Historical Cavalry Engagements

A collection of antique engravings depicting various historical cavalry battles, featuring knights and soldiers in traditional attire, set against diverse landscapes.

Portrait of King Charles X of France (1757-1836) also known as the Count of Artois. Dated 19th Century

Key-Kadj. Exercise of KeyKadj cavalry. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persia

Napoleonic Wars. Struggle in Russia. Cossacks against French Army. Engraving, 19th century.

Defence of Byzantium against the Ottomans. The leader of the Great Catalan Company or Almogavars (1303-1305), Roger de Flor (ca. 1267-1305), restraining his Almogavars in the suburb of Pera in Byzantium. Engraving. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

Imperio austro-húngaro. General, magnates e indiviudos de varias clases. Grabado de 1880.

Musketeers on horseback and Hundred Switzerland, after 1630, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1858.

LANCEROS DE LA EDAD MEDIA S XIV L20. Author: VILLEGAS. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR, MADRID, SPAIN.

Emperor Carlos V's armour, 1500-1558, conserved in the Royal Armoury

Historia de España. Batalla de Simancas. Victoria de las tropas cristianas al mando del rey de León, Ramiro II, ante los musulmanes de Abderraman III en el año 933. Grabado de 1872.

Portrait of King Charles X of France (1757-1836) also known as the Count of Artois. Dated 19th Century

Francia. Batalla de Tolbiac. Los francos de Sigiberto vencen a los alamanes en el año 496. Grabado de 1853.

Our trangiers in the Orient./41./- Arriving, Grenadiers, my prisoner could end up taking me! ... (title registered (letter)) | Our beloves in the East. (Title of all)

A group of Kanem-Bu warriors of Chad, with spears and shields Date: circa 1880

Arab army. Nineteenth-century colored engraving.

Roman Empire. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Rome

Attila still image. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. horseback riding, Attila, d. 453, Huns

Ritter und Kriegsknecht im ersten Kreuzzug. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Procession nrs 116-121, 1840 print Procession nrs 116-121: riders on horseback. Part of the press series of the Maskerade of the entry of Hertog Jan van Beieren in Leiden on August 18, 1420 by the Leiden students on February 8, 1840. Netherlands paper Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance'. Students' Pageant To lead. university of Leiden

Military Costumes beginning of the reign of Elizabeth, vintage engraving. Military Costumes beginning of the reign of Elizabeth, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656154

Russia. Streltsy. Muscovite infantry corps. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839.

Turkish warrior on horseback with captured Austrian peasants from the time of Vienna's first defeat by the Turks, 1529, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Légionnaire romain (légion gauloise) : bucinator (trompette); Aquila. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Historia de España. Entrada de Ataulfo (372-415), rey de los visigodos, en Barcino en el año 415.

Roman soldier (right) with Roman Gallo-Roman soldier.

Seven Years' War, between 1756 and 1763, robbery in Gotha, Prussian hussars looting the baggage of the French, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Officer from the bodyguard of the Great Mogul, early 18th century, India, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

Magnus I takes Kalf Arnesen to Stiklestad so that he can relate how his father, Olaf II, was killed in battle. He suspects, rightly, that Olaf fell at Kalf's hand.

1836 Exhibition of Painting. A group picture of Charlet, Russian campaign, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

1836 Exhibition of Painting. A group picture of Charlet, Russian campaign, vintage engraving. 1836 Exhibition of Painting. A group picture of Charlet, Russian campaign, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659903

Native Troops of the English Indian Company, 1858, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, As...

Roland blows his horn at Roncesvalles, as he knows defeat and death are imminent but wants Charlemagne to avenge the disaster.

France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. Garibaldian of the Commune. Engraving by Ribas. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

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

'The Battle of Omdurman: MacDonald's Brigade Repelling the Dervish Onslaught', c1900. Scene from the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. 'Hector Macdonald was soon hotly engaged, but his stubborn negroes held their own and repelled the onslaught'. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne

Italy. Tuscany. 1390-1809 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Russia. Streltsy. Muscovite infantry corps. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839.

Maskerade of the Leiden students, 1870 (plate 18), 1870 Historically costumed parade of the students of the Leidse Hogeschool held on 7 June 1870 on the occasion of the 295th anniversary of the Hogeschool. The parade depicts the entry of the count of Leicester in Leiden in 1586. Eighteenth plate with the groups numbered 209-224. Part of the series of 18 -stuck magazines. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper Leiden Historically costumed parade of the students of the Leidse Hogeschool held on 7 June 1870 on the occasion of the 295th anniversary of the Hogeschool. The parade depicts the entry of the count of Leicester in Leiden in 1586. Eighteenth plate with the groups numbered 209-224. Part of the series of 18 -stuck magazines. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper Leiden

Hernán Cortés (1488-1547). Spanish conquistador of the Aztec empire. He decided to sink his ships, which were anchored in the city of Villa Rica de Veracruz, in order to avoid desertions among his own companions. Destruction of the fleet. Burning of their ships. (Copy after a painting by Francisco Sanz). Illustration by J. Alaminos. Chromolithography. Historia General de España, by Miguel Morayta. Volume III. Madrid, 1890. Author: Juan Alaminos. Spanish artist of the second half of the 19th century.

Roger of Lauria (1245-1305). Italian marine and military in the service of the Crown of Aragon as admiral of the kingdom's fleet. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

NORMAN BARON WITH BATTLEAXE AND SHIELD.

Moritz, Prince of Orania, Count of Nassau as a victorious general of the Battle of Nieuwpoort (2 July 1600) at hill in the foreground Riding: full figure, half of the right; BARHAUPT, with upper lip, spatula chin bearing; Lace neck crime; in Harnic; Field bandages lying around the left shoulder in the back; The hands only, holding the command rod in the right after the side, the reins in the right-to-cross left; The horse, with sting reinforced head protection, with raised front legs for leaps; In the background of the march of Dutch. Troops and their fight with the Spanish army; in the upper corners two cartridges with Moritz 'coat of arms and foreign exchange emblem; bottom left designation & publisher note, dated; At the top single Latin. Quote from the Bibl. Book of sayings; Below the representation of single-line Latin. Legend, then in two columns Latin. Verses and enumeration of his previous military successes. Copper engraving according to the own design of Crispyn De Passe, als

The Teutons of the March.

Polish and Russian Costumes: Lance Bearing and Armed Horsemen, Medieval Fashion - Racinet

CORTÄS, Hernàn (1485-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. An Indian chief yields to Cort_s. Engraving.

Consultation between noblemen on a quay, ca 1560 Perhaps Philip II accusing William of Orange before his departure for Spain as the cause of all the troubles in the Netherlands The scene has also been interpreted as the arrival of the Dutch envoy to Venice, Consultation between noblemen on a quay, c 1560, print maker: Edgar Alfred Baes, (mentioned on object), Belgium, 1850 - 1899

Munich picture sheet, Polish costumes, 16th century, lancer (left), armoured rider (right), weapons, fur cap, helmet, lance, sword, Poland, portrait, two persons, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

ALMOGAVARES. TROPAS DE CHOQUE DE LA CORONA DE ARAGON FORMADA POR INFANTERIA LIGERA ACTIVAS EN EL MEDITERRAÑEO LOS SIGLOS XIII Y XIV. GRABADO.

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

Edad Media. Moros Alfaraces. Dibujo de Villegas. Lámina número 6 del ALBUM DE LA CABALLERIA ESPAÑOLA del Teniente General Conde de Clonard. Litografía Militar, Madrid, año 1861.

Imperialist Mockery of 1815, Louis XVIII, Second Entry, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Shown here is the Uniform of the 20th Chasseur at the time of Napoleon (1803-1814). The chasseurs à pied were the light infantrymen of the French Imperial army. They were armed the same as their counterparts in the regular line infantry battalions, but were trained to excel in marksmanship and in executing maneuvers at high speed.

This 1914 illustration shows Begharmi lancers. Both are cavalrymen, each holding a lance and dressed in quilted armor sitting on a horse also in quilted armor.Begharmi was on the eastern shores of Lake Chad in the Central Savanna.

GUERRA CARLISTA. TERCERA GUERRA CARLISTA. ( 1872 - 1876 ). REINADO DE ALFONSO XII. " CATALUÑA. COLIMNA DEL EJERCITO EN MANRESA EN DIRECCION DE LA VILLA DE PINOS PERSIGUIENDO AL CABECILLA CASTELLS , AÑO1876 ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Pro-slavery insurgents traveling into Kansas for election day, March 30, 1855. 5,000 'Border Ruffians' entered Kansas to seize control of polling places at gunpoint. They cast tens of thousands of fraudulent votes for pro-slavery candidates, to elect a pro-slavery legislature. When the Federal government failed to intervene, the free-soilers fought back, and 'Kansas War' began (BSLOC_2018_5_177)

GROUP FROM BARKER'S GRAND HISTORICAL PICTURE, 'THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW', COLONEL GREATHED (SECOND FROM LEFT, ON HORSEBACK), LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR HOPE GRANT, K.C.B. (CENTRE, ON HORSEBACK), HON. MAJOR ANSON, V.C. (RIGHT, ON HORSEBACK)

King Henry IV marches out to deal with the Lollards (followers of Wyclif) who are revolting in London - 'Oldcastle's Rebellion' - against being persecuted

Carthaginian soldier. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883.

Tecumseh saving American prisoners captured in Upper Canada, June 18, 1812. British guards under Gen. Procter, allowed Native Americans to take scalps as prizes from the wounded and captured (BSLOC_2019_6_54)

"Citizens! I discharge you." Paget, H. M. (Henry Marriott), 1857-1936. still image. Conjectural works, Book illustrations. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Caesar, Julius, Generals , Roman+, Military leadership, Armies , Roman+ , To 499, Mutinies, Rome , History , Republic, 265-30 B.C

Great Britain. England, 1066-1741. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Daylight at Last! Henry Morton Stanley (1840-1904) Jjournalist and explorer. Stanley and his party emerging from a long trek of 160 days through the Congo jungle to relieve Emin Pasha (1840-1892), Illustration published in The Graphic 1890

Periode des Tumuli : guerrier. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

John II of France (1319-1364) 14th. Century and his son Philip II, Duke of Burguyndy captured in the Battle of Poitiers (1356).

Russia, 960-1694 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Equestrian portrait of Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

DEATH OF HAROLD AT THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS

Siglo XVI. Rico-home y su page de lanza. 1530 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Daggers & swords, Horses, Spears, Pages, Medieval

In early 1756 the Burmese army of King Alaungpaya defeated the Manipuri army, and ransacked the entire country. Alaungpaya led another expedition in November 1758, this time to place the Burmese nominee to the Manipuri throne. His armies invaded by the Khumbat route in the Manipur valley, and overcame fierce Manipuri resistance at Palel, on their march to Imphal, the Manipuri capital. After Palel, the Burmese entered Imphal without firing a shot. The Konbaung armies brought back many Manipuri cavalry, who became an elite cavalry corps (the Cassay Horse) in the Konbaung army.

1500s MAY 8 1541 HERNADO DE SOTO DISCOVERING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SPANISH EXPLORER

His late Royal Highness The Prince Consort in his Uniform of Field Marshal, Prinz Albert in Feldmarschallsuniform aus Illustrated Times, Unknown

Norman soldiers: bowman with breastplate, bow and arrows; fantassin (infantry) with lance, shield and cuirass; and fantassin (infantry) in chain-mail armor with helmet and military surtout.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

France, 1854-1870 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

NEGUS MENELIK O MENELIK II DE ETIOPIA (1844-1913) - BATALLA DE ADOUA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Historia de España. Don Sancho IV el Bravo (1258-1295), rey de Castilla. Grabado de 1872.

A Donian Cossack on Horseback, with a Lance, Russia, Cossack, c. 1620, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact d...

Francia. Siglo XIX. Uniforme de Zuavos de la guardia imperial, año 1854. Grabado de 1864.

Historia de España. Retirada a Francia del general Francisco Espoz y Mina (1781-1836) en septiembre de 1814. Grabado de 1880.

Eastern Roman Empire. Byzantines (400-600). From left to right: 14 and 15- general's clothing, 16-warrior, 17-worker (officer), 18- general's clothing, 19- warrior. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Canto. Volume III, 1882.

Painting depicting Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873) and Count Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898). Dated 19th Century

'Fearless Cossacks Sabre and Put to Flight Hungarian Hussars', 1916. on the eve of World War I the Cossacks had 328,705 men ready to take up arms for Russia. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VI. The Spring and Summer Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton. The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916

Edad Media. Ballesteros y Cetrato. Dibujo de Villegas. Lámina número 15 del ALBUM DE LA INFANTERIA ESPAÑOLA del Teniente General Conde de Clonard. Litografía Militar, Madrid, año 1861.

Asia. Persian soldiers. Engraving, 19th century. Iran.

An officer and two of his men from the Eastern Roman Empire

German ruler on horseback, Abraham de Bruyn (attributed to), 1577 Horse and rider to the left. The horse prancers. The German prince is wearing a riding aph in his hand. The print has a German caption and a Latin inscription. Print originally from 'Equitum Descripcio ...', 1577. Cologne paper engraving warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). folk costume, regional costume. Europeans: Germans. feudal lord. military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armour, helmet, etc.)

Edad Media. Arqueros y Ballesteros. Dibujo de Villegas. Lámina número 18 del ALBUM DE LA INFANTERIA ESPAÑOLA del Teniente General Conde de Clonard. Litografía Militar, Madrid, año 1861.

Genl. E. Cavaignac: appointed provisional president of the French republic with the powers of a dictator, June 23, 1848. The French Second Republic was the republican government of France between the 1848 Revolution and the 1851 coup by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte which initiated the Second Empire.

Johann Adam Klein, K baierische Infanterie (Bavarian Infantrymen), 1816 K. baierische Infanterie (Bavarian Infantrymen)

British between 1450 and 1500: knight of the garter, two warriors, two serving men, male citizen, female citizen, a minstrel.

The war : winter clothing for the Germans before Paris.(TI)

Ottoman Empire. Slave whipped by a Turkish soldier (18th c.). Litography. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Knight of the Order of Santiago. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883.

Episode of Austrian-Turkish wars, sketch; Chlebowski, Stanis AW (1835-1884); before 1876 (1864-00-00-1876-00-00);Goldberg-Górski, Franciszek (1863-1937), Goldberg-Górski, Franciszek (1863-1937)-collection, Turks, battles, a gift (provenance), horses, orientalism (style), tights, Arabian costumes, wars, wars of Austria with Turkey (16th-18th centuries)

Mode, Kleidung, Trachten in der Türkei von 1800, 1825, Soldaten und Frauen, von links, ein Janitscharenvertreter, ein sogenannter Jamak, dann ein Mari...

Historia de España. Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519), explorador y conquistador español, descubridor del océano Pacífico en septiembre de 1513, bautizado com Mar del Sur.

Native African indigenous warriors of the Hehe tribe, Iringa Region, Tanzania, East Africa. Drawing by Edouard Riou (1833 - 1900) The lakes of equatorial Africa, exploration voyage 1883-1885 by Victor Giraud (1858-1898) Le Tour du Monde 1886

Arpád (c. 845 - c. 907). Grand Prince of the Magyars (c. 895-c. 907). Portrait. Engraving. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

Turkey, 1896-1909. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

The Miller riding and playing the bagpipes Date: First published: circa 1387

The men in this illustration wear the clothes worn in the Netherlands around 1600. The figures represent, from left to right: a trumpeter and two soldiers. The illustration dates to 1882.

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