Ingenious Destruction: Fire Ship Design of the Eighty Years' War, 1632

This original rare print depicts the siege and capture of Oudenaarde on July 5, 1582, during the Eighty Years' War. A notable incident during this event was the miraculous escape of ...

Rare engraving depicting a battle in the Eighty Year' War. The Battle of Rijmenam took place on July 31, 1578, during the early stages of the Eighty Years' War. It was a conflict between the States-General of the Netherlands and the Spanish governor-general, resulting in a Spanish defeat. The forces of the States-General set up camp at Rijmenam under the overall leadership of the Count of Boussu. Their army consisted of 12,000 infantry and 7,000 cavalry. The English mercenaries were led by Sir John Norris and Sir Richard Bingham, the Scottish mercenaries by Robert Stuart, and the French Huguenots by François de la Noue. Don Juan of Austria, the Spanish commander, commanded an army of 12,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. He planned to attack before reinforcements from Zutphen could arrive. His subordinates, Alexander Farnese and Gabrio Serbelloni, considered this too risky, but Don Juan proceeded with his plan and launched an early morning attack on July 31. He attempted to draw Boussu out for an open field battle, but Boussu stayed behind the dug trenches. After three hours of waiting, Don Juan ordered a company of musketeers under Alonso de Leyva and three groups of cuirassiers under the Marquis del Monte to stage a feigned attack on the village's rear. In response, Boussu sent Norris to confront them. Following the initial skirmish, Scottish forces under Stuart and Spanish infantry under Fernando Álvarez de Toledo...

An original antique engraving of the Battle of Oosterweel, which took place in 1567 during the Dutch Revolt. It is an early conflict leading up to the full-scale Eighty Years' War. T...

The print is a historical depiction of the Siege of Bergen (also known as Mons) in Hainaut in 1572, during the Eighty Years' War. This event is significant as it involved Count Lou...

Battle on the Kauwensteinse dike, 26 mai 1585, attack from the Staten army and ships from Sealand on the dike against the Spanish in the Eighty Years' War. An original historical ar...

Rare original engraving of the Pontoon Bridge Constructed by the Duke of Parma in 1585, depicting the famous pontoon bridge over the Scheldt River. This engineering feat was accomp...

A Victorian framed print of "SHIPS OF WAR - Screw Gun Boat" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Plate 84: The Modern System of Naval Architecture, Joh...

Panorama of the seat of war. Bird's-eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. This third state of this fascinating bird's eye view of the northernmost p...

Antique hand colored engravings depicting “Mr. S.J. Mackie’s Channel Passage Steamer” circa 1872, and “The Launch of HM Screw Steam Ship of War the Royal ...

An important framed lithograph of the "Grapeshot" clipper ship belonging to Geo Law Esq. NY. This print is reprinted from Lith by Currier & Ives, American, active 1834–1907. Its fram...

An American Revolutionary war bond from the State of Connecticut from the late 18th century in custom black frame under glass. From the poignant tapestry of America's Revolutionary p...

Original Russian film poster created by Alexander Chantsev . Chantsev's designed a very unique poster for the Russian release of the film, which is totally different to anything else...