Battle scenes
Battles and campaigns in prints: the Eighty Years' War, the wars of Louis XIV and the Spanish Succession, Napoleon's battles from Castiglione to Waterloo, the Crimea, colonial wars in Epinal prints and the Sino-Japanese war in Meiji woodblock triptychs.
172 pieces
Naval Battle Lithographs in Frame– Etna and Palermo Engagements of 1676, Schotel
Battle of Vienna in 1683, Etching of Christians vs Turks, Van Westerhout, 1725
Crimean War Lithograph Collection: Eight Views of Sevastopol Surroundings, 1855
Meiji-Era Triptych of the Battle of Pyongyang in the Sino-Japanese War, 1894
Fortress Assault Triptych, 1894 Japanese Meiji War Woodblock by Gekko
1877 Hand-Colored Russo-Turkish War Caricature by Augusto Grossi, Large Print
Rare Large 1650 Copper Engraving Depicting the Naval Battle of Gibraltar, 1607
The Battle of Custoza, July 25, 1848: Commanding Officers Lead the Charge, 1850
Heroic Roman Battle Scene, French Neoclassical Engraving, Napoleonic Era, 1804
Military Procession with Spoils of War After Gerard de Lairesse Rossetti, ca1700
Large Mezzotint of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo German Print, c1850
Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign Battle Scenes, Denon Voyage Egypt Engravings 1802
Antique Satirical Print of Napoleon Fleeing from the Battlefield '1815'
Fierce Crimean War Battle at Kalafat, Ottoman Victory over Russian Forces, 1854
Antique Print of a Scene in American Revolution, The Spirit of '76. '1862'
Print of a Bedouin with a Camel during the Battle of the Smala, circa 1845
Antique Print of a French Cavalryman During the Battle of the Smala 'circa 1845'
A Boxer Rebellion Scene, Siege of the European Legations, Épinal, 1900
Decorative Engraving of VOC Battle Ships Attacking Palembang in Sumatra, ca.1700
Antique Print of the Battle in 1702 of Vigo Bay or Rande, Galicia, Spain
Siege and Struggle: The Kauwensteinse Dike in the Eighty Years' War, 1647
Old Engraving of The Battle of Bergen in Hainaut during the Eighty Years', 1632
First Sparks of the Eighty Years' War in Oosterweel in 1567, Engraved in 1632
The Duke of Parma's Pontoon Bridge in The Siege of Antwerp, 1632
The Aftermath of Battle for Oudenaarde in the Eighty Years' War Engraved in 1632
Clash at Rijmenam Engraved: A Turning Point in the Eighty Years' War, 1632
Old Battle Print of Rossbach in Prussian Saxony, ca.1790
Battle of Samannoud, Denon in Egypt, Napoleon Egypt Campaign Engraving, 1802
Battle of Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War Woodblock Triptych, 1904
Prise de Sontay, an Épinal Print of a French Tonkin War Battle, 1883
Landing of the British Troops in New York, Hand-Colored Optical View, ca. 1776
Battle of Puebla, French Intervention in Mexico, Épinal Print, 1863
Tonkin War Battle Scene, Défense de Tuyen-Quan, Épinal Print, 1885
Egypt Crisis Battle Scene, Bombardment of Alexandria, Épinal, 1882
Rare Engraving of a Famous Battle Near Ushant Between the French and British
Antique Print of the Battle of Camaret in the Nine Years War, Near Brest, France
Antique Battle Scene of the Attack on Split on the Adriatic Coast, ca.1660
Fin de la Guerre: The Behemoth of the Siege of Antwerp, 1585
Napoleonic Wars, Battle of Eylau 1807, Hand-Colored Engraving
Siege of Wolfenbüttel, 1627, Merian Theatrum Europaeum Engraving, c.1635
Emperor Vespian Besieging and Conquering Iotapata 'Yodfat', 1725
Venetian Fleet vs. Ottoman Turks, Dardanelles Naval Battle Engraving, 1656
The Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson & British Fleet, 1805
Spectacular View of the Siege of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar, ca.1730
Entry of French Troops into Turin 1798, Napoleonic Era Engraving, 1808
Antique Print of the Battle with Troops of William of Orange in Amsterdam
Naval Battle Off St. François (Campeche, Mexico), ca. 1780
Venetian Naval Battle Print, Rare Optical Vue of Venice versus Turks, c.1770
About battle scenes
Battle prints were the war reporting of their day. Engravers worked from eyewitness sketches, dispatches and official histories, and their plates appeared in books, newspapers and as separate prints within months of the event.
The collection spans the 1632 engravings of the Eighty Years' War, Merian's battles of the Thirty Years' War, Rugendas and Basire on the wars of the early 1700s, Napoleon's campaigns from Castiglione to Waterloo, Crimean War lithographs, colonial battles in Epinal prints, and the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars in Meiji woodblock triptychs.
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Questions about battle scenes
Are the battle prints contemporary with the battles?
Many are; others were made decades later for histories of the wars. Each listing gives the date the print itself was made, and the date of the battle where it differs.
What is a Meiji war triptych?
A Japanese woodblock print in three joined sheets, made in the 1890s and 1900s to report the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, printed in strong aniline colours.