Historical Battle Scenes

Artistic illustrations and engravings of historical battles, depicting conflict and chaos, with soldiers and dramatic landscapes, from various historical events.

FIRST BATTLE OF PLEVNA The Romanians attack the Gravitza redoubt, and partially take it, but are driven out again by the Turks before nightfall Date: 30 July 1877

Murder in Maastricht caused by the Spaniards, 1579; The Stadt Maastricht, by the Prince of Parma conquers with Storm, the 29 July of the year 1579. Maastricht after Siege conquered by the Army of Parma, 29 June 1579. Murder and slaughter by the Spanish soldiers among the inhabitants of the city. Many tried to save life by jumping into the water of the Maas.

Ruiter fight for a mill, Jean Moyreau, After Philips Wouwerman, c. 1733 - 1762 print paper etching / engraving battle (+ cavalry, horsemen). windmill

Italy - 19th century - The Battle of Castelfidardo between Piedmontese troops commanded by King Victor Emmanuel II and the army of the Papal States, 18 September 1860.

. Maastricht after siege conquered by the Army of Parma, 29 June 1579. Murder and slaughter by the Spanish soldiers among the inhabitants of the city. Many tried to save life by jumping into the water of the Maas.

FIRST BATTLE OF PLEVNA The Romanians attack the Gravitza redoubt, and partially take it, but are driven out again by the Turks before nightfall Date: 30 July 1877

The Battle of Borodino, 7 September 1812, (1921). 'Bataille de la Moskowa'. The Battle of Moskova (also known as the Battle of Borodino), fought on 7 September 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single day battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Although it was a tactical victory for Napoleon, the Russians were able to withdraw their army with sufficient strength to ultimately force the French to retreat from Russia. French surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey (in the foreground) reportedly performed 200 amputations in 24 hours. After the painting by French aide-de-camp Louis Francois Lejeune. From "Nap

Groenewoud, J., Bergen, Langendijk Dzn, Jan Anthonie, Netherlands, Brouwer, Cornelis, Four plates about the English-Russian invasion, The Battle of Bergen on 19 September 1799, Battle of Bergen, 1799, verso - stamped, Battle of Bergen on 19 September 1799 in which the French-Batavian army achieved a victory over the British-Russian invasion force. In front of a church there is fierce fighting between man and man., print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 242 mm, width 290 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1735 - 1803-03-31, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1802, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Dutch, 1780 - 1818-04-10, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Destruction of Provost Marshal's Office 3d Av.. 1861 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

Murder in Maastricht caused by the Spaniards, 1579; Maastricht by the Prince of Parma Stormender Handteltight, in the year MDLXXIX, the 29 of Julius. Maastricht after siege conquered by the Army of Parma, 29 June 1579. Murder and slaughter by the Spanish soldiers among the inhabitants of the city. Many tried to save life by jumping into the water of the Maas.

Moscia's fire. 15th September 1812

De verovering van Coevorden, 1672; De Verovering van Coeverde met Casteel.Presentation of the conquest of Coevorden on December 30, 1672 by the troops led by Karl Rabenhaupt on the troops of the bishop of Munster. Mirror-image copy to the print from 1673 attributed to Romeyn de Hooghe (FMH 2445A). New is the legend in two parts in the top corners of the show.

Destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian army, Jan Luyken, 1703 - 1762

Battle of Bergen, 1799; The Bataille of Bergen den 19. September 1799; Four plates on the English-Russian raid. Battle of Bergen on September 19, 1799 to which the Frans-Batavian army achieved a victory over the British Russian invasion. For a church, man fought on man.

Battle of Jemappes in Hainaut with a victory of the French revolutionary troops under General Charles-Franois Dumouriez over the Austrian army, November 6, 1792, Battle of Jemappes, 1792 Victory of Gemmapes, on the 6th of Battle month 1792 , print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Daniël Vrijdag, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacques François Joseph Swebach, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1801, paper, etching, engraving, h 193 mm × w 250 mm

The battle of Honschote of September 8, 1793 ... dedicate to the Executive Board Jean-Jacques April Father. "The battle of Honschote of September 8, 1793 ... dedicated to the Executive Board". Engraving in Burin.

American federal troops taken by surprise by the secessionists on the Alexandria railway line, Virginia, American Civil War, United States of America, engraving by G Durand from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, vol 38, no 962, August 3, 1861.

Napoleon Bonaparte, Campaign of Italy, directing the French artillery during Battle of Crossing the Bridge at Lodi, 10 May 1796. History of France, ol

Battle of Fleurus 26 June 1794. French Revolutionary Wars. French defeat of the Austrians, Dutch, and their allies. The first use of a hot air balloon for aerial observation during a battle. French captive balloon 'La Entreprenant' on right. From contemporary copperplate engraving.

Battle near Jena, 14 October 1806, (c1850). Artist: Edme Bovinet.

Battle of Morengo, under the command of the first consul, the 14 June 1800. Battle of Marengo under the command of Napoleon I Bonaparte.

Prince of Orange in the Battle of Quatre -Bras, 1815, 1825 - 1826 print The Prince of Orange on horseback oversees the battlefield during the Battle of Quatre-Bras, June 16, 1815. On the left the prince on horseback on a hill surrounded by his staff. Central fighting around a farm wagon. Battles on the right between mountain bulkheads and French Kurassiers. Centrally at the bottom of the coat of arms of King Willem I. belongs to a series of records about the inauguration of William I in Brussels. See also the Pendant. Brussels paper etching battle (+ land forces) Eighty-white

Battle of Ramillies, 1706, print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1695 and/or 1706 - 1798, paper, etching, h 252 mm × w 400 mm

War in the Vendée (1793-1796). Civil confrontation between supporters of the French Revolution and counter-revolutionaries. Second Battle of Cholet (17 October 1793). The Vendeans, defeated at the Battle of Cholet, returned to the Loire on 18 October 1793. Engraving by J. Ladmiral. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Battle of First Bull Run, Virginia. July 21st, 1861 between the Federal Army commanded by General McDowell and the Confederate Army commanded by Generals Beauregard and Johnston - USA Civil War

Sturding of the fortifications on the Curtolone near Mantua on April , Franz Werner, publisher

At the beginning of the French retirade of Leipzig, October , Scene from the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig from October to , beginning of the French withdrawal on October , Joseph Eder -, publishing house

EL GENERAL ESPARTERO VENCE EN LA BATALLA DE LUCHANA EN EL RIO AZUA (1836). JOAQUIN BALDOMERO FERNANDEZ-ALVAREZ ESPARTERO. GENERAL BALDOMERO ESPARTERO (1793-1879). GENERAL LUCHANA APODO DE ESPARTERO.

Franco-Prussian War

Surprise of the Barrack of Prosperous': armed Irish rebels set fire to barracks, forcing occupants to leap from first- floor windows onto spears below.

Fights between Turkish besiegers and Habsburgs on a bridge near a city gate of Vienna, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1684 print Fights between Turkish besiegers and Habsburgs on a bridge near a city gate of Vienna. This print is no. 5 in a series of prints of ten performances about the relocation of Vienna in 1683 for 'Relation Succinte et Veritable de Tout Ce S'est Passé Pendant Le Siege de Vienne etc.' Amsterdam paper etching Victory, position was Vienna

Siege of the castle of Namur, 1695, Jan van Huchtenburg, 1695 print The shooting of the Citadel of Namur by the Allies in September 1695. Soldiers and horses resting in the foreground. Under the show verses in Latin and Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching Victory, position was Names (city). Castle of Namur

Breaking up the siege of Coni by the French, 1691, Jan van Huchtenburg, 1729 print The breaking of the siege of Coni (CUNEO) by the French, relieved by the Allied army under Eugenius of Savoy on June 28, 1691. The saddle and pack of horses by departing French soldiers, in the background smoking plumes over the castle on the hill at the city. print maker: unknownpublisher: The Hague paper etching raising the siege Wedge

The Seige of Alessandria Begins, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII .... Artist: Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis). Author: Domenico Gamberti. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 7/16 in. (12.3 × 16.3 cm). Published in: Modena. Series/Portfolio: L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII .... Date: 1659.This print is from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII ... collected in an album of brown boards. Four prints are hinged on each page of the album with a seventeenth- or eighteenth-century inscription pasted beneath the print on the album page. The prints are etched in the manner of Callot and illustrate Francesco I d'Este's virtuous nature as a ruler in battle, in religious matters, and in daily life. Three of the prints are signed by Jean Sauvé, who presumably worked with Fenice on the execution of the illustrations for this b

Taking bridge at Walem, 1830; Jeudi 21 8.bre 1830. / Attaque et prize du Pont de Walhem Par les Volontaires Belges. Conquering the bridge at Walem on October 21, 1830. In the foreground the Belgian insurgents, on the other side Dutch troops.

Louis Félix de La Rue depicts a battle scene using black chalk and brush with black and brown lavation and watercolor.

Bombardment of Vlissingen by the British, 1809. The city of Vlissingen is shot by British troops with mortars, August 13, 1809. Bombs fly through the sky, in the distance the city lights up.

Explosion of a Grenade (L'Explosion d'une grenade), 1854, etching, Hippert 1878, no. 45, State only, Gerhardus Emaus de Micault (artist) Dutch, 1789 - 1863

Storming the fortress of Oczakow, by the Russian troops, O.V. The Prince of Potemkin. .

Siege of the castle of Namur, 1695, Jan van Huchtenburg, 1695 print The shooting of the Citadel of Namur by the Allies in September 1695. Soldiers and horses resting in the foreground. Under the show verses in Latin and Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching Victory, position was Names (city). Castle of Namur

Excerpt from Neue Illustrirte Zeitung, Jg, Volume , No, To the fire of the Vienna Ringtheater, Corpse transport during the fire, Angerer , Göschl, Xylographer, after, Wilhelm Gause -, drawer

Black chalk and gray wash illustration by Adam Frans van der Meulen depicting a biblical battle, with white chalk highlights in heaven, showing figures and compositional arrangement.

French Revolution: taking the castle and the city of Jalè S at the Count Fr. L. de Saillans, Chief of the Royalists of Vivarais by the National Guard and the troops of lines carried out by Colonel Murol. Nº80 Plate 5 of the historical gallery ... April 1, 1798 (dummy title)

The capture and burning ofWashington by British troops Date: 1814

Northern Netherlands, The castle of IJsselstein captured and burned, 1417, The castle of IJsselstein is captured and burned from the Lords of Egmond and IJsselstein, 1417. Two lords are taken away as prisoners by soldiers between the burning rubble. Text on the back., print, picture, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 145 mm, width 181 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1719 - 1728, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings

Battle of Leipzig, 19 October 1813 between France under Napoleon and Prussia, Russia and Austria (also called Battle of the Nations), gouache, 1813

French troops are losing and shooting through the ruins of the village of Nigtevecht, 1672; Nichtevecht; Series of thirteen images of the villages and castles in the province of Utrecht by the French in 1672 destroyed. The French Troops Looting and Shooting Through The Ruins of the Village of Nigtevecht. Sixth Print in a Series of Thirteen Images of the Villages and Castles in the Province of Utrecht Destroyed by the French in 1672.

Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers-While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.-The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned together, whilst trying to save each other. Little children buffetted the waves in vain for a few moments, and then sunk to rise no more. Persons on board about 500 of which number nearly 100 are supposed to have perished. 1852 Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier American A steam-driven paddleboat burns. Passengers crowd to the upright bow of the ship, while others jump from the stern. In the foreground passengers are tossed in the ocean waves.. Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers-While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.-The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned togeth

Battle of Piacenza, June 20, 1799, by Alexander Sanquirico (1777-1849). French Revolutionary Wars, Italy, 18th century.

Tatar robbery on the rolling stock Suchodolski, January (1797 1875), Walkiewicz, Władysław (1833 1900), Litographic Plant: Walkiewicz Władysław

Landing of the French army in Egypt on 1 July 1798, Bonaparte campaign to the Orient, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

The breakdown of the powder magacine on the Nusdorf line in Wienn, which occurred on Juny in , The explosion of the powder magazine on the Nussdorf line on June , Johann Ernst Mansfeld -, Etcher

July 17th. Publication of martial law. The massacre of citizens, gathered without arms in the Champ de Mars, to sign a petition (...) (IT)

Souvenirs of the municipality. (IT)

The Battle of Ratisbon on 23 April 1809 by Rugendas, Johann Lorenz, the Younger (1775-1826) / Private Collection / 1809 / Germany / Aquatint / History / 54,6x65,4

Ladies are seen waving their handkerchiefs at the advancing Confederate soldiers. Jackson burns in the background. Date: 1863

'An Incident in the Battles of the Meuse', (1919). Creator: Unknown.

Oproer in London: William Laud's house is looted and the Tower is stormed by the people to free prisoners, 1640 / Viernburg conquered by Tilly while defenseless citizens are slaughtered, 1631 / gante play or trinity to which students at Bergen in Bergen in Bergen in Bergen had to submit to be able to work as a merchant, ca. 1660 / Battle of boys in Cham in the Paltz, representing the count of Tilly and Gustaaf II Adolf, 1632, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print Uncuted leaf with four prints. Amsterdam paper etching plundering ~ riot. release from prison. capture of city (after the siege). murder. psychological test. merchant, salesman London. Tower of London. Virginburg. To put away

Bombardment van Bergen op Zoom, 1747, Simon Fokke, After Cornelis Pronk, 1772 print The bombing of Bergen op Zoom by the French on August 1, 1747. View from the French camp on the burning city. Part of the series with ten faces of the ruins after the siege and the destruction of Bergen op Zoom by the French in June-September 1747. Amsterdam paper etching Bombardment ~ victory Bergen op Zoom

Battle of Fleurus, 26 June 1794 (French under Jourdan defeated the Austrians in a decisive battle (1794) of the French Revolutionary Wars), with military balloon L'Entrepreneur commanded by Coutelle, engraving

Taking the Babylon barracks. (IT)

Moscow on fire, 15th September 1812 (1882-1884).Artist: A Etienne

Battle of Lexington, 1798, by Elkanah Tisdale (1768-1835). This engraving depicts the Battle of Lexington, a significant event in the American Revolutionary War that took place in 1775. The print measures 34.8 x 46.4 cm and is part of the historical records of campaigns and battles in Massachusetts

Battaglia d'Abukir.. Rossi-Melocchi, Cosimo (1758-1820). Denon, Vivant (1747-1825). Prints, Illustrations. 1808. General Research Division. Egypt , Description and travel, Campaigns & battles

Attack upon the Brass Mount by Lord Guilford Dudley, 1554 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank

Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana, Novemeber 3, 1863 - Furious attack on the sixtieth Indiana, Colonel Owen. USA Civil War

Battle of Waterloo, 1815, 1819 print The Duke of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. Central De Hertog on horseback, with him, among others, the Prince of Orange and Blücher. At the bottom of the assignment to the 'Prince Regent'. At the bottom of the margin a vignette with a crown and three peacock springs. The print includes a separate sheet with key and explanation. print maker: Englandafter drawing by: Englandafter painting by: Englandafter painting by: Englandpublisher: LondonEnglandLondon paper etching / engraving battle (+ land forces) Waterloo

Foundation of the Republic 10 August 1792 (IT)

BATTLE OF THE DUNES A Franco-English fleet, commanded by Turenne, defeats the Spanish fleet under Don John of Austria and Le Grand Conde

Battle of Bergen in the war against the Russians and English on September 19, 1799 The Bataille van Bergen den 19 September 1799 War against the Russians and English 1799 , print maker: Cornelis Brouwer, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes Groenewoud Jansz, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1799 - 1803, paper, etching, engraving, h 261 mm × w 343 mm

NICEISE STREET / 3 NIVOSE AN 9 OF THE RON (THAN). FSE. (Ti)

The Dutch Raid on the Medway, 1667, Bastiaen Stopendael, After Romeyn de Hooghe, 1685 - 1687 print Landscape performance of the trip to Chatham and the destruction of the English fleet on June 20, 1667 by the State fleet under the Ruyter. In the caption De Legenda 1-36 in Dutch. Marked at the top right: p. 574. paper etching / engraving battle (+ naval force). Raid on the Medway Chatham. Rochester. Medway

The French cross the Waal near Bommel, January 1795, Dirk Langendijk, 1803 drawing paper. ink pen / brush troop movements, transportation. historical events and situations Waal. Bommel

Historia de España. Asalto y toma de Ciudad Rodrigo por las tropas inglesas al mando del general Wellington. Grabado de 1880.

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT DOVER

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Strasbourg (15 August-28 September 1870). Combat between the French garrison of Strasbourg and the Prussian troops encamped at the Sainte-Hélène Cemetery. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

The Province during the War of 1870-71. Battle of Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, the army of the North. History of France, old engraved illustration image fr

The Burning of Washington, DC by the British during the War of 1812

Spanish War of Independence. Defence of the Monteleon Artillery Barracks (May 2, 1808. by the troops of Louis Daoiz in Madrid. Engraving. Municipal Museum of Madrid. Spain.

Siege d'une ville par les Romains sous Jules César (Marseille) Siege of a city by the Romans under Julius Caesar (Marseille) Brion, Gustave, 1824-1877. still image. Conjectural works. 1882 - 1884. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Armies , Roman , To 499, Ballista, Siege warfare, Campaigns & battles , Rome , To 499

US Civil War. Sherman's Carolina Campaign, Feb. 1-April 26, 1865. Sherman's March through South Carolina began with the burning of McPhersonville, Feb. 1st. The Union army of 60,000 looted, destroyed, and burned their way from Charleston to the state capital, Columbia, and on into North Carolina (BSLOC_2018_9_103)

Attack on Castiglia in Malta; L'assalto g (...) Alla Posta di Castiglia a di XXI di Agosto MDLXV; The siege of Malta. Attack on Castiglia in Malta by Turkish troops. The Maltese soldiers defend themselves. Italian text and explanatory list of numbers in undermarge. Numbered at the bottom right: fo. XI.

Taeping Rebellion - the French in action near Sikawe

Sea battle in the heads, 1554, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print Sea battle in the heads (near Calais), 1554. Drowning people are fished out of the water. Ships burning in the background. At the top right: IV.D.PL.I. Amsterdam paper etching battle (+ naval force) Carefoot of Calais

The seat of Paris. - An episode of the bombing / (Scene taken rue Mouffetard). (IT)

Fire in the town hall of Amsterdam, 1762. Fire in the town hall on Dam Dam in Amsterdam, in the night of 12 on October 13, 1762. With fire spraying the fire is combated on the street many spectators.

Fire of Moscow on 15th September 1812 (The French in Moscow), Rugendas, Johann Lorenz, the Younger (1775-1826)

Spaniards attack a native American settlement. This image may represent the 1508 attack of the village of Turbaco, in present-day Columbia, led by Alonso de Ojeda, aided by Diego de Nicuesa's fleet. Bartolome de las Casas wrote, that the Spaniards spared no one, before they plundered the village. This 1594 engraving published by Theodor de Bry is based on an image in Girolamo Benzoni's, 'Historia del Mondo Nuovo,' Venice, 1565 (BSLOC_2020_1_125)

Taken of the city of Namur (Belgium) by the French. General Valencia. November 20, 1792. 95th painting, Plate 6 of the historic gallery or paintings of the events of the French Revolution (1795-1799). (Tititice title)

Extinguishing a fire in an oil tank. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

The Revolution in Sicily - the Fight at the Bridge of Melazzo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860. '...it appears that in the main the Neapolitans stood on the defensive, firing from behind walls and all kinds of covers, and were slowly dislodged, the Sicilians losing heavily throughout. The fight lasted for fourteen hours in the heat of the day. Garibaldi's force, which was about 5000 men, had 750 dead and wounded...Passing the bridge which leads to the neck of the peninsula, there is an open space of a few hundred yards, with the sea to the right and some gardens to the left. Beyond the open sp

Engraving depicting the taking of Porto during the Peninsular war. Dated 1809

The sturdy of Valnciennes in the night from to th July ,

Bombardment of Sevastopol, 1855 Artist Unknown Lithograph

The Dutch Raid on the Medway and the Capture of the Royal Charles, 1667, 1782 print Man-to-man fights in sloops, in the background the destruction of the English fleet at Chatham, on the left the conquest of the English flagship De Royal Charles on June 22, 1667. Cornelis de Witt and Michiel de Ruyter are central to a sloop, Left Captain Jan van Brakel shooting with his gun. In the foreground the sailed chain. Episode from the journey to Chatham on 20-23 June 1667 by the State fleet under the Ruyter. The print includes a small leaf with the heads and names of the main characters. Rotterdam paper etching / engraving battle (+ naval force). Raid on the Medway Chatham. Medway

The fire in the old town hall of Amsterdam, 1652; Image of the old Stadthuys to Amsterdam burned on the 7 Iuli 1652. The fire in the old town hall of Amsterdam and a few adjacent buildings on July 7, 1652. With buckets and ladders are attempted to extinguish the fire, large numbers of spectators on the dam. A text sheet with verses is part of the print.

Swiss barracks, Rue de Babylone, Paris, 29th July 1830, (1831). Artist: Fenner, Sears & Co

DEFEAT OF THE IROQUOIS AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN. 1613 engraving after a drawing by Samuel de Champlain shows Champlain leading his Indian allies, Algonquians, Hurons, and Montagnais, in battle, on July 29, 1609. The Iroquois, (on right) against defended a fenced fort, but were defeated with the help of three Frenchmen with harquebuses. The depiction is somewhat symbolic in that the Iroquois force was larger, with around 200 warriors (BSLOC_2020_1_187)

General View of London during the Great Fire 1666, unknown artist, seventeenth century, after unknown artist, undated, Engraving

Relief Van Bergen op Zoom, 1622, Jan Luyken, 1691 print Print at the top right marked: Fig. 23. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper etching battle Bergen op Zoom

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