Design Pics/Historical RM Images

Confederate fortifications to the north of Manassas Junction , near Bull Run during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. From Ward and Lock's Illustrat...

Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1776 - 1810. Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated Hist...

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, 1815 - 1898, aka Otto von Bismarck. Conservative Prussian statesman and Chancellor of the...

Leopold I, 1790 - 1865. German prince who became the first King of the Belgians. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c....

Street scene in 19th century Berlin, Germany. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

Charles Guillaume Marie Appollinaire Antoine Cousin-Montauban, 1er Comte de Palikao, 1796-1878. French general and statesman. From Ward and Lock's Il...

A servant, to prevent treachery, tasting the wine before serving it at the table. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Prince Friedrich Carl Nicolaus of Prussia, 1828 - 1885. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

The President-Marshal Marie Edme Patrice Maurice, 6th Marquess of MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta, 1808 - 1893. French general, politician and Marshal...

A medieval knight, after a woodcut from Caxton's Game of Chess. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, 1827 - 1892. Second son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the...

An early form of hockey or bandy ball. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

The Chantry Capel, Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, England. This chapel adjoins the Beauchamp Chapel where the effigial monument of Robert Dud...

The interior of Methley Hall, Yorkshire, England before its demolition in 1963. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

The death of General Hentzi at the storming of Buda by the Hungarian forces of Artur Gorgei in 1849. Heinrich Hentzi von Arthurm, 1785 - 1849. Hungar...

William I, 1797 - 1888. King of Prussia from1861 and the first German Emperor, 1871 - 1888. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World,...

Count Ferenc Gyulay de Marosnemethi et Nadaska also known as Ferencz Gyulai, Ferencz Gyulaj, or Franz Gyulai, 1799 - 1868. Hungarian nobleman who se...

Francis II, 1836 - 1894. King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

Victor Emmanuel II, 1820-1878. King of Sardinia-Piedmont who became the first King of a united Italy. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the...

Bettino Ricasoli, 1st Count of Brolio, 2nd Baron Ricasoli, 1809 - 1880. Italian statesman. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, pu...

Garibaldi attacked by Italian Troops at the Battle of Aspromonte aka The Day of Aspromonte,1862. Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1807 - 1882. Italian general, p...

Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, 1792 - 1863. British Army officer. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c...

Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, 1803 - 1863. English general who fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. From Ward and Lock's Illu...

Milan Obrenovi?, 1854 - 1901. Ruler of Serbia, first as prince (1868-1882), subsequently as king (1882-1889). From Ward and Lock's Illustrated Histo...

Francois Achille Bazaine, 1811 - 1888. Officer of the French army and Marshal of France. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, publ...

Alfonso XII, 1857 - 1885. King of Spain. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre, 1758 1794. French lawyer, politician and Jacobin leader during the French Revolution. From Hutchi...

Girondists or Girondons being taken to the guillotine for execution during the French Revolution. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published...

The assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday, 1793. Jean-Paul Marat, 1743 - 1793. French political theorist, Jacobin leader, physician, scientist...

Marie Antoinette being led to execution during the French Revolution, 1793. Marie-Antoinette-Josephe-Jeanne d'Autriche-Lorraine, 1755 - 1793. Last...

Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, 1797 - 1877. French statesman, historian, second elected President of France, and the first President of the Fren...

French staff at the Second Battle of Neerwinden, 1793. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

Louis Napol????on Bonaparte, 1778 - 1846. King of Holland, 1806 - 1810 and younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. From Hutchinson's H...

Marie Louise, 1791 - 1847. Austrian archduchess, Duchess of Parma and Empress of the French, from 1810 to 1814 as Napoleon's second wife. From Hutc...

Napol????on Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1811 - 1832. Prince Imperial, King of Rome, Duke of Reichstadt from 1818. Son of Napoleon I, Emperor...

Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1658. English military leader, politician and head of state. Engraving by G. Scott, after Sir Peter Lely. From Woodburn's Gall...

Josephine de Beauharnais, nee Tascher de la Pagerie, 1763 - 1814. First Empress of the French as the first wife of Napoleon I. From Hutchinson's Hi...

Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Francais, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano, 1775 - 1840. French statesman. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, pub...

Charles Pierre Francois Augereau, 1st Duc de Castiglione, 1757 - 1816. Soldier, general and Marshal of France. From Hutchinson's History of the Nati...

Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, 1805 - 1894. French diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, publish...

Daniel, Oliver Cromwell's porter. He is said to have been about 7 feet six inches tall (2 meters 32 centimeters), and to have been a clairvoyant. From...

Napoleon visiting a silk factory in Jouy, France, 1806. Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821. French statesman and military leader. From Hutchinson's Hi...

The charge of the Cuirassiers at Rezonville, during The Battle of Gravelotte, aka Gravelotte-St. Privat, 1870. From Hutchinson's History of the Natio...

Napoleon visiting the wounded after The Battle of Ulm, 1805. Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821. French statesman and military leader. From Hutchinso...

Massena at The Battle of Wagram, 1809. Andre Massena, 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d'Essling, 1758 - 1817. French military commander during the Rev...

Napoleon's return to France after his escape from Elba, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821. French statesman and military leader. From Hutchinso...

The storming of San Sebastian, Spain, 1813. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

French soldiers running for safety after the Battle of Waterloo, 18th June, 1815. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia, 1769 - 1851. French general, statesman, Marshal of the Empire and 10th Prime Minister of Fr...

The Battle of Magenta, 4 June 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915