Military History and Illustrations

Engravings and drawings depict significant military events and settings from various historical periods, capturing the essence of conflict and strategy.

Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills in Menindia, farm beyond the Darling. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Battle of Antietam, Maryland--Burnside's division carrying the bridge over the Antietam Creek, and storming the Rebel position, after a desperate conflict of four hours, Wednesday, September 17 / from a sketch by our special artist, Mr. Edwin Forbes. | Library of Congress

A transport of tyrol prisoners on Lake Chim, Prisoners of Tyrolean farmers on Lake Chiemsee, escorted by French soldiers, After, Adam, Drawer, Friedrich Campe -, publisher

PASO DE LAS TROPAS FRANCESAS CERCA DE HOSTALRICH - GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

It is from the great battery chavonis of the beach, capo the good hop in the wt., Nd., Wt., Johannes Rach, 1762 drawing Sea with ship and a sloop with 5 passengers coming to the shore. At the bottom left two VOC soldiers, three shepherds in the background, buffalo, and mountain goats on the rocks. In the middle a small building with 3 VOC soldiers, on the coast a fortress wall with a row of guns and one VOC soldier. On the right a sloop comes ashore. Cape Town paper. ink pen / brush fortress. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Cape of Good Hope

American War of Independence. Battle of Yorktown (October 19, 1781). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

Flood on Kattenburgerplein in Amsterdam, 1775, Noah van der Meer (II), 1775 - 1776 print The Kattenburgerplein in Amsterdam hit by the flood on November 15, 1775. Residents try to save household goods and animals from flooded streets and houses. Part of a group of illustrations of the floods in 1775. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving dike-break. rescue work during a flood Cat Burgerplein

The misery and misfortunes of war - La Maraude Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The miseries and misfortunes of the war, 1633 - La Maraude". Etching.

Austrian troops embark in boats on lake Garda, the easiest route in this mountainous region. Date: circa May 1859

Foote's Gunboats ascending to attack Fort Henry, Tennessee during the USA Civil War, 1862

The Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, engraving. American War of Independence, the United States, 18th century.

Procession of the shooters along the Haarlemmer Trekvaart at the arrival of Queen Henrietta Maria in Amsterdam, 1642 (middle leaf); AF-image of the Puyck der Burger-Ruyten by Chief of Heeren Burgemeesteren meets to raise the Queen of Groot Britanie Henrieta Maria, on the 20 May in Den Jare 1642 Amsterdam. Procession of the shooters along the Haarlemmer Trekvaart at the arrival of English Queen Henrietta Maria in Amsterdam, 20 May 1642. Completely consisting of three sheets: middle leaf. The procession with a carriage accompanied by riders with Sloterdijk. In the foreground spectators and cattle. In the caption a list in 12 columns with a part of the names of the riders in the procession.

French Revolution (1789-1799). City of Lyon in 1793, against the Convection, was attacked. Siege of Lyon by French troops (8 August 9 Octuber 1793). Etching.

Prussian guard at the Leidsepoort in Amsterdam, 1787. Wachthuis with Prussian Hussars, outside the Leidsepoort in Amsterdam, 1787.

TRIAL OF ANCHORS AT THE ROYAL DOCKYARD, SHEERNESS, 1852

The Crossing of the Duna by Charles XII in the Nordic War of 1700, 1721, Russia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th centu...

York Town Battle-ground. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Fighting during the first day of the four-day naval battle, 1666. The four-day naval battle between the state fleet under Admiral Michiel de Ruyter and the English fleet under Admiraal George Monck, 11-14 June 1666. Fighting on the first day: June 11, 1666.

THE WAR IN EGYPT, THE STORMING OF TEL-EL-KEBIR, SEPTEMBER 13

Cannon troops in Dordtsche Kil, 1793. The closure of the Dortsche Kil with rafts, gunsuits and a few other vessels on March 29, 1793, as defense against the French.

THE EXPLORATIONS AT CAPE JUBY, NORTH-WEST COAST OF AFRICA, 1889: 1. Port of Cape Juby. 2. Mr. Donald Mackenzie, Founder of the Juby Settlement. 3. The Dowrah Plain. 4. Lieutenant Fourcault. 5. The Projected Town of Tarfaya, Cape Juby. 6. Colonel Baron Lahure. 7. Travelling through the Sahara.

Comanche Warriors, with White Flag, Receiving the Dragoons. oil on canvas. Date: 1834-1835. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Real at the Botermarkt in Amsterdam 1748.Real on the Botermarkt in Amsterdam 1748. Soldiers Standing in front of the wagerge building (Regular Water or Boter Waag) Shooting on Rinthen Citizens. Signature at the Top Right: XXXII. DL. pl. II.

Rest of soldiers by a shore; Study pictures / Etudes Gravées.

Watertown Arsenal , Armories, Illustrations, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

PRIMERA REPUBLICA 1873-1874. ESPAÑA. LEVANTAMIENTO CANTONAL 1874. " CAMPAMENTO DE LA TROPAS GUBERNAMENTALES EN CARTAGENA ". GRABADO DE L ¿ILLUSTRATION.

Conquest of the Kattenburgerbrug, 1787, Willem Kok, 1787 drawing The conquest of the Kattenburger Bridge to the island of Kattenburg on the rebellious Oranjegezinden by the armed Amsterdam citizens, 30 May 1787. In the margin a vignette with the hate of freedom radiant in the clouds. Design for a print. Northern Netherlands paper battle (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia) Kattenburger Bridge

The night of 29 to 30 August 1788 / In Place-Dauphine, Paris (TI)

Russia - 19th century - Crimean War. Camp Sardo, 1855. Watercolour by A.R. Pintore.

Dutch fleet for Malaga, 1784, Antonio Suntach, after Frans Anton van Spijck, 1784 print The Dutch war fleet under vice-admiral Pieter Hendrik Reynst on the speech of Malaga for the celebration of the birthday of Charles III, King of Spain, January 20, 1784. A few warships Vuren Saluutschoten. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving warfare; military affairs (+ sailing-ships). cannon shots (military salute) (+ sailing-ships) Málaga

The Ship Woestduin hits pieces, 1779, Arend Fokke Willemsz., After Engel Hoogerheyden, 1780 print The VOC ship 'Woestduin' of the Amsterdam room was stuck on the Noorderassen near Vlissingen just before returning his fifth home trip from Batavia. The shifted ship disappears with flag and all in the sea, dozens of people cling to wreckage. Middelburg paper etching / engraving shipwreck. exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. drowning, shipwrecked person Flushing

Conquest of the Kattenburgerbrug, 1787, Willem Kok, 1787 print The conquest of the Kattenburger Bridge to the island of Kattenburg on the rebellious Oranjegezinden by the armed Amsterdam citizens, 30 May 1787. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving battle (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia) Kattenburger Bridge

Artwork: "Flak Battery near Sevastopol" Artist: Karl Sommer. Country: Unknown

SHAM FIGHT IN JAMAICA BETWEEN MEN OF H.M.S. "FORWARD" AND THE CONSTABULARY, 1889: VIEW OF SHORE FROM POINT TO THE BARRACKS: A BOAT'S CREW LANDING TO ATTACK.

Camp at a village, Robert van den Hoecke, 1632 - 1668 print Southern Netherlands paper etching outskirts of village. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. covered wagon, hooded wagon. the soldier off duty

Soldiers on their way to Rome for the siege, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1859 print Paris paper. the soldier; the soldier's life. division of armed forces. siege Rome

The Flying Army of the Patriots, near Delft, draughtsman: anonymous, draughtsman: Cornelis Pronk, (rejected attribution), 1762, paper, brush, h 198 mm × w 651 mm

Italy - 19th century, Second War of Independence - French troops pass Mont Cenis (1859).

Engraving of the Cemetery at Balaklava Heights, where a number of notable British officers were buried during the Crimean War. The prominent tomb is of Admiral Edward Boxer whose work on reorganising the port at Balaklava, especially facilitating the embarkation of supplies, was recognised by Lord Raglan. Boxer died of cholera on 5th June 1855. Date: 1856

On 10th April 1572 Delftshaven was sacked by Spanish troops. drawing, Willem Steyn Luyts of Kitten.

Northern Netherlands, Augsburg, Batteries around Amsterdam in 1787 (German copies), View of the battery at the Binne Bullewijk 1787, Battery at the Binnen Bullewijk, 1787, verso - stamped, Battery at the Binnen Bullewijk. Part of a series of three (of possibly fourteen) German plates copied from the series of fourteen plates of the defences constructed by the patriots around Amsterdam at the time of the invasion of the Prussian troops in September 1787., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 212 mm, width 308 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1787 - 1787, paper, papier, etching, hand colouring, Work conception

Explosion of the powder magazine in Maastricht, December 21, 1761. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys. Dating: 21-Dec-1761 - 1801. Measurements: h 82 mm × w 56 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775

Amerique Septentrionale - Etat de New-York. N. 39, pl. 3Military post, Sacketts Harbor. Lithographer: J. L. Cirpenne, FrenchLithographer: Victor Adam, French, 1801-1866 After: Jacques Gerard Milbert, French, 1766-1840

A group of soldiers on horseback with several additional cavalry horses at an inn. In the background a shepherd with sheep, A group of cavalry horses at an inn Six landscapes with soldiers' taffy (series title), print maker: Joannes Bemme, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Dirk Langendijk, (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1804, paper, etching, h 152 mm × w 118 mm

Burning off of the Lands Sea Magazine in Vlissingen, 1809, Friedrich Christoph Dietrich, 1809 print The burning of the arsenal or 's Lands Zemagazijn and the Oostkerk during the bombing of Vlissingen by the British, in the night of 13 to 14 August 1809. See also the Pendant. Amsterdam paper etching on fire, ablaze. bombardment Flushing

The camp of the British Mission to Kabul, at Jumrood, near the Khyber Pass. The Mission was turned back by the Afghan Emir Sher Ali. Date: 1878

The battle on the Lahn on September , Unknown

Defense of the monastery according to Karl F. Lessing. Käseberg, Hugo (1847 1893), Oertel, Kaspar Erhardt (1840 18 ..), Euerlein (N.N.), Lessing, Carl Friedrich (1808 1880)

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Landing of the sailors of the "Penelope" in Blockhaus, the March 15, 1849. Grand-Bassam. Ivory Coast. Drawing by M. Calve. Colored engraving.

Northern Netherlands, Batteries around Amsterdam in 1787, View of the artillery on the Buiten Amstel after Ouderkerk 1787, Battery at Ouderkerk, 1787, verso - stamped, Battery on the Buitenamstel at Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. Part of a series of fourteen plates of the defenses constructed by the patriots around Amsterdam at the time of the invasion of the Prussian troops in September 1787., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 185 mm, width 220 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Building pontoon bridges at Fredericksburg Dec. 11th, 1862 December 11, drawing on pink-tan paper pencil and Chinese white, 20.7 x 23.4 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

. Stranding the English East Indiesman General Barker at Zandvoort, February 16, 1781. Survivors are brought ashore with a fishing boats, with spectators on the beach. A horse cart comes to collect the draggins.

War of 1812. Bombardment of Fort McHenry, by the British fleet, on the morning of the Sept. 13, 1814. In 24 hours, the British shot at least 1,500 shells at the Baltimore fort, without gaining its surrender. Their attempt to make an amphibious invasion also failed (BSLOC_2019_6_117)

Two carts positioned in a dune landscape with a farmstead, drawn in black chalk with brown and gray brushwork by Aelbert Cuyp.

Amsterdam, Maaskamp, Evert, Smies, Jacob, Howen, Otto Baron, Netherlands, Portman, Ludwig Gottlieb, Meeting of the High Ed. Gestr. Heer Generaal JW Janssens. Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the Supreme Chief of the Kaffirs. Gaïka, in the Kaffirland, on the Katrivier, in Bloeimaand of 1803. No. 3, Meeting between Governor-General Janssens and the Xhosa leader Gaika, 1803, verso - stamped, Landscape with in the foreground the meeting between Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape of Good Hope, with Gaika (Ngqika), the Xhosa leader, May 1803. Both leaders are accompanied by a large retinue. On the left, the Dutch army camp., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 333 mm, width 415 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1772-06-14 - 1828, print maker, printmaker, 1808 - 1810, paper, papier, etching, etchings, aquatint, hand colouring, 1774-03-09 - 1848-05-25, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1746-06-11 - 1833-08-14, Publication (Event),

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Sedan, l September 1870. Village of Bazeilles in flames (centre), River Meuse, centre right, Sedan out of picture to right. Faubourg de Balan, centre foreground. French troops drawn up left and centre to resist Prussian force who have crossed bridge behind trees on centre left. From The Graphic, London, 24 September 1870.

Episode de la campagne de Russie, Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie (1804-1860), 1828-1835, 1 print etching. Bow and arrow, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Russia

The Field of the Battle of Shrewsbury, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

The last hour of a contested election for M.P., circa 1850

Leveling, design of the foundation of colonial cities, drawing by Alexandre De Bar (1821-1901) from a photograph, from Croisieres a la cote d'Afrique, 1868, by the Rear-admiral Fleuriot de Langle (1809-1881), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 12, August 17, 1876.

. Shelling of the city of Hattem by the Stadhadery troops, 5 September 1786.

Fort Okinakane, USA, 1856.Artist: John Mix Stanley

A Night March, Plate 16 from "Life Studies of the Great Army" Edwin Austin Forbes American 1876

Spaniards at Borgerhout reports, 1643; Battle of Burgerhout. Fight at Borgerhout near Antwerp in which a Spanish army of Don Andrea Cantelmo under the order of Don Juan de Borges was defeated by the state troops under the command of Prince Willem II, September 4, 1643.

The streets of Romania's capital city are dangerous in winter - first there's the ice, and then there are soldiers everywhere you go... Date: 1854

The Abyssinian Expedition: view from the fortified post of Adigerat, 1868. '...a landscape view, taken from the fortified British Army post which has been formed at Adigerat. That place...has become an important forwarding depot for Sir Robert Napier's army. A small garrison, consisting of two or three companies of infantry, with a couple of guns, is now stationed there. Being near the edge of the highlands, and infested by the wild plundering tribes of that region, it has been thought prudent to fortify the position of Adigerat by throwing up some rough earthworks, and providing other means

The operations near Washington--scene of the fight in front of Fort Stevens, July 12 & 13 / from a sketch by our special artist, E.F. Mullen.. Title from item, Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 18, no. 462 (1864 August 6), p. 317. Military life, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

Shot Heard Round the world. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops set off from Boston toward Concord, Massachusetts, in order to seize weapons and ammunition stockpiled there by American colonists. Early the next morning, the British reached Lexington, where approximately 70 minutemen had gathered on the village green. Someone suddenly fired a shotits uncertain which sideand a melee ensued. The British continued on to nearby Concord, where that same day they encountered armed resistance from a group of patriots at the towns North Bridge. Gunfire was exchanged. Afterwar

THE WAR IN EGYPT

Put at the end of July 1870. (registered title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)

Schouten, Hermanus Petrus, t' dorp Dyl aan de Linge, View of Deil, verso center bottom - stamped, View of Deil from the other side of the Linge, in the foreground on the right some boats and anglers. Numbered '2' at the top right., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 173 mm, width 205 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1747-11-28 - 1822-05-11, print maker, printmaker, 1762 - 1822, paper, papier, etching, etsen

US Civil War, Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. The charge of Gen. Nathan Kimball's Brigade against Marye's Heights was ordered by Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Like the other units that made frontal attack on the Confederate high ground that day, they suffered high casualties and never took the heights (BSLOC_2019_5_174)

The grave of Johannes Schouw Santvoort, naval lieutenant second class, died on November 23, 1877 in Jambi, Sumatra Island. Indonesia. Drawing by Taylor. Across the island of Sumatra 1877 by Daniel David Veth (1850 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Near an inn farmers play boules, man watches from a bench, print maker: Monogrammist MK (17e eeuw) (mentioned on object), Dating 1677.

Gallipoli Turkey Illustration by William Simpson from the book The Picturesque Mediterranean

View of the fight.

Ponton sic Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks--Butlers headquarters. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Butler, Benjamin F, (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Military service, Greyhound (Flagship), 1860-1870, Sylvan Shore (Ship), 1860-1870, Military headquarters, Union, 1860-1870, Carts & wagons, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Pontoon bridges, 1860-1870, Ships, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States, Virginia, Appomattox River , United States, Virginia, Petersburg

World War One, German advance on the Eastern Front 1916

Champigny fork December 4, 1870. (Registered Title) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)

Allied Troops by William Simpson, Lithograph, watercolor, 1854-1855, 1832-1898, Russia, State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol, Sevastopol, 37x55

The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company.

Indian attack on New Ulm, Minnesota, August 1862

Street scene in an American frontier town c1875. Engraving.

The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company.

Mexican American War. Battle of Monterey, Feb. 21-23, 1847. US Army commanded by Gen. Zachary Taylor advancing through a pass in the Sierra Madre toward the strategic city of Monterey in northern Mexico's State of Nuevo Leon (BSLOC_2019_8_11)

Montfaucon. (Dummy title) | 12 Eaux-Strong. 1st notebook. (Title of all)

Remains of the cisterns of Carthage. Wood engraving.

Chinese mandarin accompanied by executioners in his employ, engraving from 1774-81 Voyage to the East Indies and China by Pierre Sonnerat

HADLEY GREEN SITE OF THE BATTLE OF BARNET, UK, engraving 1881 - 1884

The Atlantic Telegraph 1866 Sir William Howard Russell Irish This book documents the great 19th century technological achievement of laying a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic to allow messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than the ten or twelve days it took to cross the ocean by steamer. Led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, an initially successful attempt in 1858 failed after three weeks. Repeated efforts by Field, a cadre of engineers, technicians, and sailors, backed by two groups of investors with help from the British and American navies, finally produced two working cables in July and September 1866. Illustrations here reproduce watercolors by Robert Dudley that document the extended, arduous process, and the title page shows sailors raising the anchor of the Great Eastern as the ship sets out from the Thames Estuary on July 15, 1865, fully loaded with cable. Field donated this book and related

Chromolithograph - Battle of Fish Creek Anonymous

Franz de Paula Gundaker I, Prince of Colloredo-Waldsee-Mels-Mansfeld (28, 1731 in Vienna, died October 27, 1807 in Vienna) was a Habsburg diplomat and the last Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire. Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Siege of Boston. Conjectural works. 1879. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. United States , History , Revolution, 1775-1783, United States , 1775, Soldiers , Massachusetts , Boston , 1775, Military life , Massachusetts , Boston , 1775

Mount Tabor, showing the encampment of the Turkish Army, c. October 1799, during the Defence of the Ottoman Empire against General Bonaparte

Heights of Monterey, From the Saltillo road looking towards the City, from the West, Worth's Division moving into position under the guns of the enemy, after the action of "St. Jeronimo," on the morning of 21st Septr. 1846... No. 2. Date/Period: 1847. Lithograph. Width: 60.8 cm. Height: 48.1 cm (sheet).

Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a distance of 1032 yards, 1860. 'The guns employed were a 40-pounder of 31 cwt., an 80-pounder of 63 cwt., and a short 100-pounder, weighing only 53 cwt...the projectiles employed were partly solid shot and partly percussion-shells. The tower was built of very strong brickwork, the thickness of the walls being 7 ft. 3 in. on the land side, and 9 ft. on the side next the sea...The 80-pounder shot was found to pass quite through the wall into the Tower, piercing 7 ft. 3 in. of brickwork; the others lodged in th

Front Royal Virginia--The Union Army under Banks entering the town. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Front Royal

The Piedmontese besiege Gaeta where Francesco II, king of the two Siciliies, continues to resist the forces favouring a united Italy.

Snow hunt, 1825, England, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4913486

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