Historical Military Landscapes

Illustrative depictions of significant military conflicts and landscapes, showcasing historical events and battlegrounds with artistic interpretations.

Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills were the first men to cross Australia from south to north. Arrival at the depot at Cooper's Creek. Le Tour du Monde 1862

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: WEST COAST OF THE FORTRESS OF METZ 1870

THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN: VIEW OF THE LEFT-HAND POSITIONS OF THE CARLIST LINES: SKETCHED FROM THE BATTERY OF SAN LORENZO, 1874

THE MUTINY IN INDIA

The recent conflict at New Zealand - from a sketch by a correspondent, 1845. British troops try to subdue the indigenous Maori led by John Heki: '...he will not recognise their sovereignty, and denies their right to hoist their flag. He will not acknowledge the treaty of cession formerly concluded between some chiefs and the British Governor, because he asserts that it was extorted by fear or corruption...Heki, it is said, practises the precepts of Christianity as taught him. What is most curious, is the use which he makes against the English of the Bible which they taught him. He combats them

REMAINS OF CARTHAGE

Engraving depicting the Battle of Wrth. Prussian troops were commanded by Frederick Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl III of Prussia (1831-1888) and directed by his Chief of Staff, General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810-1900), defeated the French under Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta (1808-1893) near the village of Wrth in Alsace. Dated 1870

French port of Assini, Gold side, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills were the first men to cross Australia from south to north. Arrival at the depot at Cooper's Creek. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Spain. Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Navarre. Oteiza. Scenery where military operations against Estella have been verified in 1876. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1876.

History of Bulgaria. 19th century. Varna. Main port and stronghold of the Turks in the western Black Sea coast during the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878). Engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration," 1877.

THE MILITARY EXPEDITION TO MANIPUR, EASTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA

Camp Dennison, sixteen miles above Cincinnati on the banks of the Miami River, General Cox Commanding - The Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus Railroad passed directly through the Camp grounds. USA Civil War

Engraving depicting the field-day and Sham fight of volunteers on Hampstead Heath. Dated 1860

Franco-Prussian War

No. 5. Continuation from No. 4 to No. 1, which completes the circle of Boston from the same point. In this shewn, Chas. Town in ruins, Bunker's hill, Noodles Island & that part of the town call'd North End & New Boston. 7th March 1776. Robertson, Archibald, approximately 1745-1813. 1762 - 1780. Drawings. Spencer Collection. Armies , British , To 1799, Military officers , Personal narratives, War in art, United States , History , Revolution, 1775-1783, Campaigns & battles, Horses, Boston Harbor (Mass.), Boston (Mass.), War destruction & pillage

The War in China - interior of the North Fort Peiho - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. British forces in the Far East. 'The Tartars fought bravely, even after our men got in, using spears and swords, as well as matchlocks, and were shot and bayonetted in numbers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.

DIORAMA OF THE ROUTE OF THE OVERLAND MAIL TO INDIA, LEAVING SUEZ

View of Boston showing the heights of Dorchester, taken from Mount Whoredom. 24th January 1776. No. 1, Robertson, Archibald, approximately 1745-1813., 1776. Depicts British armies prior to 1799, military officers, personal narratives, and the War in art during the American Revolution (1775-1783), including notable campaigns and battles, Boston Harbor, and Dorchester in Boston, Massachusetts. Pen and ink drawing, 29.3 x 47.7 cm

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION

Visteted with hunters at Materborn, Johannes Taventrate, 1866 drawing Visteted with hunters at Materborn. On the back part of an annotation on paper, with the date 14 Feb. 1866. Materborn paper. ink. pencil pen / brush forest, wood. hunting, chase Materborn

US Civil War, Battle of Shiloh, also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862. Union soldiers are running away from the surprise attack on the unfortified camp at Pittsburgh Landing, hoping for refuge on the troop transports moored on the Tennessee River (BSLOC_2018_7_36)

THE MUTINY IN INDIA

History by Polybius. Volume IV. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1728. Second Punic War. The Carthaginian army of Hannibal crossing a river over rafts. 3rd century BC. Engraving.

Boats and boatmen on the Ganges in 1880, India, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Battle of Gravelotte (18 August 1870). French troops. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

The War in Louisiana - General Banks Army, in the advance of Shreveport, crossing Cane River, March 31, 1864. USA Civil War

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: INSIDE VIEW OF FORT NOGENT NEAR PARIS, OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF Wurttemberg

The convoy ... / 12 (registered title) | Album 1837 by Charlet. (Title of the whole)

Artillery Bay, near Fort Saint-Nicolas, Sevastopol. The Crimean War, 1855. Engraving

The Fortress of Kinburn following the bombardment by French and British naval vessels, 17th October 1855. This was to be one of the final engagement of the Crimean War of 1853 to 1855. Black and White Illustration

This illustration is from Livingstone's Missionary Travels. It shows Livingstone, with his wife and family, at the discovery of Lake Ngami. David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. Livingstone dies in 1873. He was at Lake Ngami in 1849.

Fort Utah on the Timpanogas (1850)

In the glacial ocean, drawing from the German edition, from The Tegetthoff Odyssey and the discoveries by lieutenants Payer and Weyprecht between 80 and 83 North latitude, 1872-1874, from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume V, Issue 18, April 5, 1877.

British attack Chuen-pi near Canton Date: 1841

Ansicht von Antiochia in Syrien im Jahre 1880, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904130

Arrival of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, at Kingstown Harbor, Ireland, 1861

Ships' Boat-Race at Cherbourg, 1850. Naval review and regatta on the French coast. '...multitudes assembled on the piers, wharfs, roofs, and shores. First, there was a regatta commenced at nine o'clock in the morning. The first race run was open to all gigs, and several of the gigs belonging to the English Yacht Squadron were entered and ran for the prize, which, however, was won by the French boat Maguin. The course was run twice round, which is about a mile and a half in length. The second race was for pinnaces, being boats belonging to the French fleet, and run also twice round the same cou

Confederate soldiers surveying the damage after the battle at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. The Black regiment of the 54th Massachusetts lost 40% of their men here on the 18th July 1863. Date: 1863

Grant's railroad - Relief party of the Second Corps throwing up works to protect the passing trains from the Rebel battery on Cemetery Hill. American Civil War, 1864

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Sedan, 1 September 1870. View of battlefield from where the King of Prussia stood (Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany from 1871). From 'The Illustrated London News' I October 1870.

Prussian troops trying to take the Duyvendrecht Bridge in Duivendrecht and the entrenchments there, 1 October 1787. In the foreground left and on the boats, patriots try to defend the bridge with cannons. On the other side of the water the Prussian troops. Below the image the title and a four-line text, Attack on the Duyvendrecht Bridge, 1787 Attack on the Duyvendrecht Bridge , print maker: Theodoor Koning, (mentioned on object), Jean George Teissier, (mentioned on object), publisher: Dirk Meland Langeveld, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1790, paper, etching, h 432 mm × w 561 mm

Embarkation of French and English Troops, in Varna Bay, 1854. Crimean War: British Army camp on the Black Sea in Bulgaria. 'Sketch...taken by Lieut. Bredin (Royal Artillery) shortly before the recent embarkation of the troops...above the Lake of Varna, is the English Camp; opposite are the French Cavalry. On the right is the town of Varna; and in the bay are French transports. Opposite is Captain Woodhouse's battery for transport'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

FORT MOULTRIE, IN CHARLESTON HARBOUR, SOUTH CAROLINA

SARDINE FISHERY ON THE COAST OF BRITTANY, FRANCE, 1871

History of Turkey, 19th century. Gallipoli. Fortress and port on the Dardanelles Strait. Illustration by Nao Engraving by Enrique Alba. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Final direct military confrontation between the Carlist movement and the government of Spain. Montejurra (Navarre). Carlist army fortress. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, March 15, 1876.

Interior of the Fort of Chanak-Kalessi, on the Asiatic Side of the Dardanelles - sketched by Lieutenant M. O'Reilly, 1854. Cannon and soldiers of the Ottoman Empire. 'There are altogether in the fort 102 guns. The diameter of the shot is thirty-six inches; length of carriage and gun, thirty feet; length of gun, fifteen feet: the several guns were cast at Bagdad. The gun in the foreground is that which struck the Windsor Castle, 76, in passing up the Dardanelles with Sir John Duckworth'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

The First Anglo-Chinese War (1839-42), known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty of China over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice. Chinese officials wished to stop what was perceived as an outflow of silver and to control the spread of opium, and confiscated supplies of opium from British traders. The British government, although not officially denying China's right to control imports, objected to this seizure and used its newly developed military power to enforce violent redress. In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking-the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties-granted an indemnity to Britain, the opening of five treaty ports, and the cession of Hong Kong Island, thereby ending the trade monopoly of the Canton System. The failure of the treaty to satisfy British goals of improved trade and diplomatic relations led to the Second Opium

'The Spaniards Capture Antwerp In Their Long Struggle With The Dutch', 1576, (c1930). Creator: Unknown.

THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA: THE SIEGE OF GEOK TEPE BY GENERAL SKOBELEFF: ASSAULTING THE FORTIFICATIONS, 1881

EXBARRATION OF BRITISH TROOPS (LIGHT DIVISION), AT VARNA, FOR THE CRIMEA, 1854

Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Spain. Panorama of the place of the battles of Santa Barbara de Oteiza and Montejurra. Detail. Sketched by the lieutenant colonel of Luis Marenco. Navarre. Engraving by Capuz. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876.

Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Navarre. Banks of the river Arga. Soldiers guarding the military administration's cattle. Engraving by Carretero. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875.

The war in Virginia - the 22nd Colored Regiment, Duncan's brigade, carrying the first line of Rebel works before Petersburg / from a sketch by our special artist, Edwin Forbes.. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 July 9, p. 244. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Soldiers, Union, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870.

SALE OF ANGORA RAMS AT GRAAFF RENET.

Battle of Sevastopol by William Simpson, Lithograph, watercolor, 1854-1855, 1832-1898, Russia, Sevastopol, State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol

The Battle of the Volturno. Battery where the Neapolitans burnt the wounded Garibaldians. From a sketch by T. Nast.

First Battle of Bull Run, (First Manassas), July 21, 1861. First Brigade, Fifth Division, commanded by Col. Louis Blenkers made an orderly retreat from the Battle of Bull Run. His 'German heritage' troops remained on the field to cover the retreat of other Union forces. The newspaper illustration is based on an artist's sketch show Blenkers situation my moonlight (BSLOC_2018_6_138)

Expedition to Port Royal - Government buildings erected on Hilton Head, SC by the Federal forces under General Sherman 1861-1862. Signal station, Post Office, etc. USA Civil War

Japanese fishermen celebrating Gots-Tennoo in the 19th century. From a 19th century illustration.

THE LATE EXPLOSION AT MAYENCE

Reconstruction of Julius Caesar's siege of Marseilles, showing the musculus or covered way to protect engineers approaching walls of besieged city. 18th century engraving.

Encampments of the Striking Pitmen; the Great Strike of the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield 1844 Illustrated London News

An engraving depicting an encampment of tents in Salt Lake City, the city of the Mormons. Dated 19th century

Franco-Prussian War

French invervention in Mexico: Battle of Puebla, 5 May 1862 (Battle of Cinco de Mayo). The French under General Charles Lorencez were decisively by the Mexican army under General Ignacio Zaragoza. French mortar battery receiving incoming fire.

This 1840s illustration shows the settlement at Roanoke. The establishment of theRoanoke Colonywas an attempt bySir Walter Raleighto found the first permanentEnglish settlementinNorth America.The first Roanoke colony was founded by governorRalph Lanein 1585 onRoanoke Islandin what is nowDare County, North Carolina, United States. Following the failure of the 1585 settlement, a second colonyled byJohn Whitelanded on the same island in 1587, and set up another settlement that became known as theLost Colonydue to the subsequent unexplained disappearance of its population.

Illustration showing the march of Kershaw's and Fitz Lee's Confederate divisions up the valley of Virginia, to gather for the battle of Shanandoah Valley. The battle was won by General Sheridan's Federal army. Date: 1864

Tunisia, Sfax. After the conquest of Tunis by France, and the constitution of the French Protectorate in 1881, there were later revolts in the regions of Kairouan and Sfax. Control of the Tunisian uprising in the port city of Sfax. Bombing by the French army squadron on 16 July 1881. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Engraving. Besiegers approaching Jerusalem. Crusaders.

The imperial fleet carrying Napoleon's remains passes Saint-Germain Along the banks of the Seine, civilians and soldiers on horseback have gathered to pay their respects to Napoleon, Imperial fleet passes Saint-Germain Passage de la flotille imp, Victor Adam, (mentioned on object), print maker: Jean Baptiste Arnout, (mentioned on object), printer: Benard Lemercier & Cie, Paris, 1840 - 1841, paper, h 222 mm - w 308 mm

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). France. Rhine Bridge. It connected the cities of Kehl and Strasbourg, crossing both the Rhine and the border between Germany and France. When war broke out, the turntable at the eastern end of the bridge (Kehl) was dynamited. Destruction of the Rhine Bridge on the side of the French border. Engraving by Barbant. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

Passage down the waterfalls, 1884, during the British expedition to Khartoum to help Gordon. Colonial wars, Sudan, 19th century.

View of Makassar, anonymous, c. 1749 - c. 1750, View of Makassar with stone houses and a church. In the sea, a Dutch rowboat and two Indonesian sailing ships are sailing., draughtsman: anonymous, c. 1749 - c. 1750, paper, pen, brush, h 395 mm × w 610 mm

English War Work: Munition Works, 1916. Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926). Lithograph;

Six Marines: Radoub d'une barque à marée basse, 1833. Eugène Isabey (French, 1803-1886). Lithograph;

Scene of the battle between the Federals and the Confederates. Fredericksburg devastated after the battle which took place on December 13th 1862. The Confederates held the town against General Burnside's troops who suffered over 12,000 casualties. Date: 1863

The Scottish explorer Mungo Park visiting King Ali's tent at Benown, or Benowm, West Africa. Date: 1795

Derbent and the Caucasian Wall at the Beginning of the 19th century, North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of ...

Camp of the army of William III at Lembeek, 1675. Draughtsman: Josua de Grave. Dating: 2-Aug-1675. Place: Henegouwen. Measurements: h 135 mm × w 174 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Exhumation of the bones of soldiers killed at the battle of Solferino. (IT)

Historia de España. Muerte del rey Sancho Garcés IV de Navarra, arrojado desde una roca en los bosques de Peñalén en 1076. Grabado de 1872.

Historical scene from the U.S. history, attack on the Fort Pequot, defeat of the Pequot tribe in the Pequot War of 1637 against the British, Connecticut, USA, North America

Cudillero, Asturias, Spain. Night work at the construction of the new quay, taking advantage of the low tide. Drawing from life by Tomas Campuzano (1857-1934). Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). December 15, 1884.

Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to storm the enemies rifle pits on the Rappahannock, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

events Franco-Dutch War 1672 - 1679 siege of Ypres 1678 the citadel under artillery fire illustration after a contemporary copper engraving by Jeremias Wolff,

Persecution of the Persians by the Turkomans, 1855, woodcut, Iran, Asia

Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814). French troops under the command of General Dupont found it very difficult to occupy the Sierra Morena area (Andalusia, Spain). Spanish guerrilla fighters storm on a French supply convoy in the passes of Sierra Morena (Andalusia, Spain). Drawing by Auguste Sandoz. Engraving by Outhwaite. ""Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire"" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume IX. Published in Paris, 1849.

'Hugh Willoghby (d1554) English Arctic explorer, led the fatal expedition 1553-1554 in the ''Bona Esperenza''. Crew salvaging everything possible from their wrecked vessel. Bodies found by Russian fisherman 1554.'

Illustration depicting the aftermath of a major train accident. Dated 19th century

English War Work: Five O'Clock, 1916. Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926). Lithograph;

A RECENT WILD BOAR HUNT IN ALGERIA

Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Arrival of a Piedmontese artillery park at the train station of Susa, Second Italian War of Independence, around 1859, Piedmont, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Arrival of a Piedmontese artillery park at the train station of Susa, Second Italian War of Independence, around 1859, Piedmont, Italy.

US Civil War. 2nd Battle of Manassas, also called 2nd Battle of Bull Run, August 28-30, 1862. Union Army retreating to Manassas Junction after the battle, August 30. This documentary drawing by Edwin Forbes shows the defeated army drenched by a thunderstorm on Sept. 1, while being pursued by Confederates led by Stonewall Jackson (BSLOC_2018_7_145)

United States of America. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Seminoles Indians fishing. Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (1533-1588) made the illustrations during the expedition. 19th century engraving by Vernier after the original of Jacques Le Moyne. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amerique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

STREET IN SEBASTOPOL, FRENCH TROOPS TAKING AMMUNITION TO THE MORTAR BATTERY NEAR FORT NICHOLAS

Kimmidges Creek, left defence of the camp at Harrisons Landing, 1862 July-August, drawing on tan paper pencil and Chinese white, 21.8 x 31.9 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Photo collection Government information service. Floods, historic, general. undated

Queen Christina, mother of queen Isabela, returns to Spain amid widespread unrest : she travels to Barcelona. Date: March 1844

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