Cuirassiers Collection

Waterloo - Highlanders
Battle of WATERLOO The Highlanders form a square to withstand the cavalry charge of the French cuirassiers

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Reichshoffen also called Battle of Worth, 5 August 1870. French Cuirassiers gallping through Reichshoffen. Decisive Prussian victory. Germany France Cavalry

Battle of Waterloo
2613377 Battle of Waterloo.; (add.info.: Battle of Waterloo. A dismounted life guardsman fighting a Cuirassiers whom he slew and rode off with his horse. 1816); GSinclair Archive/UIG.

Charge of French Cuirassiers, 1870 (engraving)
1580790 Charge of French Cuirassiers, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts the charge of French Cuirassiers, a mounted cavalry soldiers equipped with armour and firearms)

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Reichshoffen also called Battle of Worth, 5 August 1870
542987 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Reichshoffen also called Battle of Worth, 5 August 1870.; (add.info.: French Cuirassiers gallping through Reichshoffen. Decisive Prussian victory)

Battle of Waterloo
2613379 Battle of Waterloo.; (add.info.: Battle of Waterloo. Shaw the life guards-man's heroic attack on the French Cuirassiers. 1816); GSinclair Archive/UIG

Ribecourt, Dragoon & Spahi Patrols meet, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Ribecourt, Dragoon & Spahi Patrols meet, 1914. A patrol of cuirassiers (left) (mounted cavalry soldiers) and the first Moroccan Spahis (right) at Ribecourt, France, during World War I

French cavalry at Luneville: a charge of the cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard, 1860. Creator: Unknown
French cavalry at Luneville: a charge of the cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard, 1860. The greater portion of the cavalry in the military district of Nancy, under the command of Marshal Canrobert

Pieter Janson (1765-1851), painter and etcher, retired major of the Cuirassiers, 1842. Creator: Monogrammist H. K
Pieter Janson (1765-1851), painter and etcher, retired major of the Cuirassiers, 1842

Uniform of the Russian Army - Cavalry - Division of the Cuirassiers of the Guard, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Uniform of the Russian Army - Cavalry - Division of the Cuirassiers of the Guard, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Corporal John Shaw of the 2nd Life Guards fighting French cuirassiers at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. A large man, he was an obvious target for the enemy

Prussian Army, Prussian Guard, Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment, Emperor Nicolaus I of Russia, No
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, armies, brandenburg, brandenburgian, cavalries, cuirassier, cuirassiers, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, eastern germany, emperors, equus, europe's

Prussian Army, Prussian Guard, Queen's Cuirassier Regiment, Pomeranian No
1900s, 19th-century, armies, cavalries, cuirassier, cuirassiers, digital, digitally, dignitaries, dignitary, drawing, drawings, drawn, equus, europe's, female monarch, female monarchs, frg

Prussian Army, Prussian Guard, Leib Kuerassier Regiment, Silesian No. 1, Trumpeter, Officer, Army Uniform, Military
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, armies, cavalries, cuirassier, cuirassiers, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, equus, europe's, frg, genus, german, german federal republic, grade

Prussian Army, Prussian Guard, Guard Cuirassier Regiment, Officer, Army Uniform, Military, Prussia, Germany
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, armies, cavalries, cuirassier, cuirassiers, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, equus, europe's, frg, genus, german, german federal republic, grade

Prussian Army, Prussian Guard, Regiment of the Garde du Corps, Cuirassier Regiment, Pauker, Standard NCO, Officer
1900s, 19th-century, 4 people, armies, cavalries, cuirassier, cuirassiers, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, equus, europe's, frg, genus, german, german federal republic, grade

The Battle of Waterloo (oil on canvas)
ARM123907 The Battle of Waterloo (oil on canvas) by Hillingford, Robert Alexander (1825-1904); 152.4x127 cm; Army and Navy Club, London, UK; (add.info.: by Robert Alexander Hillingford)

The Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, 18 June 1815
3062200 The Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, 18 June 1815. by Jazet, Paul Leon (1848-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: French Cuirassiers charging a British square. After the painting by Jazet)

Arrest of a man on board a Paris bus after he fired shots at a passing troop of cavalry (colour litho)
3620864 Arrest of a man on board a Paris bus after he fired shots at a passing troop of cavalry (colour litho) by Carrey, (fl.1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Heavy cavalry of the Imperial Army, 19th century. (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986507 Heavy cavalry of the Imperial Army, 19th century. (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by Verico, Antonio (1775-after 1822); (add.info.: Cuirassiers)

The Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (colour litho)
5207766 The Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (colour litho) by Girard, Joseph (fl.1930-50); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Franco-Prussian War, 1870)

The reign of Charles X of France, 1824-1830 (colour litho)
5207761 The reign of Charles X of France, 1824-1830 (colour litho) by Girard, Joseph (fl.1930-50); Private Collection; (add.info.: The reign of Charles X of France, 1824-1830)

Cuirassier with Drawn Sword, modeled c. 1875 (cast after 1891)

Charge of the Ninth Cuirassiers, Village of Morsbronn, August 6, 1870, 1874-1900

Highland soldiers form square against French cavalry at Quatres Bras, 19th century
3697335 Highland soldiers form square against French cavalry at Quatres Bras, 19th century by Payne, Henry A. (Harry) (1868-1940) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Louis Rilliet of Constant, lieutenant in the French army and politician of Switzerland (engraving)
6014531 Louis Rilliet of Constant, lieutenant in the French army and politician of Switzerland (engraving) by Swiss School

Flags of the French Army (coloured engraving)
5998796 Flags of the French Army (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flags of the French Army)

"Our cuirassiers have burst on the ranks of the accurst
984710 " Our cuirassiers have burst on the ranks of the accurst and at a shock have scattered", from Ballads of Famous Fights, First Edition

Paris crowd fleeing the panic from the charge of the Cuirassiers (engraving)
736046 Paris crowd fleeing the panic from the charge of the Cuirassiers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Devotion to duty of a French officer of cuirassiers (colour litho)
2807833 Devotion to duty of a French officer of cuirassiers (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Devotion to duty of a French officer of cuirassiers)

Saluting the flag on a parade during the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Paris (colour litho)
2780027 Saluting the flag on a parade during the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Paris (colour litho) by French School

French cuirassiers (colour photo)
3098744 French cuirassiers (colour photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French cuirassiers)

Grenadiers and chasseurs in the Imperial Army, 19th century
Grenadiers and chasseurs in the German Imperial Army, 19th century. Granatieri e Cacciatori. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

French Army cavalry uniforms (coloured engraving)
5998795 French Army cavalry uniforms (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French Army cavalry uniforms)

Senior French military officers (coloured engraving)
5998786 Senior French military officers (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Senior French military officers)

Officers and soldiers of European armies (chromolitho)
6001549 Officers and soldiers of European armies (chromolitho) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Officers and soldiers of European armies)

Battle of Beaumont (chromolitho)
667714 Battle of Beaumont (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Beaumont. French educational card, c 1900.); © Look and Learn

Battle of Froeschwiller, Charge of the Cuirassiers (chromolitho)
667704 Battle of Froeschwiller, Charge of the Cuirassiers (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Froeschwiller, Charge of the Cuirassiers)

Tsar Nicholas IIs visit to France (colour litho)
2807685 Tsar Nicholas IIs visit to France (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tsar Nicholas IIs visit to France)

1807, Friedland (oil on canvas)
3493090 1807, Friedland (oil on canvas) by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest (1815-91); 135.9x242.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: The Battle of Friedland (June 14)

The carriage of the President of France at the French Armys grand manoeuvres (engraving)
2789428 The carriage of the President of France at the French Armys grand manoeuvres (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

To the glory of French Cuirassiers (1803-1906) (colour litho)
2779255 To the glory of French Cuirassiers (1803-1906) (colour litho) by Morot, Aime Nicolas (1850-1913) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: To the glory of French Cuirassiers (1803-1906)

Attack by Prussian cuirassiers at Vionville, Battle of Mars-le-Tour, 16 August 1870 (chromolitho)
3621636 Attack by Prussian cuirassiers at Vionville, Battle of Mars-le-Tour, 16 August 1870 (chromolitho) by German School

Napoleons Flight at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, 1816 (aquatint)
1268517 Napoleons Flight at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, 1816 (aquatint) by Rugendas, Johann Lorenz (1775-1826); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Two columns of the Imperial Guard)

French Cuirassiers in the battle of Waterloo charged and defeated by the Highlanders
1268430 French Cuirassiers in the battle of Waterloo charged and defeated by the Highlanders and Scotch Greys, engraved by M

"A Charge of Cuirassiers, "from the Paris Exhibition (engraving)
1589222 " A Charge of Cuirassiers, " from the Paris Exhibition (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " A Charge of Cuirassiers)

Mounted cavalry in 1807 (colour litho)
960113 Mounted cavalry in 1807 (colour litho) by Detaille, Jean-Baptiste Edouard (1848-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mounted cavalry, in 1807, by Jean-Baptiste Edouard Detaille)

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"Cuirassiers: The Bold and Resilient Warriors of the 19th Century" Step back in time to witness the valor and strength of the cuirassiers, as they etched their names in history through epic battles. From Waterloo to the Franco-Prussian War, these formidable soldiers left an indelible mark on military annals. At Waterloo, amidst the chaos and thunderous clash of Highlanders, cuirassiers emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Clad in their distinctive armor, they fearlessly charged into battle against all odds. Their unwavering determination became synonymous with bravery. During the Franco-Prussian War's Battle of Reichshoffen, Prussia's finest cuirassier regiments showcased their mettle once again. The Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment stood tall alongside Emperor Nicolaus I of Russia himself. No. 6 officer and common soldiers fought side by side, united by their loyalty to Prussia. The Queen's Cuirassier Regiment from Pomeranian No. 2 exemplified gallantry during this tumultuous period too. Non-commissioned officers led common soldiers donning army uniforms that symbolized honor and discipline within Germany's military ranks. Meanwhile, Leib Kuerassier Regiment Silesian No. 1 echoed its trumpets across battlefields as officers guided troops adorned in resplendent army attire—a sight both awe-inspiring and intimidating. Guard Cuirassier Regiment under Prussian Guard demonstrated unparalleled dedication to duty while wearing immaculate army uniforms that mirrored their commitment to excellence. In addition to combat prowess, it also played crucial roles behind-the-scenes; like Corporal John Shaw at Reichshoffen or Captain Kelly at Waterloo who valiantly faced French adversaries head-on—leaving no doubt about their audacity on horseback.