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Historical Military Portraits

Engravings of notable military figures and generals from various conflicts, highlighting their attire and rank.

Portrait of Camille Crémer (1840 - 1876) is a French divisional general of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The Province during the War of 1870-71. Th

Pierre Francois Joseph Bosquet, 1810, 1861, French General in the Crimean War, Illustration from Gallery of Historical Portraits, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud was a French soldier and Marshal of France from 20 August 1798 to 29 September 1854. He served as French Minister of War until the Crimean War, when he became Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the East, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Exact date unknown

09/20/1909. Moroccan War. Mr. José Morgado and Da Veiga whistle. Rear Admiral.

Portrait of General Winfield Scott, circa 1860

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: FAIDHERBE GENERAL, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE NORTHERN FRENCH ARMY, ENGRAVING 1870

Charles Guillaume Marie Appollinaire Antoine Cousin Montauban, comte de Palikao, 1796, 1878, was a French general and statesman, Situation at the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

SERRANO , FRANCISCO. MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL. SAN FERNANDO 1810 - 1885. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

General Robert Patterson, USA Civil War

Portrait of an officer, draughtsman: Michel Mourot, 13-Aug-1838, paper, h 231 mm × w 180 mm

Portrait of Edmond Willem van Dam van Isselt, Abraham Johannes Couwenberg, 1816 - 1844 print The person portrayed wears a military uniform with epaulettes, two knight orders and a medal. Under the portrait his name and profession. print maker: Netherlandsafter own design by: Netherlandsprinter: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper. historical persons (+ head (and shoulders) (portrait)). knighthood order. (military) uniforms

Julius von Verdy du Vernois, 19 July 1832-30 September 1910, often called Verdy for short, German general and staff officer best known for his military writings and his service on the staff of Helmuth von Moltke the. Ae. during the Franco-Prussian War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Military figures in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Louis Leon Cesar Faidherbe, 3 June 1818, 29 September 1889, was a French general and colonial administrator, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Ludwig Samson Heinrich Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann, from 1868 Tann-Rathsamhausen (18 June 1815- 26 April 1881), Bavarian General of the Infantry, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

General Sir Ralph Darling, British soldier and colonial Governor, (1886).Artist: WA Hirschmann

José de Palafox (1775-1847). Militar español. Recibió el título de I duque de Zaragoza por su participación como capitán general durante el sitio de Zaragoza en la Guerra de la Independencia Española. Retrato. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.

Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein (1797-1885). Prussian infantry general. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

Felix-Charles Douay, 14. August 1816, 4. Mai 1879, french general, woodcut, portrait, France, Europe

Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav von Stiehle, 14. August 1823, 15. November 1899, war ein preußischer Offizier, zuletzt General der Infanterie, Deutsch-Franzö...

General Alfred Pleasonton - Alfred Pleasonton was a United States Army officer and major general of volunteers in the Union cavalry during the American Civil War. He commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg Campaign, including the largest predominantly cavalry battle of the war, Brandy Station.

Osman Nuri Pasha, Osman Nuri Pasa, 1832, 1900, was a general in the Ottoman army in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), Historical, digitally restored ...

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-63), Confederate General during American Civil War, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Lithograph, Strobridge & Co., 1877

Confederate General William Joseph Hardee. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873, Military service, Military officers, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate, United States

Salt paper photograph by Alois Löcherer showing a portrait of an officer circa 1855, depicting uniform, rank insignia, and formal pose.

Tomás de Zumalacárregui Imaz (1788-1835), militar carlista español.

Nelson Appleton Miles (1839 - 1925) was an American military man who fought in the American Civil War, in the Indian Wars, and in the Spanish-American War. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm Freiherr von Lützow, May 18, 1782 - December 6, 1834, was a Prussian Major General / Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm Freiherr von Lützow, 18. Mai 1782 - 6. Dezember 1834, war ein preußischer Generalmajor, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

General-maior Viktor Alekseevich Ivashchenko. 1838. Additional, Major-general Ivashchenko., 1884., S.-Peterburg. Publisher, Fototipiia V. Shteina i S. Lapteva, Pervyi kadetskii korpus (Russia), History

General Joseph E. Johnston led Confederate armies throughout the US Civil War. His commands included: First Battle of Bull Run, July 1861; Peninsula Campaign, 1862; Vicksburg Campaign, 1863; and, Atlanta Campaign 1864 (BSLOC_2018_6_149)

Porträt von Alexander Friedrich Adolf Heinrich von Zastrow, 11. August 1801, 12. August 1875, war ein preußischer General, Befehlshaber des preußische...

Gen'l. Burnside , Military officers, Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881, Carte de Visite Collection

Photograph of General Joseph Simon Gallieni. Lived between April 1849May 1916. A French soldier, administrator and military commander in the French colonies. He is credited with being the guiding intelligence behind the French victory in the First Battle of the Marne in 1914, and he finished his career during the First World War. He was posthumously named made Marshal of France in 1921.

Historical U.S. Prints: General Grant - 1885 .

Emmanuel Felix de Wimpffen (1811-1884). French general. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

Knight in ceremonial dress and wearing the Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Ferdinand, also known as the Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand. Spains highest military decoration for gallantry. The order was established by the Cádiz Cortes in 1811 to honour the heroic fight against the Napoleonic army. General Manuel Pavía y Lacy (1814-1896) wearing the orders coat and chain. Chromolithography. "Historia de las Ordenes de Caballería y de las Condecoraciones Españolas" (History of the Orders of Chivalry and the Spanish Decorations). Madrid, 1865. Spain.

''La general de Villaret', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, 1809-1870. Union naval commander during the American Civil War and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.

Tomas de Zumalacarregui e Imaz, 1st Duke of the Victory of the Amezcoas, 1st Count of Zumalacarregui, 29 December 1788 - 24 June 1835, known among his troops as Uncle Tomas, was a Spanish Basque officer who led the Carlist faction as Captain general of the Army during the First Carlist War, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century master copy

Guerra de la Independencia (1808-1814). Francisco Espoz y Mina (1781-1836), militar español y guerrillero en Navarra. Grabado de 1895.

Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli, Count Georg Leo von Caprivi, Caprera and Montecuccoli, born Georg Leo von Caprivi, 1831 -1899, was a German general and statesman, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Francois-Marcellin Certain de Canrobert, June 27, 1809 - January 28, 1895, was a French Marshal, pictures of the time of 1855 / Francois-Marcellin Certain de Canrobert, 27. Juni 1809 - 28. Januar 1895, war ein französischer Marschall, Bilder aus der Zeit von 1855, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Portrait of Baron Ludwig Samson Heinrich Arthur of and to the Tann-Rathsamhausen, 18 June 1815 - 26 April 1881, was a Bavarian general of the infantry, commander of the I. Bavarian Army Corps, Franco-German campaign of 1870 / Porträt von Baron Ludwig Samson Heinrich Arthur von und zu Tann-Rathsamhausen, 18. Juni 1815 - 26. April 1881, war ein bayerischer General der Infanterie, Kommandeur des I. Bayerischen Armeekorps, Deutsch-Französischer Feldzug 1870, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Jean Baptiste Estienne (1860; - 2 April 1936) French general. He is considered by many in France to be the Père des Chars (Father of the Tank).

German military people in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Hans Alfred Konstantin von Kretschmann, 21 August 1832, 30 March 1899, was a Prussian general of the infantry, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Military people of Deutschland in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 21 August 1832, 30 March 1899, was a Prussian general of the infantry, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved

1800S 1860S Portrait Gideon J Pillow Major General Confederate Csa Army American Civil War Remembered For His Poor Performace Battle Fort Donelson

Manuel de La Serna Hernandez Pinzon (1804-1878). Spanish military. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1878. Colored.

Eduard Ivanovich Totleben (1818-1884) Russian soldier. Artist: Unknown

Ewald Christian Leopold von Kleist, 25 March 1824, 29 December 1910, was a Prussian officer, last General of the Infantry, Germany, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century document, Europe

1865, Mexique, 1865, Mexique, 1865, Falconnet, Louis, 1864-ca. 1867, This album was assembled by Louis Falconnet, an officer in the French army, from documentation he created or gathered while on his tour of duty in Mexico (1864-1866) at the time of the French intervention.

David Glasgow Farragut (5 July 1801 - 14 August 1870) was one of the best known US naval officers of the 19th century, Historic, digitally restored re...

Radowitz, Josef of.

Fatigue Cap, Light Artillery, Russia, from the Military Uniforms series (T182) issued by Abdul Cigarettes Issued by Abdul Cigarettes American 1881 Trade cards from the "Military Uniforms" series (T182), issued in 1881 to promote Abdul Cigarettes.

George B. McClellan. Major General commanding U.S. Army, 1862

Mumb of Mühlhaim, Ferdinand Anton.

David Dixon Porter (born 8 June 1813 in Chester, Pennsylvania, died 13 February 1891 in Washington, D.C.) was an American admiral, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbon (1788-1855), known as Don Carlos. Infante of Spain, the first Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne as Carlos V. Portrait. Chromolithography. ""Historia de la guerra civil y de los partidos liberal y carlista"" (History of the Civil War and the Liberal and Carlist parties), by Antonio Pirala. Volume I. Madrid, 1889.

French Lieutenant Plat, Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Colonel Alfred M. Wood, Fourteenth Regiment (Brooklyn), 1861 - 1880, New York (State), History, Military officers

Portrait of General James Ewell Brown Stuart, better known as Jeb Stuart, of the Confederate Army; pictured during the American Civil War. Stuart was a brilliant cavalry commander during the war, but was mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, May 11th 1864. Date: 1864

Felix Charles Douay (1816-1879). General in the French army. Portrait. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1870. Colored.

Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1803-1865, Union naval commander during the American Civil War and Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Quincy Adams Gillmore (born 25 February 1825 in Lorain (Ohio) (formerly Black River), died 11 April 1888 in Brooklyn, New York) was a Northern brigadier general, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Wolseley, the conqueror of the Aschantis,

The Allies in the First World War, France, soldier of the Territorial Army, Valezar, 2nd engineer., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4913434

Shir Ali Khan or Sher Ali, Sher Ali, 1825 - February 21, 1879, Emir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1866 and from 1868 to the end of his life / Schir Ali Khan bzw. Scher Ali, Sher Ali, 1825 - 21. Februar 1879, von 1863 bis 1866 und von 1868 bis zu seinem Lebensende Emir von Afghanistan, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Nathaniel Lyon, 1818 to 1861, Union general in the Civil War, killed in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, record date not stated..

French conquest of Tunisia. Leonard-Leopold Forgemol de Bostquenard (1821-1897). French general. In 1881 he was in command of the army for the region of Constantine, Algeria. He was ordered by the government of Jules Ferry to direct the military operations in Tunisia, from April to July 1881. Expedition of French troops to Tunisia. View of the port of the commercial emporium of La Calle, in Algeria, chosen for the disembarkation and concentration of expeditionary troops because of its proximity to the border with Tunisia. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

'General Cronje', 1900. Piet Cronje (1836-1911) general of the South African Republic's military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900

General Soulouque; Afterwards Faustin I, Emperor of Haiti, 1847-59.. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Regalia, Haiti, Emperors, Soulouque, Faustin, ca. 1788-1867

Louis Botha, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1900. Artist: Unknown

Peter Cunningham, of the English Battalion. 1860

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of James Birdseye McPherson, 1828 - 1864, an officer of the United States Army and general in the American Civil War

Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill VC (25 January 1852 - 22 January 1879) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces

US Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant. 1866 chromolithograph after a portrait photograph, of 1864-66 (BSLOC_2018_10_28)

The Allies: America: Secretary of the Y M C A; The Rev C H Rose of Southport, Indiana Eugene Burnand (d.1931), Drawing, Pastel, Paper, Portrait, Frame, Photograph, Replica, Social history, Armed Forces, War, Works on Paper

Ulysses S. Grant (born 27 April 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio as Hiram Ulysses Grant, died 23 July 1885 in Wilton, New York) was an American general and politician. He was commander-in-chief of the US Army in the War of Secession and the 18th President of the United States of America from 1869 to 1877, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

General San Marzano, commander of the Italian troops in Abyssinia, woodcut 1888

Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB, known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer, of the Corps of Royal Engineers and administrator. He is remembered for his campaigns in China during the Taiping Rebellion and in northern Africa.

Jan Skrzynecki, Chief of Woysk Polski / Commander in Chief of the entire Polish army Menzel, Adolph von (1815 1905), Wiśniewski, publisher of Gebrueder Rocca

The late Brigadier General John H Morgan, CSA, and his wife. American Civil War, 1864

Jan Skrzynecki, commander in chief of the entire Polish army Unknown, J.A. Endter artistry (Norymberga)

Bazaine / Marshal de France / Commander-in-Chief, the Army of the Rhine, 1870.

The French corps leaders of 1870, illustrated war history 1870-1871, German, French campaign, Germany, France, french corps leaders of 1870, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

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