/r/BattlePaintings

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This is a subreddit is about paintings depicting battles or other historically important events.

We have been running a couple of years now and we would like to thank everybody who has helped make us what we are.

This is a subreddit is about paintings depicting battles or other historically important events.

Wikimedia Commons is a great source for paintings.

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Thank you

Rules

  1. Please only submit paintings! There are other subs for photos or videos.
  2. The title should contain the name of the artist, name of the Painting and the year of the event depicted.
  3. Please post the source and a link to information about the battle or historical background in the comments.
  4. Please only submit Paintings are Historical events, for anything else please use /r/ImaginaryBattlefields
  5. Please Be civil, so please no racism, bigotry, Abusive language ect...
  6. No Posting Paintings with watermarks. (Nobody wants to go to your dodgy website.
  7. No Paintings depicting the Russian Millitary following 1991.

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“Old Sam Whittemore,” by Don Troiani (Battle of Concorde, 1775).

38 Comments
2024/07/12
23:44 UTC
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Austrian Grenadiers and French Light Infantry clash at the Battle of Znaim, 1809. Painting by Fritz Allemand

0 Comments
2024/07/12
03:30 UTC
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The painting, Welsh at Mametz Wood, by Christopher Williams portrays the 11 July 1916, Charge of the Welsh Division at Mametz Wood, part of the Somme offensive.

0 Comments
2024/07/12
02:28 UTC
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“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World” - Concord Bridge, the 19th of April 1775, Don Troiani

10 Comments
2024/07/11
17:08 UTC
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'Death of the Kingmaker' by Edmund Evans, after an illustration by James William Edmund Doyle

7 Comments
2024/07/11
00:56 UTC
233

Take Those Colors! The story of the First Minnesota.

1 Comment
2024/07/10
06:52 UTC
320

Richthofen's 34th (details in comments)

8 Comments
2024/07/09
12:49 UTC
537

'The Battle of Copenhagen 1801' Christian Mølsted - 1900 (Oil on Canvas) Danes, manning a floating naval battery, doggedly return the fire of the British Royal Navy under Nelson during its surprise attack on the Danish fleet at harbor at Copenhagen.

32 Comments
2024/07/08
04:49 UTC
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U.S. Marines in action during the Battle of Belleau Wood, WW1 June 1918. Painting by Tom Lovell.

4 Comments
2024/07/08
00:33 UTC
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The Battle of Cowpens, by Don Trioani.

8 Comments
2024/07/07
23:49 UTC
150

Battle of Villafranca (1809) by Antonio Velayos 116x90cm. Spanish troops attacking French troops

1 Comment
2024/07/07
18:27 UTC
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Canadians Drive Toward Rome by Lawren P Harris.

Extracted from IMAGES OF WAR by McCormick and Perry.

2 Comments
2024/07/07
16:37 UTC
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“Bataille de Wagram”, (Battle of Wagram) July 6, 1809 by Horace Vernet

1 Comment
2024/07/07
03:59 UTC
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“The Rock of Erin” The 69th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the Philadelphia Brigade pushes back Armistead’s brigade at The Angle during Pickett’s Charge on July 3, 1863. By Don Troiani.

11 Comments
2024/07/06
18:41 UTC
307

The Battle of Spotsylvania, May 8-21 1864

5 Comments
2024/07/06
16:19 UTC
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Closing the Gates at Hougomont - Robert Gibb, 1903

One of my all time favorites. From the Battle of Waterloo. The Brits had some rockin’ battle paintings from the Victorian era.

21 Comments
2024/07/06
04:33 UTC
105

The Austrian Infantry Regiment IR42 (Erbach) at the Battle of Wagram, 5-6 July 1809. Illustration by Oskar Teuber.

0 Comments
2024/07/06
02:47 UTC
191

Battle of Shiroyama, the final phase of Satsuma Rebellion, painting by Nagashima Mōsai (Utagawa Yoshitora), 1877.

2 Comments
2024/07/05
19:24 UTC
81

Second English invasion of the Río de la Plata. "Attack by the English on Buenos Aires" July 1807. By Madrid Martínez [800 x 550]

0 Comments
2024/07/05
12:42 UTC
201

1944 Operation Dragoon Do 217K-3 III/KG 100 fires a Hs-293A guided bomb Unknown artist

4 Comments
2024/07/05
12:00 UTC
125

Washington Crossing the Delaware River by Emanuel Leutze (1851). Leutze's oil on canvas painting depicts Washington's attack on the Hessians at Trenton on December 25, 1776.

1 Comment
2024/07/05
00:49 UTC
190

Battle of the Bulge, by John Paul Strain

1 Comment
2024/07/04
23:03 UTC
152

The Prince of Orange personally leads his troops over the French entrenchments at Malplaquet, 1709. Although the battle was ultimately a victory, with 10,000 casualties on one day, it would be de bloodiest day in Dutch military history. Illustrated by Arie Martinus Luijt.

1 Comment
2024/07/04
19:28 UTC
318

Civil War - the Battle of Gettysburg July 1863

3 Comments
2024/07/04
15:08 UTC
92

The capture of Atahualpa, by Juan Lepiani (ca. 1920s).

1 Comment
2024/07/04
13:44 UTC
389

Dutch Engineers at Berezina by Lawrence Alma-Tadema - One of the last hurdles that Napoleon's army faced in its winter retreat from Russia was the crossing of the Berezina River. In the midst of battle, Dutch engineers faced freezing waters to construct bridges for tens of thousands of soldiers.

4 Comments
2024/07/04
10:33 UTC
265

The Response, by Juan Lepiani (1891).

8 Comments
2024/07/04
03:10 UTC
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge by Richard Jack 6,899 × 4,211

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army, against three divisions of the German 6th Army. The battle occurred from 9 to 12 April 1917, marking the commencement of the Battle of Arras and serving as the inaugural assault of the Nivelle Offensive. The objective was to draw German reserves away from the French forces, preparing for a crucial offensive along the Aisne and the Chemin des Dames ridge several days later.

0 Comments
2024/07/04
01:34 UTC
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