Colonial Military Engagements

Engravings depicting colonial military activities and interactions, reflecting historical contexts in Africa and Asia.

Persian men smoking the narguile on horseback. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire

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Colonialism. Africa. Charles George Gordon (1833-1855). British General and Governor of Egyptian Sudan. A British exploration by Sudan. Engraving by Caton, "La Ilustracion Artistica", 1884.

THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ MARITIME CANAL

Military and mutiny the Madras army native infantry grenadiers 21st regiment Madras now Chennai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

THE ASHANTEE WAR

People crossing the Prussian, Saxon border, 1895, historical illustration, Germany, Europe

THE FIGHTING NEAR GILGIT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA

Persian men smoking the narguile on horseback. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire

War Correspondents -- Inquisitive: War Correspondent's first encounter with Cossacks in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877. The correspondent of the Illustrated by delineating his own first meeting with a detachment of Cossacks, who showed him their lances and pistols. August 25, 1952. (Photo by Camera Features).

France. The colonial army. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal' (1892). Engraving.

Royalty on Tour Arrival of the Prince of Wales at Lahore Pakistan Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Illustration of provisional government troops under Lavr Kornilov (1870-1918), Russian general and one of the leaders of the White Movement

The meeting of English King Henry II and French King Philip II during a violent thunderstorm

PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS TO THE WEST KENT LIGHT INFANTRY, AT ALDERSHOTT

The Krivoscni, mountaineers of Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), Montenegro. Europe. Old engraving illustration Trip to Istria & Dalmatia 1874 by Charles Yriarte

Modern age. Army. 15th- 16th century. Engraving. Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

David Livingstone, suffering from fever, carried through the jungle by his men. Lithograph.

THE NIGHT PATROL AT CAIRO, EGYPT, 1870

Battle of Plassey - The Nawab's Artillery on its Movable Platform. by R Caton Woodville. The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over a much larger force of the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The battle helped the Company seize control of Bengal. Richard Caton Woodville Jr.(1825-1855) was an English artist and illustrator, who is best known for being one of the most prolific and effective painters of battle scenes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

British colonialism. Journey of the Prince of Wales (1841-1910) to India. Later he would become the King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Review to the elephants of Guicowar in honour to the Prince. City of Baroda or Vadodara. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, January 22 of 1876.

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Siege of Plevna (20 July to 10 December 1877). Combats that took place between the joint army of Russia and the Kingdom of Romania against that of the Ottoman Empire. Bulgarians listening to the bombing of Plevna. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume II. 1877.

Officers relax after a hard day bashing rebels who resent British presence in their country. Date: 1889

Surrender of the Tonga or Friendly Islands. The arrival of the British fleet at Tonga on 19th May 1901 to receive formal possession of the islands from Germany.

Giuseppe Garibaldi with soldiers and common people at the foot of Aspromonte, Calabria, 1860, Expedition of the Thousand, lithograph by Carlo Perrin from the drawing by Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), 22x15 cm, from Album Storico-Artistico della Guerra d'Italia (Historic-Artistic Album of the Italian War), Turin.

A NEGRO FIGHT IN VENEZUELA, 1874 engraving

Illustration depicting the customs of Bulgarians from Danube, Germany. Dated 1863

The Annual Customs of Dahomey. The main yearly celebration in the Kingdom of Dahomey (currently Benin), held at the capital, Abomey, in early autumn as a tribute to the invisible spirits. At that time, taxes were collected, the price was fixed in current currency, military and civilian commanders were appointed, good deeds were rewarded and criminals were severely punished, from which the victims destined for the Annual Customs were chosen. On the assigned day they appeared on a high platform and, in baskets, were thrown into a void, dying beheaded by the executioners. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, September 15, 1876.

Turkish men who recruit soldiers, November 10, 1837, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1848 print Paris paper. adult man. fashion, clothing Izmir

Drawing reproduction: Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), courtship; from: "Kłosy", 1886, No. 1089, p. 297; Kłosy (Warsaw; magazine; 1865-1890), Chełmoński, Józef (1849-1914), Kraków, Stanisław (Paris); 1885/1886 (1885-00-00-1886-00-00);

Janissaries. Elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. Engraving. 19th century.

Preparing a composition for a portrait of the Ameer Yakoob Khan at Gandmak. Date: 1879

English troops in Abyssinia with local employees as auxiliaries, 1869, Ethiopia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century...

América. Colombia. Soldados insurrectos de Panamá. Grabado de 1885.

An engraving depicting a palanquin, a covered litter for one passenger, transporting an Indian Army Officer. Dated 19th century

German Cameroon colony; native African recruits addressed by a German officer

WITH ADMIRAL SIR W. HEWETT'S EMBASSY TO KING JOHN OF ABYSSINIA

MANIPUR PRISONERS CAPTURED AT PALEL.

Spanish Guinea. Territory controlled by Spain since 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea. It gained independence in 1968. The new country was named Equatorial Guinea. Fernando Poo Island (today Bioko Island). Spanish province of the Gulf of Guinea. Concepcion Bay. Bubis launching a canoe into the water. Drawing by E. Alvarez Dumont. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

'Sepoys, 1757', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Execution by firing squad of a Ghazi, or Muslim militant, at the Peshawur Gate in Jellalabad during the Afghan War. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after W.H. Overend.

Egypt, Alexandria. On June 11, 1882, a xenophobic movement breaks out in the city and extends to other cities, causing the murder of 200 foreigners. The conflict arose from the entry of English and French ships into the port of Alexandria. The British squad opened fire on the city on July 11 and occupied it. European families leaving Alexandria as the bombardment was imminent. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Porters carrying dismantled guns across a stream in the Niger Territories in an expedition against slave raiders. After a sketch by sub-commandant Morgan of the Niger Company's Constabulary Force, cir

Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the king of Kandy. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 29-Nov-1785. Measurements: h 155 mm × w 195 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Meschrou. Water well in the Sahara Desert, Tibesti Region, Chad, Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Two months in Tibesti, episodes from travels in Africa 1869-1873 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on right, wearing dark jacket) setting out from Yambuya Camp on the 28th June 1887 during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. Emin Pasha, a German doctor, explorer, linguist and the Governor of the Egyptian Equatorial Province had retreated to Wadelai, near Lake Albert, with 10,000 followers during the Mahdi Rising of the mid-1880's. Cut off from all communication Emin Pasha was considered lost, so the British government sent out a resc

Women from the village of Coffin building a hut, Guinea. West Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey to the Baga and Rio Nunez countries 1884-1885 by Lieutenant Andre Coffinieres de Nordeck (1866 - 1908) Le Tour du Monde 1886

Colonies.

Group portrait of soldiers; John Burke (British, active 1860s - 1870s); Afghanistan; 1878 - 1879; Albumen silver print

Nigerian porters carrying gun parts across a river to fight slavery, 1800, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Indian army uniforms including Left: Ghurkhas; centre: Bengal Lancer, Right: Sepoys. The British Indian Army was deployed by Great Britain to support its efforts in Europe during World war One. 1915

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. French troops inside the Mamelon Vert, a small hill transformed into a redoubt by the Russian military engineers, after the fall of Sebastopol (Sevastopol). Sebastopol was under siege from October 1854 to 11 September 1855 when it fell to the Allied forces and the Russians retreated. Tinted lithograph after W Simpson for 'Illustration of the War in the East' (London, 1855-1856).

Nigerian porters carrying gun parts across the Benue river in a British expedition to suppress slavery. Wood engraving after Morgan, 1894.

Taiping Officers and Soldiers, China, 1850, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

Samurai warriors. Japanese general, officers and page. Ancient war costumes of the Taikoun troops. Tokyo. Japan. Drawing by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) Travel to Japan, 1863-1864 by Aime Humbert (1819 -1900) Le Tour du Monde 1867

THE ASHANTEE WAR

Knights on horseback, 1217, 1840 - 1863 print Prince surrounded by his knights, all on horseback outside a castle, in the year 1217. On the right a standard carrier with a standard on which the Haarlem weapon. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Utrecht paper knight Haarlem. Netherlands

Montereau fight. / 18 February 1814. (IT)

Persia, 1490-1907. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Iran

Indian Mutiny: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

War dance of the Ashanti men folk. British forces engaged the Ashanti people in battle for possession of the coastline of West Africa. Date: 26 July 1873

Russia, St. Petersburg. Discovery by the police of the mine underground intended to blow up Sadowaia Street (Melaja Sadowaja). It was in the centre of the street that leads through the Newski perspective to the site where Tsar Alexander II had been surveyed. A box of dynamite and nitroglycerine had been placed at a depth of one metre. The control for its detonation was made from a house transformed by the nihilists into a milk and cheese dispenser. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

'A Native Wurley', 1886. Artist: A Irwin

Group portrait of Bhil fighters from Malwa, 1862 photograph Malwa photographic support albumen print human races; peoples; nationalities. armour. firearms: rifle. archer's weapons: bow

Soldiers in bed. Culebrino with a wide visor and hood, white sayo with gunpowder bags and crossbow with white sayo and head cap. Old engraving of the

Underwater mines collected by the Japanese in front of Port Arthur, China, Russo-Japanese War, photograph by Underwood, drawing by Fortunino Matania, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 2, January 8, 1905.

Police officer, pipe carrier, soldier and page, Iran. Drawing by Jules Laurens (1825-1901) Journey to Persia, 1855-1858 by Arthur de Gobineau (1816-1882) Le Tour du Monde 1860

World War II (1939-1945). Ethiopia. After the Italian defeat at the Battle of Gondar (1941) Ethiopia remained in British hands, except for the resistance of thousands of Italians supported by natives who did not accept surrender and kept fighting in the Gondar region. Engraving of La Domenica del Corriere, Italy.

Taamirah Wadiat Palestinian camp in Palestine, Israel, Middle East, Orient. Syria by Charles Louis Lortet (1836-1909) Le Tour du Monde 1882

Satirical drawing: "fenian-pest". Punch, 1866

Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Final direct military confrontation between the Carlist movement and the government of Spain. Entrance of King Alfonso XII and his armies in the town of Estella (Navarre) on March 2, 1876, thus ending the war. Life drawing by Pellicer. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, March 15, 1876.

Raid of an African Village by Arab Slave Hunters 1884 E. Buffetti Woodcut print

Turkish prisoners at the Customs House. A clip from a German magazine unknown

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "views from Deli and the Battak Country by K. Feilberg" (1870). Group or Battaks. 1870. Batakland, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Death of General Gordon; Khartoum, Sudan 1885

'West India Regiment', 1890. Creator: Godfrey Douglas Giles.

Photographic Copy of a Drawing of Japanese Warriors by Charles Wirgman; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909); Japan; 1864; Albumen silver print

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Conversation between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza after the adventure of the windmills. Chapter VIII. Engraving by E. Vela. 19th century.

(French - Quweira , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Combattants des forces arabes du royaume du Hedjaz).

The French army, engraving by Edouard Detaille, 1886. Colonial wars, Morocco, 19th century.

HISTORIA DE AFRICA. REINO ZULU. AFRICA DEL SUR. "GUERREROS ZULUES CARGANDO CONTRA SUS ENEMIGOS VECINOS BRITANICOS DE NATAL, Y CAPITANEADOS POR SU REY CETEWAYO (1834-1884) ". Grabado de "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (año 1879) .

Africa. Explorers confronting with natives of Bumbireh Island. Departure of Lady Alice with Dr. Livingstone. Engraving by Laplante, 1880. Colored.

Entry of the French army into Tunisian territory. Finding very little resistance, it was proclaimed the French Protectorate of Tunis from May 12, 1881 to March 20, 1956. View of Le Kef. Holy city of the Tunisians, occupied by the column of the French general Logerot, on April 26, 1881. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

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. Eastern Pyrenees. Surrender of the Spanish garrison of the Fort de Bellegarde on 17 September 1794. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

Guerra en el Riff. Año 1909. Delegación de moros para negociar la paz.

France, 1860 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

GUERRA DE CUBA. NOMBRE GENERICO A LAS TRES GUERRAS PÒR LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CUBA , 1868 - 1898. " DESEMBARCO DEL GENERAL MARTINEZ CAMPOS PARA LA PACIFICACION DE CUBA ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1896.

Soldat indigène de l'État Indépendant du Congo, 1896 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Belgium

Members of the First Japanese Diplomatic Mission to the United States. Charles DeForest Fredricks (American, 1823 - 1894)

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "views from Deli and the Battak Country by K. Feilberg" (1870). Group or Battak Chiefs. 1870. Batakland, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

A Somali warrior, vintage engraving. A Somali warrior, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657410

Contrafactur of the ring race under Elector August to Fast Night on 23.02.1574 in the Electoral Castle to Dresden. Sheet 52 p. 57, double picture, left side: rider with thresholds, wedel and rake as leader of the carriage with threshing farmers

Great Britain, colonies (4) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

A GROUP OF CRIMINALS IN THE CHIEF PRISON, ISTAMBUL, TURKEY, 1876

GUERRA DE MARRUECOS-EL CAID El GLAOUI RECIBE LA CRUZ DEL HONOR-GRAL LYAUTEY - GRABADO - 1912. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France. GLAOUI EL (CAID). LYAUTEY LOUIS HUBERT.

Seven officers of the irregular cavalry of Punjab, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Mode, Kleidung in Afghanistan, von links, ein bewaffneter Dorfbewohner vom Stamm der Durani, dann ein Hindki, ist Großhändler und Geldwechsler in Wint...

How many Sudanese marksmen does it take to shoot a crocodile.... Date: circa 1910s

Edad Media. Diversos Músicos y Ballestero. Dibujo de Villegas. Lámina número 13 del ALBUM DE LA INFANTERIA ESPAÑOLA del Teniente General Conde de Clonard. Litografía Militar, Madrid, año 1861.

Russia, 1898-1899. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Unloading a ship on the beach, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century painting, Dahomey, 1888

The camp of the 51st Kings Own Light Infantry at Mogok, Burma. Date: 1887

Albanian Insurgents who fought against the Ottoman Empire Turkish army. Date: circa 1910

The Expedition against the Malays: the British Force ascending the Perak River, 1876. Episode from the Perak War: '...the joint military and naval forces, under command of Major-General Colborne, C.B., and Captain Alexander Buller, R.N., going up the Perak river, in the Malay peninsula, to punish the murderers of the late Mr. Birch, the British Resident among the Malay tribes of that region...View taken just above Passir Telor. It shows the flotilla of forty-five boats, conveying the force on their way up the river. The large square boats are those conveying the guns, provisions, and coals f

Época Restauración. Cetrato, Insigniario y Lanceros. Dibujo de Villegas. Lámina número 8 del ALBUM DE LA INFANTERIA ESPAÑOLA del Teniente General Conde de Clonard. Litografía Militar, Madrid, año 1861.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Type of Arab women at Basra.

Africa - Sudan() - warriors / M. Veniery, Khartoum.. Title from item, No. 7 Choubouk, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Warriors,Africa,1900-1930, Military officers,Africa,1900-1930.

Description: Gun position in the Walchefit Pass, 1942. Date: 1942 secondworldwar, africa

Trial by fire, Yazidi rite, Iraq, photograph from L'Illustration, No 3338, February 16, 1907.

The war in Egypt, second battalion Highland light infantry picknicking at the Pyramids, Egypt, historic image, 1883, Africa

The reapers' repast 1900, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

CONGO - French and German officials, determined to correctly map the boundary between their territories, make their way through the marshy Lobaye valley. Date: 1913

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

Encampment - Cooking Pots Over a Fire, John Phillip (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867)

INVALIDED SOLDIERS BEFORE THE HOSPITAL BARRACKS, AT BROMPTON.

The Gates of Shalmaneser III: Ninth century B.C. Exchange of congratulations and military exercises before a campaign.

The Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco July 1936 at the outset of the Spanish Civil War

Workers, level of Estraelon, Holy Land, d. h. Plain of Jesreel, Israel, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Ceremonial guards lend colour, if not authenticity, to the ambience of Castle Mandawa, one of the region's best known hotels.

Maritime Museum at the Commissioner's House at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda.

Baron, kk Field Marshal Lieutenant, Obersthofmeister of Archduke Ferdinand Carl Viktor, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.