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Illustrations of significant historical events including riots, negotiations, and battles, depicting street fights and military engagements in various eras.

Both Ferdinands during the Battle of Nördlingen; Entry of Ferdinand in Antwerp in 1635 (no. 26), 1639 - 1641 print Both Ferdinands on horseback during the Battle of Nördlingen, 6 September 1634. The central performance on the front of the Triumphal arch of Ferdinand set up in the Lange Nieuwstraat. Marked at the top right: p. 99b. Page no. 27 In a whole of 43 plates that illustrate the publication of the description of the entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Austria in Antwerp on April 17, 1635 as the new governor for the Spanish Netherlands. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance'. Battle (+ land forces) Antwerp. Northern

Punitive measures: suspension; Les Miseres et les Malhors de la Guerre; The horrors of the war (large). In an open space in a army camp, many soldiers have been collected around a large tree in which 21 seem to be and more executions will take place by suspension. One sentenced is precisely the sling, some others are waiting under the tree in turn. On the right in the foreground is a convicted person with a spiritual. Under the show a six-line French fresh. This print is part of a series of 17 (18 incl. Title Print) prints with performances of various types of misery that warfare entails.

España. Guerra de África. El cabo húsar Pedro Mur arrebatando la bandera del enemigo durante una batalla en el valle de Castillejos. Grabado de 1860. Author: Eusebi Planas Franquesa.

Nederlandse wreedheden, 1830; Viol, Meurtre, Pillage, Incendie, Mots de Ralliement du Prince Frédérick.Atrises caused by Dutch soldiers under the leaders of Prince Frederik. A man is shot by four soldiers, in the background more atrocities. Left battles in the streets of Brussels, September 1830. At the top of the prince on horseback.

Life Guards Van the Entelite Cavalerian, Théodore Guerigault, 1821 print The Life Guards, the oldest military cavalry unit of the English army. London paper warfare; military affairs (+ infantry)

Storming a Turkish Fort, Charles Rochussen, After Joseph Hartogensis, in Or Before 1857 print Knights storm a fort defended by Turks with bow and arch. A mosque in the background. The Hague paper breaking into city or fortress ~ siege. Asiatic races and peoples: Turks

A 1496 woodcut illustration by Guillaume Caoursin for Rhodiae Obsidio, depicting siege scenes, soldiers, fortifications, and military action in a historical narrative.

Cartoon on the Belgische cowardice, 1831, 1831 print Cartoon on the Belgian cowardness, 1831. Two injured Dutch soldiers pass a group of Belgian soldiers. With caption in two times four lines, with the numbers 1-8. Netherlands paper disabled soldier

A pencil drawing by Carl Schindler from 1838-1842 depicting German infantry soldiers.

Etching by Franz Stöber from 1836 showing the death of Nikolaus Zrínyi at Szigetvár in 1566, depicting battle action and soldiers in period uniforms.

Sambur - Mrs. Ross - W.W.H. - Major Penny - Dr. Ross. Willoughby Wallace Hooper (English, 1837 - 1912)

A stand of arms, musical instruments, etc. , Arms & armament, Musical instruments, Coats of arms. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints

Etching by Johann Adam Klein, 1818, depicting K. K. Austrian Uhlans, showing soldiers on horseback in uniform with lances and military equipment.

Battle of elephants under the command of King Epirus Pyrrus (Illustration 10 in: Cesar Cantu, History Powszechny, Warsaw 1853, volume II, p. 421); Unknown, Orgelbrand, Samuel (Warsaw; Publisher, printing house; fl. 1836-1919); 1853 (1853-00-00-1853-00-00);

Death of Ney, / December 7, 1815. (IT)

White van Haemstede in Haarlem, 1304. Haemstede Ridder White in armor between a crowd persons at Haarlem. After the victory and the expulsion of the Flemish in 1304.

Inwoners van Irebu op from Oever van de Congo; Indigenous Irebu-French at the shore. .

Vanderbilt medal 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Khmelnytsky marches along with Tugay Bey - illustration for the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz 'With Fire and Sword' (reproduction of drawing from the year 1885); Sheet III from the album. Trzemeski, Edward (1843-1905), creator of photographic print

Fight at Warwick, 1792..

Etching by Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert created between 1547 and 1559 depicting the defeat of the Assyrian army, showing soldiers, combat, and battle formations.

Deposit / General of War (TF)

Group portrait of unknown officers at a cannon, Christiaan Johan Neeb, c. 1892 - in or before 1897 photomechanical print paper collotype anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. ranks (in the army, navy, air force). firearms: cannon

Skrzetuski meeting Khmelnytsky in the WIld Plains - illustration for the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz `With Fire and Sword`. Sheet I from the album. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Trzemeski, Edward (1843-1905), creator of photographic print

The repetitie, Johann Heartrich Ramberg, 1787 - 1788 print Dutch patriotse shooters practice shooting on a figure of an angry Prussian hussar drawn on a wall, to the hilarity of those involved and spectators. Frogs crawl out of the ditch and participate in exercise. Part of a group of four cartoons on the Patriots at the time of the Prussian invasion in October 1787. Repetition of the original version but now with English and German inscriptions. See also the pendant and the corresponding pair of cartoons. England paper etching military training (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia). animals acting as human beings. tailless amphibians: frog

Battle of Malplaquet, 1709, 1709 Battle of Malplaquet, between the Allies under Duke of Marlborough and the Prince of Savoye and the French, 11 September 1709. Bottom left the Legenda A-N in French. Part of a bundled collection of plans of battles and cities renowned in the Spanish Succession War. Brussels paper etching Battle of Malplaquet, between the Allies under Duke of Marlborough and the Prince of Savoye and the French, 11 September 1709. Bottom left the Legenda A-N in French. Part of a bundled collection of plans of battles and cities renowned in the Spanish Succession War. Brussels paper etching

Sheet with two representations of the ship Noord-Holland. Above: the ship Noord-Holland, under the command of Captain Reyneveldt, almost sinking during the storm on February 3, 1784. Below: The ship Noord-Holland sailing again on February 16, 1784.

Photo production of a design of a tribute to the militia during the inauguration of Léopold II of Belgium in Brussels, Ghémar Frères, after Anonymous, c. 1861 - In or Before 1866 photograph This photo is part of a cover with fourteen photos. Brussels photographic support albumen print king. guard duty, keeping sentry Brussels

Men are ready; Muchachos Al Avío; Los Caprichos. Four smugglers are waiting at a tree. Eleventh print from the Los Caprichos series.

Leopold I., Roman-German Kaiser.

, Aspern - winning place with artillery, and battle near Aspern , postcard, Unknown

Kenau during the siege of Haarlem, 1573. Kenau Simonsdaughter Hassselaer with raised sword amid the battle gel of the siege of Haarlem, 1573.

Action of Mirol Corporal at 55E1 / 2 BDE. line (IT)

Shelling of the house of Lucas van Steveninck, 1787, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1787 - 1795 print Oranjegezinden shot with a small cannon the Huis Leeuwenburg in Middelburg of the Patriotic doctor Lucas van Steveninck, in the night of 30 June to 1 July 1787. The residents shoot back from the windows of the house with guns. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving street-fights, riots Huis Leeuwenburg

Pieneman, Jan Willem, Netherlands, Senus, Willem van, Illustration of one of the bivouacs, Bivouac of Frenchmen in Woerden, 1813, verso - stamped, Bivouac of French soldiers after their plundering in Woerden. Part of a group of illustrations in outline of the atrocities committed by the French troops during the invasion and plundering of Woerden on 24 and 25 November 1813., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 141 mm, width 93 mm, Dutch, 1773-08 - 1851-01-15, print maker, printmaker, 1813 - 1814, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1779-11-04 - 1853-04-08, intermediary draughtsman

Siege La Rochelle, September 1627-October 1628 (edge, part bottom left); Chasteau Dargencourt / Monsieur Le Mareschal De Schomberg presented Les Anglois Captifs a SA Mayeste. Subtractive part (edge work, part bottom left) of a print of the siege of the Huguenot Bolwerk La Rochelle in the years 1627 and 1628, which was commissioned by the French King by the French army under the leadership of Cardinal Richelieu. On this leaf on the left a representation of a wooden tower in the sea and middle / right a show (surrounded by military attributes) of English prisoners of war that are led to King Louis XIII.

So equipped and so provided you can certainly get the cholera - on the first, Unknown

The heroic death of Jan van Schaffelaar, Isaac Cornelis Elink Sterk, 1837 - 1840 print Jan van Schaffelaar is about to jump out of the window of a tower, the current Oude Kerk in Barneveld. He was the leader of the cods who had taken the tower. When the corners surrounded the tower, they demanded that Schaffelaar would be thrown out. When his men refused to sacrifice him, Van Schaffelaar himself decided to jump to save the lives of his men. Top right: Pantheon pl. XXIIII. The Hague paper self-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose

The War Path. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

11 / Have you ever hunted the big beast, you (Avant posts) (IT)

Mountains occupied in Hainaut per List by Lodewijk van Nassau, 1572; The surprise of mountains. The troops of Lodewijk van Nassau take mountains in Hainaut per list in, August 1572. After overmasting the guard, the gate of the city is opened for the outside waiting riders.

Etching and copper engraving by Antonio Baratti in 1769 depicting a mounted cavalry figure referred to as a Reiter.

Camp scene 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Mirabeau and Dreux-Breze - June 23, 1789 Mirabeau and Dreux-Br�z�, June 23, 1789 ". Estampe.

. Discussions with a small gun The House Leeuwenburg in Middelburg of the patriotic doctor Lucas van Steveninck, in the night of June 30 on July 1, 1787. Residents shoot back from the windows of the house with guns.

Study of a group of people and soldiers ..

Shelling of Lucas van Steveninck's house, 1787, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, After Mathias de Sallieth, 1797 print Oranjegezinden shot with a small cannon the Huis Leeuwenburg in Middelburg of the Patriotic doctor Lucas van Steveninck, in the night of 30 June to 1 July 1787. The residents shoot back from the windows of the house with guns. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving street-fights, riots Huis Leeuwenburg

Eighty Years' War. Leaf with 8 performances about the eighty-year war, events between 1566 and 1572. Under each image a caption. Marked mid: N.

Greek freedom fighters, Wilhelm Hesslöhl, after Peter Heinrich Lambert von Hess, 1820 - 1905 print paper. steel engraving revolutionary committee, rebel group Greece

Farewell to conscripts, Auguste Danse, 1882 print paper etching / engraving conscription ~ enlisting

Sea battle and trumpet by Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Theodoor Soeterik, 1820 - 1883 print Two performances on a leaf. On the left the Battle of Terheide. On the right the portrait of Admiraal Tromp. Utrecht paper battle (+ naval force). commander-in-chief, admiral

Hearing of the Moroccan envoy, 1759, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1780 - 1795 print The Moroccan envoy addresses the States General, September 26, 1759. Marked at the top right: XII.d.pl.v. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Marko. The Hague

Portrait of three unknown police officers from Sindh; Jokyas. Mussulmans. SIND. .

Cantine Nationale, by Auguste Bry, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III, the Prussians surrounded Paris on 9 September 1870. The city held out despite famine, disease and cold until a bombardment with heavy siege guns led to its surrender on 28 January 1871. From a private collection.

This lithograph by Lovis Corinth, created between 1915 and 1917, depicts a battle scene, showing soldiers, combat, and movement in dynamic composition.

Kenau grabs the weapons, 1573, 1841 print In an interior with several people, Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer combines a dagger and a sword, an injured man at her feet. Outside the city is defended against the Spaniards, 1573. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper Haarlem

The militia meal in the Footboog or St. Joris goals in Amsterdam to celebrate the closing of the Peace of Munster, June 18, 1648, Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), After Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1848 print paper etching / engraving celebration meal, feast, banquet. private festivities, merry company. warfare; military affairs (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia). glass, rummer. (military) flags and standards Amsterdam

Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804-1872, British, The Guards and the Line, ca. 1851. Pen and ink.

This colored woodcut by Erhard Schön after 1491 depicts a sergeant in uniform, showing military attire, rank, and posture within early Renaissance printmaking.

Ministerial Armory (IT)

Khmelnytsky marches along with Tugay Bey - illustration for the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz `With Fire and Sword`. Sheet III from the album. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Trzemeski, Edward (1843-1905), creator of photographic print

Bivouac of Cossacks at fire during French occupation in 1813 in Amsterdam.

Events in the twelfth century, Gerardus Johannes Bos, in or Before 1859 - 1896 print In the middle a procession of four princes on horseback with their entourage. Around it different scenes such as Floris de Zwarte and the attack on Alkmaar, a king's murder and the conquest of Damiate in Egypt. This print was published by the Kinderscourant. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Hague paper ruler, sovereign. regicide Damiate. Alkmaar

Theater of the war (blade XIV), 1713; Schouwburg van den War, starting from King Charles Den II. To K karel Den III. Existing in IX. Historical figures on an elephant leaf, as battles, water and the main fortresses (...). Sheet with nine performances of events from the year 1713 of the Spanish Succession War and of floor plans of fortified cities. Leaf XIV In: Theater of the war (1720 edition), the picture with the bundled series of 31 plates on the Spanish succession war.

Monaco, 1865-96, Montenegro, 1876-96, Morocco. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Monaco, Montenegro

1813 etching by Heinrich Reinhold showing the battle on Ebersberg with soldiers, cavalry, weaponry, and battlefield terrain.

Defregger, Franz von, Germany, Hanfstaengl, Franz, Photographic reproduction of a painting, depicting supplicant men (presumably) at a siege, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 98 mm, width 118 mm, German, 1804-03-01 - 1877-04-18, photographer, 1878 - 1885, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Austrian, 1835-04-30 - 1921-01-02

An etching from 1680-1726 depicting traditional and contemporary fire fighting techniques, showing figures using equipment and methods of the period.

Pencil drawing by Anton Nowak showing soldiers staying overnight in a farmers room, resting on benches.

Disruptions in Meppel, November 11, 1785. A man is shot on the street.

Nat Turner & his confederates in conference.. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Slavery , Virginia, Slave insurrections, Turner, Nat, 1800-1831

Valets of American weapons and pallers. Carousel of 1662. (TF)

Consternation of France on the attack of January 5, 1757. (IT)

Poaching. (Registered title) | News. (Title of the set)

Seet battle between the English and the French-Spanish fleet at Ciotat on February to , picture and report, David Ulrich Mehrer -, publisher

Geknielde man tussen twee krijgers.A kneeled man between two warriors in armor and with shields. The man is kneeling between two warriors and grabs the spear of one warrior with a hand and weighs the shield of the other warrior with the other hand. There is a staff and a garment for his foot. In the background an audience is increasing from an increase.

Exercities with a musket: preparations for firing a musket, Jacques Callot, 1635 print On the left a soldier who stabbs Kruit in the course of a musket. In the middle, a soldier who focuses, musket are based on a Furket (musket fork). On the right a soldier who is taking his musket from his furkey. This print is part of a series of 12 (13 incl. Title print) prints with performances of military (weapon) exercises. On most of those prints there are three soldiers in different postures with a certain weapon or instrument. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching handling of weapons ~ military training. firearms: rifle

Blast of the powder magazine in Maastricht, 1761. The blast of the powder magazine in Maastricht on December 21, 1761, with two flight figures in the foreground.

Etching by Theodor Alphons depicting the last contingent of the Tyrolean troops in 1809, showing soldiers, uniforms, and military scene, 1874.

This etching by Georg Philipp Rugendas depicts a mounted combat scene, showing soldiers on horseback, weapons, and dynamic battlefield movements, created between 1728 and 1781.

Etching by Georg Philipp Rugendas between 1728-1781 depicting a battlefield with soldiers, horses, and military action.

Great Britain, 1829-45. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

German 16th Century, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I Combats on Foot (Jousts)(Volume III), c 1515 Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Jousts)(Volume III)

Etching on Chinepapier by Ernest Meissonier from the 19th century depicting a sergeant acting as rapporteur, showing military uniform, figure, and gesture.

Illustration of the events and battles leading up to and during the American Revolution, in 1775-1783

Leaf with a medallion with the portrait of Cornelis Govert Visscher, bust to the left, above an image of the firefight in which he killed. Fight on the Vaart in Vreeswijk outside Utrecht between armed citizens of the Utrecht militia and troops of the Efferen Regiment, in the evening of 9 May 1787. Signature at the top right: the post of the Lower Rhyn No. 565.

Frisian Garde du Corps in the funeral procession of Princess Maria Louise, 1765, 1765 print Soldiers of the Frisian Garde du Corps. Marked at the bottom right: pl. Iv. On the leaf under the plate a part of the title and the mention of the name of a person in the procession and the sergeant. Part of the series of records of the funeral of Princess Maria Louise in Leeuwarden on June 13, 1765. Leeuwarden paper etching cortege, funeral procession Leeuwarden

Watercolor of Dutch soldiers, 1831, 1900 - 1918 photograph Watercolor with four Dutch soldiers, 1831. An officer and a watchmaster of the 6th Hussars Regiment, of a guard of the militia on horseback and a sergeant major of the Amsterdam mobile militia. The photo includes two sheets of paper with information about the show, about the descent of Nicolaas Minne Folsma and about the maker. Netherlands photographic support

Soldiers during an exercise, Anonymous, in Or Before 1915 photomechanical print This print is part of an album. Netherlandsleen paper military training Netherlands

Inflating the cemetery of the Van der Capellen family, 1788. Blowing up with gunpowder from the family grave from the Van der Capellen family in the Gorsselveld at Zutphen, August 7, 1788.

Medieval soldier with sickle spied from behind a rock a passing lady, Charles de Groux, 1861 print paper etching military service. spying on someone

Nederlandsche Movers Negotiation in Algiers about the exchange of prisoners, 1620, 1858 - 1860 print The Dutch envoys negotiate in vain about peace and the exchange of prisoners, March 13, 1620. Netherlands paper steel engraving negotiations between combatants. negotiations, conference ~ diplomacy. pirate, corsair, buccaneer Algiers

Siege of Saint Martin on the Île de Ré, July -November 1627 (Randwerk, part bottom right), Jacques Callot, After Charles Delorme, 1629 - 1631 print Sixteenth part (Randwerk, part bottom right) of a print of the siege of the Citadel Saint Martin on the Île de Ré in 1627, which was carried out by English troops under the leadership of the Duke of Buckingham and was ended by French troops led by Cardinal Richelieu. On this magazine on the right a harness and middle/left a performance (surrounded by military attributes) of a fight between English and French soldiers. Paris paper etching / engraving siege. ships (in general). ornament ~ cartouche. battle Island of Re

Entrance of rock tunnel with guards, Adolphe Mouilleron, After Adrien Guignet, 1847 print Paris paper. guard duty, keeping sentry

Six soldiers in an interior, Harmen ter Borch, 1653, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 20-Jan-1653, paper, brush, h 203 mm × w 238 mm

Etching and copper engraving by Christian von Mechel from 1778 showing warriors at rest during a pause in action.

Exercises with a musket: loading a musket; Military exercises. On the left a soldier that pours into the pan (powder reservoir) of a musket. In the middle a soldier with a musket over the left shoulder, a wick and a firecuter (musket fork) in the left hand. On the right a soldier with a musket in the right hand and a firecuter in the left hand. This print is part of a series of 12 (13 incl. Title Print) Prints with performances of military (weapon) exercises. On most of those prints there are three soldiers in various attitudes with a certain weapon or instrument.

Making clothes for the boys in the army | Library of Congress

Black Cat Cigarettes, World war One, propaganda card showing: danger from German submarines

France, early times to 13th century. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

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