Historical Naval Engagements

Illustrations depict dramatic naval battles and explosions, showcasing intense historical combat scenes on water during the 19th century.

Bree, Mattheus Ignatius van, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), HRH the Prince of Orange leading the Dutch troops against the enemy, Prince of Orange leading the Dutch troops at Quatre-Bras, 1815, verso - stamped, Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, leading the attack of the Dutch troops against the French in the Battle of Quatre-Bras, 16 June 1815. Part of a group of illustrations of events around and during the battles of Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, 16-18 June 1815., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 208 mm, width 222 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, prentmaker, 1815 - 1816, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1773 - 1839-12-15, intermediary draughtsman

BOATS RECONNOITRING THE PASSAGE TO WYBORG.

BOAT ATTACK AT THE SULINEH MOUTH OF THE DANUBE, 1854

The Boston fire, United States of America, illustration by Smeeton Tilly and Sauvageot from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1552, Volume LX, November 23, 1872.

Jan van Speijk gunboat jumping, 1831; Exposion de la Canonnière Hollandaise No. 2. Jumping into the air from Jan van Speijk's gunboat, 5 February 1831. In the foreground audience on the quay. With six-line caption in French.

British bombard Canton. Date: 1841

Battle of Custoza, 1866, Anonymous, After Vinzenz Katzler, 1866 print Battle of Custoza, 24 June 1866, between Italian and Austrian troops. Scene from the third Italian war of independence, part of the Austrian-Prussian War of 1866. paper battle (+ land forces) Custody

The two columns of attack of the Mayran division, on the extreme right (Case Malakoff) Soldiers (left) General Mayran injured (center) Columns of Zouaves 3rd Regiment, and Marines (center) Voltigeurs of the Guard, 2nd Battalion, Reserve Division Mayran (right). engraving 1855

Bombardment of St. Jean D'Acre, Print made by H. Winkles, Active 1834-1840, Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1840, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Union warships bombard Port Royal, South Carolina, before taking the island from the Confederacy. Date: 8 November 1861

Bree, Mattheus Ignatius van, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), HRH the Prince of Orange leading the Dutch troops against the enemy, Prince of Orange leading the Dutch troops at Quatre-Bras, 1815, verso - stamped, Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, leading the attack of the Dutch troops against the French in the Battle of Quatre-Bras, 16 June 1815. Part of a group of illustrations of events around and during the battles of Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, 16-18 June 1815., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 208 mm, width 222 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, prentmaker, 1815 - 1816, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1773 - 1839-12-15, intermediary draughtsman

Dam in Lower Mississippi. Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika, swedish edition published in 1880. by the virtue of age

Historic drawing, 19th century, scene from the history of Italy, 1861, the Battle of Gaeta, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Noordelijke Nederlanden, Luyken, Jan, Intake of Den Briel, 1572, Northern Netherlands, center bottom and top right - manuscript, Lumey's water beggars set fire to and ram the city gate of Den Briel, April 1, 1572. In the foreground, Lumey, seen with a staff on his back, sends his men forward. With inscriptions in pen in brown., print, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, Prise de la Brille, le 1er. avril 1572, No. 5, height, 272 mm, width mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1677 - 1679, fourth quarter 17th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING ON WIMBLEDON COMMON

Aquatint of the Siege of Gibraltar. The destruction of the Spanish floating batteries. Printed by A. Robertson. Dated 1782

Panorama of a wreck at sea from the American civil war, Unionist ship, 'City of New York'. 1862

Battle of Naseby, Print made by Edward Radclyffe, 1809-1863, British, after George Cattermole, 1800-1868, British, Published by Longman, active 1804-1914, British, 1844, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

France. French Revolutionary Wars. Siege of Toulon, 1793. The Spaniards and English led by Federico Gravina and Sir Samuel Hood, defended the town against the republican forces. Evacuation of Toulon by the Anglo-Spanish navy in 1793. Illustration by Miranda. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

Exploding the warship Alphen in the port of Curaçao, 1778, Simon Fokke, 1779 print The explosion of the Frigat Alphen with the complete crew of 206 men in the port of Willemstad on St. Annabaai in Curaçao, September 15, 1778. An explosion rides the ship in pieces. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving gunpowder disaster (+ sailing-ships) Curacao. Willemstad

Flights from the Landzaten in Texel, January 1795, Dirk Langendijk, 1794 - 1795 drawing Leaving the guns frozen in the ice at Texel and the flights of the Landzaten, January 1795. A cannon boat is dismantled and the cannon is disabled. Different groups of people pull household goods on sledes over the ice. In the background the approaching French troops. Netherlands paper pen / brush putting the enemy to flight Texel

Reconnoissance in the Great Ogeechee River, near Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, by the Ironclad Monitor Montauk and other Federal gunboats, January 27, 1863. USA Civil War

Jan Luyken etched the naval battle of the Nordholländer against the Count of Boussu between 1669 and 1712, depicting ships, soldiers, and combat on the sea.

Vreingveuuren on the General Thanksgiving Day because of the Peace of Rijswijk, 1697, Jacob Esselens (Rejected Attribution), 1697 drawing Burning pektons on the water in Amsterdam as bonfires on the General Thanksgiving Day because of the Peace of Rijswijk, November 6, 1697. People in boats look at bonfires in the dark. Northern Netherlands paper. deck paint. chalk brush bonfire, fire-works. decoration and illumination of streets, squares, etc. (~ triumphal entry, etc.). festivities (+ illumination, fire-works ~ festive activities) Amsterdam. Rijswijk

Attack on Fredericksburg. Title devised, Published in: Evert A. Duyckinck, National History of the war for the Union .. New York : Johnson, Fry & Co, 1861-1865, Source unknown. Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va, 1862, Pontoon bridges, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg , United States, Virginia, Rappahannock River

'Battle of Long Island', (1877). Creator: Unknown.

MEETING OF PITMEN, ON PITTINGTON HILL.

Explosion of Jan van Speijk's boat for Antwerp, François Magneé, 1831 print The ship is dressed in dust clouds. Flaps and people fly through the air. Soldiers and civilians run for their lives on the quay. More ships on the right. Under the image: Dedicated to the Hollandsche Natie. At the bottom right two lines of poetry by Jan Frederik Helmers (1767-1813) from the Lofproof 'De Hollandsche Natie' from 1813. Brussels paper projectiles, explosives, etc.: gunpowder (+ sailing-ships). harbour Antwerp

City of Bantam in Java. Owned by the Dutch East India Company in South East Asia (Indonesia), in 1750

Storm in the Baltic Sea the last shelter according to the G. Fig. A clip from a German magazine Ost, Emil Adolf (1846 1932), Grube, G. (n.n.)

Sheridan's Campaign - Battle of Winchester - Charge of Crook's 8th Corps - The Right, September 19, 1864 - American Civil War

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Bogerts, Cornelis, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Naval battle in the Heads. 1554, Battle of the Heads, 1554, Battle of the Heads (Pas de Calais), 1554. Drowning people are fished out of the water. In the background burning ships., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 100 mm, width 73 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1795, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1745 - 1817-02-03, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Fire in 's Lands Zeemagazijn, 1791. Major fire in' s Lands Zeemagazijn in Amsterdam on July 6, 1791.

Despite the reluctance of its people to be colonised, Florida is conquered and settled by the Spaniards, leading eventually to Miami beach and Disneyworld. Date: 1565

Battle of Bergen, 1799, Cornelis Brouwer, After Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1800 - 1802 print Battle of Bergen On September 19, 1799, where the French-Batavian army won a victory over the British-Russian invasion force. For a church, male by man is fought. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Bergen (Noord-Holland) paper etching / engraving battle (+ land forces) Bergen (North Holland). Ruïnekerk (Bergen)

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Fireworks at Blackheath near London, England, celebrating the fall of Sebastopol (Sevastopol), 11 September 1855. From 'The Illustrated London News (London, 22 September 1855). Engraving.

View of the great eruption of 15. June of 1794. Vue de la Grande Eruption de 15. Juin du 1794.

VICTORIA NUEVA ORLEANS - DIVISION BRITANICA SOBRE AMERICANOS - SIGLO XIX.

Jan van Speijk gunboat jumping, 1831; Jumping from Z.M. Kanonnetboot No. II, Commerized by J.C. From Speyk, for Antwerp, on the 5th Febr.RY 1831. Jumping into the sky from Jan van Speijk's gunboat, 5 February 1831. In the foreground audience on the quay. At the bottom of a two-legged verse from J.F. Helmers 'Dutch Nation, in six died' (1812). Dedicated to the 'Dutch Nation'.

. On the right the dyke breach between Vollenhove and Kampen on November 21, 1776. A family brings itself on horseback and carriage. Livestock is put to dry in the foreground. On the dike people are ready to close the hole.

Fire at Boston - from a drawing by Mr. W. Caister, 1844. The Boston Herald: '...the town of Boston Massachusetts was visited by a most awful conflagration, which broke out in the oil and colour warehouse of Mr. T. Slator, ship chandler and general dealer, in South-street, which spread with great rapidity, and involved a mass of valuable property in ruin. The six town engines were speedily on the spot; the tide was high, and no deficiency of water therefore existed, but all the engines were destitute of suction-pipes, excepting one, which was not of length sufficient to reach the water..

The Great Fire of Gravesend 2nd June 1844 Engraving from London Illustrated News 8 June 1844

. Breakthrough of the IJsseldijk at Gouda in the night of 21 on November 22, 1776. On either side of the hole in the dike are panicking. In the background rain above the city of Gouda. Part of a group of the floods in 1776.

Illustration showing a break in the railway at Pontoise, France, 1871. After a four month siege of Paris, peace was negotiated with Bismarck and work to repair the damage done by the fighting was started. Date: 1871

Illumination of the Rhine, from Stolzenfels, 1845. Firework dispay in Germany. '...the church tower of St. John and the village of Niederlahnstein burst into light, which was beautifully reflected on the water...and at the Castle of Rheneck a brilliant series of fireworks was discharged. The illumination of the villages had a beautiful effect, the lighting up being more like a conflagration of white and red flames than what an illumination is with us. The Castle of Rheneck was also in a blaze in the same manner...the rockets...throw a ball of fire, when they explode, of red, or green, or white

Franco-Prussian War

The attack on Fort Donelson, February 1862, USA Civil War

Sherman's March Through Georgia, Union forces at Jonesborough destroying the Macon railroad, from Leslie's Weekly, 1864

Battle Scene 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Battle Scene 355340

THE CYCLORAMA, THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON

whalers at work in south seas, oar-powered whaler in rough sea, plate from book dated 1868

Fire in the palace in Brussels, 1731; Horrorly fire in the court in Brussels between the 4th. and 5. February 1731. Large fire in the palace on the Koudenberg in Brussels, in the night of 4 on 5 February 1731. Signature at the top right: 102.

SAND STORM IN THE DESERT OF SAHARA.

A colored etching by Johann Mansfeld from around 1800 depicting an explosion along the Nussdorferlinie, showing structural damage, smoke, and surrounding environment in early 19th-century Austrian print style.

The Bombardment of Fort Pulaski - Second Day, Friday, April 11th, 1862. Georgia, USA Civil War

French Revolution: Day August 10, 1792: Massacre Swiss Guards and Barracks Fire of Carousel by National Guard, Federates and No-Panties. 1st arrondissement. Nº1610, p.238, 4-11 August 1792, from the revolutions newspaper of Paris Prud'homme (TF)

The Burning of the fregate the Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli ... | Library of Congress

Episode in the Paris Revolution: Burning the Throne at the July Column.

Burning Great Storehouse, London, England, engraving 19th century, Britain, UK

The sea battle at Cape La Hogue, 1692; The Battle at La Hogue. Attacks of the combined English-Dutch fleets under Russel and Almonde on the French under Tourville at the Battle of Kaap La Hogue, May 29 - June 3, 1692. Pictured is the moment of Tourville from a boat in a different will and get stuck and grabbed by An Englishman whose hand he wandered with his sword. Right and central French ships. In the caption the title, assignment and address in 4 lines in English.

Intake of Den Briel, 1572, 1730 print The water geuzen of Lumey found fire and rams the city gate of Den Briel, April 1, 1572. In the foreground, Lumey, with a staff on the back, sends his men forward. With inscriptions in pen in brown. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving capture of city (after the siege) Brielle

The Light Cavalry Charge at Balaclava, 1854. Crimean War: disastrous communication breakdown. 'When Lord Lucan received the order from Captain Nolan, and had read it, he asked, "Where are we to advance to" Captain Nolan pointed with his finger to the line of the Russians, and said, "There are the enemy, and there are the guns, before them; it is your duty to take them" or words to that effect, according to the statement made since his death. Lord Lucan, with reluctance, gave the order to Lord Cardigan to advance upon the guns, conceiving that his orders compelled him to do

Anjouan, View of MutsaMudu, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1855.

Engraving depicting the construction of balloons in the Gare d'Orleans to carry information out of Paris during the Prussian siege. Dated 19th Century

Inflating the ship bridge in the Scheldt, 1585; Underergent image of the operation of Gianibellies burns by the Schipbrug's des Prinsen van Parma over the Scheldt. Inflating with burners from the Schipbrug laid by the Duke of Parma in the Scheldt before Antwerp, in the night of 4 on April 5, 1585. In the caption the title and a legend 1-5 in Dutch.

After Mrs Yates, A Cottage on Fire A Cottage on Fire

Destruction of Pompeii, Italy, 79 AD

Souvenir of the Fire of the Disabled Barracks, the day of the Battle of Meudon - Monday, April 3, 1871 Jean Baptiste Fran�ois Arnaud-Durbec (1827-1910). "Remembrance of the barracks of the invalids, the day of the Battle of Meudon - Monday, April 3, 1871".

Boats bombarding the enemy's position on the River Jong in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition where the 3rd battalion of the West Indian regiment were sent to suppress an uprising. Date: 1898

Fire in the Palace in Brussels, 1731, 1731 print Large fire in the palace on the Koudenberg in Brussels, in the night of 4 to 5 February 1731. marked at the top right: 102. Northern Netherlands paper etching on fire, ablaze Palace on the Koudenberg

The boats of H.M.S. Sutlej and Devastation attacking an Indian village in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant Edward C. Hall. 'The British squadron...has lately been employed in chastising the Indian tribes...for some acts of piracy committed by them...Mr. Hankin...landed at the first native village they reached, in hopes of persuading the Indians to come to a parley or "waw-waw." But the village was deserted by its inhabitants...The Sutlej...stopped in front of the village...A native was seen there vehemently gesticulating as the ship drew

Capture of Ghunzee by British forces, Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), March 1880. Artist: Unknown

Mexican American War. US battleships in the final days of the victorious bombarding the Fortifications of Veracruz, Mexico. March 23-24, 1847 (BSLOC_2019_8_35)

Guerra de Crimea. Batalla de Inkermann. La coalición franco-británica derrotó a las tropas rusas en noviembre de 1854. Grabado de 1855.

Landing of the American forces under General Scott, at Vera Cruz, March 9th, 1847

Brussels, Dewasme-Plétinckx, Fourmois, Théodore, Prints added to the series Events of Brussels, Antwerp (1831), Battery of Guns, and position of troops, 23, 24, 25 and 26 September 1830, near the cemetery of St. Josse-ten-Noorde near Brussels, Dutch battery outside Brussels, 1830, verso - stamped, Dutch artillery battery of howitzers at the cemetery of Saint-Josse-ten-Node outside Brussels, 23-26 September. Part of a group of prints from various other series related to the plates in the recueil about the events during the Belgian Revolution in Brussels, Antwerp and other cities in the period 25 August 1830 to 27 March 1831., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 211 mm, width 277 mm, 1814 - 1871-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1830 - 1831, paper, papier, lithografie (technique), Belgisch, printer, drukker

The Advance Guard of the Grand Army of the United States Crossing the Long Bridge over the Potomac, at 2 a.m. on May 24, 1861, 1861. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

RAFT DANCE AT THE SQUADRON REGATTA, CORK, 1852

Revolution in Chile 1891. The rebel fleet bombarding the town of Valparaiso. French illustration

Attack on Drežnik an der Korana on February , Anton Balzer -, Copper Engraver

Sketch of the burning and destruction of Castle William in Boston Harbour, created by Archibald Robertson (approximately 1745-1813) between 1762 and 1780. The artwork features themes of war destruction, pillage, and military narratives from the American Revolutionary period (1775-1783), depicting British armies and fortifications in Boston Harbor. The drawing is an ink and wash on paper, measuring 29.4 x 47.8 cm

The attack on Elmina showing the entrance to river (A) Beyah, (B) Castle of Elmina, (C) H.M.S. Druid, (D) the Argus, (E) decoy, (F) Fishermen's village, (G) the loyal town of Elmina, (H) the King's town hostile to the British, (I) the Redoubt, (K) place where the natives escaped, (L) mangroves, (M) fetish grove. Date: 26 July 1873

Bombardment and capture of Number Ten Island, Mississippi River Squadron, Mississippi River Squadron, 1862, War of Secession, American Civil War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original..

Sea Battle Between the Prince of Parma and the Netherlands. Coenraet Decker (Holland, 1651-1709). Holland, 1685 (). Prints; engravings. Engraving

Lodewijk Napoleon on the site of the Ramp, 1807, Albertus Anthonius Nunnink, 1853 - 1855 print King Lodewijk Napoleon visits the place of the gunpowder disaster in the evening on the Steenchuur, a canal in the extension of Rapenburg, in Leiden, January 12, 1807. In the foreground there are still victims under the rubble. Netherlands paper gunpowder disaster Rapenburg. Shed

Battle at Ripoll in Catalonia, Spain, December 1809, Spanish War of Independence, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Francia. Guerras napoleónicas. Batalla de Montereau el 18 de febrero de 1814 que enfrentó el ejército frances contra la Sexta Coalición integrada por Reino Unido, Rusia, Prusia, Suecia, Austria y algunos estados alemanes. Grabado del siglo XIX.

The bombardment and capture of Island 'Number Ten' on the Mississippi River, April 7, 1862, lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1862

Great Battle of Homestead took place at the Homestead Steel mills. Scene shows the barges that transported the Pinkerton guards' burning in the Monongahela River. July 6, 1892.

View of a Military Encampment with a Distant View of Chunargarh, William Hodges, 1744-1797, British, ca. 1781, Gray wash, pen and gray ink and graphite on two pieces of laid paper, joined, laid down on 19th century wash mount, Sheet: 19 1/2 x 36 11/16in. (49.5 x 93.2cm)

THE WAR IN EGYPT

Spain. Peninsular War. French army attacks Madrid (Decembre 3, 1808). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. Historical Museum of Versailles.

The Death of Captain Cook, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), And William Byrne, 1743-1805, British, after John Webber, 1752-1793, British, 1783, Line engraving with etching, engraver's proof, Sheet: 18 1/2 x 23 1/2in. (47 x 59.7cm)

Bombardment of Fort McHenry, 1814 John Bower (1809-1819 American)

Blowing up the cemetery of the Van der Capellen family, 1788, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1788 - 1795 print Blowing up with gunpowder of the family grave of the Van der Capellen family in the Gorsselse Veld near Zutphen, 7 August 1788. marked at the top right: XXI.D.PL.IX. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving grave-building, monumental tomb. bomb-outrage Gorssel

Great Conflagration at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1845 James Baillie print

. Face in a nutshell on a part of the Westerschelde with numbered English, Dutch and French fleets, August 1809.

Attempt on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Paris, 24 December 1800. Napoleon in his coach passed unharmed but many were wounded and numerous houses destroyed by the explosion. Engraving

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