Besides the text, there are 87 illustrations that include religious, laic, and military scenes.
The necessity for military scenes increased in part because so many were taking place.
His early works often dealt with military scenes, but from about 1820 on he focused on satire.
The art of the ancient East would have known the landscape only in terms of civil or military scenes.
His favorite subject for magazine illustration was now military scenes, though he admitted, "Cowboys are cash with me".
In his paintings of contemporary military scenes, he often called upon veterans who had been present at the actions.
During the war truces, he would paint and draw military scenes and landscapes.
By 1300 such men were coming to form an essential part of the Italian military and political scene.
He said that Russians were avid collectors of porcelain plates with military scenes.
Further, the empire's naval power dominated the military scene in India for three centuries.