Historical Military Figures

Engravings of notable military leaders from various eras, dressed in period uniforms and adorned with military honors.

JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD KEITH Scottish soldier Commanded Prussian forces during Seven Years' War - appointed Field Marshal by Frederick the Great. Date: 1696 - 1758

Portret van Andrea Cantelmo, Paul Pontius, after Michaelina Wautier, 1643 print Portrait of the Italian general Andrea Cantelmo, he was employed by the Spanish army in the Netherlands. In the background and in the upper corners images of the Battle of Borgerhout on September 4, 1643. An eagle above the portrayed person. Antwerp paper engraving armour. armorial bearing, heraldry. siege. predatory birds: eagle

Bohdan Chmielnicki, 1595, 6. August 1657, war ein ukrainischer Kosakenhetman und der Gründer des ersten Kosakenstaates, Historisch, digital restaurier...

Portrait of Menno Baron van Coehoorn (1641-1704). General in The Artillery and Fortifications Engineer. Portrait of Menno Baron van Coehoorn, General of Artillery and Fortification. Standing, in half, in armor. Copy to the original in the Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede.

Friedrich III., Roman-German Kaiser Stecher: Custos, DominicusDation: 1580/1612

CHARLES de MOUCHY de HOCQUINCOURT French military commander Date: 1599 - 1658

Lieutenant General Fleetwood, Jacobus Houbraken, 1698-1780, Dutch, after Robert Walker, 1607-1660, British, 1740, Engraving, Sheet: 15 x 9 5/8in. (38.1 x 24.4cm)

Álvaro de Bazán Guzmán (1526-1588), marqués de la Santa Cruz, Grande de España, militar y almirante español. Grabado de 1853.

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid Campeador (ca. 1043-1099). Castilian nobleman, knighted by the infante Sancho. He took part in the battles of Llantada and Golpejera against Alfonso VI, and the Siege of Zamora. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume III, 1855. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

Portrait of Willem I, Prince of Orange, Wolfgang Meyerpeck, c. 1595 print Portrait of Willem I. On the right his helmet and his weapon at the top right. In the middle of his name and in the lower margin three lines of German text. Low Countries (possibly) paper engraving

General Howe.. 1750 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Howe, Robert, 1732-1786

SIR ADRIAN SCROPE Parliamentary soldier signatory to the execution of Charles I, himself executed at Charing Cross at the Restoration. Date: 1601 - 1660

Count Peter Ernst II of Mansfeld, usually Ernst von Mansfeld, 1580-1626, was an important mercenary and army leader in the early years of the Thirty Y...

TASSILO graf zu ZOLLERN German soldier in the service of Charlemagne, ancestor of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Date: CIRCA 801

'General George Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle'. Creator: Unknown.

Count Prokop III Lazansky (1798-1868), Austrian officer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated, Count Prokop III Lazansky (1798-1868), Austrian officer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Franz Lefort (1655 ñ 1699) Russian military figure of Swiss origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Peter the Great.

Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Publisher: Nicolai, Friedrichstecher: Important, Andreas Leonhardverlaysort: Szczecin

Herzog Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar, 16. August 1604, 18. Juli 1639, war ein General des Dreißigjährigen Krieges. Im Hintergrund links Würzburg mit der...

William of Nassau-Dillenburg the Silent, 1533, 1584, Prince of Orange, was a leader in the Dutch War of Independence against Spain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Joachim Murat, 25 March 1767, 13 October 1815, was a French cavalry officer, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Pontus De la Gardie, Baron of Ekholmen, 1520, 5 November 1585, was a Swedish army commander and governor of Livonia, Historical, digitally restored re...

Veterans, Forehrich Count.

Veterans, Benedict.

Sir BERNARD ASTLEY Royalist soldier & son of the royalist general Sir Jacob Astley, killed at the siege of Bristol. Date: - 1645

Moncey. / Duke of Congliano Marshal of the Empire.

James Thomas Brudenell, seventh Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), English cavalry officer: Major General 1847, commanded the light cavalry brigade in the Crimean War, which was destroyed in the infamous 'Charge' at Balaclava in 1854, immortalised in Tennyson's poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. Copper engraving, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Willem Adriaan, count of Hornes, Christiaan Hagen, c. 1635 - 1695 print Portrait of Willem Adriaan, Count of Hornes, dressed in a harness with a commandosta in his right hand. A horseshoe is depicted in the background. Under his portrait a plinth, on which his name and title in two lines in a cartouche. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching moustache. military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armour, helmet, etc.). battle (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Historia de España. Federico Carlo Gravina (1756-1806), marino siciliano al servicio del rey de España, comandante de la escuadra hispanofrancesa derrotada en la batalla de Trafalgar. Grabado de 1880.

Jean-Jacques Regis de Cambaceres, Herzog von Parma, 18. Oktober 1753, 8. März 1824, war ein französischer Jurist und Staatsmann. Von 1805 bis (1814) u...

George Washington, Esqr., Commander General in Chief, Engraving

. Portrait of ambrogio spinola, marchies de los ball bases, dressed in armor with a commander's staff in his hand. On the right at the table are helmet.

King Jan Sobieski defeating the Turkish army in Vienna -Ausschnitt (1883) Jan Matejko (18381893)

Maj. Gen. John Sullivan.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

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Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761-1804). French general of the Revolutionary Wars. Engraving. Portrait. 19th century.

The late Early of Dundonald - from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank, 1860. 'In 1809, Lord Cochrane was selected by the First Lord of the Admiralty, on account of his daring valour, to command a fleet of fire-ships intended for the destruction of the French fleet then lying at anchor, and blockaded by Lord Gambier, in the Basque Roads...he went on board one of the explosion-ships containing 1500 barrels of gunpowder, and performed the hazardous service most effectually. For his signal gallantry on this occasion he received the Knighthood of the Bath. He had been chosen M.P. first for Honiton

Portrait of Hernando de Alarcón (1466 - 1540) Spanish soldier who fought in the Italian Wars, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Russia, 960-1694 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Lbrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader and politician who offered his services and an army of 30, 000 to 100, 000 men to the Roman-German Emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years' War. 000 men, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader and politician who offered his services, and an army of 30, 000 to 100, 000

Don JOHN (Juan) of Austria - 1547-1578shown holding a boarding axe as a souvenir of the battle of Lepanto. Illegitimate son of Emperor Charles V, half-brother of Philip II of Spain. Victor of LEPANTO (1571), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1576)

Joseph Jelacic from Buzim 1801-1859, Ban of the Kingdom of Croatia and K&K Monarchy Feldzeugmeister, commander of the Matria-Theresien Order, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Count Prokop III Lazansky 1798-1868, Austrian officer, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Omer, Pasha.

Gustaf Karlsson Horn, Count of Bjoerneborg, 22 October 1592, 10 May 1657, was a Swedish general in the Thirty Years' War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

PortraT van Franz Maximilian Jahnus von Eberstädt, Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch, 1768 print paper engraving historical persons. armour. helmet. medals and other marks of military honour

Portrait of the Lieutenant Admiral Philips van Dorp, Edouard Taurel, 1841 - 1879 print Amsterdam paper steel engraving

William Louis (1560-1620). Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. The eldest son of John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg. Stadtholder of Friesland, Drenthe and Groningen. He commanded the Dutch States Army Portrait. Engraving, detail. Wars of Flanders. Edition published in Antwerp, 1748.

Jean Sullivan, Major General d'armée des XIII provinces unies en Amerique.. Prints. 1776. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

JAN SAVIUS ZAMOYSKI Polish soldier and statesman Date: 1542 - 1605

Jeronimo Merino Cob, known as ""el Cura Merino"" (The Priest Merino) (1769-1844). Spanish priest and guerrilla fighter during the Spanish War of Independence. He fought on the side of the pretender Don Carlos during the Carlist War. Portrait. Lithography. Detail. ""Historia de la guerra civil y de los partidos liberal y carlista"" (History of the Civil War and the Liberal and Carlist parties), by Antonio Pirala. Volume II. Madrid, 1868.

Pedro de Valdivia (1497-1553), militar y conquistador español. Fundador de Chile.

Sandwich Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625-72), English naval commander: On the side of Parliament in the Civil Wars. Appointed admiral after the Restoration in 1660. In the Third Dutch War 1672-78 he was blown up in his flagship Royal James in the Battle of Southwold Bay, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Tomás Zumalacárregui (1788-1835). Spanish military. At the outbreak of the First Carlist War (1833-1840) he joined the army of the pretender Don Carlos, reaching the rank of general. He died during the siege of the city of Bilbao. Portrait. Engraving. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1853.

Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola, by Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1609, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. Spinola, Commander in Chief of the Spanish troops in the southern Netherlands. On a chain around his neck he wears the emblem of the Order of the Golden Fleece (BSLOC_2016_3_130)

Portrait of Hendrik LijnSlager, Sea Captain with the Admiralty of Amsterdam. Portrait of Hendrik LijnSlager (1693-1768). Captain at sea at the Admiralty of Amsterdam. Halvened, standing, in armor to the right. The right hand on the course of a cannon. In the background right a seascape with a few ships.

Portrait of Lieutenant-Admiral Maerten Harpertsz Tromp, Jan Lievens, 1640 - 1653

General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) English Parliamentarian &soldier during the English Civil Wars; Black and White Illustration

Jacques Etienne, Marquis de Sommery, Colonel d'Infantry, Lieutenant to French Guards (Title Title)

Francois Athanase de Charette de la Contrie, 21 April 1763, executed 29 February 1796, was a French naval officer and one of the leaders of the Armee catholique et royale de Vendee during the rebellion there in 1793 to 1796, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown

Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp 1598 - 1653. Officer and admiral in the Dutch navy. From the book Crabb's Historical Dictionary published 1825.

Brig. Gen. Armand de la Rouerie, 1777 - 1890, 1870, La Rouërie, Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de, 1751-1793

Joachim Murat, 25. März 1767, 13. Oktober 1815, war ein französischer Kavallerieoffizier, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Originaldrucks aus d...

Sir Philip Vere Broke (1776-1841) by training his men properly in gunnery - Captain Broke showed that British seamen could do as well as the Americans and in H.M.S. Shannon captured the U.S.S. Chesapeake. Unfortunately the wound he sustained in this action prevented him from being employed again.

Joachim MURAT, 1767-1815 King of Naples and marshal to Napoleon, 1813

Ferdinand Mumb, Freiherr von Mühlheim 1817-1859, k. k. Colonel, fallen in the battle of Solferino, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date not stated

Bernard de La Vallette, duc d'EPERNON French military commander Date: 1592 - 1662

George of Frundsberg, also Fronsberg, Freundsberg, George/Jörg von (born 24 September 1473, died 20. August 1528) war ein süddeutscher Soldat und Landsknechtsführer in kaiserlich-habsburgischen Diensten / George von Frundsberg, also Fronsberg, George/Jörg von (born September 24, 1473, died August 20, 1528) was a southern German soldier and lansquenet leader in imperial Habsburg service, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured

Hodges, Charles Howard, Portrait of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland, verso - stamped, Louis Napoleon, King of Holland from 1806 to 1810. Gesturing with his left hand, his cocked hat in his right hand. He is dressed as a colonel of the cuirassier regiment of the royal guard, wearing the grand cross of the royal order of the union of Holland and the officer's cross of the legion of honour., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 632 mm, width 407 mm, English, 1764 - 1837-07-24, print maker, printmaker, 1809 - 1837, paper, papier, mezzotint

José Gutiérrez de la Concha Irigoyen (1809-1895), militar y político español. Capitán general en 1868. Grabado de 1880.

Veterans, Forehrich Count.

Ferdinand Alphonse Hamelin (1796-1864) French admiral. During the Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War (1853-1856) he commanded the French fleet co-operating with British at the bombarding of Odessa (1854). Engraving.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1529), Spanish explorer, late 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Tettenborn, was a cavalry general in the wars of liberation and a Baden politician, Historical, digitally restored reprodu...

ALBA, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, Duke of (1507-1582). Spanish aristocrat and military man at Charles V and Philip II's service.

Portrait of Francis Drake, at the age of 43, Hieronymus Wierix, 1600 - 1604 print Portrait of the Admiral Francis Drake. A sea battle on the shield. Under the frame a two -way caption in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving protective weapons: shield. navy (+ during the battle)

Sprucken målning av ung officer, okänd konstnär. Uniformen troligen Kalmar Regemente modell 1765

Portrait of George Wade. Lieutenant General George Wade with a leader staff in one hand and resting the other hand on a gun. In the background men and a stone bridge.

Portrait of a Captain with the Surname Ripperda. Portrait of a captain with the Ripperda family name, a captain in the state service. Knee piece, standing next to a table on which the helmet lies, right hand in the side, the left hand on the hilt of the sword.

Diebitzsch-sabalkansky, Johann Karl Graf.

Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (1764-1830). French military. He took part in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. In 1812 he was promoted to Marshal of the Empire. Drawing by Massard after a portrait by Horace Vernet. Engraving by Tavernier. ""Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire"" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume VIII. Published in Paris, 1849.

1500s 1580s VICE ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS DRAKE LOOKING AT CAMERA BRITISH EXPLORER SHIP GOLDEN HIND DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA 1588

Portrait of Cornelis Tromp, Michiel Mosijn, after Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1640 - 1655 print Portrait of fleet guardian Cornelis Tromp. A sea battle in the background. In the middle of the saying: Fortes Creantur Fortibus, which means: Sterken produce strong. Cornelis Tromp was the son of Admiraal Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp. At the bottom of the margin a four -line verse in Latin and a four -grate verse in Dutch. Netherlands paper engraving battle, fighting in general (+ naval force)

FUZELER L.Gv. Preobrazhenskogo polka s 1700 po 1720 god Fusilier, Preobrazhenskii Life Guards regiment, 1700 to 1720.. 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

General Eble, vintage engraving. General Eble, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656337

Portrait of the captain of the infantry of the linear army of the Kingdom of Poland; after 1830 (1812-00-00-1820-00-00);Royal Arsenal (Warsaw), Kingdom of Congress (1815-1830), Dar (provenance), foreign miniatures, uniforms, men, orders, portraits of en trois-quarts, men's portraits, hairstyles, soldiers

Bridle portrait of Frederick Schomberg in Harnas, Unknown, Gijsbert Hol (Possible), After Gottfried Kneller, After John Smith (Print Maker/ Publisher), 1683 - 1709 print On the right, an originally African boy, presumably a slave served, holds his helmet. A battlefield in the background. Text in English in the lower margin. Amsterdam paper slavery; serfs and the enslaved. historical persons. commander-in-chief, general, marshal. armour. page, footboy. equestrian state-portrait

William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or simply William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau. Attributed to F. Pourbus.

Portait of a soldier from the 24th regiment. nieznany malarz polski, painter

Portrait of Willem V, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem V. in his right hand a command. In the background an army and a fleet. In the foreground a number of allegorical objects, including books and a globe. Name and title in the undermarge.

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560-1621). Polish military, commander of the PolishÄìLithuanian Commonwealth army. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

General at Sea Robert Blake, 27 September 1598 - 17 August 1657, an important naval commander of the Commonwealth of England / Robert Blake, 27 September 1598 - 17. August 1657, war ein englischer Admiral und Mitbegründer der Seeherrschaft des britischen Commonwealth, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Portrait of Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp. Portrait of Admiral Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp, standing at cannon.

Archibald Campbell (1769-1843) British career soldier. Colonel 1814; Major-general 1825; Lieutenant-general 1838. Served in India 1788-1799, and in Peninsular campaign in Napoleonic Wars. Conducted war in Burma: Governor-general British Burma 1826-1829. Engraving.

Hans Christoph Graf von Koenigsmarck, Hans Kristoffer, Hans Christoff, Hans Christopher or Hans Christoffe, 4 March 1600 -8 March 1663, was a German army commander in Swedish service, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Youth portrait of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, 3 July 1676, 7 April 1747, was a German prince from the House of Askanien and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau, he was also field marshal general in the Prussian army, during the conquest of the small French fortress of Aire, 1710, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Jean Sullivan Major General d'Armee des XIII Provinces unies en Amerique. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

Field Marshal Daun, (1936). Creator: Unknown.

Portrait of a military officer. Portrait of a martial advantage. Knee piece, standing in front of a rocky party. Links are helmet and commodest.

Andreas Graf Hadik von Futak (futaki Hadik Andras, Slovak Andrej Hadik, born 16 October 1710 on the island of Schuett, died 12 March 1790 in the Court War Chancellery in Vienna) was a soldier, Hungarian count since 1763, Austrian field marshal since 1777 and also Imperial Count of the Holy Roman Empire since 1777, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Sebastien Le Prestre De Vauban 1633-1707. French military engineer. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

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