Historical War Art

Drawings capturing key moments and landscapes from Civil War battles, illustrating historical military engagements and soldier experiences.

Monday's fight. The battle of Charles City road. Fought by Heintzelman and Franklin, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US
Monday's fight. The battle of Charles City road. Fought by Heintzelman and Franklin, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US
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At Totopotomay Creek, Virginia. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Totopotomay Creek, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, United States, Virginia, Totopotomoy Creek
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Genl. Humphreys charging at the head of his division after sunset of the 13th Dec. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2009. Humphreys, A. A, (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883, Military service, Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va, 1862, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Troop movements, Union, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Night, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg , V Corps, 3rd Division.
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Title print with soldiers at a fort in a landscape, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print A fort in a landscape. Soldiers resting for the fort. Title and coat of arms in STUDMARGE. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFranceFrance paper etching fortress. the soldier; the soldier's life
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Decoy set , Decoys Hunting, Wetlands, Game bird hunting. Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
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The Fortifications of the BD Bessi�res (title registered (letter)) | From the EI in the twentieth, the districts of Paris, 1903, Edition N�284. (Title of all)
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Jean Louis Forain, Along the Marne, probably 1918 Along the Marne
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Attack of Genl. Ewell's Corps (Johnston's division), formerly under Stonewall Jackson, on the right flank of the Union Army on Culp's Hill held by the 12th Corps (General Slocum) during the battle of Gettysburg. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, Battlefields, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg
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Battle of Dug Gap. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Soldiers, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Georgia, Rocky Face Ridge , United States, Georgia, Dug Gap
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Seacake of the English coast at Duins, 1639. Nose map of the English coast at Duins, location of the naval battle at Duins between the Spanish Armada, under the command of Antonio de Oquendo and the state fleet among Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp, October 21, 1639. With the Spanish fleet enclosed by the state fleet. On the left the Flemish and Northern French coast between Ostend and Calais, upstairs and on the right the English coast between Hythe and Gravesend.
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Troops Go Aboard an LCI. This image depicts artwork of a group of Coast Guard LCI's loading troops for the invasion of the French Coast. Artwork by combat artist Herman B. Vestal.
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English War Work: Munitions City, No. 1, 1916. Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926). Lithograph;
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Stables and Negro servants tent, hd.qtrs Army of the Potomac. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Military camps, Union, 1860-1870, Military headquarters, Union, 1860-1870, African Americans, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, Union, United States
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DA-SC-87-02853. Country: Unknown
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Artwork: "Bivouac Near Cliff," Italy, World War II. Artist: Herbert Agricola. Catalog Number: G.P.1.161.47. US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown
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Artwork: "Flak Batteries Near Yalta" Artist: Karl Sommer. Country: Unknown
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'Cannon of the Turkish Troops'. Album "The drawings of uniforms and arms of the Turkish troops of different weapons". Russia, 1848. Dimensions: 37,0x27,8 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Carol Popp de Szatmáry.
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Diagram of an historical painting of the Battle of "Lookout Mountain". Title inscribed above image, Source unknown. Lookout Mountain, Battle of, Tenn, 1863, Soldiers, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain
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Javanese cavalry. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 23-Jan-1779 - 26-Aug-1785. Place: Jakarta. Measurements: h 63 mm × w 161 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Mortar without a car; Matters that offer reinforcement; Recehool de Diverses Pieces Tres Nessessaire a la fortification. In the foreground a mortar without a car. In the background shot with guns and puffs hanging.
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Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Skrzetuski meeting Khmelnytsky in the WIld Plains - illustration for the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz 'With Fire and Sword' (reproduction of drawing from the year 1885); Sheet I from the album. Trzemeski, Edward (1843-1905), creator of photographic print
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Burnside's expedition assembling at Annapolis. Lumley, Arthur, approximately 1837-1912. 1861 - 1864. Sketches, Drawings, Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865
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Collection of Philips van Marnix by the Spaniards near Maaslandsluis, 1573, Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1785 drawing Collection of Philip van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, by the Spaniards in Maaslandsluis, November 1573. Philip surrounded by Spanish soldiers, defends himself with the sword. Design for a print. Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush historical events and situations. historical persons. prisoner of war (after the battle) Maassluis
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''Cour d'Usine barricadee', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.
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Wounded soldier in a field. A soldier lies on the floor in a field. He was probably wounded. In the background, soldiers fall on foot and on horseback a group of men in lumbar towels.
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Toegang tot een fort; Voorstellingen van troepen, wapens en aanvallen; Desseins de quelques conduites de troupes, canons, et ataques.The vaulted entrance to a fort where the guard is held by a seated soldier. A second soldier is sleeping on the ground. On the wall right the coat of arms of Henri Roger du Plessis-Liancourt. Some ruins in the background.
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Cargo. This image depicts artwork of a Coast Guard-manned LST as it transports supplies to Okinawa during the invasion, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist John J. Floherty Jr. (Alt. Name of artist - John F. Floherty).
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Entertainment of the Boston Rifle Rangers by the Portland Rifle Club in Portland Harbor, August 12, 1829 Charles Codman (American, 1800-1842). Entertainment of the Boston Rifle Rangers by the Portland Rifle Club in Portland Harbor, August 12, 1829, 1830. Oil on panel, 24 1/2 × 32 1/2 in., 38.5 lb. (62.2 × 82.5 cm, 17.46kg). American Art 1830
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The Royal Swiss Guard (IT)
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Etching by Georg Philipp Rugendas from 1728-1781 showing a cavalry engagement with mounted soldiers and dynamic movement.
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Polish Army with Józef Piłsudski entering Vilnius through the Gate of Dawn on 21 April 1919. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Ft. Monroe Gunnery. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Fort Monroe (Va.), 1860-1870, United States, Virginia
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THE FIGHTING WITH DACOITS IN BURMA, 1886: 1. Shelling Dacoits on the Top of the Cliff at the Popa Pass. 2. Repulse of Rebel Attack on the Sagin Outpost 3. A Corner of a Rebel Oupost near Popa. 4. Rangoon Mounted Company of Volunteers Who Took Part in the Expedition to Mandalay.
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Captured pictures : Heavily shelled trench ; Transporting dead by rail ; Taken by a German showing American soldier going over the top ; Kaiser reviewing his troops.. Photographs. 1917 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941, World War, 1914-1918 , Military personnel , American, World War, 1914-1918 , Military personnel , German, World War, 1914-1918 , Trench warfare, World War, 1914-1918 , Casualties, Gas masks
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Squadron squadron. Staff company, field kitchen; Wyczóżó Kowski, Leon (1852-1936); 1916-1919; 1920 (edition) (1916-00-00-1920-00-00), 1916-1919; 1920 (edition) (1916-00-00-1920-00-00);World War I (1914-1918), Legionowo (Ukraine), Polish Legions (1914-1917), Wyczółkowski, Leon (1852-1936). Memories from Legionowa 1916 (Kraków 1920), Polish graphics, kitchens, field kitchens, Poland (culture), purchase (provenance)
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The Mozart (40th New York) and the Scott Life Guard (38th New York) taking possession of the Red Redoubt nr. Yorktown, Sunday, 6.A.M.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1865) , United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 38th (1861-1863) , Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Yorktown
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Harrison House, Va. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Harrison House (Va.), 1860-1870, Military headquarters, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, Virginia, Harrison's Landing
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War Dance in the Sky (Northern Lights) from the book ' The native races of North America ' edited by William Henry Withrow, 1895
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Porch at Aldie, where Pleasontons staff slept. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Pleasonton, Alfred, 1824-1897, Military service, Military headquarters, Union, 1860-1870, Cavalry, Union, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Aldie
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Fort Powell, or Fort Grant now under process of reduction by our fleet.. .. Hough. 1861 - 1864. Sketches, Drawings, Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865
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Telling Tommies' tales Description: Correspondence from a staff member at the Great Western Railway office in Paddington, London, who went to war.
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Avron tray. Interior of one of the posts of the 169th good at the time of the bombardment
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Sketch of war by SEM 1915-1916; Refueling in the evening in the rain SEM (Georges Goursat, said, 1863-1934). "Sketch of war, 1915-1916; Refueling in the evening under the rain". Color photomechanical process.
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Pamunkey River / McIlvaine.. Marian S. Carson collection . Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Pamunkey River (Va.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Pamunkey River
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Braddock's defeat, Battle of Monongahela , Campaigns & battles, War casualties, Military officers, Monongahela, Battle of the, Pa., 1755, Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755. Howard Pyle (1853-1911). Prints and Paintings
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Cavalry Scene. George Hendrik Breitner (Dutch, 1857-1923). Etching;
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Colored etching by Wilhelm Alexander Wolfgang von Kobell depicting a cavalryman with a horse talking to a farmer, while three infantrymen converse with two cavalrymen, created between 1785 and 1900.
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Two Coongs in their Proper Uniform, Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, undated, Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 × 6 1/4 inches (15.2 × 15.9 cm)
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Landscape near Waalsdorp, with Soldiers on Maneuver. Landscape at Waalsdorp with soldiers on maneuver.
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Section through A.B. in the plan. Robertson, Archibald, approximately 1745-1813. 1762 - 1780. Drawings, Plans. Spencer Collection. Armies , British , To 1799, Military officers , Personal narratives, War in art, United States , History , Revolution, 1775-1783, Campaigns & battles
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'The Siege of Ladysmith', c1899, (1902). Artist: Unknown.
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Mai Wahirj Camp, one march from Adigerat. Unknown
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Thatched Huts. This image depicts artwork of a village in the Philippines which was spared from battle, painted by Coast Guard Combat Artist Ralph de Burgos.
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Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Navarre. Banks of the river Arga. Soldiers guarding the military administration's cattle. Engraving by Carretero. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875. Colored.
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, Badgasse - general, postcard, After, Emil Czech -, Drawer, brothers Kohn KG B, producer
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Germany. Würtemberg. 1800-1806 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany
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Artwork: "Army Base in the Jungles" Pacific, 1945. Artist: Robert Graham. Catalog Number: 7.30.47. Country: Unknown