Historical Military Figures

Portraits of notable historical military leaders from various eras, showcasing uniforms and the art of military representation.

HENRY KNOX American Revolutionary soldier and statesman Date: 1750 - 1806

The brave but unfortunate Count Dillon, a general in the French service who fell a victim to the mistaken rage of his own soldiers on the 29th April, 1792.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Dillon, Arthur, comte, 1750-1794

HENRY KNOX American Revolutionary soldier and statesman Date: 1750 - 1806

George Clinton (1739-1812) politician, officer, first governor of New York, Vice President of the United States, USA, outdoors, uniform, rifle, cannon, cannonballs, sword, soldier, boots, serious look, standing, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Joseph Warren (1741-1775) portrait of famous American, physician, major general, officer in the American War of Independence, death in the Battle of Bunker Hill, rifle, tricorn hat, waistcoat, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

John Stark (1728-1822) General in the American War of Independence, officer, service in the Continental Army, uniform, outdoors, horses, sword, boots, rock, tree, cone ball, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Costumes mexicains. Filisola calabrais. General de cavalarie, commandant de la place de Mexico (d'auprès nature en 1826). 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Mexico, Cavalry , Mexican

Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749-1810). Spanish military and liberal politician. Military governor during the siege of Gerona, in 1809, by French troops during the Peninsular War. Portrait. Engraving by Rico. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1853. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.

Napoleon / Waterloo, 1815

Horatio Gates (1727-1806) officer, commander, general in the American War of Independence, horseman, horse, sword, uniform, USA, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) General in the American War of Independence, officer, USA, outdoors, cannon, uniform, boots, leaning, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

GRENADER Dragunskago polka s 1732 po 1742 god Grenadier of a Dragoon regiment, 1732 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

Frederick William von Steuben, Baron von Steuben (1730-1784) Prussian officer, American general, reorganisation of the Continental Army, American War of Independence, USA, German nobility, rider on horseback, soldiers, misshapen, medals, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

NATHANAEL GREENE (1742/1786) - JOVEN GENERAL ESTADOUNIDENSE - REVOLUCIONARIO.

Francois Certain de Canrobert (1809-1895). Marshal of France. General Canrobert at the Battle of Inkermann (5 November 1854). Engraving by Martinez. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VIII. 1856.

George Washington, Esq'r. - general and commander in chief of the Continental Army in America done from an original, drawn from the life by Alex'r. Campbell, of Williamsburgh in Virginia ; Ioh. Martin Will excud. Aug. Vind.. British cartoon Prints collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5290, Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 206. Washington, George,1732-1799. , Military officers,American,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

Paul Jones (1747-1792) Admiral, considered the father of the American Navy, officer, warship, cannon, uniform, binoculars, tricorn hat, takellage, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Photograph of Stephen Decatur, Jr. (1779-1820) United States naval officer and Commodore notable for his many naval victories in the early 19th Century. Dated 1815

John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, General Cornwallis, March 6, 1793. Mezzotint.

Israel Putnam (1718-1790) General in the American War of Independence, USA, Teiter, uniform, sword, outdoors, landscape, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Great Britain, 1800-09. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

David Wooster, Esq-r, Commander in Chief of the Provincial Army against Quebec., 1770 - 1899. Wooster, David, 1711-1777. Halftone photomechanical prints

Moreau, Jean Victor.

William Moultrie (1730-1805) politician and governor of South Carolina, general in the American War of Independence, officer, USA, outdoors, soldiers, rifles, sailing ships, cannon, uniform, boots, standing, flag, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Charles Lee Esqr. Major General of the American Forces.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Benjamin Lincoln 1733 -1810. Army officer during American Revolution. Suppressed Shays' Rebellion in western Massachusetts. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

France, 1824 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) important general in the American War of Independence, officer, USA, horse, uniform, boots, outdoors, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Joseph Warren 1741 - 1775 American doctor and soldier killed at Battle of Bunker Hill From painting by Alonzo Chappel

France, 1789, 1 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Major General John Sullivan. Artist: Anonymous, British, 18th century. Dimensions: image and text: 14 x 9 1/4 in. (35.5 x 23.5 cm)plate: 18 5/16 x 12 5/16 in. (46.5 x 31.2 cm). Publisher: Thomas Hart (London). Sitter: Major General John Sullivan (American, Somersworth, New Hampshire 1740-1795 Durham, New Hampshire). Date: August 22, 1776.The son of Irish immigrants, Sullivan was elected to the Continental Congress, served as a major general in the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later became governor of New Hampshire. This mezzotint portrait published in London shortly after the Declaration of Independence, shows him holding a spontoon (or half pike) and wearing a sword. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Colonel Arnold.. Prints. 1776. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

General Winfield Scott, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Forces, Genral Winfield Scott, commander-in-chief of the Federal Army in the American Civil War from The Illustrated London News , William Luson Thomas -, Xylographer

Major general John Sullivan, a distinguished officer in the Continental Army during the USA Revolutionary War

George Washington at the Battle of Trenton(1792). Artist: Thomas Cheesman, British, 1760-after 1834 After: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781

GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES' FORCES

Reproduction of a painting: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), A Legionnaire; from: `Świat` 1894, 12. Husnik & Häusler (Praga ; zakład reprograficzny ; 1888-1936), photo studio, Świat (Kraków ; czasopismo ; 1888-1895), publisher

Etienne Macdonald (Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald) (1765-1840). French general. Marshal of the Empire since 1809. Equestrian portrait. Drawing by Eugène Charpentier. Engraving by Paul Girardet. "Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume X. Published in Paris, 1851. Author: Eugène Charpentier (1811-1890). French painter. Paul Girardet (1821-1893). Swiss-born French copper engraver.

Great Britain. England, 1799-1815. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Giuseppe garibaldi

Russia, 1797-1801. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Princesseph Poonatowski General of Division Minister of War of War of Wars Dusche, etc. () Józef Poniatowski Schumann, Johann Gottlob (1761 1810), Riedel, Anton Heinrich (1763 1824), Kosiński, Józef (1753 1821)

Admiral Adam Duncan on the quarterdeck of the Venerable during the battle of Camperdown against the Dutch fleet. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

Major-General Winfield Scott (1786-1866) American soldier. During the Mexican-American War 1846-1848 Scott commanded the southern of Americas two armies. Scott pictured at the Battle of Veracruz, 20 day siege of the city 9-29 March 1847, pointing to the warships in the harbour. American forces took the city and marched on to Mexico City. Thius was the first large-scale amphibious assault by the nited States forces. Lithograph.

Sir Charles Hardy, 1714 - 1780. English Royal Navy Officer, Member of Parliament, Colonial Governor of New York.

Portrait of Willem II, King of the Netherlands. Portrait of Willem II. Hat his hat in his right hand. In the background soldiers. Titles are in the undergarge.

Robert Rogers (7 November 1731-18 May 1795 in London) was a British-American officer who became famous during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the period

Karl Xii., King of Sweden.

1815. Saint Helena island. South Atlantic Ocean. Second exile of Napoleon Bonaparte. Engraving by F. Georgin. Author: François Georgin.

Stedman, in Scots Brigade uniform with musket, standing over the body of a slain Maroon after the capture of Gado Saby. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam," J. Johnson, London, 1813.

Napoleon Bonaparte, as commander of the Army of Italy, a field army of the French Revolutionary Army, 1796-97. In bicorne with cockade, gold-embroidered coat, with sabre and tricolor sash, in front of a camp tent. Bonaparte, General en chef de l'armie d'Italie. Handcoloured woodcut by Henri Désiré Porret after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1843.

James Samuel Wadsworth 1807 to 1864. Union general during American Civil War killed in Wilderness Campaign. From painting by Alonso Chappel

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 to 4 August 1804) was a British naval officer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

UNIFORME DE MARINA S XVIII. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

José Gutiérrez de la Concha (1809-1895), marqués de La Habana, militar y político español.

Richard Montgmery (1738-1875) General of the Continental Army in the War of Independence, officer, uniform, sword, map, standing, pointing, boots, open fire, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

Portrait of lieutenant colonel benjamin roelofswaard. Portrait bust to the left, with uniform and stab with raised feather.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rogers (7 November 1731 - 18 May 1795) was an American colonial frontiersman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Equestrian portrait of General Franklin Pierce who was elected President in 1852. Pierce is depicted in Mexican War battle scene, showing Mexico City's Chapultepec castle (left), and the Popocatepetl volcano (right) (BSLOC_2019_7_20)

Major General William T. Sherman, 1866, in portrait painting by George Peter Alexander Healy (BSLOC_2018_10_90)

1912. text. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Art , Poland

Portrait & uniform of an American General - A real representation of the dress of an American rifle-man. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Military uniforms

Archduke Franz Joseph -, the later Emperor Franz II, as the great prince of Tuscany, Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing house

Military and other subject Vernet, Emile Jean Horace (1789 1863)

Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood 1st Baron Collingwood 1748 to 1810 English admiral in the Royal Navy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Israel Putnam, Esq'r. - major general of the Connecticut forces, and commander in chief at the engagement on Bunckers-Hill near Boston, 17 June 1775 J. Wilkinson pinxt.. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 175. Putnam, Israel,1718-1790. , Military officers,American,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

ZUMALACARREGUI, Tomàs (1788-1835). Carlist general. Spain. First Carlist War. Zumalacarregui riding a horse. Engraving.

Portrait of Field Marshal Wellington by George Dawe, Oil on canvas, 1819, 1781-1829, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage,

Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich (17951861); brother of the last named; was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian troops which occupied Moldavia and Wallachia after the outbreak of the Crimean War.

Russia, 1830 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Holland. s.n. 1808 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

An emblematic portrait of Andrew Jackson, invoking his past as a military hero and especially his victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Jackson's bust portrait in uniform appears on an oval medallion surrounded by cannon, flags and other military paraphernalia, and surmounted by an eagle. The print seems to be a campaign piece, issued probably during the 1832 presidential race rather than that of 1828, when Jackson was also a candidate.

Francis Marion (1732-1795) bridge general, officer, new warfare, guerrilla tactics, attack from ambush, forest, hiding place, several riders, uniform, sword, gallop, USA, portrait of famous Americans, signature, artist Alonzo Chappel, steel engraving, historical illustration 1862

OBER-OFITSER Gvardeiskikh polkov s 1720 po 1732 god Senior officer of guards' regiments, 1720 to 1732.. 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

Russkaia odezhda s XIV do XVIII stoletiia, Sorochka Russian costume from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries. Blouse.. Viskovatov, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilevich), 1804-1858. text. Prints. 1841. General Research Division. Russia. Armiia , Uniforms , History, Russia. Armiia , Equipment , History, Armor , Russia, Arms & armament , Russia, Russia. Armiia, Russia, Military supplies, Uniforms, Military uniforms

Charles Lee, Esq'r. - major general of the Continental Army in America Thomlinson pinxt.. British cartoon Prints collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 147. Lee, Charles,1731-1782. , Military officers,American,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S HIGHLAND PIPER ASTONISHING THE KANDYAN NATIVES, INDIA, 1876

Back from Flanders'. Engraving after an original drawing by Ricardo Balaca (1844-1880). La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

"Back from Flanders". Engraving after an original drawing by Ricardo Balaca (1844-1880). La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Juan Lopez de Padilla (1490-1521). Insurrectionary leader in the Castilian War of the Communities. Portrait. Engraving in "Historia de Espan_a", 19th century. Colored.

Portrait of whom adels. Wiert Adels, mate on the Kofschip 'De Bloomende Blom'. He wears sea dance clothing and holds a gun in hand. His arm rests on a piece of guns. The blooming Blom was hijacked by the French in August 1794. Adels recovered the ship and brought it to Hellevoetsluis in Hellevoetsluis on 5 August.

James Samuel Wadsworth (born 30 October 1807 in Geneseo, Livingston County, died 8 May 1864 in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania County, Virginia) was a Northern politician and Major General during the American Civil War, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Arpád (c. 845 - c. 907). Grand Prince of the Magyars (c. 895c. 907). Portrait. Engraving. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

Franz Reichardt (1801-1890), Colonel, Commander of the 3rd Gendarmerie Regiment, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Victor Hugo (1802-1885). "Ninety-three: Sergeant Radoub". Gustave Brion charcoal. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 34032-3 Army, war, illustration, military, litter work, novel character, French revolution, sergeant, vendee

Jean Lafitte (1780-1823), Leader of Privateers and Smugglers in Louisiana, Aided Americans in Battle of New Orleans, Portrait

Ulric, Scottish Clans

Jacob Jennings Brown, 1775 - 1828. American general in the War of 1812. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. After an engraving by Asher Brown Durand from a work by John Wesley Jarvis.

Gen. Robert E. Lee, Full-Length Portrait in Uniform, Engraving by J.C. MacRae from a Photograph by Mathew B. Brady, Published by Thomas Kelly, 1867

. Portrait of Willem II, King of the Netherlands, as the Prince of Orange and as a victor of the battles at Hasselt and Leuven in 1831. A Dutch army led by the Prince of Orange fell within: the ten-day campaign from 2 to 12 August 1831.

Franz Seraph Saint-Julien 1756-1836, Graf, k. k. Chamberlain, chief of chiefs, fields, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Friedrich II., 1712 bis 1786. König in Preußen 1740 bis 1786 aus der Dynastie der Hohenzollern. Aus Bücher und Charaktere, Französisch und Englisch, veröffentlicht 1924, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Vorlage coloriert aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt 1f-4999947

Heroic trait Small. Heroic trait.

VELARDE Y SAN JUAN, Pedro (1779-1808). Spanish military man. May 2nd, 1808 in Madrid. Painting by Eugenio Oliva Rodrigo. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum.

Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy 1769 to 1839 Vice Admiral British naval officer Engraved by H Robinson after R Evans From the book National Portrait Gallery volume V published c 1835

General Sir James Simpson GCB, 1792, 1868, woodcut, England

Army Colonel Miguel Estenssoro Rojas (1827-1898) Bolivia, South America. Journey in search of the remains of the Crevaux mission by Émile-Arthur Thouar 1884. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Portrait of Willem II, King of the Netherlands, Willem Hendrik Hoogkamer, After Walraad Nieuwhoff, 1831 - 1833 print Portrait of William II, King of the Netherlands, as Prince of Orange and as the victor of the battles at Hasselt and Leuven in 1831. A Dutch army led by the Prince of Orange invaded Belgium: the ten -day campaign from 2 to 12 August 1831. Amsterdam paper. etching warfare; military affairs (+ land forces)

Eugen Graf Wratislaw from Mitrowitz-Nettolitzky, 1786-1867, k. k. General of the cavalry, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Historic drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of Rufus Putnam, 1738 - 1824, a colonial officer in the French and Indian War and a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

Kronprinz Rudolf von Österreich als Jugendlicher zu Pferd, Rudolf, Kronprinz von Österreich und Ungarn, Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph 21. August 1858 bis 30. Januar 1889 war Kronprinz des kaiserlichen Österreich, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999468

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