Historical Military Leaders

Portraits of notable historical military figures, illustrating the commanding presence and attire of influential leaders through various periods.

John Stark (1728 - 1822) Irish-born American Revolutionary general

Lieut. Col. Samuel Smith.. 1870. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Smith, Samuel, 1752-1839

Edwin Vose Sumner (1797 - 1863) U.S. military

Maj. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg. 1783 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807

Portrait of an Officer British Painter British. Portrait of an Officer 435792

Digitally restored vector painting of General George Washington. George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army against the British Empire and the first President of the United States.

Portrait of Willem George Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; Willem George Fredrik, Prince of Orange and Nassau. Portrait of Willem George Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau. In the background an Austrian army camp. In the margin a five-line caption in Dutch. Illustration in the four-part life of Willem George Fredrik (1802-1803).

Colonel Graham. The Kaffirs on the Eastern frontier continuing to be troublesome and dangerous cattle thieves, the Governor, Sir John Cradock raised a force of Burghers, European soldiers and Hottentors, under the command of Colonel Graham (after whom Grahams town was named in 1812). The kaffirs were driven across the Fish River.

Maj. Gen. the Baron de Kalb.. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780

Portrait of Karol Sierakowski, artillery general. nieznany malarz polski, painter

Oliver Hazard Perry 1785-1819. American naval officer in War of 1812. Victor against British in Battle of Lake Erie. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Andrew Hull Foote 1806 to 1863. Distinguished Union naval officer during American Civil War. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Portrait of Benedict Arnold

Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene. 1760 - 1900. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Gilbert Motie Motier, marquis de (1757-1834). Franch aristocrat and military man, of liberal ideology. Portrait of the Marquis de La Fayette as Brigadier General (mar_chal de camp) and Paris citizen's militia General. Litography. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus_e Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).

Earl Howe (1725-1799). Dour and ungracious, Black Dick was a great favourite with the seamen under him and a gallant fighter.

Major General Brown, U.S. Army, by Joseph Wood (ca. 1778-1830), 1880, New York. Stipple engravings, 24 x 16 cm. Engravings

John Andre (1751-1780) British soldier captured by Americans and hanged as a spy

Portrait van Rulemann Friedrich Eylert, Ernst Friedrich Oldermann, After Burggraf, 1817 - 1874 print Berlin paper historical persons. medals and other marks of military honour

Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden. ... Willem IV 1747 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations, Paintings, Drawings. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg, 26 September 1759, 4 October 1830, Prussian Field Marshal, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Portrait of Maximilian I Jozef, Elector of Bavaria, Friedrich Wilhelm Nettling, 1799 - 1824 print Printed at the top left 4. And at the top right No. 12. paper historical persons. medals and other marks of military honour

General Henry Wager Halleck, senior Union Army commander, 1862-1867.Artist: G Stodart

Théophile Malo Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, 23 November 1743, 27 June 1800, a French officer in the revolutionary army, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

JOSHUA BARNEY (1759 - 1818) American naval officer who, despite his abilities, was three times captured by the British but none the less survived to fight another day. Date: circa 1800

Juan Claros (1749-1827). Spanish military and guerrilla during the War of Spanish Independence in the region of Catalonia. Drawing by Jose Cebrian(1839-1904). Lithography. Later colouration. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Catalonia. 1866.

Jean-François Bellier (1745-1836). "The citizen Nau-Deville, in the National Guard uniform, having a convoy of weapons and ammunitions removed from the Arsenal (we can see the demolition of the Bastille". Oil on canvas, 1790. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27036-7 Bastille, Convoy Weapons, Construction, Demolition, National Guard, Man, French Revolution, Uniform, Transport

George Rogers Clark.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

John Paul Jones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirteen United States of North America, 1779.. Prints. 1780. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

EL GENERAL GRAVES (1713-1787).

Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802

James Lawrence (born 1 October 1781 in Burlington, New Jersey, died 4 June 1813) was an American naval officer, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

James McArdell, ca. 1729-1765, Irish, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Townshend. Mezzotint.

Augereau / General of the Armies of the Rep. Fr.

PortraT van Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Bülow von Denewitz, Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen, 1775 - 1840 print paper steel engraving medals and other marks of military honour. historical persons

Willem IV (1711-1751), Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Standing in armor, for feet, in a coastal landscape with links military attributes including a gun and a helmet. In the background ships.

Santerre / com.dant of the Nat.The Parisienne in 1792 / Chief of Brig.de of the Army Remancier against that of the Vendée.

Musaeus, John Karl Aug..

Frederick II or Frederick the Great, January 24, 1712 to August 1786, the Old Fritz, King in from 1740, King of Prussia from 1772 and Margrave of Brandenburg from 1740 and thus one of the Electors of the Holy Roman Empire / Friedrich II. oder Friedrich der Große, 24. Januar 1712 i-17. August 1786, der Alte Fritz, ab 1740 König in, ab 1772 König von Preußen und ab 1740 Markgraf von Brandenburg und somit einer der Kurfürsten des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Overview master at the Congral War Fleet Gilbert Sheldon.Overview Builder at the Congral War Fleet Gilbert Sheldon

John André, late Adjutant General of the British army in North America, full-length portrait, right hand holding sword, wearing military uniform in wilderness setting; in frame with floral banner.

Maj. Gen. Augustine Prevost, Colonel of the 60th Foot, died 1786.. 1885. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Prévost, Augustine, ca. 1725-1786

Franco-U.S. Historical Documents. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bt., in the Uniform of the Yorkshire (North Riding) Militia. Date/Period: 1784. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,270 mm (50 in); Width: 1,016 mm (40 in). Author: James Northcote.

Major Henry K. Craig, 1825-1838 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Portrait of Schout-Bij Night Meurer, Sophia Wilhelmina Evans, after Gijsbertus Johannus van den Berg, 1782-1816 print Portrait at half of the schout-by-night F. A. Meurer, depicted in oval accompaniment, leaning with a right arm on the course of a cannon. Under the list a Dutch verse of four lines. print maker: Rotterdamafter drawing by: RotterdamNetherlands paper the soldier; the soldier's life (+ artillery)

Captain James Lawrence, by Gilbert Stuart. He served in the US Navy during the 'Quasi War' with France and the War of 1812. When his ship, the frigate USS Chesapeake, was under attack, the mortally wounded Lawrence's dying words were 'Dont Give Up the Ship!' In spite of this inspiration line, USS Chesapeake was taken as a prize by the HMS Shannon, and towed to Halifax by British Captain Philip Broke (BSLOC_2019_6_127)

Portrait of an officer, presumably R.T. from Kruissen. Portrait of an officer, presumably R.T. from Kruissen. Bust, considerable, in the uniform of the Von Pabst Regiment. Part of the portrait miniaturen collection.

Gen. Wayne.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1 May 1769, 14 carcharodus flocciferus (1852), was a field marshal and British military leader of the Napoleonic era, as well as British foreign minister and twice prime minister, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date not known

Photography.Photography in glass and frame, wood, yellow-brown, polished, with inner edge gilded.Displays Admiral in uniform.(unknown) .neg.nr A 762 2: 3

J.B. Target. / Pte de Paris in 1789.

Kearny, Stephen Watts .

Nathaniel Green, Major General of the armies of the United States of Ameirca, in the War of Revolution.. Bounetheau, Henry Breintnall (1797-1877). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Mifflin, Thomas .

. Portrait of Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune, captain of the French troops in the Northern Netherlands.

Portret van Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, Charles Howard Hodges, 1788 - 1837 print The French Marshal Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, commander of the French army in the Netherlands. Amsterdam paper

George Washington after the Battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777 during the American War of Independence (1779), Painting by Charles Willson Peale, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the period

Portrait of Stanisław August Poniatowski in the generals uniform. Lampi Jan Chrzciciel St., painter

Portrait of General Józef Sow Kokular, Aleksander (1793-1846); 1829 (1829-00-00-1829-00-00);

Portrait of Johan Arnold Zoutman by Cornelis van Cuylenburg (1758-1827) oil on panel, 1801. The undecided naval Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea against the British (1781) was celebrated a victory in the Dutch Republic. Under the command of Vice-Admiral Zoutman, the Dutch fleet had finally regained its militancy. Zoutman is portrayed with the decorations he received in gratitude from Stadtholder William V: a gold sword, a Dogger Bank medallion on a ribbon and a medal of honour.

PicheGru, General Chief / Northern Army ....

Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). Quartermaster-General of the Cavalry, Colonel of the Oranje-Groningen Infantry Regiment, Commandant of Grave, Cornelis Troost, 1725 painting Portrait of Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). General-Quartermaster Der Cavalerie, Colonel of the Regiment Infantry Oranje-Groningen and Commander of Grave. Knee piece, standing next to an army tent, in a landscape with the city of Grave in the background. In the left hand a commandosta, pointing with the right hand to the fortress. At the bottom left is a rolled -up map of the fortress. Pendant of SK-A-4201. canvas. oil paint (paint) officer (+ cavalry, horsemen). fortress Grave

General Winfield Scott - USA Army, circa 1845

James Whitley Deans Dundas (1785-1862) British naval commander. Entered the Royal Navy in 1799. Appointed Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet (1852-1855). Admiral 1857. Copperplate engraving c1860.

HENRY LEE - American soldier, brilliant cavalry officer in the revolutionary war ; governor of Virginia ; father of Robert E Lee. Date: 1756 - 1818

Nathanael Greene (born 7 August 1742 in Potowomut, died 19 June 1786 in Mulberry Grove near Savannah, Georgia), was the most important American general after George Washington during the American War of Independence, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Gerrit Sichterman, 1688-1730, General - quartermaster of cavalry, colonel of the infantry regiment Orange Groningen, commander of Grave, Cornelis Troost, 1725

Lejeune (general). "Maurice Dupin (1778-1808), father of George Sand, as a lieutenant of hussars". Lead mine, 1803. Paris, Museum of Romantic Life. 35784-20 Woman of letters, hussar, lieutenant, medallion, soldier, lead mine, officer, father, portrait

Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, U.S.A.. 1861 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of rear admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1776 - 1841, an officer of the British Royal Navy

Hans Joachim von Zieten, sometimes written Johann Joachim von Ziethen, 14 May 1699, 26 January 1786, also called Zieten aus dem bush, was a cavalry ge...

1800S 1860S Portrait Of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott Seated Wearing Full Military Regalia Consultant To Lincoln Early Part American Civil War

General Washington. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Federico Gravina (1756-1806). Spanish admiral during the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He died as a result of the wounds suffered during the Battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by Paris. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, October 22, 1876.

General William Moultrie served in the American Continential Army during the American Revolution. In 1776, as a colonel leading a state militia, he prevented the British commanders, Henry Clinton and Peter Parker, from capturing Charleston. Fort Sullivan was later renamed Fort Moultrie in his honor (BSLOC_2019_3_169)

Sir John Moore, 1761, 1809, British soldier and general. From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary, published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Major General Sir Henry Havelock, 1795-1857, British general Major General Sir Henry Havelock, 1795-1857, British general Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21664978

David Glasgow Farragut. oil on canvas. Date: 1838. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Israel Putnam Esqr. Major General of the Connecticut Forces. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

Portrait of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter. Vice-Admiral Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, with a command post in his hand. A sea battle in the background.

Portrait of Charles Pichegru, Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger, 1796 print Berlin paper historical persons. (military) uniforms

Martin Zurbano (1788-1845). Spanish guerrilla fighter. He fought in the First Carlist War (1833-1840) on the Isabeline side (Liberal side). Portrait. Engraving. Detail. ""Espartero: su vida militar, politica, descriptiva y anecdotica"" (Espartero: his military, political, descriptive and anecdotal life). Volume II, 1879.

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

Carl Graf Clerfait -, field marshal, Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing house

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz was a Prussian officer and one of the greatest German cavalry generals, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

John Burgoyne (1722-1792). British General and playwright. Engraving in The American Revolution. Colored.

Portrait of Johan Arnold Zoutman, Pieter Willem van Megen, After Aert Schouman, 1782 print Portrait of Johan Arnold Zoutman, vice-admiral of Holland and West-Friesland, with a commander staff in his hand. In the background the battle at the Doggersbank. In the middle of the margin his coat of arms. The Hague paper engraving / etching

Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, Union Navy, USA Civil War

Karl Xii., King of Sweden.

Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette 1757-1834. French solider who fought wiith Americans in American Revolution. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Jean-David Nau (c. 1635 c. 1668), better known as François lOlonnais was a French pirate, active in the Caribbean during the 1660s

Contre Admiral Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld, shipyard 1819-1837 ViceMiral commander Admiral in Karlskrona.Contre Admiral Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld, shipyard 1819-1837 ViceMiral commander Admiral in Karlskrona

Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Hall, KCB, FRS (c. 1797 - 25 June 1878), was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War and Crimean War. In China, he commanded the iron steamship Nemesis of the East India Company. In November 1839, Hall obtained command of Nemesis of the British East India Company in China, where he served in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839-43). The ship's first engagement was against Chinese forts and a fleet of junks in the Second Battle of Chuenpee on 7 January 1841. He was Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the battle. He was also present at the Battle of First Bar on 27 February. In commemoration of his service, he was commonly known in the navy as 'Nemesis Hall'. William Dallas Bernard, an Oxford graduate who studied life and customs in China, used Hall's notes to write an account of the war in the 'Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843' (1844).

Lord Cornwallis Surrendering his Sword to Genl.Washington. Engraver: Unknown

Col. Richard Mentor Johnson, was the assumed killer of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames. He never claimed the honor, but recalled that he killed 'a tall, good-looking Indian' during the Battle of the Thames. When the War of 1812 began, he was in his third term in the US House of Representatives, representing from Kentucky's 4th district (BSLOC_2019_6_69)

Carl Axel Löwenhielm born November 3, 1772 in Stockholm died June 9, 1861, was a Swedish count, military, diplomat and minister 1822 1839.

FRANCIS BARBER (1751 - 1788) American Colonel during the Independence War. Date: circa 1780

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentur Kościuszko or Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kościuszko; 1746, 1817, Polish national hero

Joseph Hume FRS (22 January 1777 - 20 February 1855) was a Scottish surgeon and Radical MP. Before he qualified, he saw wartime service as surgeon-mate on the hoy HMS Hawke; and then was on the East Indiaman Hope for 18 months. On the eve of the Second Anglo-Maratha War, he was with General Peregrine Powell who marched from Allahabad into Bundelkhand. He took on again a variety of roles during the campaign

Brig. Gen. Simon Fraser, lieutenant colonel of the 24th Foot, 1729-1777.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Fraser, Simon, 1729-1777

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