Historic War Illustrations

Artistic engravings depicting historic battles and military events, capturing the essence of wars and military actions through dramatic scenes.

THE ENGAGEMENT AT MATI: GREEK ARTILLERY MAKING GOOD PRACTICE, 1897; It was generally agreed that the Greeks had more than held their own during the final engagement at Mati before the retreat was ordered. The morning had been taken up by a hot duel between the Greek and Turkish batteries, with but small loss to the Greeks. Hitherto the Turkish fire had ceased about midday, but on this occasion there was no interval, and shells came screaming overhead without any intermission. Turkish infantry ad

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Franco-Prussian War

Illustration showing Counter-attack of Red Army during the Russian Civil War

Engraving of a forest fire in Detroit (Michigan State) in America. Dated 1867

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT PORTSMOUTH

THE DERBY DAY

THE ENGAGEMENT AT MATI: GREEK ARTILLERY MAKING GOOD PRACTICE, 1897; It was generally agreed that the Greeks had more than held their own during the final engagement at Mati before the retreat was ordered. The morning had been taken up by a hot duel between the Greek and Turkish batteries, with but small loss to the Greeks. Hitherto the Turkish fire had ceased about midday, but on this occasion there was no interval, and shells came screaming overhead without any intermission. Turkish infantry ad

SKETCHES IN THE CRIMEA

The creation of a deep trench

THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH AT CREEDMOOR, BETWEEN AMERICAN, IRISH, SCOTCH, AUSTRALIAN, AND CANADIAN TEAMS, ENGRAVING 1876, US, USA, America, United States

A French bivouac at the Citadel of Antwerp, November-December 1832 Soldiers of the division commanded by General Jean-Andr, print maker: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, (mentioned on object), printer: Gihaut frères, (mentioned on object), publisher: Gihaut frères, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1832 - 1833, paper, h 245 mm × w 340 mm

BIARITZ, FRANCE, 1854

Engraving depicting the cutting a dyke, a an artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels. Dated 19th Century

Skaters resting at a tent on the ice; Months of the year. .

The Allied Troops preparing to silence Inkerman, 1854. Crimean War, extract from Lord Raglan's dispatch: 'The morning was extremely dark, with a drizzling rain, rendering it almost impossible to discover anything beyond the flash and smoke of artillery and heavy musketry fire...the Russian columns advanced in great force, requiring every effort of gallantry on the part of our troops to resist them... the enemy brought upon our line not only the fire of all their field-batteries, but those in front of the works of the place, and the ship-guns...although the fire did not cease, the retreat bec

Fight between Fengu and Gcaleka, Fengu-Gcaleka War, 1877-79. From British Battles on Land and Sea, by James Grant

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Jean Kinck's body being removed from Herrenfluch forest in a to a coffin, Troppmann affair, France, illustration by P Blanchard from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1397, Volume LIV, December 4, 1869.

"Evacuación de Alexinatz. Serbia". Grabado del siglo XIX por Rico.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: FRENCH CAMP NEAR BEAUMONT, TAKEN BY 4th GERMAN CORPS 20 AUGUST 1870

Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia, July 12th 1861 - The Thirteenth Indiana Regiment Capturing a Gun - USA Civil War

The Prussians storming the redoubts of Duppel, 18 April 1864, (late 19th century). Artist: Unknown

The Siege of Sebastopol - General Canrobert and Escort, 1854. Crimean War: commander-in-chief of the French troops. '...our Artist happened to meet General Canrobert and his escort of Chasseurs d'Afrique, and he has forwarded a Sketch of the party, who appear to be galloping in the direction of the besieged town, in order to discover what the enemy is about'. Canrobert addressed the Army of the East: 'Penetrated as I am with the grandeur of the historical mission which we accomplish on this distant land, you will each of you bring to it, each within your sphere, and with the most absolute devo

Operation near Washington, DC - Scene of the fight in front of Fort Stevens, July 12-13, 1864. USA Civil War

THE BATTLE OF THE TCHERNAYA, THE CONFLICT ON TRAKTIR BRIDGE

THE INUNDATIONS IN HOLLAND, THE BURSTING OF THE DYKE AT BOMMELLERWAARD, 1861

SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM

A SHOOTING EXCURSION IN TURKEY

REMOVAL OF THE SHIP'S STORES FROM THE LANDING PLACE TO THE COAST GUARD STATION, 1846

Herzegovina insurgents attack Turkish positions between Trebinje and Ragusa (present- day Dubrovnik, Croatia). Date: 1876

Crossing the Potomac - Lee's retreat from Gettysburg, July 1863

A bonanza farm was the phrase used in the 1870s in the U.S. to refer to very large farms that grew and harvested mostly wheat.

Iberian Peninsula. Catalan Civil War (1462-1472). Conflict in the Principality of Catalonia between supporters of King John II of Aragon (1398-1479) and defenders of Catalan institutions who rebelled against the king. Surrender of of the city of Gerona (Girona) to the Duke of Lorraine (1425-1470) on 1 June 1469. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Battle of Malvern hills fought on Tuesday July 1st in which the federal forces gained a complete victory over the rebel army, led by Genl's Magruder and Jackson. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Magruder, John Bankhead, Military service, Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863, Military service, Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va, 1862, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Troop movements, Union, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Malvern Hill

The Army of the Potomac (5th Corps) crossing the North Anna, at Jerico Ford. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. North Anna River, Battle of, Va, 1864, Military personnel, 1860-1870, Troop movements, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, North Anna River

Illustration depicting Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) preeminent daimyo, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second 'great unifier'

Halt of the Wagon Train, 1864. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. 500 Confederate soldiers from Georgia held off repeated attempts by Union forces to take the bridge. Gen. Robert Toomb's 450 Georgians held off 14,000 Union attackers for 3 hours (BSLOC_2018_7_154)

Review of troops at Morocco, 1844. North African military display '...outside the walls of Morocco. This spectacle differs wholly from an European notion of a "review". Instead of the formal manoeuvres of our well-disciplined armies, the barbaric habits of the desert give a romantic air of freedom to the meeting. The "review" is not so much, in fact, an inspection, as it is a kind of tourney, in which both inspector and inspected prove, by mimic conflicts, their respective strength and skill...the mob army will be seen forward in picturesque array, witnessing the tilting of

A shell in the rebel trenches , Rebels, Warfare, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865

Episode from the crossing of the Caucasus - transporting cannons across the mountains (in: Pamjatnaja Kniżka). Österreichischer Lloyd (Triest ; wydawnictwo, towarzystwo ; 1833-1918), printing house, Voenna Tipografi (Petersburg ; drukarnia ; fl. ca 1860-1870), printing house, unknown, graphic artist, Goszelt (rysownik rosyjski () ; fl. ca 1860-1870), draughtsman, cartoonist

An Episode in the Campaign of 1848: The Troops Resting Before the Battle of Schleswig by I. Senne.

Contrabands of fugitive slaves crossing into Union territory in Virginia, from Leslie's Weekly, 1864

Historia. Aníbal al mando del ejército expedicionario cartaginés cruzando los Alpes para invadir Italia durante la Segunda guerra púnica (218-201 a. C.). Grabado de 1871.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

History of Spain. Floods in Lorca (Murcia). Members of the Guardia Civil (Civil Guard), under the command of Lieutenant Manuel Ros, helping people who had taken refuge over the rubble of destroyed houses in the neighbourhood of Santa Quiteria, on the afternoon of 22 May 1884. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 30, 1884. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

Laings Nek - Notification of peace delivered to the Burghers.

Maori war-canoe at Tauranga, New Zealand, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant Robley, of the 68th Regiment, '...now stationed at Tauranga...The natives of the shores of the Bay of Plenty were not all hostile to the British settlement, and the camp of Tauranga was often visited by large parties of these people, bringing potatoes, fish, or wild peaches, for the purpose of trade. The canoe here represented was one belonging to Maungatapu, a village of the Ngatihi tribe. It was made of the totara, or pine, with a length of sixty or seventy feet, and a breadth of about four feet, painted wi

Excerpt from the Leipziger Illustrated Zeitung No, of March , page , Congress of an Austrian-Hungarian hussar patrol with Cossacks in a village of Bukovina, After, Moritz Ledeli -, artist

An engraving depicting a wrecker who would intentionally trick ships on to coasts using tricks (in particular false lights), so that they run ashore to be plundered. Dated 19th century

Duck shooting with decoys, hoping they will encourage other ducks to alight on the water and be slaughtered. Date: 1871

THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN): BURIAL OF THE LATE MK. J.A. CAMERON, OF THE 'STANDARD,' BY HIS FELLOW-CORRESPONDENTS

Agriculture in Dakota, USA: Sowing the wheat. Image source: Harpers Monthly magazine march 1880

Slaves building Confederate Army fortifications at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina. Prints. 1863. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans, African-American soldiers, Armed Forces , United States, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, Slaves , United States, James Island (S.C.), Slave labor, Forts & fortifications, Enslaved people

Boer War: English and French ambulance convoys crossing Transvaal territory. Reproduction after a watercolour by G.B.

The surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. 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. 479. Soldiers, Mississippi, Vicksburg, 1860-1870, Surrenders, Confederate, Mississippi, Vicksburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Surrenders, Confederate.

Agriculture in Dakota, USA: Ploughing. Image source: Harpers Monthly magazine march 1880

Engraving showing the French Army being driven out of Carignan by the Prussians on 30th August 1870. This action preceded the Battle of Sedan, the biggest defeat of the French army in the Franco-Prussian war, which brought about the French capitulation. Date: 1870

Scene depicting the assassination of Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos (1814-1870) a Spanish general and statesman. Dated 19th Century

An exploration in the snow, Petrus Johannes Arendzen, After Charles Rochussen, 1856 - 1900 print Three soldiers on horseback in a snowy winter landscape. In margin a bust of Charles Rochussen. Netherlands . etching the soldier; the soldier's life. landscapes in the temperate zone

HISTORIA DE FRANCIA. REVOLUCION FRANCESA. 1789 - 1799. BATALLA DE LOS MARSELLESES EN LOS CAMPOS ELISEOS EL 30 DE JULIO DE 1792. GRABADO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

The Bombardment of Fredericksburg, December 11, 1862 / R.F. Zogbaum ; Evans sc.. Illus. in: Battles and leaders of the Civil War. New York : The Century Co, c1884, c1888, vol. 3, p. 112, Reference copy in LOT 4416-H (1862). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va, 1862, Military personnel, Union, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870.

The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII) July 12, 1862 After Winslow Homer American In the summer of 1862 the Army of the Potomac mounted an assault on Richmond, Virginia, but was repulsed. This dramatic composition, designed by Homer, an artist-correspondent for Harpers Weekly, describes fighting at Fair Oaks—or Seven Pines—on May 31, when Union forces were saved by last-minute reinforcements. One of Homers most ambitious war subjects, the dramatic composition represents soldiers in close combat roused to a fever pitch. The accompanying text stressed:Soldiers seldom actually cross bayonets with each other in battle. Before the regiment which is charging reaches its antagonist, the latter usually seeks safety in flight. All the strength and all the bravery in the world will not protect a man from being run through the body by a bayonet if he stands still while it approaches him.. At Fairoaks the rebels almost invariably broke and fled before o

The 1899 caption reads: Farragut forces the entrance of Mobile Bay painting by W H Overend. The Hartford was a sloop-of-war, named for the capital of the state of Connecticut and launched in 1858 from the Boston Navy Yard. In January 1862, it was the flagship of Union naval commander David S. Farragut with the west Gulf Blockading Squadron. The squadron entered Mobile Bay and prepared to attack the forts on the Mississippi on its way to take New Orleans. The Hartford dodged a ram by the Confederate ironclad Manassas and ran aground and then was set afire by a direct hit. Farragut and his crew managed to put out the fire, free the vessel, and save it. William Heysham Overend (1851 1898) was a notable British marine artist and book illustrator.

Englishmen get food from French sutlers, 1855, Crimean War / Engländer holen sich Lebensmittel von französischen Marketendern, 1855, Krimkrieg, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Remains of a traveler found by his companions in the deserts of Lake Torrens. Australia. Drawing by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) Voyage from Sydney to Adelaide, 1860. Le Tour du Monde 1860

New government buildings for fugitive African American slaves, called 'contrabands', May-June 1862. They were employed by the Union forces at Hilton Head, SC, earning between $4 and $14 dollars per month. Women in the foreground are possibly working as laundresses for soldiers. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (BSLOC_2018_5_76)

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Cossack ambush. Engraving by Durand. ""La Guerra de Oriente"" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

The early 1900s caption reads: Turkish Troops Attack Cretan Insurgents. During the Cretan Insurrection of 1896, the Christians of Crete were obliged to retire to the mountains to escape the massacre by the Turkish troops. When, however, they were pursued into their wild retreats, they defeated the troops repeatedly. A glance at the picture will show you how impossible it was for the Turks to drive resolute men from these picturesque fortresses, amid rock and cliff.

Araba (Turkish carriage) drawn by buffaloes, drawing from Travels in Lazistan and in Armenia, 1869, by Theophile-Louis Deyrolle (1844-1923), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 6, July 6, 1876.

Battle of Miami.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Campaigns & battles

NEW CAVALRY CORPS

A foggy night in central London - boys with flaming torches offer to guide pedestrians, while horse-drawn buses and carts find their way as best they can. Date: 1867

Germany. Siege scene of a city. Engraving. 19th century.

Edward the Black Prince travels through Roncesvalles during his Spanish campaign.

Tsunami in Rufisque, Senegal. West Africa. Travels and expeditions in Senegal and neighboring countries. Military and geographical excursion to the east of Gorée in the countries of Sine and Saloum 1859

Country workers on the run of lightning lightning, Jean Louis Tirpenne, 1852 print printer: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Berlinpublisher: Londonpublisher: New York (city) paper lightning, flash of lightning, thunderbolt. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. hay-wagon (+ labourers ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)

Construction of a road, African American Union soldiers, American Civil war, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1093, Volume XLIII, February 6, 1864.

Divers embarquements. Untitled., 1641-1647, by Stefano della Bella. Gift of Bishop Monrad, 1869.

The Training Ground, Newmarket, 1845. Jockeys and grooms practice for the races at Newmarket in Suffolk. 'In no spot on earth is there so much material of interest for the true lover of the craft and subtlety of racing, as on the Exercise Grounds around Newmarket. The town itself has probably changed but little since first it became the chief resort of Horse-racing'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Passage of the Niger River through the towns on the right bank, Guinea. Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT BRIGHTON, 'STAND EASY', 1870

Medical Wagons carrying the Red Cross symbol at the battle of Magersfontein one of three major British defeats during Black Week (Boer War). Lord Methuen, with an army 10,000 strong, had left his camps on the Orange River on 11 November 1899 and begun a march north along the railway towards the besieged town of Kimberley

A circular patrol, 1813-1814. Draughtsman: Pieter Gerardus van Os (signed by artist). Dating: 1813 - 1814. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 183 mm × w 260 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Polish uprising 1863 - 1864 citizens of Warsaw building redoubts 1863 contemporary wood engraving,

Compelling slaves to work Date: 18th century

Engraving depicting an gymnastic class. Dated 19th century

The battlefield at Sedan on the Chaussee above Givonne on the evening of September 1st, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

THE AFGHAN WAR

Russo-Turkish War(1877-1878). Taking of Rakhov by the Romanians on October 7, 1877. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume II. 1877.

Archieters; Genre scenes in the open air. Archers shoot arrows at a goal. Other men watch. Two houses on the right.

ACCION DE SAINT PRIVAT FRANCESES VANDEAN RIO TER - GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS, FRANCE.

Departing for the hunt on the Rey plains, Iran. Hunting in Persia, 1860 by Emile Duhousset (1823-1911) Le Tour du Monde 1862

ACCION EN EL CERRO DE ARALAR CERCA DE AMEZCUETA Y ALEGRIA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: ANTONIO GOMEZ (1808-1863). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - the Bonfire on the Beach, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Hampshire. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

South Africa. First Boer War or Transvaal War (1880-1881). Conflict between Boer settlers who successfully resisted the British Empire's attempt to annex the Transvaal. Difficulties in transporting British army equipment. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

A snowy country road, a man on horseback with a draft horse at his hand, and a cart of straw pulled by three horses, Horses and vehicle in the snow Roulier montant une cte Quatre Sujets Divers , print maker: Théodore Géricault, (mentioned on object), printer: Gottfried Engelmann, (mentioned on object), publisher: Mme. Hulin, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1823, paper, h 222 mm × w 306 mm, h 296 mm × w 419 mm

Engraving showing the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas, on hearing of the approach of Federal transports. Wagons were piled high with goods as the Confederates flee. Date: 1864

Baur, Johann Wilhelm, Northern Netherlands, Decker, Coenraet, Toght der Spanjaarden door 't waater naa Duyveland en Schouwen, Nightly march of Spanish soldiers through the water to Duiveland, 1575, Nightly march of Spanish soldiers from Sint-Philipsland through the water to the island of Duiveland, September 28, 1575. In the foreground on Tholen a Jesuit blesses the departing soldiers, in the distance the island of Duivenland and Zierikzee. At the bottom of the legend AI in Dutch., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 284 mm, width 351 mm, Dutch, 1650 - 1685-03-02, print maker, printmaker, 1701 - 1703, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, 1607-05-31 - 1642-02

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