Historical War Illustrations

Engravings depicting various historical battles, events, and ceremonies from different periods and cultures.

Troops of Charles the Bold, Brend'amour, Richard (1831-1915)

War of Roussillon, also called War of the Pyrenees or War of the Convention, (1793-1795). Conflict between the Spain of Charles IV and the First French Republic. Death of Luis Fermin de Carvajal, 1st Count of La Union (1752-1794), attacked by General Dugommier between 17 and 20 November 1794, he was killed by a rifle shot during a reconnaissance near the hermitage of Roure, in the so-called Battle of the Black Mountain or Battle of Montroig. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

España. Catalunya. Primera guerra carlista (1833-1840). Facciones catalanas atacadas por los isabelinos en las alturas de Cabrils en marzo de 1834. Grabado de la época.

William II was king of England from 1087 to 1100. He was commonly known as William Rufus or William the Red. On a hunting excursion in August 1100, he was killed by an arrow that pierced his lung. The circumstances are unclear and the king was abandoned by his men. A peasant later found the body, as seen here in this illustration by Edward Dalziel. This drawing accompanied Charles Dickens' account of the tale in his book "A Child's History of England.".

Free distribution of bread, meat and wine to the people. Roasting an ox. Procession of Charles V and Pope Clement VII after Charles' coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in Bologna, 1530. Engraving after "Entrée solennelle de Charles-Quint et du Pape Clement VII, a Bologne". "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Sale of weapons at Grand Bazaar, Istanbul. Turkey. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Captain Aylmer Ignited The Fuse, 1902. Artist: AP.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Nonnemacher's Execution. The piper Melchior Nonnenmacher, formerly a musician in the service of the nobility, was bur...

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Nonnemacher's Execution. The piper Melchior Nonnenmacher, formerly a musician in the service of the nobility, was burnt to death, Weinsberg Bloody Deed, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown, Europe

Wintering in the frigid seas. thus accomplishes this rescue could cost the lives of three men, vintage engraving. Wintering in the frigid seas. thus accomplishes this rescue could cost the lives of three men, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656832

Troops of Charles the Bold, Brend'amour, Richard (1831-1915)

A Scottish highwayman at the entrance of his cave by the roadside. Date: 19th Century

Caught by the dogs - Union prisoner caught trying to escape from Florence Military Prison, South Carolina during USA Civil War

Napoleonic Wars: Jean Lannes, Duke of Montebello (1769-1809)at French attack on Ratisbon.

Samson Strikes a Philistine Army, Book of Judges, Chapter 15, Verses 9-16, Old Testament, Bible, Philistine, Judah, Samson, Suffering, Fire, Thousand, Battle, Fight, Soldiers, Windmill, Castle, Spears, Lances, Historical Illustration 1890

Leif Ericsson lands in Nova Scotia, c.1000 AD NORWAY.

The Frenzy of Orlando, by Paul Gustave Dore, illustration

The Nuremberg Field Serpent, a gun, ca 1510, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Louis VII in battle at Mount Kadmus, Crusades were strategically, religiously and economically motivated wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between 1...

The Battle of the Partitions: Catholic Relief Act, 1829. Supported, right, by Wellington, Peel, Brougham and Burdett and opposed by Cumberland and Eldon and the followers of their No Popery slogan. The carrying of the Act through the British Parliament in 1829 was a victory for Daniel OConnells campaigning 1823-1829.

Cutting a path across the Isthmus of Panama during Spanish rule (pre-1821). To avoid pirates Spanish treasure was carried west to east across the Corces Mule Trail to the Atlantic and loaded on a Spanish convoy to Madrid. Engraving, Paris, c1885.

The early morning assault, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

Bandits of the sea dada began to kick harder, vintage engraving. Bandits of the sea dada began to kick harder, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656868

Do not you see emerge increasingly hull of the schooner, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Painting depicting the chivalrous defense of the Galician city by Modesto Brocos (1852-1936) Brazilian painter, designer and engraver of Galician origin. Dated 20th Century

Illustration depicting a scene from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) fought between the Republicans and Democrats. Dated 1936

DA-SN-85-06156. Country: Unknown

Death of Lieutenant Henry Anstruther, Battle of Alma, Crimean War Death of Lieutenant Henry Anstruther, Battle of Alma, Crimean War Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21665169

'The Innocent Abroad' Out Since Mons: "Well, what sort of night 'ave yer 'ad" Novice (but persistent optimist): "Oh, alright. 'Ad to get out and rest a bit now and again" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1915

The situation of Poland in 1773 after the first partition of Poland, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Train robbers steal $12000 in New Mexico.

Control of caterpillars, pests in the city, pest control around 1875, Berlin, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known, Europe

Illustration of Russian soldiers in trenches writing letters home 1917

Smoking bacon--Army teamsters at hdqters, Brandy Station. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, Curing (Preservation), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station

Jamestown, Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in America. It was founded on May 13, 1607. This late 1800s engraving shows the settlers building the first house-according to what was known and understood about the colony in the late 1800s.

Engraving showing the crew of an emigrant ship searching their vessel for stowaways prior to departure for America, 1850. Date: 1850

In this illustration dating to 1913, Black Agnes is shown defending the Castle of Dunbar and repulsing the English. The great fortress of Dunbar was attacked by the English, under the Earl of Salisbury, in 1239. In the absence of the governor, the Earl of March, known as Black Agnes, defended the castle and drove back its assailants.

An engraving depicting the forging of pikes in a village smithy during unrest in Ireland. Dated 19th century

A strange ordeal. It expires soon crushed by two executioners, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

African American 'contrabands' digging a canal across a bend in the Mississippi river during the Siege of Vicksburg, 1862. About 1,100-1,200 African-Americans were gathered from neighboring plantations by armed parties for work on the canal. The canal dug across the base of De Soto Point to make a channel for Union gunboats and transports to bypass the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, during the Civil War. From Harper's Weekly (BSLOC_2018_5_98)

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Siege of Delhi - engineers blowing up the Cashmere Gate so that Colonel Cambell's men could pass into the city, September 1857. Wood engraving c1895

SMUGGLING IN THE HIGHLANDS: THE CAPTURE OF AN ILLICIT WHISKY STILL, UK, 1883

Men using portable fire extinguishers to fight a fire in a mine.

Amazoness archers fighter. Dahomey, Central Africa, Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Mrs. Lacouture. The captain knocked the man, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Junot s troops in the mountains of Northern Spain, vintage engraving. Junot s troops in the mountains of Northern Spain, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656486

The Boston Tea Party,16 December 1773, (1872). Artist: Unknown

The scene inside Lieutenant Greely's tent when the relief party arrived on 22 June 1884. In 1881 Adolphus Washington Greely (1844-1935), American Arctic explorer, led the American expedition of 25 men to set up a meteorological station at Smith Sound as part of the first International Polar Year. In 1883 the relief boat failed to arrive and when the rescue party arrived in 1884 only six men survived. Engraving from 'The Graphic' (London, 1884). .

Boston Tea Party, 26 December 1773. Artist: Unknown

The Tour de France a small Parisian, He rolled over, struck, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

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Arrival at Fort Noulato, vintage engraving. Arrival at Fort Noulato, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659844

'The General's Horse Fell Into A Ditch', 1896, (1902). Artist: Gordon Frederick Browne.

A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, in which a young soldier questions Old Bill on the origin of the mysterious hole in the wall. Cynical Old Bill responds in the manner he is accustomed to. 1915

Engraving depicting lead miners in the Harz Mountains, Germany. Dated 19th century

'House to House', Artois, France, 9 May 1915 (1926). Artist: Unknown

Engraving depicting a diver taking photographs on the sea floor. Dated 19th Century

Fisherman watching for shoals of Cod.

New York's First Fire Engine in Action, December 6, by unknown artist, 1731

Cartoon depicting a conscript during an exercise class, the instructor looks on, unimpressed. Dated 20th century

Engraving depicting a burglar being interrupted by the homeowner. The burglar threatens the man with a gun as he tries to rob the house. Dated 19th century

Johann Friedrich, kurfurst von Sachsen, is taken prisoner by emperor Carl V at Muhlberg.

Stop to receive the post from Tebessa at the Oued-Hamadia junction, Tebessa. Oran Province, Algeria. Africa. Drawing by H. Charles, Tébessa and its monuments by Antoine Héron de Villefosse (1845 - 1919) Le Tour du Monde 1880

WW1 - During the Second Battle of Dover Strait, HMS Broke rammed SMS G42 on 21st April 1917 near the Goodwin Sands. In confusing action, there was close-quarter fighting between the crews. The German sailors tried to board and attack the British ship before it got free. Date: 1917

'What More Can Be Done': a scene of castration during the Peninsular War. Date: circa 1808

Normal method of applying a petard (explosive device) to the gate of a fortress. The fuse has just been lit and the Fusilier is retreating quickly in order not to be 'hoist with his own petard'. Stipple engraving c1800.

The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty. Dated: published 1862. Medium: wood engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Winslow Homer.

Engraving depicting the South American Indian method of using a bow and arrow to hunt birds. Dated 19th century

Soldiers by the fire; The Cossacks in the Boerenhut. Standing And Seated Soldiers at a Fireplace With Cooking Pot in a Farm.

It can not suppress a horror at the sight of the Redskins gesture, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

A pirate. The anchor sank, taking with it the human cluster, vintage engraving. A pirate. The anchor sank, taking with it the human cluster, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656744

The caddie (in the course of his third round with Colonel Foozle, who always takes out a collection of two dozen clubs, if only for the look of the thing) begins to doubt if he, the caddie, really belongs to the idle classes, as stated in the papers The caddie, carrying a bag filled with golf clubs, watches as Colonel Foozle hits his ball from a sand trap towards water. drawing : India ink over pencil, with scraping out, and opaque white on illustration board 1906

'Scott Writing The Last Pages Of His Diary', c1929. 'The blizzard held them prisoners in their camp...Food they had - for two days - but very little fuel, and so "in the faith of the little children, they laid them down to die". Months later the relief party found the bodies of Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson, and Lieutenant Bowers...under Scott's shoulder were three notebooks, one of which contained these, some of the last words he wrote: "We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which shows that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one

Impalement during Kuruc insurrection or Hungarian peasants'Revolt, 1514. "Cosmograpia", Basel, 1552. Author: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER.

Engraving depicting a fortress being attacked by a siege tower incorporating a battering ram (right), a battering ram protected by a cat (left), and a cat protecting sappers undermining the foundations. Dated 19th century

Rescue of castaways by means of rocket apparatus and lifeboat, historical engraving, 1869, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Engraving showing Joseph Robinson, First Captain of the Cullercoats Volunteer Life Brigade, with Heaving Stick in hand and ready for action. Captain Robinson was a fisherman and Tyne pilot by trade and famous in Cullercoats for the strength of his throwing arm. If a ship was wrecked close to shore, Robinson would throw his heaving stick to the ship and then any survivors could cling to the line as they headed ashore. Date: 1870

Wash a prisoner in salt water on a British prison transportation ship (prison hulk) used to take convicts to Australia for re-settlement. 1850

Artwork: "AIRMAN Down at Sea Shooting a Flare Pistol" Artist: Schmidt-Effenberger. Country: Unknown

'Omar the Optimist' "Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row, A muttered curse, but ne'er a whine, and thou- Beside me,singing in the wilderness, The wilderness is Paradise enow." Acartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

World War I Political Cartoon - The more they squabble about the land at the rear, the more we lose at the front" says a Russian deserter. 1917

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian artillery battery bombarding besieged Paris, January 1871. The Prussians are suffering casualties from incoming fire. France

Peace celebration on a balcony above the city, German-French war 1871, soldier is back with his wife and family / Friedensfeier auf einem Balkon über der Stadt, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1871, Soldat ist zurück bei seiner Frau und Familie, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

General Lauriston as envoy on the gate of Sedan, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Two hunters are in the snowy forest next to a sick deer and raft water, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Wounded knight being given first aid. From title page of a book on field surgeey, 1593.

Members of the Garde Nationale escape from Paris in order to avoid serving with the Communards.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese and Russian soldiers fraternising.

Awaken - Paul Revere's ride. 18 April 1775.

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Allegorical engraving over the conflict. By L. Brunet, 1905.

A camp of laotian fishermen on the rocks of the Mekong River. Laos. Southeast Asia. Laos and the wild populations of Indochina 1877 by Doctor Jules Harmand (1845 - 1921) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1880

Engraving showing members of the American Franklin Search Expedition of 1878-1880, catching fish in the salmon creek. This expedition was one of many to search the Arctic for signs of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror', to look for the Northwest passage round the northern coast of Canada. The expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, disappeared from view late in 1845 and no

Parade of Pierre Lys, Aude department, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

Herod's soldiers attack rebels in Galilee caves, Bethlehem, 1880, historical woodcut, Israel, Asia

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

The killed templar knights infront the gates of Jerusalem, fifth crusade, 1221, Israel, Asia

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

Boer War: an army medical officer, Joseph Hinton, pulling down the fly of a marquee in which lie soldiers with enteric fever. Process print after A. S. Hartrick, c. 1900.

Sir Brune fights Lord Brian (who had come to kill him as he had heard Brune was wounded) on the battlements.

Roman warfare: raising 'baskets' of attackers to ramparts of a besieged fortress. From Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon Antwerp 1605. Engraving.

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