Historical War Illustrations

Engravings depicting various historical battles, events, and ceremonies from different periods and cultures.

Troops of Charles the Bold, Brend'amour, Richard (1831-1915)
Troops of Charles the Bold, Brend'amour, Richard (1831-1915)
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Roman warfare: raising 'baskets' of attackers to ramparts of a besieged fortress. From Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon Antwerp 1605. Engraving.
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They jump all shouting, Cutting tested, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.
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Nobles Plundering Traveling Merchants, Anonymous
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Building the ships for the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror, 1066, after the Bayeux Tapestry. From Everday Life in Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Times, published 1926.
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Prisoners at Clerkenwell House of Correction, London, taking their turn on the treadmill while the men who have just done their stint wait in silence until it is their turn again. From 'The Illustrated London News', 4 July 1874. Wood engraving
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An engraving depicting oak trees being felled for the bark harvest. Dated 19th century
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Garibaldi at Varignano - from a drawing by M. Beaucé, 1862. 'Regardless of personal advancement, regardless of personal friendships and positions of power and influence, Garibaldi has never had in view any other purpose than the happiness (through the liberation and union) of his fellow-countrymen, still only attainable by the complete consolidation of Italian unity, the cause for which he has become "the Prisoner of Italy"...the Italian Government, after a considerable interval of painful hesitation, came to a resolution concerning the "rebel" prisoner. The majority
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Robinsons guyana. The blade fitted to an arm wrestling, fell, vintage engraving. Robinsons guyana. The blade fitted to an arm wrestling, fell, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657264
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Japanese digging up mines planted by the Russians at Nanshan - Russo Japanese War
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THE CARLIST WAR IN SPAIN, EMBARKATION OF DISABLED CARLISTS ON BOARD THE SOMORROSTRO, CHARTERED BY THE ENGLISH SOCIETY FOR AIDING THE SPANISH SICK AND WOUNDED, 1874 engraving
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Artwork: "Paratroopers on Norway" Artist: Schmitz-Westerholt. Country: Unknown
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Siege of Plataea by the Peloponnesian army under Archidamus during the third year of the Peloponnesian War. PELOPONNESIAN WAR (Second, or Great) 431-404 BC between Athens and Sparta. Illustration by W. Gordon Mein 1910
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Satirical depicting Italo Balbo (1896-1940) an Italian Blackshirts, leader of Italy's Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa and 'heir apparent' to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Balbo is shown building a wall to keep out the Geneva Doves. Illustrated by George Morrow (1869-1955) an Irish cartoonist and book illustrator. Dated 20th Century
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This is a white man's government. An Irish immigrant, a Confederate veteran, and a New York banker unite with their feet holding an African American man to the ground. Thomas Nast, artist. Woodcut, 1868
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The hired assassins. 16th century. Engraving by Richard Brend'Amour (1831-1915) after a painting of Jean-Louis-Ernst Meissonier (1815-1891). Almanaque de La Ilustracion, 1889.
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Albanian war dance, historical illustration, circa 1886
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'Les peperes de la route', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". (the grandfathers of the road).
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Ezéchiel du Mas, comte de Mélac, 1630, 10 May 1704, was a French officer under King Louis XIV and Minister of War, in the background the burning Heide...
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The Warning (Civil War) Edward Lamson Henry (1841-1919 American)
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Agustina Raimunda Saragossa i Domènech (Barcelona,1786-Ceuta,1857). Llamada Agustina de Aragón. Patriota española que luchó contra las tropas francesas en la defensa del baluarte del Portillo, en Zaragoza. El 2 de julio de 1808, tras morir los artilleros que defendían con un cañón la posición, Agustina de Aragón hizo fuego con una pieza de artillería contra los franceses que entraban ya en la ciudad, ayudando a rechazar el ataque del ejército napoléonico. La artillera tomando una mecha para poder disparar el cañón. Ilustración por F. Pérez. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.
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Timpanist Maine regiment in 1676, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.
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DUNANT, Henri (1845-1923). Founder of the Red Cross (1863). Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. Henri Dunant helping a warwounded at the Battle of Solferino, which took place on the 24th June 1859. Oil on canvas.
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A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, showing a sentry and an encumbered soldier meeting in the night. Clearly, the soldier with the huge pack is not in the mood for it right now, thank you very much. Date: 1915
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Guerra de Marruecos (1911-1927). Ofensiva Franco-Española. Convoy marroquí procedente de Tánger descubierto por las tropas españolas. Dibujo de A. Mestres.
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When tenant-farmer M'Cormack pays his rent contrary to Land League instructions, his home is burnt down by moonlighters (terrorists). Date: 28 December 1880
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Military engineering: A) Sappers using a 'sow' B) Wheeled shield with leather cover From "Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis" by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605)
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Prison discipline, 1888. Artist: Anon
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Engraving showing a sledging party hauling their load up a steep incline to reach a depot at Cape Rawson, British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships, HMS 'Alert' and HMS 'Discovery', to make an attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, a new 'furthest North' record was set, the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island were charted and much scientific data gather
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Scene of McPherson's death. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co, c1894, v. 2, p. 613 (bottom). McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864, Death & burial, Battlefields, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Union.
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Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: explosion of a 440-pounder, 1865. '...Mr. Donald M'Kay, the extensive shipowner, of Boston,...has undertaken to help in introducing the contrivance of Messrs. Wood and Beardslee to the Governments and public of Europe. Mr. Beardslee...had sunk a torpedo charged with 440 lb. of powder in the mud and sand off Gillingham Point, at the entrance to Chatham Harbour... A boat's crew was dispatched from the operator's barge to establish electrical communication with the sunken shell, which was to be fired through a length of two miles of wire. This prelimina
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Convict ward on board the prison hulk 'Warrior' at Woolwich, London, 1848. Artist: Unknown
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Roman soldiers using two forms of battering ram against the walls of a fortress. B is hung on a chain hanging from a frame, so enabling the men to concentrate their strength on thrusting the battering ram forward rather than the simpler form carried on their shoulders. C is mounted on a siege tower. From 'Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis' by Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (Antwerp, 1605). Engraving.
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Armed Messenger Using Split Stick, Africa, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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An engraving depicting wildfowling on an aquatic cycle. Three watertight chambers fitted to a tripod of metal tubes. The rider had two small paddles attached to his feet. Dated 19th century
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Engraving showing seaman on board the P.&O. steamship, 'Malwa', en route from Britain to India heaving the log from the stern of the ship. By tossing a log over the stern of a ship, with a long line attached, one could work out the speed of the vessel by seeing how much line went overboard during a given time. In the middle of the image a seaman is holding up a sand timer, whilst on the right the ship's wheel can be seen. Date: 1879
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Artwork: "Service Squadron" Artist: Rudolph Von Ripper. Country: Unknown
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Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wells, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. Garden Dug-out: Set up in a trench 2.10m deep x 2m wide at top 1.33m at bottom (7ftx6ftx4ft). Sides lined with corrugated iron.
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The Altona fire suit for the fire brigade, fireman during a drill, 1899, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 18th century pattern, exact original date not known, Europe
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The Fratricide of Wyoming, USA, around 1750, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..
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Heroes of Afghanistan. Khyber Pass, vintage engraving. Heroes of Afghanistan. Khyber Pass, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656619
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Scene of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah
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13th century warrior, fighter in mesh armour, Asia Minor, ca 1200, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Origin extinguish fire /. undated
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Historia de Africa. Siglo XIX. Kruboys remando. Grabado por Meyer. El Congo y la Creación del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados, por Enrique M. Stanley. Editada en Barcelona, hacia 1890. España.
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Artwork: "Bunker Construction," 1942. Artist: Wilhelm Imkamp. Catalog Number: G.O.1.3216.47. US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown
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The Outbreak of the Rebellion in the United States 1861
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Captain James Cook FRS 1728 1779 British explorer, navigator, cartographer, captain Royal Navy. Winter Habitation home Kamtschatka family cooking