Revolutionary and Historic Illustrations

19th-century engravings capturing key moments from various revolutions and battles, depicted with dramatic scenes and historic context.

Disagreement on religious and social issues leads to an attack on Lucerne by the Free Corps, and civil war breaks out here and elsewhere. Date: 1845

Jesse James and Bill Ryan robbing a stage coach of tourists on their way to Mammoth Cave on September 3, 1880. The picture accurately records the scene as described by a witness.

Black and White Illustration; The Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, Egypt, 26 January 1885

'"The Devonshire" - Russian Prisoners between Decks, 1854. Prisoners of the Crimean War held on prison hulks on the River Medway in Kent. 'There are now 1140 Russian prisoners on board the Devonshire and Benbow...The officers are stout-built, powerful men; but the soldiers have that thin lathy appearance which is seen in the inmates of our workhouses and prisons...truth compels us to state that there is an evident want of cleanliness among them. Making, however, every allowance, the Russian soldier, in his long grey pepper-and-salt great-coat, with faded facings, and no brass ornamen

Historical scene, US-American history, 19th century, capitulation of the officers on the USS Chesapeake in 1813, a sailing frigate of the United States Navy in the British-American War

'Sir Philip Sidney at Zutphen', 1586, (1890). Creator: Unknown.

An engraving depicting John Franklin wrecked on a coral reef off the coast of Australia. Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) an English Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Dated 19th century

Engraving Of Boston Massacre March 5 1770 American Revolution

1800S, 1860S, 1863 Incident At The Siege Of Vicksburg Mississippi Raising The Federal Union Flag

Ottawa chief Pontiac visits major Gladwyn, commanding Detroit fort, planning to kill him and start a massacre of the English. Gladwyn, fore- warned, dismisses him. Date: May 1763

The first greeting from home, returning ships, historical illustration, ca. 1893

Gustav II Adolphus, 9 December 1594, 6 November 1632, widely known in English by his Latinised name Gustavus Adolphus or as Gustav II Adolph or as Gustavus Adolphus the Great, whose body was carried to the ship in Wolgast harbour, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Nelson boarding the 'San Josef', Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.Artist: JJ Crew

Engraving of soldiers 'cock fighting' on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings, the long journeys under canvas meant plenty of time to spend on deck sports and pastimes. Date: 1876

Two thousand leagues across south america. I will not be able to dominate this stupid evil!, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

'Emmenes en esclavage; les enlevements de la semaine sainte de 1916 dans nos villes du Nord: le choix des victimes', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Miss Wheeler defending herself against the Sepoys at Cawnpore 1857 From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

Two thousand miles across South America. I’ll have your skin!, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Major John André being taken into custody by three men, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams, near Tarrytown, New York, September 1780

Napoléon I presenting his new born son Napoléon II to his soldiers in 1811. Engraving by Mme. Lessueur after A. Testard.

NEWLY ORGANISED BURMESE POLICE RETURNING FROM NIGHT DUTY

The defence of Old Wardour Caslte, Wiltshire, during the English Civil War. A Royalist musketeer was mortally wounded by his brother who was fighting on the Parliamentary side. Blanche, Lady Arundell, born Blanche Somerset (1583-1649), directing the six day defence of the Castle in 1643 while her husband was away. Engraving c1860.

'La Liberte guidant le Peuple', 28th July 1830. Artist: Eugène Delacroix

Assassination of Lepeletier Saint Fargeau (IT)

Illustration from a book depicting a cannon attack from the French. Dated 1913

Fascism Infects the Farm': At a political meeting at Appleby, Yorkshire, Mosely said 'Consevartism has chosen the Financier. Fascism chooses the British Farmer' Oswald Ernald Mosley (1896-1980) English politician, successively Conservative, Independent aand Labour. Best remembered s the leader of the English Fascist movement and the Black Shirts. Cartoon from 'Punch', London.

Ensign Johnny Newcome down with dysentery in his billet in Medina, Spain. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Colonel David Roberts' The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, Martin, London, 1815.

Arrest of Guy Fawkes in cellars of Parliament, Gunpowder Plot of 1605, 19th Century, Wood engraving

Eberhard II called the Greiner, the Jarrer, Count of Wuerttemberg from 1344 to 1392 returns from the Battle of Doessingen, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Massachusetts militia passing through Baltimore Pennsylvania 1861, USA, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

Senator Preston Brooks, supporting slavery in Kansas, asserts his views by beating anti-slavery senator Charles Sumner unconscious with a metal- topped cane. Date: 22 May 1856

Confrontation between Tecumseh and William Harrison in August 1810. Tecumseh was demanding that the 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne be rescinded. The treaty which Tecumseh did not recognize gave settlers

A funeral in the Arctic regions during the night of winter, 1880. 'The Engraving which represents this strange and solemn scene is one of those we have been permitted to borrow from an interesting volume...entitled "The Arctic Voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1858 to 1879."...The "Funeral in 80 deg. North Latitude," which we have copied on an enlarged scale, took place in one of Nordenskiöld's earlier voyages, that of the little squadron of vessels, the two steamers Polhem and Onkel Adam and the brig Gladan, which went out in 1872, with sledges and Lapland rein

The Theatre du Cercle des Mirlitons is occupied by the Gardes Nationales who use it as a barracks.

Entitled simply "Desalines", it depicts the general, sword raised in one arm, while the other holds a severed head of a white woman. 1806

Murder of La Salle, drawn by Wm. L. Shepard, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

The National Assembly declared "La Patrie en danger" (The Homeland in danger) after the session of 11 July 1792. It was the response to the intention of the European absolute monarchies, mainly Prussia and Austria, to end the French Revolution. Enlistment of volunteers. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Jonnard. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Minute men of the American Revolution

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). French military and political leader and Emperor of the French from 1804-1814. Death of Napoleon. Exile on Saint Helena island (Atlantic Ocean). 15 May 1821. Engraving. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

Jean Simon Loizerolles (1733-1794) gives himself up for execution in place of his son Francois Simon Aved de Loizerolles (1771 - 1845), his son was deeply asleep when the guards came to take him from

London street scenes. Postman delivering letters: Fireman fighting a fire: Railway Porter with trolley of luggage: Policeman on crowd duty: Guardsman of sentry duty: Newsboy selling papers.. Illustrations by Horace William Petherick (1839-1919) for a children's book published London c1875.

German naval forces seize the Zongli Yamen from Boxer rebels during the 1900 Boxer Uprising. The Zongli was the government body in charge of foreign policy in imperial China during the late Qing dynasty. It was established by Prince Gong in 1861 after the Convention of Beijing. It was abolished in 1901 and replaced with a Foreign Office of ministry rank.

Death of Admiral Robert Blake 1657 19th Century Illustration

As the war progressed, thirst for news grew. Recruitment drives for the Union army concentrated on skilled and fit firemen, who had their own regiment, the New York Zouaves. 1860

The Assassination of Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Karlstadt and Luther in Jena, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact ...

Die Kriegswitwe hat die sterblichen Überreste ihres verstorbenen Mannes erhalten, 1886, History, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 1...

Unites States. American War of Independence (1775-1783). American revolutionaries toppling the statue of the English King George III who, after being fused, was transformed into munitions for the army of General Washington. Colored engraving.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. 17th century. Engraving. The trip to village. Don Quixote in the cage, prisoner.

death of Wilfred or Wilfredo; the Hairy (Count of Urgell and Barcelona). He was responsible for the repopulation of the land around Vic (the county of Ausona; a frontier between Christian and Muslim); the re-establishment of the bishopric of Vic and the foundation of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll; where he is buried.

Blackbeard, the popular name of Edward Teach (or Thatch or Drummond - 1680-1718) notorious English pirate who subjected the Carribean Sea to a reign of terror from 1716 to 1718. Engraving.

EL REVERENDO PETERS BAUTIZA EL ESTADO DE VERMONT - GRABADO. PETERS SAMUEL.

John Frith 1503-1533,going to martyrdom

Edad Moderna. Siglo XVI. Justicia militar. El castigo morion, 1565. Pena que se afligía antiguamente a los soldados ya fuese sobrecargándoles la cabeza con un morion (tipo de casco militar) excesivamente pesado o dándoles azotes con la culata de un mosquete. Ilustración en color de la "Armeé Française, Nos Soldats" (Ejército Francés, Nuestros Soldados). Autor, Eugene Hennebert (1826-1896). París, h. 1890. Ilustración firmada por Hussenot y Pallandre. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona, Cataluña, España.

Federico Gravina (1756-1806). Spanish admiral during the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He died as a result of the wounds suffered during the Battle of Trafalgar (21 Ictober 1805). Death of Gravina. Chromolithography. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

France, 1780-1786 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Panama Canal: Paying West Indian labourers on their arrival at Tabemilla, Wood engraving, 1888

The death of Pontiac, 1769 - Ottawa Chief Pontiac lying on ground; Indian with tomahawk standing over him.

Transport of captured franctireurs, franctireurs, French freeshooters, by the Hussar Regiment No. 15, near Rimogue, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, France / Transport gefangener Francs-tireurs, Franktireur, französische Freischützen, durch das Husaren Regiment Nr. 15, bei Rimogue, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870-1871, Frankreich, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

The soldier at his post has fallen asleep and is woken up by his superior, Prussia, 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

American Revolution. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Winter 1777-1778. Washington and his wife visiting the soldiers camp during the cold winter. She also had the companionship of other officers wives. Behind Washington is James Armistead, an enslaved African American, who was an enlisted officer who served Lafayette (lower right in general's uniform) as valet and spy (BSLOC_2019_3_134)

Soldiers Playing at Cards, from "Illustrated London News" May 4, 1861 William Luson Thomas The Spanish painter Ruipérez was known for producing gently nostaglic historical genre subjects, often inspired by 17th and 18th century Dutch and French precedents. In this composition, a French soldier plays at cards with a country man in an inn, and the latter seems likely to be outwitted. Thomas's engraving, published in the "Illustrated News," reproduced a painting shown in April 1861 at The French Gallery at 120-121 Pall, a venue established by Ernest Gambart around 1854 that showed European works every Spring.. Soldiers Playing at Cards, from "Illustrated London News". After Luis Ruipérez (Spanish, Murcia 1832-1867 Murcia). May 4, 1861. Wood engraving. William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830-1900 Chertsey, Surrey). Prints

The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet, fought until overwhelmed 1591. Tennyson celebrated the bravery in his poem 'The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet'. Colour-printed lithograph c1900.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Karlstadt and Luther in Jena, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Scene on an English emigrant ship, here the dining room, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

In 1706, Captain Tongrelow was one of the most active and most successful privateers operating off the coast between New York and the West Indies. This lithograph by American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle (d. 1911) was published in 1895 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. It shows Captain Tongrelow, holding his sword, with his crew behind him and the officers and some crew of the ship he has just taken.

Italy. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1815 part 4. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Captain Cook landing at Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land, 1777

Illustration depicting Captain Eyre Massey Shaw (1830-1908) the Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the London Fire Engine Establishment. Dated 19th Century

The Cave in the Mountain; a sequel to Lone Wolf, by Lieutenant Jayne. Give away with no. 452 of Frank Leslie's Boy's and Girl's Weekly in which the story begins.. The Cave in the Mountain; a sequel to Lone Wolf, by Lieutenant Jayne. Give away with no. 452 of Frank Leslie's Boy's and Girl's Weekly in which the story begins.

Buonaparte, 48 hours after landing! Vide John Bulls home-stroke, armed en masse Js. Gillray des. & fect.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Napoleon,I,Emperor of the French,1769-1821. , Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815,Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805. , John Bull (Symbolic character),1800-1810. , Blood,1800-1810. , Soldiers,Great Britain,1800-1810.

Seven Years' War, global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763, Frederick the Great, Frederick II., Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712-1786, at Bunzelwitz together with general Zieten, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia (1740-1786), visiting farmers as they work their land. Colored engraving of 1887 by Herve & Kirmse.

Guard soldiers playing cards. Engraving by W.L. Thomas. "L'Univers Illustre", 1862. Later coloration.

Tour de France a small Parisian, if you take me to war suggested the child, vintage engraving. Tour de France a small Parisian, if you take me to war suggested the child, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657357

1770S Engraving American Revolution Minuteman Man Preparing To Go To War With Aid Of His Family

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of the New School-House at the Philanthropic Society's Farm, Red-Hill, Surrey, 1856. 'The new School-house is the gift of Mr. Gladstone, the treasurer; Mr. Bell giving his gratuitous services, as architect, in its design and construction. It will contain from forty to fifty boys...M. De Metz sic came just on the conclusion of the ceremony, and delivered a very eloquent address in French, which the Bishop afterwards translated with a singular felicity and exactness of expression...M. De Metz, whose services and sacrifices in the cause of reforming you

A Patriot of 1776 defending his homestead

'Fight between Dick Curtis and Jack Perkins', 1828 (late 19th or early 20th century.Artist: Pugnis

Engraving depicting the burning of returned bank notes unfit for re-issue. Dated 19th century

The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet, fought until overwhelmed 1591. Tennyson celebrated the bravery in his poem The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet. Colour-printed lithograph c1900.

Tasting wine from barrels in London docks, 1823 engraving

1850S 1859 Harpers Ferry The Last Moments Of Abolitionist John Brown By Hovenden

American War of Independence: Paul Revere (1735-1818) American patriot and silversmith, on his ride from Boston to Lexington, bringing the news to John Sullivan at Durham that the English under Pitcairn were on the move: 18 April 1775. Illustration 1886.

Ye scoldes' Theodore Roosevelt and another man labelled 'Congress' glaring at each other, with their feet locked in stocks; Uncle Sam, as the sheriff, is standing to the right, behind them, leaning against the base of a column.

A French supporter of the Paris Commune prefers to throw an incendiary bomb to advance equality, while a British workman prefers to smoke his pipe in the interests of liberty. Wood engraving by J. Swain, ca. 1871, after Sir J. Tenniel.

Joseph Stalin Speech, 1917.

The interior of the train car that transported President James Garfield from Washington, DC to Elberon, NJ and the bed he was carried in on

Attacking walls with battering rams. The one mounted on chains could be given more impetus than one carried on shoulders. Engraving c 1800

Arrest of Alice Lisle for sheltering fugitives from the Battle of Sedgemoor, 1685, (c1864). Artist: Frederick Heath.

Kriegstracht des französischen Militär von 1581, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Burke and Wills Expedition 1860-61 under AW Howitt. Burying the body of Wills in Cooper's Creek in 1861. London, c1880.

The crew on a merchantman look out toward the horizon for a pirate ship has been sighted.

Execution of Charles I, 1649, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834

THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT, 1620, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, depicts male passengers signing the Mayflower Compact, on Nov. 11, 1620. 41 adult males established a temporary, legally-binding form of self-government. It would be superseded by the Council of New England's Pierce Patent of 1621. Governor John Carver, sits at the head of the wooden chest that serves as a desk. Edward Winslow, holds the ink horn for John Alden, who signs his name. Myles Standish, in his armor, sits in a chair (BSLOC_2020_1_164)

Captain Smollett and Long John Silver. Date: First published: 1883

Historical scene, US-American history, 18th century, Indians during the American Revolutionary War

Who comes here A grenadier. What do you want A pot of beer. Where's your money I've forgot........

Negro labourers weeding cotton under the eyes of a mounted white overseer. Southern states of USA. Wood engraving, London, 1860.

Florence military prison series--"Discovering the beans" / J.E. Taylor.. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897, No. 20. Florence Prison (S.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners, Union, Prisoners of war, Union, South Carolina, Florence, 1860-1870, Military personnel, Union, South Carolina, Florence, 1860-1870.

Wash and Bath room at the Soldier's depot, America. Coloured lithograph, 1864.

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