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Portraits of Historical Military Figures

Engravings of notable military leaders from history, showcasing their uniforms and accessories, reflecting the art style of their respective eras.

Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, 1777 - 1890, 1777 - 1890, New York, Publisher, G.P. Putnam, Sullivan, John, 1740-1795
Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, 1777 - 1890, 1777 - 1890, New York, Publisher, G.P. Putnam, Sullivan, John, 1740-1795
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Polk, Leonidas .Edmund Lyons, lst Baron Lyons (1790-1858) British naval commander, 1857. Rear-Admiral of British fleet in Black Sea during Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-56. Coloured lithographJohn Paul Jones (1747-1792). Scottish sailor. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.Portrait of Ferdinand Hertog van Brunswijk-Lüneburg. Knee piece from Ferdinand Hertog van Brunswijk-Lüneburg in military uniform, in an interior. His right hand leans on a table next to him, on which Divertense insignia and a helmet.Miguel Gómez Damas (1785-1864), teniente general del ejército Carlista en la 1ª Guerra. Grabado de 1845.Fitzroy James Henry Somerset (1788-1855), 1st Baron Raglan, English soldier. Artist: UnknownClaiborne, William .PHILIP JOHN SCHUYLER American soldier and statesman Date: 1733 - 1804Maurice d'Elbée (Maurice Joseph Louis Gigost d'Elbée) (1752-1794). General of the Vendéen army (Catholic and Royal Army of Vendée) during the French Revolution. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.Born the third son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet, Michael Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1813. He was made Lieutenant in 1822, Commander in 1824 and was posted Captain in 1826. From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS Challenger, and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile. In 1841 he was given command of HMS Britannia and then of HMS Powerful. In 1845 he took over HMS Vindictive. From 1851 to 1854 he was Commodore Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard. In 1854 he served under Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic during the Crimean War. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral that same year and, when the Baltic campaign was resumed in 1855 under Admiral the Hon. Richard Dundas, Seymour was second in command. On 19 February 1856 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the East Indies and China Station. Flying his flag on HMS Calcutta, he conducted operations arising from the attack on the British Coaster Arrow, helped destroy the Chinese fleet in June 1857, took CanNapoleon I on board the HMS Bellerophon (UK). Napoleon's surrender. 1815. Portrait by Charles Lock Eastlake.Theophile Malo Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, 23 November 1743, 27 June 1800, a French officer in the Revolutionary Army, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknownJean-Nicolas Nissage Saget (1810-1880) succeeded Sylvain Salnave as President of Haiti in 1869 upon coming to power by a coup, Haiti. Caribbean, Central America. Haiti by Edgar la Selve 1871. Le Tour du Monde 1879Brig. Gen. Isaac Huger.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Huger, Isaac, 1742 or 3-1797General Francis Marion.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Marion, Francis, 1732-1795Frederick William of Brunswick, also known as the Black Duke, 9 October 1771, 16 June 1815, was one of the German folk heroes of the Napoleonic Wars, Prussian general, Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg and Prince in the administrative district of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century printAdmiral Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). An officer with a magnificent reputation in the Napoleonic Wars. It was his bombardment of Algiers that gave Exmouth his real chance.Maj. Gen. H. Gates.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806Nicolas Jarry (1735 - 1783) Dutch Pirate born in Nantes. He served under Pierre Le Turcq as a lieutenant during the voyage before Le Turcqs last one. As a reward for his courageous behaviour he got the command of the Vlissinger from the ship owner that had also provided Le Turcq with his ships 1782Portrait van onkende Militair, Christian Heinrich Gottlieb Steuerwald, 1823 print Military from the fifth battalion artillery. Left below numbered no 9. Dordrecht paper anonymous historical person portrayedAmerican Revolution. George Rogers Clark led militia soldiers in the northwestern frontier during the American War of Independence. His most noted victory was the capture of British-held Fort Sackville at Vincennes, in February 1779. In 1782 he led retaliatory raids against British allied Shawnee towns along the Great Miami River in the Ohio country (BSLOC_2019_4_24)B&W Illustration; Portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, British Army Commander at the battle of Corunna 1809Henry Knox (born 25 July 1750 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, died 25 October 1806 in Thomaston, Massachusetts, USA) was an American bookseller from Boston, the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the first US Secretary of War, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century originalGeneral James OglethorpeBreíting, soldier.Maj. Gen. Charles Lee.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , HistoryMacDonald MarshalScharnhorst, Gerhard von.Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755-1805). French military officer and aeronaut. He served in the Napoleonic army during the Egyptian campaign. Inventor of the modern pencil. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 2nd part, 1879.Alpini, prosper.Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig, auch bekannt als der Schwarze Herzog, 9. Oktober 1771, 16. Juni 1815, war einer der deutschen Volkshelden der Napo...CONTRE Amiralen of Rosensvärd Varvsamiral 1798-1799 Reproduction.CONTRE Amiralen by Rosensvärd Varvsamiral 1798-1799 ReproductionFriedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American General of the Revolutionary Army 18th C. Artist Unknown Private CollectionJuan Lopez Pinto (1788-1831). Spanish military officer born in Cartagena, member of the Artillery Corps. He took part in the Peninsular War. Shot with General Torrijos on the beach in Malaga. Portrait. Drawing by A. de Salas. Lithography. Later colouration. ""Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia"", 1869.Michail Illarionowitsch Kutusow-Smolenskoij -, General field Marshal, Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing houseBenjamin Lincoln (1733-1810). American officer. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.Portrait of Egbert Meeuwsz Cortenaer. Portrait of Admiral Egbert Meeuwsz Cortenaer with a medal to his neck. A sea battle in the background. At the bottom of two square verses about his heroic deeds in Dutch.Napoleon (1769-1821) French soldier and emperor as General Bonaparte during his Egyptian campaign 1798-99. EngravingKing George II of Britain (reigned 1727 - 1760). Below is a scene depicting the bravery of Captain Ochterlony and Ensign Peyton, soldiers in the regiment of Brigadier General Monckton, both wounded in battle against the French and Native Indians in Canada, but unwilling to leave the field. Date: 1683 - 1760Theodore Winthrop, American soldier, (1872).Artist: John A O'NeillPortrait of Frans II Josef Karel, Roman -German Keizer, Carl Hermann Pfeiffer, After Carl Philip Schallhas, 1779 - 1829 print Vienna paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. baton of general. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. medals and other marks of military honourContre Amiralen Layermen P.G Lagerstråle Ship Samiral 1816-1819 Reproduction.Contre Amiral Layeren P.G Lagerstråle Shipyard 1816-1819 ReproductionJan Henryk Dabrowski, Johann Heinrich Dombrowski, 29 August 1755, 6 June 1818, a Polish general. He is revered as a Polish national hero, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknownALVAREZ DE CASTRO, Mariano (1749-1810). Spanish military officer, and the military governor of Gerona during the siege by the French during the War of Spanish Independence. Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Gerona. Barcelona City History Museum.Walter Stewart (1756 - 16 June 1796) was an Irish-born American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original. Genera Karol Zieli Ski (1787-1835); 1830 (1830-00-00-1830-00-00);Strzałecki, Antoni Jan (1844-1934)-collection, commanders, Polish miniatures, uniforms, men, orders, portraits of en trois-quarts, men's portraits, November Uprising (1830-1831), military, purchase (provenance), soldiersDavid Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870). U.S. Navy officer during the Civil War. Portrait by William Swain (1803-1847), 1838. National Portrait Gallery. Washington D.C. United States.Sergeant, René Nicolas.Napoleon Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole November 17, 1796Commodore William Bainbridge, served in four American wars: Quasi War with France, First Barbary War, War of 1812, and Second Barbary War. He served under 6 presidents, starting with John Adams. 1814 oil portrait by John Wesley Jarvis (BSLOC_2019_6_128)Portrait of the general of Russian Ipiotra Aleksandrowicz Dawydow; Dove, (Fl. 1820), Dawe, George (1781-1829); 1810 (1810-00-00-1810-00-00);The Order of St. Anna, the Order of St. Jerzy, the Order of St. Włodzimierz, foreign miniatures, uniforms, men, orders, portraits en trois-quarts, men's portraits, soldiersPortrait of a national guard with a costume after 1792 ". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 39463-6 Corner, Convention, Costume, National Guard, Portrait, French Revolution, Terror, Oil on canvasWinfield Scott (born 13 June 1786 in Laurel Branch near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, died 29 May 1866 in West Point, Orange County, New York) was an American general, diplomat and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedLudwik IX, Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt (1719-1790) w mundurze pułku kawalerii niemieckiego regimentu w czasie pobytu w Sztrasburgu. unknown, painter"Portrait of Colonel Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) c. 1815 Oil on canvas by Thomas Sully, American (born England), 1783 - 1872"Captain Barclay. December 18, 1947.Leopold Joseph Count of Daun, Prince of Teano (24 September 1705) (5 February 1766) was an Imperial and Austrian field marshal and general in the Seven Years' War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownConstant Mathieu Eakin 1823 Graduated from West Point 1817 Assistant Professor of EngineeringOLIVER CROMWELL soldier, statesman, Lord Protector Date: 1599 - 1658Colonel Obadiah Johnson(1736-1801). Artist: UnknownJean Baptiste Kleber, French soldier, c1830. Artist: UnknownJohann Freiherr von Obrien, Count von Thomond born 1775 at Karanenbes, Banat, died September 5, 1830 in Pest, was an Austrian major general with Irish roots, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not StatedKarl Philipp Fürst von Schwarzenberg, 15. April 1771, 15. Oktober 1820, war ein österreichischer Feldmarschall, sowie Botschafter in St. Petersburg un...Portrait of Marin, Infantry Battalion Chef. André Duterere (1753-1842). Portrait of Marin, Infantry Battalion Chef. Etching.Portrait of Rear-Admiral Job Seaburne May. Dating: 1823. Measurements: h 61 cm × w 51.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Willem May.Toussaint Louverture, about 1795.. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Regalia, Haiti, Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803US Historical Documents. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelA Short History of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Miniature booklets from the "Histories of Generals" series (N78), issued in a set of 50 booklets in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. Each booklet consists of 16 pages with covers.. A Short History of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)General George Washington with battle scenes in background and in a fancy framePortrait of Admiraal Egbert Meeuwisz. Kortenaer. Portrait of Admiraal Egbert Meeuwisz. Kortenaer. Kortenaer was a sealed hero that had been proven to be in the English wars. During the so-called Battle of the Singels he was injured and lost a hand and an eye. These injuries reinforced its hero status and in the predicted light under the printing is also referred to here. Kortenaer stands with the command stove in his side for a sea battle. There is a gun for him.Henry William Paget, Ist Marquis of Anglesey: English soldier; served in Flanders (1794) Holland (1799) Peninsular War (1808) Commander of British cavalry at Waterloo where he lost a leg. Stipple engraving London 1815.The hero of Lucknow, presented to the 'Albion' subscribers, New York, 1859, drawn and engraved by A.H. Ritchie 1822-1895 dated 1859. Sir Henry Havelock, full-length portrait, sitting, facing right, wearing dress uniform and holding a quill pen at a desk in a tent in Lucknow, India, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Havelock defended the British position, but died of dysentery before completing the battle at Lucknow. The British re-took Lucknow from the Indians in 1858.Defense Fennig, Johann Theodor.Col. Rahl from Trumbull's Battle of Trenton.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionGeorge Washington, American soldier and statesman.Robert Lefèvre (1755-1830). Portrait of Napoleon I (1769-1821), in colonel uniform of the Guard hunters. Oil on canvas, 1809. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Napoleonian campaign, French emperor, in the foot, portrait, colonel uniform of the hunters of the guard, military uniform, oil on canvasHenri de la Tour d'Auvergne-Bouillon (1611-1675). French nobleman and military. Appointed Marshal of France in 1643 and Marshal-General of the Camps and Armies of the King in 1660. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VIII. 1858.Gen. E. Braddock.. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755The heroes of South American independence, (1901). Artist: UnknownBonaparte. / General Chef of the Italian Army. / After the Milanese originalSimon Bolivar (Caracas, 1793-Santa Marta, 1830). Military and Venezuelan statesman called 'The Liberator'. Colored engraving.Portrait of Menno Baron van Coehoorn (1641-1704). General in the Artillery and Fortifications Engineer, Caspar Netscher (copy after), 1675 - 1700 painting Portrait of Menno Baron van Coehoorn, General of the Artillery and fortificer. Standing, halfway, in armor. Copy to the original in the Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons. commander-in-chief, general, marshal. fortifications, military engineering. portrait, self-portrait of architectPortrait of Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk. Portrait of the Dutch gunsman Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, who brought his ship to explosive his ship on February 5, 1831 after it had fallen into a furious crowd of Antwerpen. Under the portrait the blast of the ship, where Van Speijk, most of his crew and an unknown number of Belgians were killed. At the bottom of a predicted position on Van Speijk's hero.General Desaix.1700S Haitian Patriot And Ex-Slave Toussant Louverture Died A Martyr After Beint Jailed By The French 1803General George Rogers Clark 1752 - 1818 American Revolution Hero And Explorer Battle Vincennes 1779 Kaskaskia 1178Jean Victor Moreau (1761-1813) French Revolutionary soldier. Rejected dictatorship but supported Napoleon's coup d'etat. Having been exiled: joined Russian service and was fatally wounded at the Battle of Dresden. Lithograph c1830.Sebastian le Prestre de Vauban, French military engineer. Artist: UnknownSir William Waller, English soldier, 17th century, (1899). Artist: UnknownThey served, Marquis de Sable et de Boisdauphin, Abel.Portrait of the Sea Officer Willem Bloys from Treslong. He holds a compass in hand and signs with a passer on a map. In the background ships at sea. At the top left are coat of arms. In the margin a two-person caption in French.Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Oil on canvas painting by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735-1811), c. 1775. James Cook FRS RN (7 November 1728 - 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook died in Hawaii in a fight with Hawaiians.Amsterdam, Dankers, J., Utrecht, Caramelli, Rotterdam, Oosterzee, Middelburg, Abrahams, Leiden, Schreuder, Den Haag, Bult, Den, The Hague, verso bottom center - stamped, Portrait of the Dutch gunboat commander Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, who blew up his ship on February 5, 1831 after it had fallen into the hands of an angry mob of Antwerp residents. Below the portrait the explosion of the ship, in which Van Speijk, most of his crew and an unknown number of Belgians were killed. At the bottom a poem in praise of Van Speijk's heroic act., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Portrait of Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, Offered to the Municipal Council of the City of Amsterdam, by the Undersigned as Publisher hereof, in compliance with the law of January 25, 1817, art. VI. - Amsterdam 26 January 1832 A. van Tetroode, recto margin bottom - handwritten, Printed at the printer's of me, the undersigned here - Amsterdam, 26 January 1832 J. Dankers, 365, recto left (pasted on in pen) and top Self Portrait in the Uniform of the Rifles. Dating: 1831. Measurements: h 31.5 cm × w 26.5 cm; d 6.7 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Willem Jodocus Mattheus Engelberts.Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, February 1559, 30 April 1632, was a field marshal who commanded the troops of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years' War, digital improved reproduction of an original from 1880Image of the retreat of German prisoners of war on a few horse cars on the Utrechtseweg near Klein Beerschoten in De Bilt.Austrian general, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.Samuel Morse American History Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, 1530-1574, French soldier, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated. Cornelis de Witt halven slide to the left. He is in front of a curtain behind which the show can be seen from a sea battle. This is probably the Battle of Solebay during the third English-Dutch War, to which Cornelis de Witt participated. At the bottom right are family crest.