Historical War Illustrations

Dramatic historical images depicting battles, sieges, and aftermaths from different eras, featuring intense action, emotions, and significant military events.

Confederate scouts with percusio caps for the garrison of Vicksburg, running the Federal pickets. The garrison at Vicksburg held out for 6 weeks before it fell to the Unionists on July 4th 1863. Confederates are seen under cover trying to get back to the garrison with ammunition. Date: 1863

Illustration depicting the aftermath of a major train accident. Dated 19th century

Godfrey de Bouillon at the Siege of Jersusalem, 1099

A German artillery observation post during World War I. From The Illustrated War News, 1915.

Protestants dragged through bogs and hung on tenter hooks or fastened to poles until they perished. Bloody Irish Massacre 1642. Engraving from c 1780

The Turks in front of Vienna. The Siege of Vienna in 1529 was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Suleyman the Magnificent...

Alexander the Great in battle. 19th cent. engraving.

Illustration depicting a diver examining the wreck of the HMS Euridice. Dated 19th Century

Confederate scouts with percusio caps for the garrison of Vicksburg, running the Federal pickets. The garrison at Vicksburg held out for 6 weeks before it fell to the Unionists on July 4th 1863. Confederates are seen under cover trying to get back to the garrison with ammunition. Date: 1863

Attack and defence of a city wall in the 12th century, after Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Switzerland, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ce...

transport transportation navigation ancient world Greek merchant ship slaves discharging the ship,

Batalla de Roncesavalles. Dibujo de Joan Junceda publicado en el libro de lectura escolar Santa Tierra de España, editado en Barcelona en 1942. JOAN GARCÍA JUNCEDA SUPERVIA.

1840s SEPTEMBER 1847 MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC NEAR MEXICO CITY

Peninsular War (1808-1814). Catalonia. Siege of Gerona (6 May 1809). Feat of Sub-lieutenant Mariano Montoro, from the Vich volunteers. On 3 July 1809, during the French artillery attack on Montjuic Castle, a Spanish flag was hit by French cannon fire and fell into the moat, whereupon Sub-lieutenant Montoro went down to pick it up and hoisted it up again, nailing it to the top of the castle. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Ancient Age. Ballista. Type of catapult. Engraving.

The poor princess falls into the sea and nearly drowned, vintage engraved illustration.

military Middle Ages Knight and Halberdier woodcut by Johann (Hans) Wechtlin circa 1510,

Engraving showing the weather deck of HMS 'Alert' as it headed out for the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Husky dogs, sheep and barrels of provisions are among the stores crowded onto the deck. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships, HMS 'Alert' and HMS 'Discovery', to make an attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, a new 'furthest North' record was set, the coasts of Greenland and Ell

Loss of Acteon. They set fire to the ship, vintage engraving. Loss of Acteon. They set fire to the ship, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656805

A dangerous walk. The mysterious fog, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

A FORAGING PARTY, AN INCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, BETWEEN GRANTHAM AND PETERBOROUGH, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Bandits of the sea. Boileau fired, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Ballad of the crime of la Profesa, a gang who robbed a Mexico City jeweller. One of the criminals, Jesus Bruno Martinez, stabbed the jeweller, for which he was sentenced and executed. The criminals are seen here as prisoners at the Castle of San Juan de Ulua. Date: 1892

The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach, largely thanks to the heroism of Arnold von Winkelried who breaks the line of the Austrian spearmen.

The bombardment of a rock fortress in the 15th century, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not k...

Detonating explosive charges electrically; France 1881

Engraving of the Merriman's life preserving dress used during ship wrecks. Dated 19th Century

Departure of the Crusaders from Aigues Mortes, France, Crusades were strategically, religiously and economically motivated wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between 1095-99 and the 13th century, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century master copy, Europe

Illustration showing one of the deepest dives ever made in the type of suit shown in this picture at 288 feet, to discover the locality of a sunken submarine. It took the diver two hours and five minutes to get to the bottom, because for every ten feet he descended he sustained an added water pressure of nearly 4J lb. over every square inch of his body. Drawn by Dudley Tennant 1945

War costume of the French military of 1581, woodcut, France, Europe

Engraving of stone-breakers on the roadside. Dated 19th Century

Removal of corpses by passersby during the Paris Commune, 1871

Bandits of the sea head had been crushed, vintage engraving. Bandits of the sea head had been crushed, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656711

Illustration depicting a torpedo placer. Torpedoes were placed on the tracks so that they would explode when struck by a wheel. In this way the driver could not miss a signal in a fog, or inadvertently pass it. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a helmsman steering through rough weather conditions. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting the excavation of a Viking ship found in Norway. Dated 19th Century

Second German North Polar Expedition, polar expedition, hunting polar bears, ice floe, boat, Arctic Ocean, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Buttlerian Dragoon, 1634, War Costume, History of Fashion, Costume History, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, ex...

España. Siglo XIX. Comercio ambulante. Vendedor de tinajas y artesones. Grabado de 1940.

Admiral Garrocho (Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 16th century) defeats African corsairs (Berbers and Turks), who made frequent incursions on the coast of the current province of Huelva, Spain. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia, 1867.

The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronicle" by Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. 'Daily Chronicle' readers are covered against the risks of bombardment by zeppelin or aeroplane , 1915

THE WAR IN EGYPT

Five Hungarian warriors armed with heavy maces and shields. Date: 16th century

mountaineering mountain hikes Wendelstein tourists in a crevice wood engraving after drawing by Ernst Platz 1904,

Completion of the St. Gothard Tunnel: meeting of workmen from the Airolo and Göschenen sides, in centre of tunnel, Sunday morning, Feb. 29, nine A.M., 1880. 'The great work of boring a railway tunnel, nine miles and a quarter long, through the St. Gothard clump of the Alps, from Göschenen, in the Swiss Canton of Uri, to Airolo, on the Italian side...Our Illustration represents the meeting of the two opposite working parties...when they broke through the last intervening piece of rock...The plans were originally prepared by M. Helwag, as chief engineer, and M. Louis Favre was the chie

Arms and Cosyume of a Saxon Military Chief. Black and White Illustration from the "Old England" published by James Sangster in 1860.

The Nuremberg field serpent, a culverin, was a relatively simple precursor of the musket and later a medieval cannon adapted by the French in the 15th century, Hungarians inspecting the gun, facsimile of etching by Albrecht Duerer, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Franco-Prussian War, 1870, Transport of Wounded Soldiers, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Sailors preparing the boat, vintage engraving. Sailors preparing the boat, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647492

History of Spain. Royal hunt in the Daimiel lagoons. King Alfonso XII (1857-1885) in the act of making a ""carambola"" (""making a carom"") with his shotgun on the morning of 13 October 1884. An episode in which the King shot two game with a single shot, which is known in Spain as a ""carambola"" in hunting terms. The king was accompanied by the royal armourers (Messrs. Leon and Becerra), Mr. Veses, the director of the hunt, and Mr. Comba, artist of La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana. Drawing from life by Juan Comba. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). December 30, 1884.

The insurgents raise the tricouleur over the Hotel de Ville. Date: 28 July 1830

Killing crows in Virginia - 1865

Two thousand leagues across south america. I will not be able to dominate this stupid evil, vintage engraving. 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. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660160

Setting out to hunt at the end of the 17th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Battle of Fleurus June 26, 1794. French Revolutionary Wars. French defeat of the Austrians, and their allies. The first use of a hot air balloon for aerial observation during a battle. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

Sailors preparing the boat, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872.

Customs officer searching fisherman at the North Sea, historical engraving, 1888

Survivors of the Lusitania destroyed by German attack in 1915; during the First World War. Depicted on a Spanish postcard.

The Death Of King Philip 1883 Pyle, Howard(1853-1911 American) Lithograph Private Collection

The disaster at Regents Canal; the surrounding area burnt by the blast, with part of the destroyed houses still on fire. The explosion occurred when a barge covered in petroleum and gun powder blew up as it passed underneath the bridge on the night of 1st of October 1874. Several lives were lost and nearby houses destroyed. Date: 10th Oct 1874

An engraving depicting the loss of the Royal Mail steamship 'Amazon' on her maiden voyage, 4th January 1852. 104 of the 162 persons on board lost, partly due to the burning of some of the lifeboats, and partly because the engines could not stop and it was impossible to launch lifeboats when the ship was travelling at 15 knots in heavy seas. Dated 19th century

Tomb of Captain Oberdorf, Guinea. Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Gareth, with the Damsel Lynette by his side, met the Black Knight and here is jousting with him.

Japanese soldiers armed with bows and arrows on a war campaign, Middle Ages, Japan, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th ce...

Battle Scene, Late 17th century, Europe, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

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

Engraving depicting Shakers going to a meeting in Winter - men and women on separate sides of the sledge. Dated 19th Century

Die Belagerung Roms durch den ostgotischen König Witiges im Jahr 540. Die Römer verteidigen die Stadt, indem sie Marmorstatuen niederwerfen, Historisc...

Shown in this 1912 illustratilon is the boy who died for Republic Joseph Barra (also spelled Bara) , the legendary French Drummer boy in the French Revolution. A drummer boy who served in the French revolutionary army; he refused to surrender to the Royalists and was bayoneted on 7 December 1793; an icon of the revolutionary propaganda, his heroic death was celebrated in songs and in arts,.

Battle of Crecy, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Ink drawing of a helmeted warrior in a chariot. One horse rears up and is saddle as "Nazism". The horse that has fallen dead on the floor is labelled "Fascism".

Dead soldiers after a bombing in the Cornillet tunnel, May 1917, Marne department, Grand East region, France, Europe

Guarding the railway tunnel near Saarburg by Prussian troops, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign

Franco-French War (1870-1871). Prussian soldiers housed in France. Engraving. ""Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia"" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

Siege of a fortified city in the 12th century, attack tower and slingshot, slingshot machine, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

'A Scene at the Race Disturbance in Wilmington, N.C.,' was published in COLLIERS WEEKLY, Nov. 26, 1898. It inaccurately depicts Blacks as killers, rather than as victims of the violence. The event was also called The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, or the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898.

Youshitsune samurai fighting, great and popular warrior in Japanese tradition, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Night signalling , Signalling by torches across the James River. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005, Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2013-2014. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Communications, United States, Army, Signal Corps, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Signal towers, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Night, 1860-1870, Torches, 1860-1870, United States, Virginia, James River , United States, Virginia, Dutch Gap

Weapons from the Thirty Years' War, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

The See-saw Nations, 1898: John Bull and Uncle Sam on one end, Russia, Germany, France, China, Spain and Turkey struggle to weigh down the other. History and a cannon at the fulcrum. World Power Domination

In 1650, a Polish artillery expert, Kazimierz Siemienowicz, published a series of drawings for a staged rocket. These drawing were recreated by artist Larry Toschik

An extraordinary, gazette, or the, disappointed politicians. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 735. Men,Social life,England,1770-1780. , Taverns (Inns),England,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

Air cavalry, attacking the infantry, 1918, (1926). Artist: Maurice Busset

Master gunner firing a cannon from Edward Webbe 'Travels', woodcut, 1590

SIR ROBERT CHAMBERLYN Soldier who fought on the winning side in the battle of Agincourt. Date: FLOURISHED 1415

Night signalling by torches across the James River by artist William Waud (1832-1878) was an English-born architect and illustrator, notable for the sketches he made as an artist correspondent during the American Civil War. 1864

An Irish Trooper, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

The Remains of the Former Army of the Crusaders, First Crusade, Historical, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Artwork

Elisha Kent Kane (1820-57) American naval surgeon and Arctic explorer in polar dress. Kane took part in the Franklin Search Expedition of 1850-1851. Engraving 1862.

Sea fishing, 1751-1777. Artist: Unknown

An interfering old lady asks a rather irritated wounded soldier, home on leave, how he got his wounds and receives the reply of "By not minding my own business, and interfering in this bloomin' war!" 1916

Illustration from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

ZUMALACARREGUI, Tomàs (1788-1835). Carlist general. Spain. First Carlist War. Tomàs Zumalacàrregui wounded in the siege of Bilbao. Litography. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. GUIPUZCOA. Donostia. San Telmo Municipal Museum.

'A Good Riddance', First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Artist: Unknown

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN NORWAY: THE PRINCE AND HIS SUITE DESCENDING THE STALHEIMSKLEV

PAUL REVERE DANDO LA ALARMA DE LA REPRESION BRITANICA - LA CABALGADA DE PAUL REVERE - SIGLO XVIII.

The Assassination of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170

Robinsons of Guyana. Surrender, or you re dead, vintage engraving. Robinsons of Guyana. Surrender, or you re dead, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657237

The Yankee had perished in an accident, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

Hut of a vineyard keeper, province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, woodcut 1888, Europe

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