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Consequences of a successful French invasion / Sir John Dalrymple, inv...

French soldiers pillaging and destroying the House of Lords. A guillotine takes the place of the throne and above it hangs a Liberty Cap. A French soldier carries away the mace while others rip and burn the tap... More

The miseries of war (Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre.) no. 7,...

Print shows soldiers sacking a village for provisions and loot, and burning some of the buildings and killing citizens; shows a church on a hill in the background. Includes six lines of verse printed below imag... More

The miseries of war (Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre.) no. 7,...

[Eh bien, Messieurs! deux millions], Political Cartoon

Print shows Napoleon Bonaparte motioning toward a statue, one of the many treasures he brought back from his first campaign in Italy in 1797, and addresses a group of men, possibly of the Directory. Title from ... More

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / Prieur ...

Print shows a mob of French citizens looting the Maison de St. Lazare at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Par... More

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / [Prieur...

Print shows a mob of French citizens looting the Maison de St. Lazare at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Trimmed to edge of image, to include title, but not artist statements. Illustration from: Colle... More

The king before the walls of a besieged city.

Public domain scan of a plan, map, architecture drawing, or diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Nicaragua - fillibusters [sic] reposing after the battle in their quar...

General William Walker's men reposing in convent of San Francisco, during entrance into Granada, in 1855. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 May 3, p. 336.

View of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.270) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

A rebel guerrilla raid in a Western town / Th. Nast.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 300 (1862 Sept. 27), pp. 616-617.

After the battle - The Rebels in p[ossession] of the field / Th. Nast.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 304 (1862 Oct. 25), pp. 680-681.

Jemison's [sic] Jayhawkers. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Antislavery guerrillas under Charles Jennison attacking civilians in Missouri. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 17.

Chinese selling loot after capture of Peking, China

No. 3818. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to a captured village, Flanders

A cart drawn by a horse and mule makes its way into a small village on the Western Front. A uniformed man sits on the horse's back, and standing at the side of the road are two further men in uniform. The road ... More

View of Bucquoy which we have captured

This view of the village of Bucquoy, taken from a high position, clearly shows the devastation caused during the War. Like so many towns and villages dotted across the Western Front, Bucquoy suffered greatly. M... More

Digging out a German gun that was smashed by the fire of our guns

Soldiers attempt to dig a German gun out of the mud. They are all wearing steel helmets and two of them have removed their jackets. The mud is extremely deep and they are using shovels as levers. ..This image h... More

Once Boche land, Flanders during World War I

Officers at a temporary camp. According to the original caption, this area has been recently captured from the Germans. It is unclear from the photograph whether the supplies seen here have been brought in or w... More

Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead

This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them, ... More

New 5.9 Boche destroyed by our artillery, Flanders

This serene image was captured by the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. The landscape looks very beautiful and there is a peaceful atmosphere conveyed in this scene. This could be because the sold... More

Newly captured German machine at a Flying Corps depot near the front

Captured German fighter plane with some Flying Corps members, France. This photograph was taken at a Royal Flying Corps base near the front line on the Western Front, and shows a recently captured German fighte... More

77 mm. guns which were captured by the British during the advance

Eight soldiers are standing grouped around a gun. They are all uniformed and wearing helmets. Three of the soldiers are just standing behind the gun, looking on and chatting amongst themselves. Four soldiers ar... More

Captured German gun, Flanders during World War I

The front of the image is dominated by a pile of long, narrow straw baskets down in the bottom right corner. These would probably have held ammunition for safe transportation. To the left of this is a mound of ... More

Flying Corps men lifting the body of a Boche plane which we brought do...

Five members of the British Flying Corps are lifting the body of a German fighter plane which has been shot down. The wing section is in the background. The plane has its identifying cross flanked by the letter... More

Laying a railroad over newly captured ground, Flanders

A whole team of uniformed men laying a railroad. Most of them are walking along the sleepers, between the tracks. The track has been built on raised ground. This was probably in an effort to avoid the track bec... More

German trophies from Vimy Ridge and Messines

Numerous and various pieces of German memorabilia, such as signs, helmets, weapons and ammunition, have all been artistically pinned to a wall above a fire and surround. ..It was common for advancing armies to ... More

Captured Boche plane on its way to one of our aviation depots

Six uniformed men in overcoats sit on the edge of a trailer. Strapped to the trailer is a captured German aeroplane, painted with the number '8'. The wings have either been detached for transporting or damaged ... More

Canadian officers examining German machine guns

Canadian officers with captured German weapons, during World War I. Canadian officers are pictured with a vast array of captured German weapons, laid out in rank and file order rather like an army battalion. Su... More

Part of captured German trench opposite Gommecourt, Flanders

Part of a captured German trench, near Gommecourt, France. There is a soldier leaning against the trench wall in a rather relaxed and cavalier fashion. The well-built and solid structure he is standing next to ... More

Two jolly Jocks sitting on a very smashed up strong position of the Ge...

Two Scottish soldiers sitting amongst the ruined remains of a German concrete position. They are both sitting on an iron girder, which is jutting out from the wreckage. The soldier on the right is smoking a pip... More

Sentry box made out of Boche ammunition carriers, Flanders

A donkey is trundling along the impression, left in the wet mud, of a road. In amongst the ruins and debris, an odd construction of straw packing can be made out. The little compartments were used to hold shell... More

Tommies bathing in the pond of a captured farm, Flanders

Six soldiers are bathing in a large pond. There is some tomfoolery, with one of the men wrestling his comrade. They are all aware of the photographer, most likely John Warwick Brooke, and are looking towards th... More

Men of the Coldstream Guards sitting on the German Artillery

Three soldiers sitting next to a newly captured German gun. They appear to be sitting outside a concrete dugout. A fourth man stands is the background, leaning against the dugout. Two of the men in front are ho... More

Captured battery of German 4.2 guns

British soldiers firing captured German guns, near Bapaume, France, during World War I. This picture of a British officer firing a captured heavy gun was almost certainly posed for propaganda purposes, rather t... More

Boche Machine Gun crew captured, bringing in their own gun

Captured machine gun, Western Front, during World War I. Two members of a captured German machine-gun crew lifting their machine gun out of a trench or dugout gun emplacement. They are escorted by a number of B... More

Clearing a road through a captured village, Flanders

There is a roadway just visible between two walls of debris. The debris on the far side is being supported by iron railings. There are soldiers walking along the edge of the wall of debris and helping to move h... More

Owing to modern artillery, captured villages have to be marked with a ...

Wooden signs which have been neatly written read, 'High Street. This village is Ervillers. Town Major (arrow to the right). P W Pen (arrow to the left).' There are two soldiers beside the signs one of whom is k... More

Giant German plane which was brought down by us being towed away from ...

German plane being towed through a street by Allied soldiers, in France, during World War I. Clambering over their war booty like triumphant soldier ants, this image shows a proud group of Allied soldiers towin... More

Some Tommies having dinner in a captured village, Flanders

Soldiers eating, Western Front, during World War I. Soldiers relaxing in the remains of a shelled building. One man is sitting and eating at a salvaged table, while others are scavenging through the wreckage. T... More

Store of our big mortars in a captured trench, Flanders

Mortars in a trench. The mortars consist of cast-iron spheres with a long solid tail unit. These appear quite large, and are of the 'toffee apple' type , originally designed by Vickers. They are quite different... More

British working party in German trench, recently captured, Flanders

A trench full of soldiers. They are all wearing steel helmets and are working with shovels and pickaxes. According to the photograph's original caption, they are in fact a British working party in a captured Ge... More

Captured German trench Howitzer at Beaucourt- sur- Ancre, Flanders

This shows a German field Howitzer, damaged and stuck in the mud at the Front. These small Howitzers were relatively easy to move in the muddy conditions and were used by both sides. They could fire shells on a... More

Life in a captured German dugout 50ft beneath the earth and safe from ...

Three soldiers in a cramped dugout, during World War I. The top of the photograph is dominated by a bunk with rush matting. The soldier lying in it was reading by candle light but has looked up and into the cam... More

Captured German trench in Gommecourt, Flanders

Captured German trench, Gommecourt, France, during World War I. This image shows a typical trench - flooded and extremely muddy. The sides of the trench have been reinforced with large posts, planks of wood and... More

Men of the Coldstream Guards and a newly captured German 5.9 gun

Three soldiers standing beside a captured German gun. All three men are in uniform, and each has a small pack round his neck. The ground they are standing on is muddy and covered with splintered wood. The left ... More

German O.P. which has been built up in a wrecked house

This rather lifeless and dilapidated scene is believed to be the work of John Warwick Brooke. Although not initially a good propaganda image, the content could have been played up. The destruction could have be... More

Pack mules going up over captured German ground, Flanders

Soldiers and mules moving across captured ground, during World War I. A long line of soldiers and pack mules are moving across a war-torn landscape. The mules are laden with equipment and supplies, whilst the m... More

View of smashed Bosch O.P. and trenches, Flanders

A captured German trench at Messines Ridge, Belgium. The location of the trenches in this bleak and dismal landscape can be identified by the wooden posts running along the trench walls at regular intervals. On... More

Some gunners and a captured Boche gun, Flanders

This rather dark and wet scene is thought to have been captured by the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. The soldiers standing in this group seem to be quite relaxed, both in this situation and wi... More

Captured Boche gun on the roadside, Flanders

Unusually there is a bike parked up against the side of this gun, despite the incredibly rough, soggy terrain. The soldiers in this photograph look rather jaunty and are posing beside their victorious capture. ... More

Tommies at their dug out entrance - once a Boche concrete gun position...

Two uniformed men stand outside the entrance to a well constructed dugout. The entrance to the dugout is a good foot lower than ground level. It is a sunny day and both men are standing in their shirtsleeves. T... More

Officer and some of the men who captured Tilloy, Flanders

This posed, formal photograph is believed to have been captured by John Warwick Brooke. The soldiers in this scene all appear quite relaxed and well-kept after their 'struggle.'] The German graffiti in the back... More

Officer of an Irish Regiment in full German kit, Flanders

Soldiers wearing souvenirs. The man in the foreground is an officer of an Irish Regiment. He is posing with a German kit in front of a periscope. A number of the onlookers are also wearing souvenirs, possibly f... More

Corner where the Boche formerly kept his ammunition, Flanders

The remains of a large wooden shed are clearly visible here. The surrounding scene is one of chaos, with sections of wood and numerous small wicker baskets littering the ground. Although the original caption su... More

Captured German guns, France, after August 1918

Allied officers, one with a bandaged head, examine lines of captured German guns. Several of the guns have been painted with a very basic camouflage. Painted on the guns are the names of the units which capture... More

Common scene in Flers, Flanders

Dead soldier, near Flers, France, during World War I. A dead German soldier lying in the bottom of a trench, beside the entrance to a dugout. An Allied soldier is looking out from the dugout. The tins and water... More

German movable strong point which we captured at Tilloy, Flanders

This photograph not only allows some of the German equipment to be clearly seen, but also illustrates the devastated architecture and landscape which France had to endure during its four year struggle. The pict... More

Smashed Bosch fortress and trenches, Flanders

All that is left of a captured German trench and fortress at Messines Ridge, Belgium. It is very difficult to identify where the trench originally ran. All that remains is a muddy and tortured landscape, with b... More

Captured Boche trench running through Gommecourt

This nightmarish image is thought to be the work of the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. The only perspective in this image is the zigzag line of the smashed-up trench. There is very little else ... More

Our flying men at work on a Boche plane, Flanders

Five members of the Royal Flying Corps are examining the body section of a two-seater German fighter plane. The plane has a machine gun mounting in front of the forward cockpit. The sleeve badge of 'Royal Flyin... More

Making new dug-outs on newly captured ground, Flanders

From the despondency of the soldiers' body language in this photograph it would appear that they have a long hard job ahead of them. The sheer chaotic destruction evidenced in this image is unfortunately repeat... More

Group of happy Tommies in Athie, Flanders

Seven soldiers pose for the camera. They are standing outside a building that has possibly been bombed or shelled. The ground is strewn with rubble. Three of the men are wearing German helmets. They are all smi... More

Happy men of the Worcester, with their captured helmets, Flanders

British soldiers, during World War I. British soldiers posing for the camera. They are all smiling and look very relaxed and happy. Some of the men are wearing German helmets, probably trophies from a recent ra... More

North Midland troops waiting to resume the attack, Flanders

They are seen resting in a captured German 'pill-box' near the St Julien and Gravenstafel Road. Seven soldiers are squashed into the corner of a concrete box. The standing soldier is having to stoop to fit his... More

Corner of the great heap of bombs and stores let by the Germans when t...

This photograph, probably taken by John Warwick Brooke shows a pile of helmets, bombs and ammunition stores abandoned by the German forces when the Allies captured St Pierre Divion on 13th November, 1916. After... More

Boche gun in concrete pit, one shell jambed in breech and one in mouth...

This photograph is a confused jumble of masonry and weaponry. What appears to have once been a wall now has a hole in it, through which a gun barrel is protruding. The end of it has been 'stopped.' There is not... More

View of Tilloy which we have captured

This photograph is believed to have been taken by the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke, for propaganda purposes. Although not initially positive in outlook, the destruction in this photograph coul... More

View of captured German lines, Flanders

According to the photograph's original caption this image shows the captured German lines at Messines Ridge, Belgium. There is little form or structure to indicate a trench system here. It is very difficult fro... More

Boche ammunition wagon left in their hurry to escape our victorious tr...

This photograph is thought to have been taken by the official photographer, John Warwick Brooke. This situation was probably a rather mundane and daily occurrence on the Front at the time, but Warwick Brooke's ... More

Two officers study a map sitting on a captured big mortar

Although the picture is taken in the countryside the landscape looks fairly chaotic and unnatural. There is a ridge of shale running around the left side of the photograph. The rest of the ridge is not visible ... More

"Ceci tuera cela" Et moi je tue ceci et cela L. Moreau

Prints shows skeleton dressed in armor and holding a sword standing in front of a burning cathedral, library, and town. Edition of 30. Signed and dated on block: "M15." Signed with chop. Library has "3/30." St... More

German soldiers stealing a sack of religious objects from an altar as ...

Indecipherable title on item: "La c[...]ée de culte." Edition of 100. Library has "3-100." Straight no. 966-10. In portfolio: Jou, Louis. Spolium! Album de quatorze eaux-fortes sur la guerre par Louis Jous. P... More

Thousands of German trophies from the front at the U.S. gov't war expo...

Poster showing an American soldier examining German helmets. Text continues: Actual Army and Navy battles, tanks in action, flying battle planes, trench warfare, captured German aeroplanes and guns. Caption: "H... More

The cross and the crusaders!! / Alex. O. Levy.

Allegory showing the figure of Liberty pointing to a crucifix hanging on a wall in church and towards German soldiers looting the church as Allied soldiers advance on the Germans.

Only one, the tall blond youth hesitated --

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Smoking monster engine destroying town]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "What fool will follow us?" by Gen. Erich Ludendorff, Hearst's international,... More

Sheep and goats taken from a conquered nation. (From the centre ruins...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A female prisoner and camels - part of the spoil. [Continuation of the...

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A. Idols and captives from a conquered Nation [Calah]; B. Fisherman in...

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Burning and sack of a city (Kouyunjik) [Quyunjik]

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The assault and sack of a city. [Quyunjik]

Public domain reproduction of artwork related to Ancient Assyria civilization, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spoil of a captured city : eunuchs taking count. (From the centre ruin...

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Supplies left by the Germans in their retreat from Soupier, Aisne, Fra...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18894. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Shell bursting in the Grand Place, Ypres, Belgium

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18850. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Searching the ruins, "somewhere in France"

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18629. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

The cathedral of Notre Dame, Verdun, and ruins extending down to the b...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19258. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

British soldiers gleaning in the fields of war, Menin Road

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18870. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Francisco Goya - Asi sucedió. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain scan of Spanish 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captives and spoil brought to Assyria. (Kouyunjik)[Quyunjik].

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Siege and plunder of a city. (Kouyunjik) [Quyunjik].

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Shell bursting in the Grand Place, Ypres, Belgium

Searching the ruins, "somewhere in France"

British soldiers gleaning in the fields of war, Menin Road

Supplies left by the Germans in their retreat from Soupier, Aisne, Fra...

The cathedral of Notre Dame, Verdun, and ruins extending down to the b...

Plunder captured from the Russians, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Lib...

Local Accession Number: 06_11_004122.Title: Plunder captured from the Russians.Genre: Stereographs; Photomechanical prints.Created/Published: T.W. Ingersoll.Copyright date: 1905.Physical description: 1 photomec... More

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Print shows several buildings along street engulfed in flames during fire on September 19, 1776, citizens being beaten by Redcoats, and looting by African slaves. Includes two lines of text in French that list ... More