Historical Civil Conflicts

Dramatic scenes of civil strife, featuring troops, barricades, and civilians in chaotic urban settings, showcasing historical insurrections and military responses.

When Parisians riot, the cavalry are sent in to clear the streets. Date: 10 June 1869

Fighting in the streets of Frankfurt - the army bring up their artillery to attack a huge barricade erected by the insurgents.

Communists in the Place Blanche coming back from the fight, 1871. Civil war in Paris: scene during the '...conflict in that city between the insurgent Red Republican portion of the National Guards and the Government of M. Thiers, appointed by the National Assembly'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

When Parisians riot, the cavalry are sent in to clear the streets. Date: 10 June 1869

The boulevards after they have been cleared of insurgents by troops supporting Napoleon. Date: 4 December 1851

Separating the dead from the sick upon the arrival of an emigrant train during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). From Russes et Turcs: La Guerre D'Orient, published 1878.

B&W Illustration: 1876 Uprising and the Burning and Sack of Batak, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria

The International Rifle Festival in Strasbourg in 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork, exact o...

Sedanais return after the battle of Douzy, 1844 Exhibition of Painting, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

Chartists processing from the mass meeting on Kennington Common towards Blackfriars Bridge, London, where the police stopped them crossing the Thames: 10 April 1848. In bottom left of picture is the penny newspaper duty stamp to which Hetherington and Moore objected .Wood engraving, 1848.

Napoleon III meets Prince Albert at Boulogne, and they ride through the town with applause from the citizens. 7 September 1854

The release of politicial prisoners from the Castellamare, Palermo, on June 19 - from a sketch by our special artist, Frank Vizetelly, 1860. View of '...the triumphal progress of Baron Riso and other political prisoners along the Via Macqueda after their release, on the 19th of June, from the Fort of Castellamare, where they had been kept in confinement since the 5th of April. The ovation they received was wonderful; and what assisted greatly to heighten the effect of the scene was the fact of the young Baroness being in the carriage with her husband, whom she held in an affectionate embrace.

French prisoners of war marching out of Sedan, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Commune delegate being escorted through the streets of Paris, 1871. France, 19th century.

Royalist leaders are taken prisoner by the insurgents during the insurrection at Palermo, Sicily, against the Bourbon rule. Date: January 1848

Incidents of the Easter Volunteer Review, 1870. British soldiers take part in an annual event near Brighton: a '...sham fight on Easter Monday, in which the Volunteer Rifle Corps of London and the neighbouring counties, with a few coming from Lancashire or Yorkshire, mustered to the number of 26,000 on Brighton Downs...a large part of metropolitan volunteer forces went down to Brighton on the Saturday, or on Good Friday, sure of passing the holiday time agreeably in that pleasant seaside town...the inhabitants seemed glad to welcome the citizen defenders of their native land...It was a great

Portugal. Siglo XIX. Ceremonia en la plaza del Comercio de Lisboa con motivo de la coronación de Luis I (1838-1889), rey de Portugal. Grabado de 1862.

Archduke Johann of Austria, Archduke Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian of Austria, 20 January 1782, 11 May 1859, member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and imperial imperial administrator, Arrival in Frankfurt, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Franco-Prussian War

The shooting of journalist Victor Noir by Pierre Napoleon sparks off popular unrest : the scene at his funeral.

Collapse of the racecourse grandstand in Amiens, 1869, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original ...

Marshal Serrano at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, 1869, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original dat...

Jules Favre announces to the Corps Legislatif the dissolution of the Empire. Date: 4 September 1870

Catholic troops of the Sonderbund celebrate mass before going into battle. Date: 1847

Guerra de Crimea. Entrada en Argel de los tiradores argelinos integrantes del ejército francés de regreso de la campaña. Grabado de 1856.

VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT LOUIS NAPOLEON TO THE GARRISON OF PARIS

Soldiers keeping the streets at Bordeaux, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. Illustration showing '....how the soldiers are kept waiting aside in the streets while the National Assembly is sitting'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

Bag of the Archdiocese, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Chartist riots in Birmingham, 15 July 1839. Illustration from Camden Pelham The Chronicles of Crime , London, 1886. Etching. Chartism, a movement for social and political reform took its name from The Peoples Charter of 1838.

The removal of Temple Bar

Champion, the Man in little blue coat, the Saint Martin market, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

Armed Unionist citizens of Covington, KY, gather after the July 17, 1862, raid on Cynthiana, KY, by US Civil War Confederate General, John Hunt Morgan. Morgan captured horses, wrecked the railroad facilities, and a Union army camp (BSLOC_2018_7_48)

Members of the London Fire Service answering the call to fight the fire which destroyed the Olympic Theatre.

THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT ANTWERP, BELGIUM, 1889: FINDING THE BODIES.

Marketplace in Pont-a-Mousson, Lorraine, France, 19th August 1870 historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign, Europe

Farewell at Fontainebleau, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Frozen out dock labourers wait to receive bread from Whitechapel Workhouse,1855. Dock workers and owners of waterside premises faced starvation in the face of frost on the Thames, bringing business to a halt. Date: 1855

Colonel Forestier, of the garde nationale, is arrested on suspicion of royalist sympathies.

The War in Denmark: public funeral at Copenhagen of officers and soldiers killed at Düppel, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Simonsen. 'It represents the scene in St. Anne's-square, Copenhagen, at the funeral of fourteen of the Danish officers and soldiers killed in the defence of the redoubts at Düppel on April 18. The funeral took place on the 27th of that month, setting forth from the Garrison Church, which is directly opposite the house of the British Legation. From early morning on that day, flags half mast high had been displayed by the shipping in the port and from many ho

Relief of Paris: distribution of the English gift at the Maison du Grand Condé, rue de Seine, 1871. Franco-Prussian War - humanitarian aid from England. Illustration depicting '...the eagerness with which the distressed population have received the supplies of food brought into Paris during the armistice'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

THE SHERIFF OF OXFORD'S JAVELIN MEN, ESCORTING THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Garibaldi's march through Calabria.

Sketch in the Austrian camp at Bruck: evening amusements, 1871. 'View of '...a scene at the camp of exercise formed within the last few weeks at Brück, in Styria, for the purposes of discipline and training in the Austrian army. The Emperor Francis Joseph takes great interest in the personal superintendence of its manoeuvres, and has visited the camp twice a week. Though Austria and Prussia, as appears by the recent friendly interview of their respective Sovereigns at Gastein, are now on very good terms with each other, it has been thought needful by the Austrian Government, since the ext

The rue quinquempoix, 1720; Rue Quinquempoix and L'Année 1720; The great scene of foolishness. View in the Rue Quinquempoix in Paris where the wind trade was mainly driven. Studs on the street between traders and ruined buyers. Print 16 in the series The great scene of foolishness with cartriders at the 1820 wind trade.

An engraving depicting London street orderlies being inspected before setting off on their rounds. Dated 19th century

NAPOLEON I. EMPERADOR DE FRANCES . 1769 - 1821. " INCENDIO DE MOSCU TRAS LA OCUPACION POR NAPOLEON EN 1812 ". GRABADO . BILIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Fighting at the porte Saint- Denis. Date: 29 July 1830

Edward, prince of Wales, visits Dorchester, Dorset. Date: 1887

Clearing up the debris after a massive explosion caused a bridge over the Regents Canal to blow up. A barge covered in petroleum and gun powder blew up as it passed underneath the bridge on the night of1st of October 1874. Several lives were lost and near by houses destroyed. Date: 10th Oct 1874

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Occupation of Paris - the first German in Paris, February 1871. Wood engraving c1880

Spain, Catalonia. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Siege of Tarragona (1811). It confronted the French troops under the command of General Suchet against the Spanish troops led by Juan Senen de Contreras, military governor of the city. The fighting took place between 5 May and 29 June 1811, ending with the French occupation of the city. Tarragona remained under French control until Suchet's retreating on 13 August 1813. Combat in the cathedral square. Engraving. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Under orders from Ferre, the Communards execute hostages.

geography / travel, USA, American Civil War 1861 - 1865, soldiers, recruiting station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, wood engraving by E. Maulberger, 1862,

Engraving depicting London dockers at work in the East India Docks.

Napoleon in the Council of the Five Hundred on 10 November 1799, the Council of the Five Hundred, Conseil des Cinq-Cents, and the Council of the Ancie...

The Corps Historique march through the streets, celebrating the Fifth Grand Centennial Fete. Date: 1853

Insurgents assault the Capitol, but they will not succeed in wresting Rome from the pope.

The 12th Army Corps crosses the Rhine at Fort Montebello near Mainz on 3 August 1870, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War 1870/1871, woodcut, Germany, Europe

The Civil War in Paris: barricades in front of the Hotel de Ville, 1871. 'Thousands of armed National Guards, in half-military half-civilian dress, many of them uncouth, shabby, and dirty, were thronging the Place de l'Hotel de Ville all day, mingled with Garibaldian volunteers or Francs-Tireurs, Gardes Mobiles, soldiers of the Line who had deserted their regimental standards, Zouaves, and artillerymen. A line of new brass cannon...extended across the place. There were seventy or eighty of these guns. The men had piled their chassepots or muskets on the ground in military fashion. The approach

Socialism in Russia: nihilist prisoners leaving St. Petersburg for Siberia are guarded on both sides by troops. Rain lashes down while a woman weeps for them. Date: 1879

Salvation Army in London, England, historical engraving, 1883

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, street scene on Election Day, around 1860, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, North America

Illustration depicting the funeral procession of Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) an Irish political figure. Dated 19th Century

Advertisement for soldiering in the 18th century in Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century templat...

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S TOUR

New-Year's Day in Japan - game of battledore and shuttlecock in the streets of Yokohama, 1865. Illustration of '...Japanese manners and customs which we have received from our Special Artist and Correspondent at Yokohama...the first three days of the New Year are devoted to games of every kind, played by old and young. Their most characteristic performance is the game of battledore and shuttlecock. The battledore is made of solid wood, with the picture of a man or woman on the reverse side; the shuttlecock is something like ours, but very much smaller, and having a little round marble, into

DINNER TO THE TENANTRY, DRINKING THE HEALTH OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER

The Communards occupy the Hotel de Ville and use it as their headquarters : in May they will destroy it. Date: circa April 1871

The Union Railroad Depot: Arrival of the New York 71 Regiment Artist Unknown

The Baden brigade of Degenfeld on the advance through the place Frahier to attack Echevanne on January 17, 1871, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Four blind men placed in a ring to fight a large pig, c14th-15th century (1882-1884).Artist: Spex

African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2007, Exhibit loan 4108-L. Soldiers, 1860-1870, Military discharges, 1860-1870, African Americans, 1860-1870, Children, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military demobilizations, United States, Arkansas, Little Rock

The New Empire of Germany: the President of the North German Federal Assembly reading the address to the King of Prussia at Versailles, 1871. View of...'the important historical transaction which took place on the 18th December 1870, in the Prefecture of Versailles, where the King of Prussia received a deputation from the Reichstag, or Parliament, of the North German Confederation, inviting him to assume the title of Emperor of Germany...King William...was in full uniform, and covered with decorations...The Crown Prince of Prussia was to the right of the King, whilst the Princes of Weimar, M

Games of the Caledonian club in San Francisco, emigrants from Scotland, 1869, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown

The end of the Paris Commune: Parisians not actively involved in the commune risings waiting for government troops engaged on a mopping-up operation to pass.

A tax collector is tarred and feathered in Pennsylvania during the Whiskey Rebellion against liquor tax. Date: 1794

An engraving depicting a scene during the French Revolution of February 1848. Dated 19th century

Railway strike in St Louis, 1886, engraving. The United States, 19th century.

Historical scene, Colonel Herrmann, 1730 - 1818, commander of the fortress of Pillau, Prussia

Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - the army are called in to suppress the strike : the arrival of the lancers. Date: January 1870

Napoleon enters Paris as emperor and is acclaimed by those who are pleased. Many are not. Date: 2 December 1852

Franco-Prussian War

Pere Francois Le Franc murdered by Masons for having attacked them in books . . . Date: 2 September 1792

Mr. Achille Raffray Abyssinia. Stones fall tighter than ever, vintage engraving. Mr. Achille Raffray Abyssinia. Stones fall tighter than ever, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656708

The Lumecon Battle, Mons. Hainaut province. Belgium, Europe. Journey to Belgium by Camille Lemonnier. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

The march to Finchley: English guards, gathering before marching to Finchley to defend London from the troops of Bonnie Prince Charlie, shown in a state of confusion and indiscipline. Etching by L. Sullivan after W. Hogarth.

Review of the French Army at Longchamps sic, Bois de Boulogne, 1871. View of '...he grand review of the French army...at the Hippodrome or Racecourse of Longchamps...The principal box in the Grand Stand, which was used formerly to be occupied by the Emperor Napoleon and his family, now contained M. Thiers and the Ministers of the Provisional Government...some wearing their badges of the Legion of Honour. On one hand of M. Thiers was a compartment filled with members of the Versailles National Assembly; on the other were the foreign ministers, and beyond these a number of ladies; the remainin

Paris. The manifestation of March 9th. Charge of the Guard of Paris, in Gabriel Avenue.

Photograph of an Italian rioters breaking into a Parish Prison, New Orleans. Dated 1891

Napoléon Bonaparte's (1769-1821) farewell to his Generals at the Palace of Fontainebleau, Paris. Dated 19th Century

Scene from "Othello" at the Princess' Theatre: the town and harbour of Cyprus, 1861. London stage production: Charles Fechter 'blacked up' as Othello. The scene, '...Cyprus under...a gradually abating storm...places the spectator, as it were, on a platform before the town, looking upon the harbour. Never were Mr. Telbin's skill and taste more beautifully shown than in this well-disposed pictorial set. The set design includes...a large arcade at the back of the scene, a gate on the right, and a capstan at the left comer, surrounded with bales of merchandise. These adjuncts enable th

English troops engage in street fighting in Belgium during World War one

Review of the Federal troops by President Lincoln and General Scott showing the Garibaldi Guard filing past. From a sketch by special artist Frank Vizetelly. This scene is from the beginning of the Civil war, which started on 12th April 1861. Date: 1861

Entry of French troops in Amsterdam, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Grabado del rey Alfonso XIII y Victoria Eugenia de Battemberg durante el día de su boda real en Madrid. en la foto : Atentado contra los novios perpetrado por el anarquista Mateo Morral en la calle Mayor. 31/05/1906. Madrid.

GUERRA DE CUBA 1868 - 1898. NOMBRE GENERICO CON EL QUE SE CONOCE LAS TRES GUERRAS POR LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CUBA DE ESPAÑA. " MANIFESTACION DE PROTESTA ANTE EL CONSULADO DE EE.UU EN SEVILLA , 1898 ". GRABADO DE L ¿ILLUSTRATION.

PRIM , JUAN. POLITICO Y MILITAR ESPAÑOL. REUS 1814-1870. " ATENTADO EN LA CALLE TURCO DE MADRID , AÑO 1870 ". GRABADO COLOREADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Französische Revolution, Schluss des Konvent, Kampf bei der Kirche St. Roch am 5. Oktober 1795, Paris, Frankreich, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion e...

Francesco II, last Bourbon king of Naples and the two Sicilies, exhorts his men to resist the incursion of Garibaldi ... but in vain.

Transatlantic telegraph cable arriving at Hearts Content, Newfoundland, USA. Engraving by unknown artist from Ny Illustrerad Tidning 1866

George Brinton McClellan's presidential campaign in New York, 1864, United States of America, illustrations from the Illustrated London News.

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