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17th - 18th Century Military Print List
Cranston Military Prints  By Subject Military Art 17th - 18th Century History  17th - 18th Century Print List |
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| A complete list of military artwork depicting events from the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes the Jacobite Rebellion, English Civil War and American Revolution. |
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Cromwell at Dunbar by Andrew Carrick Gow. The battle of Dunbar was fought on September 3rd 1650. The battle was won by Cromwell, with less than 30 roundheads killed. The Scots suffered 3,000 killed. This left Cromwell in control of southern Scotland. |
A Thousand Knights Pressing Close Behind the Snow-White Crest by Archibald Webb. (PC) The Battle of Ivry, fought on the 14th of March, 1590 was a major battle during the French War of Religion. Forces of the French Crown led by Henry IV and supported by English troops faced the Catholic League forces led by Due de Mayenne who was supported by Spanish troops. Depicted here, Henry IV with his distinctive white helmet plume spurs his troops into battle. The battle would be a major victory against the Catholic League, who took heavy casualties and had any men captured as prisoners. |
Samurai Warrior by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Polish Winged Lancers - Battle of Vienna, September 12th 1683 by Brian Palmer. In an attempt to expand into Europe, Ottoman Turks under the command of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa laid siege to Vienna for two months. A coalition of Polish, German and Austrians led by John III Sobieski, the King of Poland, arrived before Vienna to raise the siege. Sobieski led a charge of 20,000 cavalry, including the fearsome Winged Hussars into the Ottoman camp and completely routed their army. The battle was over in three hours, the Turks fled the field leaving behind tents, weapons, battle standards and provisions. The threat to Europe had been reversed, and this battle signaled the beginning of the end for the Ottoman Empire. |
The Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Reichshof by Adolphe Yvon. No text for this item |
The British Assault on the Village of Blenheim by Allan Stewart (PC) The Battle of Blenheim, fought on August 13, 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession, was a decisive victory for the Allied forces, led by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy, against the French and Bavarian army commanded by Marshal Tallard. The battle took place near the village of Blenheim in Bavaria and marked a turning point in the war. |
Found and Lost by Chris Collingwood. After the Battle of Roundway Down 13th July 1643, a grief stricken girl meets her true love all too briefly for the last time. |
A scene From the Civil War by Ernest Crofts. No text for this item |
Jacobite Officer 1745 by Ian Cameron Ritchie. No text for this item |
Le Cimitiere De Saint Pravat by Alphonse De Neuville. Prussian troops storm the Cemetery of Saint Pravat after a desperate defence. Gravelotte-St-Privat was the turning point in the Franco-Prussian War leading directly to the final defeat of the French at Sedan, the collapse of Napoleon IIIs regime and the proclamation of the German Empire. |
Charles I on His Way to Execution by Ernest Crofts. No text for this item |
After the Battle - The Swedes in Poland in 1655 by Henryk Pillati. (PC) No text for this item |
Oliver Cromwell after the Battle of Marston Moor by Ernest Crofts. At the Battle of Marston Moor, July 1644, prince Rupert had nearly won the battle after an initial cavalry charge routing three quarters of the Parliamentary Army, But he continued the pursuit to far. The remaining part of the New model army, including Cromwells regiment. after a long hard fight won the day. |
Bunkerhill, 1775 by John Trumble. June 1775, 1,000 American farmers, stood against the 3,000 professional soldiers of the British Army, It took The British three attempts to gain bunker hill and to win the Battle, but at a large cost, British casualties were 1,054 out of the 3,000 compared to 441 from Prescotts 1,000. The print shows Howe and Clinton taking the hill by a flank attack with artillery support. general Howe led the attacks, and miraculously escaped injury while all of his personal staff Officers had fallen. |
Episode during the Siege of Paris by Edouard Detaille. No text for this item |
Battle of Lexington by William Barnes Wollen. The first fight for independence of the American Revolution. The Battle of Lexington, known as Lexington Common, is where the opening shots of the American Revolution of 1775 took place. The Common had been purchased by subscription of some of the towns leading citizens in 1711. The engagement took place oon April 19th 1775. Lt Col Francis Smith wiith 700 men under his command was given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. But Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk, and had moved the supplies to other stores. They were also given word that the British were on their way and a rapid deployment of the militia was undertaken. The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. The Minutemen were outnumbered and withdrew, as the British proceeded on to Concord. At the North Bridge in Concord they were meet by a force of several hundred militiamen who defeated the British three companies of the Kings troops, who withdrew More Minutemen arrived soon thereafter and inflicted heavy damage on the regulars as they marched back towards Boston. Upon returning to Lexington, Smiths expedition was rescued by reinforcements. The whole British force of some 1700 men withdrew back to Boston. |
The Outpost (Dragoon c 1700) by Ernest Crofts. Possibly depicting Royal Irish Dragoons in the early 1700s. |
Broadsword Charge on Brown Bess by Chris Collingwood. Camerons and Stuarts attack the centre and flank of Barrells Regiment (4th Foot) at the Battle of Culloden. |
Frederick the Great Surveying the Field of Battle by Hugo Ungewitter (PC) Frederick the Great was the King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 known for his military genius, enlightened absolutism, and significant contributions to the development of Prussian statecraft. He expanded Prussias territories through a series of successful military campaigns, notably during the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years War. |
The Battle of Minden, 1st August 1759 by David Rowlands. . Captain F Macbeans Company, 1st Battalion Royal Artillery in action on the right of the British line, firing its 12 pounder guns against French Cavalry and Infantry. By permission of David Rowlands. Battle of Minden 1st August 1759. Major battle of the Seven years war. After the French victory in April at Bergen, The French Army 60,000 strong under the command of Duc Louis de Contades marched northwards towards Hanover. To block this French Advance the Prussian Army under Field Marshall The Duke of Brunswick decided to hold the line at Minden. The Duke of Brunswick could only raise a force of 45,000 men including a British Contingent under Lord George Sackville of 6 regiments, a detachment of cavalry and some artillery. The French opened the battle attacking, the British Infantry regiments probably due to a misunderstanding, advanced and they were followed by the Hanoverian Infantry. They attacked the French cavalry. The Infantry advanced only stopping to let off a volleys of fire. This unconventional use of Infantry against cavalry, the French force confused and suffering losses broke. The victory was in Ferdinands grasp, he ordered his cavalry forward but the British general Sackville refused to send his cavalry after the French. For this action he was later court-martialled by King George II and cashiered from the army. The French were able to withdraw in order, but their losses had been 7,000 men and 43 artillery guns. The British and Hanoverian losses were less than 3,000 with 1500 of these casualties inflicted on the British Infantry. This battle ended all French hopes of capturing Hanover. British Regiments at Minden. 12th of Foot. (Suffolk Regiment) 20th Foot. (Lancashire Fusiliers ) 23rd of Foot. (Welch Fusiliers), 25th of Foot, (Kings own Scottish Borderers), 37th of Foot. (Royal Hampshire Regiment), 51st Foot (Kings own Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton by William T. Ranney The Battle of Princeton, fought on January 3, 1777, was a pivotal engagement in the American Revolutionary War. Following the successful surprise attack at Trenton, General George Washington led his Continental Army to a daring victory over British forces led by General Cornwallis. Washington's troops executed a bold night march to flank the British, catching them off guard at Princeton. The battle boosted American morale and demonstrated Washington's strategic ingenuity and the resilience of his army. |
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