Antique Print of the Ruins of Brunnenburg South Tyrol, in Northern Italy, c.1876

Antique costume print titled 'Mädchen aus Schönna bei Meran, Südtirol'. Old print showing a girl from Schenna, near Meran, South Tyrol. This print originat...

Antique costume print titled 'Junger Bauer aus Obermais bei Meran, Südtirol'. Old print showing a young farmer from the region of Obermais, near Meran, South Tyrol...

Antique print titled 'In de Lutte'. Old print of the village of Lutte, Overijssel. This plate originates from 'Wandelingen door Nederland met pen en potlood (..)', by Jacobus Craandi...

Antique print titled 'Ruines de Kalbassin (..)'. Copper engraving of the ruins of Kalbassin near that of Sem Palat (now Semipalatinsk / Semey). This print originates from volume 18 o...

Presented here is an 1876 engraving of John B. Bachelder and James Walker’s Gettysburg. The Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault. The engraved scene depicts the decisive battle on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Researched by the photographer and topographer John B. Bachelder and painted by James Walker, the original painting was created in 1870. This detailed engraving was done by H. B. Hall Jr. and published by James Drummond Ball. Otherwise called Pickett’s Charge, the battle occurred on July 3, 1863. Pickett’s corp commander, Lieutenant General James Longstreet was placed in charge of the attack despite his hesitations. Longstreet’s central role led to the title of the work, Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault. In an attempt to gain control of an important supply route, nine Confederate brigades charged across three-quarters of a mile of open ground against cannon fire to take Cemetery Ridge from the defending Union Army. Despite their overwhelming numbers, the Confederate forces were repelled with considerable casualties marking not only a decisive victory for the Union, but also the beginning of the slow defeat of Lee’s Army. The furthest the charging forces advanced before being repulsed would forever be known as the “High Water Mark of the Confederacy.” The Confederate army never recovered from the losses at Gettysburg and it effectively ended Lee’s campaign into Pennsylvania. The engraving gives the perspective from the Union rear, one that encompasses most of the battlefield, from Big Round Top on the left to the northern reaches of Cemetery Ridge on the right. The Confederate lines at Seminary Ridge are in the far distance, partially obscured by bursting shells. The image centers on the main Confederate assault, in the vicinity of what today are known as "The Copse" and "The Bloody Angle." The composition has elemen...

Antique map of South America. Displayed in a new Roma frame with museum quality matting. Custom frame in platinum. No print date, but cert...

Old print of the Battle of Marengo (14 June 1800): here in Italian language, etching by Romanil. That's rare, but I had all the collection about Napoleon. ref. ST/722.

Rare, antique Parisian lithograph from the mid-19th century.