Historical Military Scenes

A collection of historical illustrations depicting military events and figures, showcasing battles, soldiers, and camp life from various eras.

Irish harvesters on their way to England. Date: 1881

Military men settling down for the night in a squalid barrack at Gonesse during the Franco-Prussian war. Etching by A. Lan̨con.

George's Combat. British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified data from caption card, Caption card tracings: Cartoons, British - 1745-1747; Hist. Gt. Brit.; Religion Church & State; B.I.

General Gordon standing on the stairs of his house about to be speared by dervishes. Etching by H. Dicksee after G. W. Joy.

Act of submission of Ashanti king Prempeh and his mother embracing the legs of British representatives, Governor Maxwell, Colonel Kempster and Sir Francis Scott, as a sign of humiliation. Engraving, 1901.

Charles Dickens, American notes, 1842, ' RATHER A HEAVY SEA ON, SIR, AND A HEAD WIND.'

This woodcut by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, first published 1526, depicts the triumphal procession of Emperor Maximilian I, featuring prisoners from various nations, showing figures, gestures, and arrangement in the procession.

Illustration depicting Nationalist soldiers during the Spanish Civil War. 1937

Italy. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1814-1830. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Interior of a prison in Austria (painted in 1581). Engraving by J. Facnion. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

A bugler. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Soldiers, 1860-1870, Bugles, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, United States

Miners blasting, 1879. Artist: Anon

Wreck of steam boat Clan Macduff in Irish Sea

A French World War I postcard, 1914-1918, titled ' I am always thinking about you, I want to see you'

Hunters at Halt by Vasili Grigorevich Perov, 1871, 1834-1882

Arrest of the Rajah of Benares Chait Singh 1781; Black and White Illustration;

THE WAR IN EGYPT

A sad, graphic illustration of a dead woman, her family and her children, laying among the shattered remains of their house after an air raid by a German airship. Date: 1916

Bulgarian villagers. Engraving by Valnay. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

'Alexander Lambert (c1837-1892) Siebe and Gorman's lead diver in diving suit, descending to the flooded workings of the Severn Tunnel in an unsuccessful attempt to closed an iron door in the headwall.'

Two Carlist soldiers illustration by the Nationalist Spanish civil war artist, Carlos Sáenz de Tejada

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese troops massacred as they attempted to cross Russian barbed wire entanglements at Takushan, August 1904

THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR: THE CZAR ALEXANDER II. AND THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS WATCHING THE ATTACK ON PLEVNA, 1877

Op stretcher naar de ziekenbarak. Krijgsgevangenenkamp Stalag IVB in Mühlberg aan de Elbe (series title). Draughtsman: Wim van Hooff. Dating: 15-Jan-1945. Place: Mühlberg. Measurements: h 19.5 cm × w 27 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Group of people are violently led away by soldiers, Mihály Biró, 1920 print Presentation of the harsh conditions in Hungary at the time of white terror under the shock of Miklós Horthy. Title on object in Hungarian, French, German, English and Russian and text in German on Verso. paper letterpress printing reign of terror. transfer, deportation ~ prisoner of war

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

Artwork: "Discussing A Mission" Artist: E. M. Hayes. Country: Unknown

DA-SC-86-06475. Country: Unknown

Map playing soldiers, Willem Linnig (I), 1857 print paper etching guard duty, keeping sentry. playing-cards. drum (musical instrument)

NEW BRUNSWICK, STRIPPING OR BARKING A TREE FOR TORCHES, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

'Sentry duty at a Small Post', First World War, January 1917.Artist: Eugene Zigliara

'The mountain Shar where Milosh-the-Shepherd tarried with his flocks', 1917. Milosh the shepherd and hero prince receives news his mother is on her deathbed. From "Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbian', by Woislav M. Petrovitch. George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1917

Gunner Navy, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

William O Fletcher, Civil War Soldier & Tree Trunk Bank, c 1937 Civil War Soldier & Tree Trunk Bank

COLONIAL TROOPS WHO TOOK PLACE IN THE JUBILEE PROCESSION, UK, 1897: PRIVATES OF THE SECOND WEST INDIA REGIMENT

Spain (1833). Carabiniers of coasts and borders. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

An engraving depicting a diver attached to a drilling scow putting the charges in drill holes. Cartridges of nitro-glycerine were 10 ft long and 4-5 inches in diameter. This method of demolition was used during the removal of the Hell Gate Rocks on the East River. Dated 19th century

Illustration of an anti-French fighter, with a smoke bomb; in Spain during the occupation of Spain 1808

Bronze Bas relief from the Anzac War Memorial by Rayner Hoff - Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia - showing the landing of troops at Gallipoli, Dardanelles Front, WW1. Date: circa 1934

Cartoon by A. Forestier showing a German soldier carrying a burning-oil distributor on his back and wearing respiratory apparatus. After the first use of asphixiating gas by the Germans at Ypres in April 22nd, the Illustrated London News carried damning reports of the Germans unchivalrous war methods. Date: May 1st 1915

'Mafeking: "The Wolf That Never Sleeps"', 1901. Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) British Army officer successfully defended the town during the Siege of Mafeking and was nicknamed Impeesa, the Wolf that never sleeps. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901

Signal Telegraph Machine and operator, Fredericksburg, 1862 ca. December, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Emery was overthrown, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872.

World War One: a physician tending a soldier in a room in the trenches. Coloured charcoal drawing.

Through the line. (Russian soldiers in the Crimean War 1855) From the drawing by T. G. Shevchenko. Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar, was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist.

Engraving depicting the crew of the Caister lifeboat rescuing a survivor from a fishing smack wrecked on the Barber Sand. Dated 19th Century

Sword duel, painting by August Blunck (1858-1946), woodcut from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1892-1893, Year VII, No 1, Berlin.

The double assassination of Beauvau Square / 1. Portrait of the Walder Assassin. 2. View of the Pharmacy and Place Beauvau. / 3. Discovery of the two corpses in the cellar of the pharmacy.

The battle with the Armada: watching the fighting in the English Channel from the White Cliffs. Date: First published: 1855

Libyan propaganda poster 1982, depicting the Libyan revolution in 1969

Nocturnal smugglers' run in the Alps, historical engraving, 1869

Sketch of war by SEM 1915-1916; No kidding, me one of these mornings, I'll bark SEM (Georges Goursat, said, 1863-1934). "Sketch of war, 1915-1916; without joke, me one of these mornings, I'll bark". Color photomechanical process.

A column of the French Foreign Legion advancing towards Tananarive, Madagascar, 1895. Artist: Unknown

Batallones de Aragon. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Soldiers , Spanish

Gonzalo Jime_nez de Quesada (1506-1579). Spanish explorer and conquistador in Colombia. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1880.

Pietro Micca setting fire to powder during the French siege of Turin during the night between 29 and 30 August 1706. War of Spanish Succession, Italy, 18th century.

Massacre in the Russian Mission of Tong-Tin-An, Boxer Rebellion, China, 10 June 1900. Artist: Unknown

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). March of the southern columns to the front of Madrid (autumn 1936). Drawing by Carlos Senz de Tejada. Drawing.

France, 1870 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

illustration of a soldier of the French Foreign. Circa 1890

In Bor; Klejn, Władysław (1867 cars 1871-1952), Chełmoński, Józef (1849-1914); 1890-1906 (1890-00-00-1906-00-00);

The Intruder: What the billeting of German soldiers too often means to French and Belgian villagers. Date: 1914

- Great heavens, he's shot his hat off ! Date: 1907

Illustration of a friar hunting with a bow and arrow. Dated 17th Century

Second Afghan War (1878-1880). War between British India and the Emirate of Afghanistan. Expedition of Gurkha troops from Almorah to Lahore. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1878. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.

Lt. Genl. U.S. Grant at his headquarters before Petersburg, Va. / designed by A. Berger ; photographed by A. Berger. | Library of Congress

Wounded Insurgent unknown

Advertisement for Liebig products; men hunting seals.

"God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen, may nothing you dismay" - a festive view of a British trench on the Western Front with soldiers, rather implausibly, sitting in deep snowdrifts eating a Christmas dinner of turkey, pudding and wine while a comrade further up the trench keeps a look out with a periscope. Date: 1915

Artwork: "Hip Pocket" Vietnam, 1970. Artist: David E. Graves. Catalog Number: 1.140.87. Country: Unknown

The Veteran in a New Field Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). The Veteran in a New Field, 1867. Wood engraving, 4 3/16 x 6 1/4 in. (10.6 x 15.9 cm). The article that accompanied this image remarked that One of the most conclusive evidences of the strength of a republican form of government is the way in which our army has disbanded, each man seeking again the sphere of usefulness which he left only temporarily, to aid the Government in its need.” The illustration probably also makes reference to a clause from Isaiah 2:4, often cited in the mid-nineteenth century: And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not life up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” American Art 1867

Soldiers in a Cave Receiving Blessings from Heaven 19th century Franz von Hauslab the Younger Austrian. Soldiers in a Cave Receiving Blessings from Heaven 382752

Peninsular War (1808-1814). Catalonia. Gerona was besieged on three occasions by French troops. The first time by troops led by General Duhesme, on 20 June 1808, which failed. The second one, on 20 July 20 until 20 August 1808, when Duhesme's troops had to retreat when they were attacked by a Spanish army that came to the city's rescue. The third began in June 1809, when General Saint-Cyr surrounded the city with an army of 18,000 soldiers. Field Marshal Alvarez de Castro, in command of the besieged city, decided to resist until the end. This last siege lasted until 10 December 1809, when the city of Gerona capitulated and the French troops of General Augereau entered the following day. The defenders of Gerona. Chromolithography. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Cartoon showing a British policeman stopping onlookers from entering a field where a German World War One airship has been shot down. Dated 20th Century

Second Punic War. The Battle of Zama (202 B.C.). A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian force led by Hannibal. Engraving. 19th century.

Illustration depicting shipwrecked sailors keeping afloat using cork hammocks. Dated 19th Century

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Nationalist troops during the offensive of Aragon (March 1938). Drawing by Carlos Senz Tejada. Drawing.

A Chinese man with a knife trying to kill a young sailor on a ship. Drawing by W. E. Wigfull, 1908.

Fire brigade, firefighter with equipment, fireman's harness, rescue rope and various helmets, illustration from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Captain Kidd lands with his crew and treasure. Date: 17th century

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette (1757-1834) visiting the town of Montpellier (Vermont), USA.. 1828. Lafayette.

World War Two: French army soldier. Drawing by P Remy 1940

War album 25, picture 6613.

Vicente Cutanda y Toraya / 'Workers on Strike in Vizcaya'. 1892. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Portrait of the Occitan French explorer Émile-Arthur Thouar (1853) disappeared in South America in 1898. Journey in search of the remains of the Crevaux mission by Émile-Arthur Thouar 1884. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Saalburg, am Defensiv Roman ballista crew Nebel, Carl. 1907. still image. Conjectural works, Postcards. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Arms & armament , To 499, Forts & fortifications, Autumn, Stone walls, Armies , Roman , To 499, Soldiers , Roman , To 499, Ballista

Soldier with rifle by Georg Friedrich Kersting, oil on wood, 1829, 1785-1847, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 18x24

U. S. Army calls, a military quadrille, Stoepel, Robert (composer), Firth, Pond & Co., New York, 1862., New York (State). National Guard. Regiment, 7th, Pictorial works, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Arranged, Quadrilles, Taps, Bugle calls, American reveille, Variations (Piano), Drum and bugle corps, Battle hymn of the republic (Song), Popular music, United States, To 1901, New York (State). National Guard. Regiment, 7th, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Prussian Army, single guard in Berlin, Germany, ca 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

The Veteran in a New Field Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). The Veteran in a New Field, 1867. Wood engraving, 4 3/16 x 6 1/4 in. (10.6 x 15.9 cm). The article that accompanied this image remarked that One of the most conclusive evidences of the strength of a republican form of government is the way in which our army has disbanded, each man seeking again the sphere of usefulness which he left only temporarily, to aid the Government in its need.” The illustration probably also makes reference to a clause from Isaiah 2:4, often cited in the mid-nineteenth century: And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not life up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” American Art 1867

Unidentified painting of soldiers, children and women

Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, Le Corps de Garde, in or after 1834 Le Corps de Garde

Sutlers Tent, Homer, Winslow, 1863.

Historia de Argentina. Siglo XIX. Muerte del general Lavalle en Jujuy tras el asalto de su casa por soldados enemigos, 8 octubre 1841. Author: FORTUNY FRANCISCO.

Captain James Cook FRS 1728 1779 British explorer, navigator, cartographer, captain Royal Navy. inyterior of house Oonalaska family home

A soldier who is lying dying in the mud of No Man's Land during World War One is comforted in his last moments by a comrade who listens to his last message. Date: 1917

Chouannerie is the name given to the armed resistance of Catholics loyal to the King of Brittany (the Chouans) against the First French Republic in the period from 1792 to ca. 1804, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Artwork: "Headquarters of a German Airfield in Northern France" Artist: J. Thiel. Country: Unknown

The Civil War in America: Federal picket on the Potomac, in front of the Confederate batteries - from a sketch by our special artist, 1861. 'Fifty miles below Washington the Confederates have constructed some formidable batteries on the Virginia shore of the Potomac, opposite to a place known as Budd's Ferry'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.

'Getting the Local Colour' 'In that rare and elusive period known as "Leave" it is necessary to reconstruct the "atmosphere" of the front as far as possible in order to produce the weekly "Fragment"' A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. Bairnsfather includes himself in the illustration, sketching while two boys and an old gardener help to recreate the noisy, wet trench experience Date: 1917

Men of the Upper Volta, a French protectorate in Central Africa, fighting with the French army during World War one. Date: 1916

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