Stopping right along...heh...
ooops, lost my momentum. However, the battle paintings from the 19th century await us. The number of wars going on around the world at any one time is quite amazing. Many of these wars I have never heard about. For example, the Barbary Wars of the early 1800s. Here are some images from the First Barbary War ~~
Burning of the USS Philadelphia
William Bainbridge pays tribute to the Dey The Dey?
The USS Phildelphia Aground off Tripoli, Tunisia
And the War of 1812 ~~
The Star Spangled Banner
The Battle of Lake Erie
Now, images from the Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo, Lion's Hillock
Sunken Road at Waterloo
The Crimean War
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The American Civil War
The Battle of Gettyburg
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Aquia Creek
The Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Memphis
The Austro-Prussian War
The Battle of Koniggratz
The Sino-French War
The Battle of Foochow
The Taking of Bac-Ninh
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Boxer Rebellion
To recap ~~ here, here & here
The End of the Battle Paintings




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