Rifle Collection (page 6)

For Belgiums Sake, by John Hassall For Belgiums Sake, by John Hassall
For Belgiums Sake, illustration by John Hassall. 1914

Music cover, Tommy Atkins by Brandon Thomas
Music cover, Tommy Atkins, written and composed by Brandon Thomas, dedicated to E V Salaman. 1887

Cartoon, Lord Salisbury and William Gladstone - I have had lots of shots, and I m blest if I can bring that old bird down. 1885

Victorian scrap, Bedouin Arab. circa 1890

Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Courseulles, Normandy
This plaque, which is on a small pillar at the entrance to Juno Beach at Courseulles, carries the Regimental badge with battle honours of WW1 - e.g. Passchendaele, Mount Sorrell, Cambrai and Vimy

Group photo, Shropshire Volunteer Rifle Corps, 2nd Bttn
Group photo, Shropshire Volunteer Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion, wearing grey uniform (the first form of camouflage uniform)

HMS Royal Sovereign, British battleship, with sailors doing rifle drill on deck. circa 1900

The game of Popinjay in Belgium, 19th century. Men with muskets shoot at a target in a park. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Puma, ocelot and jaguar
American cats: puma or cougar, Felis concolor (left), ocelot, Felis pardalis (centre) and jaguar, Felis onca (right). Vignette of hunters with rifles and dogs

Mathias Sturz fighting a bearded vulture with a knife. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Native American man watching beavers, Castor
Native American hunter with rifle watching beavers, Castor canadensis, build a dam. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

German hunters hunting deer attacked by doe. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Hunter with rifle shooting game birds at night. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857. Date: Florilegius

Hunting for tapirs, Tapirus terrestris (endangered) from a river boat in South America. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Fancy dress - men dressed up as cowboys
Two men in The Fancy Dress Studio, 37 Oxford Street, London, dressed in cowboy costumes complete with very hairy chaps! Date: c.1920

Marksmen at Sidney Street Siege, London, 1911
Sidney Street Siege, London - marksmen who formed a cordon around No. 100. 1911

British soldier in kit issued in 1915, WW1
British soldier in kit issued in 1915 - webbing took the place of leather in many items. 1915

Three Maori people of New Zealand, based on an illustration from the HMS Beagle expedition. Date: 1842

Gamekeeper with dog and gun, aiming at a distant target. Date: circa 1970s

Regina Rifle Regiment Plaque Juno Beach exit
The Rifles part of 7th Canadian Brigade, landed at 0800 hours on D Day preceded by the flail tanks of the 1st Hussars. All Canadian objectives were secured that day, the only landings that did

Poster, Get in first with your burst, WW2. 1940s

Poster, One bullet one Jap, WW2. 1940s

Poster, That which they started we will finish, WW2. 1940s

Moose Hunting in Canada. 1892

Comic postcard, Scots soldier, Any Port in a Storm. Date: circa 1910s

The Ladies Rifle Corps Polka, by F. Bernard
Promotional music sheet for The Ladies Rifle Corps Polka of 1860 by F. Bernard. There was hysteria about a possible French invasion in the years around 1860

The Ladies Rifle Corps, by J E Carpenter & Charles Hodgson
Promotional music sheet for The Ladies Rifle Corps song of 1860 by J. E. Carpenter & Charles Hodgson. There was hysteria about a possible French invasion in the years around 1860

Illustration, A Stalking Horse. first published 1838

Imaginary aquatic velocipede for use by duck hunters 1823
Imaginary aquatic tripod velocipede for use by duck hunters, after an English engraving of 1823. Date: 1823

Soldier guarding GWR railway line at Slough
Soldier guarding the GWR railway line at Slough, 30 September 1919. 1919

Four riflemen. 1868

Macneil tartan. circa 1846

Cameron of Lochiel tartan. circa 1846

British Military Uniform - Royal English Fusiliers. 1742

Scrap, Peoples of the World - Brazilian Hunter. 19th century

Military Parade. early 19th century

Colonial hunting group, India, including " Eva and her fiancÚó¼ 2 February 1923. Date: 1923

Roger Williams Negotiating with Canonicus
Canonicus, Sachem of the Narragansetts in the mid 17th century, sits at the entrance of his tent, warding off the rain, to negotiate a land deal with Roger Williams and another English man

Oldham Expelled from Plymouth 1623
John Oldham is expelled from the Plymouth colony, a soldier hitting him on the backside with the butt of his rifle to move him through a crowd. Date: 1623

A Sentinal in the Paraguayan War
A Paraguayan sentinel is depicted dressed in only a long loincloth and a cloth sash across his chest, and a military cap. He clasps a rifle between his arm and ribs. Several dead men surround him

The Flag of the Zouaves at Guadalupe
A soldier from the Zouave class of light infantry of the French army runs through a battlefield carrying his rifle and a flag. Date: 1862

The Member of the Syndicate by H. M. Bateman
The member of the syndicate who meant to get his moneys worth. A smug gentleman holding a three bore shot gun ignores the fuming glares of other members of his syndicate. Date: 1936

Two men shooting grouse from butts on an English moor -- the hunting season begins on The Glorious Twelfth (of August). Date: 1922

Long rifle captured from Nosu, China, East Asia
Two men with a long rifle captured from the Nosu (Nuosu) in south-western China, East Asia. Due to its size it requires two people to fire it. Date: 1922

Fighting Bedouin water carrier, Arabia. Date: 1922

Tribesman in the desert, Algeria, North Africa
Tribesman in the desert with ornamental gun, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Afridi man, living between India and Afghanistan
Afridi man, living in the Khyber and Kohat Passes between India and Afghanistan. Date: 1922

Military manoeuvres at Aldershot - soldiers falling out for water at a roadside cottage. 1894

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