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Historical Military Portraits

Engravings and portraits of historical military figures, showcasing their attire and decorations, representing different periods of military history.

General Gordon - Empire builder. January 28, 1935.

Max Ferdinand Karl von Boehn, Boehn, 16 August 1850 - 18 February 1921, was a Prussian officer who took part in the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Albrecht von Stosch, 20 April 1818, 29 February 1896, was a royal Prussian general of the infantry and admiral, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Aleksey Brusilov (1853 - 1926) Russian general noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive. Despite his prominent role in the Imperial Russian Army, he ultimately joined with the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War and aided in the early organization of the Red Army.

General James Wolfe Murray (1853-1919) Scottish-born soldier. B;ritish Army officer. Chief of the Imperial General Staff in the First World War but replaced in 1915 on failure of Dardenelles campaign. Chromolithograph.

General Bosquet, French soldier, 1857. Artist: DJ Pound

German military in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Chief staff surgeon MD von Beck, Germany, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Military people of Deutschland in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, Chief staff surgeon MD von Beck, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Europe

German military in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Wilhelm August Roth, 19 June 1833, 12 June 1892, was a German hygienist and military doctor, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Military people of Deutschland in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 19 June 1833, 12 June 1892, was a German hygienist and military doctor, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved

Azcarraga Palmero, Marcelo (Manila ,1832-Madrid, 1915). Spanish military and political. Engraving by A. Carretero.

'Le general Ludendorf', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Joseph Count Jelacic of Buzim (* 16 October 1801, 19 May 1859) was a general and ban of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Major-General George Pretyman, Military Commandant, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1902. Artist: Unknown

Adm. Milne

Georg Friedrich Alfred Earl of Fabrice, 23 May 1818, March 25, 1891, Saxon general of the cavalry, German-French campaign of 1870, woodcut from the 19th. century, Germany, Europe

Gustav Friedrich Beyer, von Beyer since 1859, February 26, 1812 - December 7, 1889, a Prussian infantry general and minister of war in Baden / Gustav Friedrich Beyer, seit 1859 von Beyer, 26. Februar 1812 - 7. Dezember 1889, ein preußischer General der Infanterie und badischer Kriegsminister, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Portrait of Colonel Merlin, Officer and President of the Third Council of War in 1871. Portrait of Colonel Merlin, Officer and President of the Third Council of War in 1871. Photography by Charles Ernest Appert (1830-1890). Draw on albuminum paper. 1871.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: GENERAL DUCROT, 1817 - 1882, FRENCH

Admiral of Schröder. State state plan Hamburg, collection of the history of photography

Joseph Joffre Plas (1852-1931), general, comandante jefe de las armas francesas durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Grabado de 1923. Author: Lucien Hector Jonas.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1813-183) American confederate (southern) soldier in 1863. American Civil War 1861-63. Engraving.

Gen. Boroevic

Georg Leo von Caprivi (1831-1899) German soldier and statesman. In March 1890 he succeeded Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany. Photograph.

Oberstleutnant Hermenegild Sandri. .

Prince Friedrich or Frederik Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia, 30 October 1794, 27 July 1863, was a Prussian prince, general of the royal cavalry, and division commander, woodcut from the year 1888, Germany, Europe

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HERBERT T. MACPHERSON, K.C.B., V.C., Commander of the Indian Contingent During the Recent Campaign in Egypt

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, 27 December 1796, 2 August 1877, field marshal, woodcut, 1885, Germany, Europe

Gen. von Georgi

THE LATE FIELD-MARSHAL COUNT VON MOLTKE.

Vice Admiral Bouricius circa October 14, 1947.

Major Lang, Italy

Alexander Friedrich Adolf Heinrich von Zastrow, 11. August 1801 bis 12. August 1875, preußischer General der Infanterie, Historisch, digital restaurie...

General Sir De Lacey Evans, British soldier, 1857. Artist: DJ Pound

Major General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro 1860 to 1929 British soldier oversaw evacuation Gallipoli peninsula October 1915 From The War Illustrated Album deLuxe published London 1916

Major général de Moltke. Adolphe Block, photographer (French, 1829 - about 1900) about 1868 A portrait of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. He is wearing a military jacket and a short-brimmed cap. The cap has a spike on the top of it. (Recto, mount) lower left, black letterpress: "A. BLOCK Succr."; lower right, black letterpress: "EDITEUR"; (Verso, mount) upper left, black ink: "de Moltke"; center, black maker's imprint: "A. BLOCK/EDITEUR/91. Boulevard Sébastopol/PARIS"; (Recto, album page) lower center, below image, black ink on white paper label: "E/59 space Major général de Moltke.";

August Karl von Goeben (1816-1880). Prussian general. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross in 1870 for his service in the Franco-Prussian War. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

Photograph of Karl Freiherr von Plettenberg (1852 - 1938) Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I.

Adm. A.R. Couden

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke was a German Field Marshal, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Carl Ludwig von Schlotheim, since 1866 Baron von Schlotheim, 1818, 1889, was a Prussian General of Cavalry, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Admiral C.E. Madden

'Portrait of Colonel A.S. Lvov of the Tiraspol Mounted Chasseur Regiment'. Russia, 1831-1832. Dimensions: 71,2x53,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Ivan Shevtsov.

Mr. Pixley, of the Victoria Rifles, winner of the Queen's Prize at the National Rifle Contest, 1862. 'This gentleman is by no means an undistinguished rifleman, having fairly earned his marksman's badge at Hythe last year, where he likewise won his sectional prize. He has further carried off honours in the shooting of his own company (No. 1) of the Victoria, besides obtaining a rifle offered by some private donor. Mr. Pixley, however, had by no means a walk over, as he was pressed hard by two men in his own squad, and at the close of the firing had only two points to spare. He was, of course,

Luigi Cadorna (1850-1928), Chief of Staff of the Italian Army, World War I, photo by Comoletti from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 22, May 30, 1915.

Portrait of Kabayama Sukenori (1837 - 1922) was a General of the Japanese Imperial Army and Admiral of the Japanese Imperial Navy. First Governor General of Japanese Taiwan. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Military Persons in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Albert Freiherr von Suckow (13 December 1828) (14 April 1893) was a Wuerttemberg General of the Infantry and Minister of War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

General Hirschauer, Chief of French Military Aeronautics during the First World War. Hirschauer in 1918.

Col. J.P. Wisser

Col. Wm. M. Black

Gebbard Leberech Von Blucher (1742-1819) Prussian general. Important contribution to Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching by John Kay 1814

SERGEANT PULLMAN, 2ND MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEERS, WINNER OF THE QUEEN'S PRIZE AT WIMBLEDON.

Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, (1869 1950) British Army officer. held a series of senior military appointments including Adjutant-General to the Forces and then Commander in Chief Aldershot Command. He went on to be Chief of the General Staff in India in 1928 and Commander in Chief in India in 1930

Gen. C.H. Lauchheimer i.e. Laucheimer

07/15/1908. Cavalry commander Don Manuel Fernández Silvestre, who has been appointed chief of the Casablanca police. One of the youngest officers in the Army, he obtained the job of commander in the Cuban War where he was left for dead due to the very serious number of wounds that he received. It has several languages and is of vast illustration. He belongs to the Cazadores de Melilla squad.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich August Leopold Graf von Werder, 1808, 1887, was a Prussian general, situation at the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Louis Maud'huy, French First World War General, (1926). Artist: Unknown

King William I, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, 27 September 1781 - 25 June 1864, was King of Wuerttemberg, Germany / König Wilhelm I., deutsch: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, 27. September 1781 - 25. Juni 1864, war König von Württemberg, Deutschland, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

War album 43, picture 11695.

The Allies in World War I, France, Infantry Lieutenant, Lieutenant Vallette of the 44th Territorial Regiment, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Ferdinand Foch, French general and Allied Supreme Commander in World War I, 1918 (1926). Artist: Unknown

Baron Wilhelm Leopold Colmar von der Goltz, 1843, 1916, also known as Goltz Pascha, was a Prussian field marshal and military writer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Major General Sir Hector Archibald Macdonald, also known as Fighting Mac, 1853 to 1903. Famous Victorian soldier. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal was published by Louis Creswicke, 1900.

HELMUT CARL BERNHARD, graf von MOLTKE Prussian military commander during the Franco-Prussian war, Date: 1800 - 1891

Thomas J. Ames, Department Commander, Massachusetts G. A. R , Veterans. Leominster

Hordyński Zdzisław in the gala uniform of the Polish Army

Adm. A.G. Winterhalter

Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, 24 February 1809, 17 June 1885, was a German field marshal who became famous for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War, digital improved reproduction of an original print from 1880

Adm. Sir John Fisher

Jose Maria de Loma Arguelles (1822-1893). Spanish military. Engraving by Paris. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876. Colored.

Maximilian "Max" Wilhelm Gustav Moritz von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1848 - 1917) Imperial German general. He fought in the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, and briefly in the First World War.

Oberleutnant Louis Baersch, Telegraphenregiment Oberlieutnant Bärsch carries one of the tapecus medals (possibly gold)

Image of the weapon of an official of the railway police.

Station inspector Selim Carl Helmer Trolle.

Guerra de la Independencia (1808-1814). Ignacio Alonso Cuevillas (1764-1835), militar y guerrillero riojano. Grabado de 1895.

VALENTINE BAKER English military known also as Baker Pasha Served in Kaffir and Crimean Wars 1884

Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S. battleship Maine, which exploded in Havana, Cuba 1898

Anefo photo collection. Old Kappen Marvo. December 9, 1948

General Georges Leman, Commander of the Fortified Town of Liege. oil on canvas. Date: 1919-1920. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Lieutenant-General Yamaji, commanding the First Division, during the Sino-Japanese War, circa 1895

Captain Henry Ludlow Lopes, 1865 - 1922, historical illustration, 1884

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes (1880-1960) he was Commader in Chief of the home fleet from 1938-1940

Prince George of Saxony, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Prince George of Saxony, Saxony, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

General Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863 Äö√Ñ√¨ 1934) French military officer and explorer in Africa. Engraving. La Ilustracion Artistica, 1899. Colored.

King George V in the uniform of Chief of the Royal Air Force, 1935. Artist: Unknown.

V. Herbert

The English artist and war correspondent for the Illustrated London News from the early 1870s until 1904. He was noted for his ability to sketch scenes quickly, sending these images back to the ILN offices where they would be redrawn, engraved on woodblocks and printed in the newspaper. 1896

ALFONSO XIII, 1886-1941, King of Spain (exiled 1931) in military uniform

George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888, English soldier. Commanded the British cavalry in the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) 1853-1856) . Led the charge of the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. engraving from The Illustrated News of the World (London, ca. 1860) ., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke, 1800-1891, Prussian Field Marshal in the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-71, Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke, 1800 - 1891, ein preußischer Generalfeldmarschall im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870-1871

Nikolai Dmitrievich Tomin (1886 - 1924), Soviet military leader, participant in the Civil War .

Spanish civil war : General Laszcano

Franz Joseph I (18 August 1830) (21 November 1916), Franz Joseph Karl, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and King of Bohemia from 2 December 1848 until his death, painting by John Quincy Adams, in the service uniform of an Austrian field marshal, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period

Lieutenant-General NG Lyttelton, commanding 4th Brigade in South Africa, 1902.Artist: C Knight

Ma Fuxiang , a Hui Muslim, was born in Linxia, Gansu, China. He was named the military governor of Xining, and then of Altay, in Qing times. He held a large number of military posts in the northwestern region after the founding of the republic. He was governor of Qinghai in 1912, Ningxia from 1912 to 1920, and Suiyuan from 1920 to 1925. Having turned to Chiang Kai-shek in 1928, he was made chairman of the government of Anhui in 1930. He was elected a member of the National Government Commission, and then appointed the mayor of Qingdao, special municipality. He was also the president of the Mongolian-Tibetan Commission and a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang. He died in August 1932.

Admiral Wei Han

3 4 Head & Shoulders Portrait Of Turn Of The Century Policeman In Uniform

The Tonkin Campaign (French: Campagne du Tonkin) was an armed conflict fought between June 1883 and April 1886 by the French against, variously, the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and the Chinese Guangxi and Yunnan armies to occupy Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and entrench a French protectorate there. The campaign, complicated in August 1884 by the outbreak of the Sino-French War and in July 1885 by the Can Vuong nationalist uprising in Annam, which required the diversion of large numbers of French troops, was conducted by the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, supported by the gunboats of the Tonkin Flotilla. The campaign officially ended in April 1886, when the expeditionary corps was reduced in size to a division of occupation, but Tonkin was not effectively pacified until 1896.

Adm. von Scheer

The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia.

Louis Botha (27 September 1862 27 August 1919) was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africathe forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war hero during the Second Boer War, he would eventually fight to have South Africa become a British Dominion.

MAROTO , RAFAEL. GENERAL ESPAÑOL . 1783 - 1847. LUCHO EN LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA. RETRATO ANONIMO ( DETALLE). MUSEO DEL EJERCITO . MADRID.

Photography.Personal photography in glass and frame of oak.Text on nameplate of silver brass: Commander M.M.S. F.T.Ankarcrona Head of Underofficers and Seafaries 1/2 1909 - 28/2 1911.neg.nr 4936-4947 1910 - 1912 (1910-12)

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