mai 1818, 25. März 1891, war ein sächsischer General der Kavallerie im deutsch-französischen Feldzug von ...

Lu≠s Vidart Schuch (1833-1897). Spanish military and writer. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration, 1892.

Vice Admiral von der Goltz, Admiral of the German Navy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Manuel Villacampa del Castillo (1827-1887). Spanish military. Engraving of The Iberian Illustration, 1886. Engraving. Colored.

Guglielmo Pepe, 1783, 1855, a Neapolitan General, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

American General George McClellan

Nathaniel Prentiss Banks 1816 to 1894. Politician. Union general during the American Civil War. From photograph by Matthew Brady

STAPLETON COTTON, first viscount COMBERMERE British military commander. Date: 1773 - 1865

Pierre Louis Charles Achille de Failly, 21. Januar (1810), 15. November 1892, war ein französischer General, französischer Korpsführer im Deutsch-Fran...

Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809-1885). German Generalfeldmarschall noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War. Engraving. Historia Universal, 1885.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: THE GRAND DUKE OF HESSE-DARMSTADT

ZUMALACARREGUI, Tomàs (1788-1835). Carlist general. Spain. Peninsular War and First Carlist War. Tomàs Zumalacarregui. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, Friedrich Wilhelm, 9 October 1771, 16 June 1815, also called the Black Duke, was one of the German folk heroes of the Napoleonic Wars, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Felix Charles Douay (1816-1879). General in the French army. Portrait. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1870. Colored.

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Portrait of Lieutenant C. H. Cornelissen, Dutch Royal Navy, Sumatra Island. Indonesia. Drawing by Eugene Ronjat (1822 - 1912) Across the island of Sumatra 1877 by Daniel David Veth (1850 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

1800S 1860S Portrait Confederate General John C Pemberton During American Civil War He Lost At Vicksburg July 1863 He Surrendered To Union Troops

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Isaac Peral Caballero (1851-1895). Engineer, military man, scientist and inventor of a submarine torpedo boat in 1874. ENGRAVING, 1889.

François Achille Bazaine, 13 February 1811, 23 September 1888, officer in the French army, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century origina...

General Legrand (died. 1870). Died in the Battle of Borny. Engraving by La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1870.

Major General Sir Henry Havelock 1795 to 1857 Britsh General From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

General Eble, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Jean-Jacques-Alexis Uhrich, 15. Februar 1802, 9. Oktober 1886, war ein französischer Offizier und General und Gouverneur von Straßburg, Frankreich, im...

Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB, known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer, of the Corps of Royal Engineers and administrator. He is remembered for his campaigns in China and northern Africa.

Jose Lagunero y Guijarro (1823-1879). Spanish military. Engraving by Arturo Carretero "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1879. Colored.

MIKHAIL SEMYONOVICH VORONTSOV Russian military and prince Date: 1782 - 1856

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Lieutenant-colonel Petr Aleksandrovich Stakhiev, 1863., 1884., S.-Peterburg. Publisher, Fototipiia V. Shteina i S. Lapteva, Pervyi kadetskii korpus (Russia). History

General Grant, USA Civil War General and later President

Portrait of Mr W A Dunne, Commissariat Department, defender of Rorke's Drift. 137 British soldiers held the fort at Rorke's Drift against a force of over 3,000 Zulus. 11 men were awarded Victoria Crosses for bravery in evacuating the hospital there. Dunne helped build a fortification where the men held out against the Zulus. Date: 1879

Arsenio Martinez Campos (1831-1900). Spanish military. Engraving by Paris in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876.

Louis Lyautey (17 November 1854 21 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925.

Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud was a French soldier and Marshal of France from 20 August 1798 to 29 September 1854. He served as French Minister...

08/31/1909. Captain Don Luis Vara, of the León regiment who conducted himself with astonishing heroism in the combat of September 30.

Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d Isly, 15 October 1784, June 1849, was Marshal of France and led the conquest of Algeria, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Ferdinand Baptista von Schill, 6 January 1776, 31 May 1809, Prussian officer who became known as a Freikorps leader in the wars with France of 1806-07...

Friedrich Balduin Ludwig Freiherr von Gagern, 1794 - 1848, a Dutch general of German descent, Commander of the troops of the German Confederation fighting against the Heckeraufstand uprising, wood engraving, about 1880

Muhammad Ali Pasha (b. 1829). General in chief of the Turkish army in Bulgaria. Engraving in 'The Spanish and American Illustration' by A. Carrtero, 1877. Colored.

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke, 26 October 1800, 24 April 1891, Prussian Field Marshal, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th c...

Edwin Karl Rochus Freiherr von Manteuffel, 24 February 1809, 17 June 1885, Prussian Field Marshal, German-French campaign of 1870, woodcut, Prussia

Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, circa 1880

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Vasiliy Osipovich Bebutov, January 1791 - April 7, 1858, was an Imperial Russian general / Wassili Ossipowitsch Bebutow,1792 - 2. März 1858, war ein aus einer armenischen Familie stammender Fürst und General der russischen Armee, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Albrecht of Prussia, 1837, 1906, was a Prussian Field Marshal General, Herrenmeister, Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1883 until his death and Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick from 1885, Situation at the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Louis dAurelle de Paladines, 1804-1877, French General, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, french general, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

Manuel Vilageliu Clavel (1819-1892), comandante general de la caballería carlista en Catalunya. Grabado de la época.

Colonel James A. Mulligan Of the Illinois "Irish Brigade", who was killed in action on July 24,1864 in the USA Civil War

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