Decorative Engraving of VOC Battle Ships Attacking Palembang in Sumatra, ca.1700

Antique print titled 'La Ville de Palimbang dans L’Ile de Sumatra.' A very decorative, impressive engraving of Palembang in Sumatra. Two views on one sheet. In the upper part the ove...

Antique print titled 'Abbildung der See-Schlacht, darinnen die Englisch und Hollandischen Siegreich gegen die Französische Flotta gestochen haben 1692'. Old print depicting the Action at La Hogue, 1692. The Action at La Hogue occurred during the pursuit by the English of the French fleet after the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May Old Style (29 May (New Style)), 1692, during the Nine Years' War. The pursuing English fleet, under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell...

Title: 'The departure of the Empirour Hockflieuw to the Emprial Court at Peking' with further description in Dutch. The Dutch man Pieter van Hoorn, his son...

Title: "The Station used by the great Mandaryns Staetsie der groote Mandarijns / The Station used by the great Mandaryns Staetsie der groote Mandarijns. 1665. The richly illustrat...

Antique print Indonesia titled 'Bombardement van Atchin door de Nederlandse Vloot'. Antique print depicting a military scene in Indonesia. Originates fr...

Antique print Batavia titled 'De Reede van Batavia'. Beautiful view of the sea near Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia), with several ships lying at anchor. Artists and Engravers: Ma...

Lithographic print of the battle of Cape Lèzard on 21st October 1707, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles. Skelton is the engraver. Original print by Victor Gilbert Théodore Gudin...

Lithographic print of the Naval Battle of Beziers on 10th July 1690, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles 319bis. Skelton is the engraver. Original print by Victor Gilbert Théodore Gudin...

Fine 18th century engraving of a stag, after the hunt, with a magnificient dog at rest, in a country scene, beautifully depicted.

Cartographer from Germany 1678-1757. Hand colored. Gilt wood frame. Estate of William Hodgins.

Lithographic print of the diamond rock battle, the main port of the island of Martinique, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles 112. Chacoane is the engraver. Original...

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...