Historical Military Illustrations

Artistic depictions of historical military scenes and figures, highlighting significant moments, battles, and key individuals through illustration.

Death of the brunette marshal. (IT)

Patrouille, Leckung scene with national garde excerpt from the picture sheet The National Guard and her profession, Joseph Albrecht, Lithographer, Matthias Rudolph Toma -, Printer, Zorn, Publishing House

A View in America, 1778 - British cartoonists depicted the wretched condition of common soldiers of the Continental Army wintering at Valley Forge, in contrast to well-fed and well clothed American officers and Congressmen

Greek War of Independence 1821 - 1830 sinking of the Turkish fleet at Chios 18.6.1822 coloured lithograph 19th century,

Battle of Waterloo / Bataille de Waterloo. Leaf with 6 performances around the Battle of Waterloo. Under every performance a four-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered at the bottom right: No. 48.

3 / Line Infantry, Walking Regiment. (IT)

New establishment founded in 1854. / N � 18 (title registered (letter)) | The Crimean War (title of all)

Commanders engaged at sea , Military officers, Play Recreation, Sailors. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Barricade of the university students, Vinzenz Katzler -, drawer

Trade cards depicting a dining area, trapdoor, chef and soldiers.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Doors & doorways, Soldiers, Cooks

Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773.. Bostonians tarring and feathering the Excise man and forcing tea down his throat. In background tea is being dumped in the harbour. Protest against British rule. "No taxation without representation". Lithograph published in London 1774.

A parson accompanied by two constables on his way to visit prisoners in a parish lockup. Etching, 1778.

Happy Departure of Volunteers for Revolutionary Armes Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). Happy departure of the volunteers to the armies. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.

A soldier ini uniform is having his boots cleaned in the street by a man kneeling in a box. Coloured aquatint with etching.

'A Prince and a Poltroon', 1789. Artist: Unknown

A man sells flags of red, white and blue. 'Colours for all regiments.' Date: 1804

Triumph from the Parisian army Reunis to the people on his return from Versailles to Paris Triumph of the Parisian army gathered on the people on his return from Versailles to Paris, on October 6, 1789 ".

Loyalty between Zar Alexander I, Friedrich Wilhelm III. and Luise on November 4, 1805 at the Grab Friedrich of the Great

The commissioners become hostages Arrest of Dumourier (IT)

Burning the customs houses in Amsterdam on November 15, 1813..

Arrival of Tsar Nikolaus I, at the favorite line template for xylography in the Leipziger Illustrated newspaper Vol, Unknown

Tom Raw, a young officer newly arrived in India, gets into difficulties when escorting a family Date: 1828

Title page for a series of naval battles. The equipment of a warship including cannons, bullets, powder kegs and two drums. A sailor blows a trumpet from which a flag hangs, Title page with the equipment of a man-of-war and a trumpeter Nouvelles inventions de Combats Navaeles par Reinier Zeeman Nieuwe Scheeps Batalien in het licht gebracht door Reinier Zeeman Nieuwe Scheeps Batalien (series title), print maker: Reinier Nooms, (mentioned on object), Reinier Nooms, publisher: Bernardus Kleynhens, (mentioned on object), print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Haarlem, 1652 - 1656 and/or 1700 - before 1779, paper, etching, drypoint, h 166 mm × w 261 mm

Town fops including L. Skeffington, J. Penn and Lord Kirkcudbright, feigning fashionable wounds after the return of the troops from Holland. Coloured etching after J. Cawse, 1799.

France, 1806 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Artillerie : 1450, Charles VII 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

The queen visits the injured prince in Brussels, 1815; The Koningin's mother visits the Prince, Haaren Son, in Brussels, after that he was most wounded in the battle of Waterloo. The Queen Wilhelmina van Prussen visits her son Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, who was injured during the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. Part of a group of growers of events around and during the battles at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo , 16-18 June 1815.

Post Office: Tourists collecting mail at the post office in Scarborough, 1812. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, aquatint by J.C. Stadler, after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.

The Capture of an Unprotected Female, or the Close of the Rebellion 1865 After John Cameron During the closing days of the American Civil War Northern satirists often showed the defeated Confederate President Jefferson Davis trying to slip through enemy lines wearing women's clothing. After Robert E. Lee surrended on April 9, 1865, Davis evaded capture for a month, pursued by Union troops who believed he had plotted the assassination of President Lincoln. On May 10th he was finally arrested in Georgia wearing his wife's overcoat, thrown on as he rushed out of the house. Northern tabloids embellished this detail and described Davis in a dress, inspiring prints like this one. Challenge Southern claims of gallantry and chivarly, the image echoes a popular song titled "Jeff in Petticoats." Here, four Union soldiers apprehend Davis as his wife says "I beseech you to let his Excellency alone!". The Capture of an Unprotected Female, or the Close of the Rebellion. After John Cameron (American

Patriotic American postcard commemorating the American Revolution. Spirit of '76, (Yankee Doodle)

Coming to raise a factionary .... / 17 (registered title) | In Mexico (set of all)

The Conspirators Date: 1605

Britannias ruin 1779--Britannias ruin. Print shows Britannia lamenting her present state, her shield and broken lance by her side, 'What a situation am I in sold by an American & purchased by France & Spain. Oh, wheres my Pitt.' Four men are standing before her, from left, an American holding in his right hand a lance topped with liberty cap and in his left a sword with which he threatens her, next a Frenchman urges him to 'frighten her.' A Spaniard is standing next to the Frenchman with his back to Britannia, he wears a low hat and a cloak, and on the far right is a Dutchman. Pub by Mary Darly 39 Strand, 1779 Decr. 17.

News. / 9. / Entrance of Henry V to Paris, to do during the Henry IV. (Title registered (letter)) | News. (Title of all)

Guy Fawkes is discovered in the vaults under Parliament house and is apprehended Date: 1605

Cartoon on the so -called London war victims, 1799, Anonymous, After John Cows, 1799 print Straatscène (Bond Street in London) with five gentlemen in the foreground who are all visibly injured from the war in the Netherlands in 1799. Other passers -by also wear patches for the eyes. Cartoon on the fashion phenomenon in London in 1799 to poke war wounds. Numbered at the top right: No. XXII. Germany paper etching putting out of action by wounding. dandy, beau London

News. / 336. / mr.cobden not entirely successful in his peaceful approaches to the pirates of the riff. (Registered title) | News (1856) (set of all)

Battle of Trafalgar with the death of Horatio Nelson, Robert Cooper, after William Marshall Craig, 1806 print London paper etching battle (+ naval force). violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Trafalgar

Grand review of the Windsor camp. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Accidents,England,1800. , Voyeurism,England,1800. , Buttocks,1800. , Military maneuvers,England,1800.

The American Fireman / Prompt to theRescue. Artist: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907 After: Louis Maurer, American, 1832-1932

Port of Dunkirk Dunkerque Costumes de marins, dessin, print maker: Victor Adam, (mentioned on object), printer: Pierre-Jacques Feillet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Henri Rittner, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1827, paper, h 244 mm - w 326 mm

Napoleon's banishment to Elba, 1814, Wijnand Esser (attributed to), 1814, Cartoon on Napoleon's banishment to the island of Elba, May 1814. Napoleon is seated in a cage by two English sailors and taken to a waiting sloop, behind which two British transport ships wait. Left behind on land: an Oriental man, the empress dressed in rags, four French war invalids who now earn their living on the streets playing street organ, triangle and marmots. On a hillside, in a tent, the virgins of the five allies swear allegiance to each other over a burning altar. In the sky a rider on the winged horse Pegasus., draughtsman: Wijnand Esser, (attributed to), Netherlands, 1814, paper, brush, h 451 mm × w 563 mm

Historia. Siglo XVIII. Islas Havai; el descubridor James Cook es muerto por los indígenas. Años 1940. Dibujo de Mestre. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Johann Gottfried Haid after Johann Zoffany, Mr Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garrat, 1765 Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garrat

War of Roussillon, also called War of the Pyrenees or War of the Convention, (1793-1795). Conflict between the Spain of Charles IV and the First French Republic. Neither France nor Spain could continue the war, the treasury situation did not allow it. The French Convention appointed Barthelemy and Spain appointed Domingo Iriarte so that, meeting in Basel, they could sign a peace treaty. Domingo Iriarte and Barthelemy sign the Peace in Basel on 22 July 1795. Engraving by Algarra. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

Taking the back track. , Emperors, Soldiers, Luggage, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

Józef Antoni Poniatowski (1763 1813), Chief of the PoIIsh Army, Marshal of the Empire. LE PRINCE PONIATOWSKI A FAIT SES ADIEUX SA FAMILLE, from the series of four engravings dedicated to Prince Józef, No. 1 Chez Trombetta, Unknown

Napoleon Bonaparte directing the French Army artillery over a bridge in the Great St. Bernard Pass when crossing the Alps, 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815.

Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded April 10, 1787 John Keyse Sherwin British. Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded 388765

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). 'Feitors corrigeant des negres'. Feitor (landlord) punishing a black slave. Costumbrism. Litography.

Drawing back his walking stick, President Andrew Jackson turns toward Richard Lawrence, as he pulls the trigger of his second pistol. On the Capitol pavement beside him is his first pistol, which failed to fire its bullet. The second gun's cap exploded, but its gunpowder also failed to ignite to propel the bullet into Jackson. The figure on right may depict Levi Woodbury, Sec. of the Treasury, or Senator Mahlon Dickerson. After the Jan. 8, 1835 assassination attempt, Lawrence was found to be a mentally unstable house painter. (BSIC_2019_1_8)

Costumes and views of China”, T.I. Torture of the Doggue Simon S., Alexander, William (1767 1816), Department the skin

ARMED HEROES : VIDE MILITARY APPEARANCES AT SAINT STEPHENS AND AT SAINT-CLOUD'S ONE DAY DEFIANCE Armed heroes : vide military appearances at Saint Stephens and at Saint Cloud's one day defiance". Estampe de James Gillray (1757-1815). Paris, mus�e Carnavalet.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, from Rebecca and Rowena by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863, an English writer

Spirit of Napoleon. Nectar of brave. Spirit of the abbey of firefighters

A black and gray ink and brush drawing by Johann David Schubert showing a woman delivering a message to an assembly of soldiers, highlighting figures, posture, and interaction at the turn of the 18th to 19th century.

A military doctor prescribing whiskey lotion for a soldier's sprained foot - his patient requesting Irish. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.

'Gendarme and Poacher', Béziers, France, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer

Incredible walking, Anonymous, After Louis-Léopold Boilly, in Or after 1795 A group of Incroyables and Merveilleuses walk on the street. In the background a carriage with a horse. The print was made to the painting 'La Marche Incroyable' from 1795 by the French painter Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845). fashion plates. 'incroyable' ~ dandy. 'merveilleuse'. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal. (military) uniforms. dog

Precipitated walk of the Russian army (1806) Anonymous / Martinet. "Precipitate of the Russian army (1806)". Coloried water, 1806.

The pending contest. Although all Copperheads call themselves Democrats, nevertheless, all Democrats are not Copperheads. American cartoon print filing series , Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-3. Napoleon, III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873, Confederate States of America, Navy, 1860-1870, Flags, United States, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate States of America, Foreign relations, Great Britain, 1860-1870, France, 1860-1870.

Qualifying for a campain, an interior view of a room at a military academy in which British officers, in a child-like manner, demonstrate skills in hopes of securing a command for the war with the American colonies.

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

Retribution : Britannia seizes the Zulu chief Cetewayo round the neck , in a landscape dominated by the dead bodies of both British soldiers and Zulus. Date: 1879

Guerra de la independencia. Año 1808. Ajusticiamiento del Padre Gallifa en Barcelona en 1809.

Agvts an Waterloo / Bataille de Waterloo, 1828 - 1913 print Leaf with 6 performances about the Battle of Waterloo. Under each show a four -line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered below: 48. Amsterdampublisher: Turnhout paper letterpress printing the soldier; the soldier's life. battle

An English Regency naval captain with news of victory is met by an excited crowd at an inn. Captain Bowsprit waves his bicorne and a captured French flag from a post chaise. "Nip Cheese Portsmouth" on the carriage door. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Williams from The Post Captain, or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer, J. Johnston, London, 1817. Attributed to Alfred Thornton or John Mitford.

De Rarecons, 1827 - 1894 print Leaf with 12 performances of different figures and activities, such as soldiers, caricatural figures and a sultan. A caption under each image. Numbered at the top right: No. 156. Schaerbeek paper letterpress printing caricatures (human types). characters (human types). the soldier; the soldier's life

Napoleon as a false phenix, 1813; The Mock Phoenix !!! Or a vain attempt to Rise Again. Cartoon on Napoleon after being expelled to be from the Netherlands by Russian Cossacks, 1813. Napoleon tries to rise in vain as a phenix from the flames over an oven fired by the Dutchman and the Russian Cossack. In the smoke of the flames there are all kinds of devils and samples, hoses crawling from the oven, the emperors of Napoleon is also in flame.

Repose, Hunting

History of Czarist Russia. Beating an a servant. Engraving, 18th century. Colored.

Military habits of the 15th century. Soldier in tabard and chainmail armor behind a large shield from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose, f.139r, Harley MS 4425, crossbow man in parti-coloured hose from The Talbot Shrewsbury Book, Royal MS15 E IV, and helmeted lancer in plate armor and embroidered surcoat from Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, f.258r, Harley MS 2897. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

History of Pompon; New Dutch childrens prints. Sheet with 20 performances from the story of the Smart Soldier Dog Pompon who went to get reinforcement. Under every image a caption. Numbered at the top right: 576.

África. Campaña de Madagascar de 1883. Toma del fuerte Majunga. Cromo de Maison Franchomme & Cie., de Bruselas. Años 1900.

Allegory of a Napoleonic Soldier unknown

'An Episode of the White Terror, 1815', (1896). Artist: Unknown.

View of a ship affected by lightning strike at sea; Le Coup De Tonnerre. The affected ship with crew is on fire. In the foreground two women grieve on a rock on the waterfront. In the bottom margin two French text rules.

PAINTING CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA MAY 10 1775 BY ETHAN ALLEN AND GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS DEMAND SURRENDER OF BRITISH FORCES

Karl V., Roman-German Emperor.

. Princess Wilhelmina van Prussen is held in the home in Goejanwellesluis and guarded by smoking and drinking soldiers, June 28, 1787. In the door, a soldier of a freeze corps with bare saber keeps the guard.

The two kings of the horror, 1813, Anonymous, Thomas Rowlandson, 1813 - 1814 Bartlepent on Napoleon After the lost battle of Leipzig, 16-19 October 1813. Napoleon sitting on a drum and death as a skeleton, opposite him sitting on a cannon, both defeated with the elbows on the knees and the head resting in his hands. The French field sign with an eagle is broken on the floor. On the left the advancing troops of the allies with the flags of Prussia, Russia and Austria, on the right the fleeing French army. paper etching battle. Death as skeleton. insignia of companies, etc.. political caricatures and satires

Arrest of Charlotte Corday, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834

Soldiers to Battle.

Indian barbers: In the foreground a Sepoy is being shaved. His uniform lies on the ground. Hand-coloured lithograph from LInde franciase, Paris, 1828.

Robin Hood's encounter Guy of Gisborne.

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