Shooting Collection (page 14)

The Prince of Wales after Shooting his First Tiger, 1877
Engraving showing the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, standing by the first tiger he had shot, during his tour of India. Surrounding him are a number of trackers

Whale Gun and Snow-shoe, 1875
Engraving of a typical harpoon gun, used for shooting whales or walrus in the Arctic region, and a patent snow-shoe or ski, 1875

Defeat of Germanys biplane
A Royal Flying Corps airplane ablaze shortly after shooting down a German fighting biplane

Men of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition hunting walru
Illustration showing the crew of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, in their boats shooting walrus, near Franz Josef Land, 1896

Cody / Penny Dreadful / 1910
Colonel WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY alias Buffalo Bill Confrontation with Wapahoka the White Queen and her Amazon followers - " could he bring himself to shoot these girls?"

American Civil war. Confederates trapping a boats crew of t
The Potomac River, Virginia, was one of the key battle grounds during the Civil War. This scene shows a Confederate soldier shooting towards the shore from where the Unionists were firing at

Portrait of Vera Zassulitch
Vera Zassulitch, a Russian revolutionist was tried and acquitted at St Petersburg for shooting General Trepoff

Hunting in Fairyland
Illustration by H.Folkard entitled Big Game Hunting in Fairyland showing an archer shooting down some rather innocent and horrified looking butterflies

Fable / The Snipe Shooter
THE SNIPE SHOOTER A huntsman trying to shoot both a snipe and partridges at the same time, misses both; his faithful spaniel admonishes him

Fable / Dove and Ant
THE DOVE AND THE ANT The ant bites the hunter on the ankle when he is about to shoot the dove, so repaying the doves good deed in rescuing him from the stream

Murder of Victor Noir
The shooting of journalist Victor Noir by Pierre Napoleon sparks off popular unrest : the people cheer the National Guard in the Champs Elysees

The Hydromotor Ship, 1881
Engraving of the Hydromotor Ship, invented by Dr. Emil Fleischer of Dresden, September 1881. Instead of propellor or paddle-wheel

Sniper Post Cartoon
The Competitive Spirit Should be Encouraged - A novel approach to this idea in this cartoon, as British troops turn a Snipers Post into a Try Your Luck shooting alley

Shooting cotton bales into a river-steamer
Cotton bales leaving the exit of a 350 foot downhill shoot and landing on the front of the paddle boat steamer, the Magnolia

Grouse Shooting C1960
Three men, wearing patterned tweed outfits, confer before starting a grouse shoot

For the Moors by Edmund Blampied
Watercolour illustration by Edmund Blampied showing two elegant ladies wearing shooting fashions

Social / Japanese Ladies
Japanese ladies practising shooting with the crossbow indoors

Hunting Tweeds
A sportsman in tweed suit, high leather boots with elasticated, water-proof spatterdashes and a tweed helmet hat

Mckinley, Day of Shooting
WILLIAM MCKINLEY The U.S. President leaves for the Temple of Music. One of the last photographs of the President taken on the day of his shooting

Photo, McKinley Address
WILLIAM MCKINLEY The U.S. Presidents last public address in New York the day before his shooting

Knitwear 1948
An elegant young woman in a rust coloured cardigan and white gloves leans against a shooting stick while out in the countryside

Shooting Party & Hounds
Three country gentlemen out shooting for partridge and game with their dogs, in a classic English countryside setting of rolling pastures

Shooting Woodcock (Harv)
WOODCOCK - A man with three dogs to help him fires at a woodcock as it makes a rapid getaway

Edward VII at Balmoral
Grouse - Edward VII takes part in a royal grouse shoot on the moors near Balmoral, his Scottish home

Hunting Dress 1938
Knee-length straight skirt & matching coat with cape & deerstalker hat - all in a vibrant green, yellow & red tartan - perfect for shooting game birds in. Date: 1938

ERYTHROTAO
A big bird which Olaus Magnus tells us he ate in 1545. Is this a self-portrait of himself shooting it ?

Lady Using Air Rifle
An Edwardian lady learns to shoot an air rifle with the help of a man in suit and boater

Shooting Star Fairy
What you think are shooting stars are really long-haired fairies swooping across the skies

Elegant Shooting Lady
A bird of prey sets out knowing that she is immaculately dressed for the part

Sport / Archery (Shaw)
Medieval archers shooting at the Butt (target) using crossbows

English Country Clothes
A pipe-smoking countryman at Chertsey Agricultural Show and his high-booted companion perching on her shooting- stick; he wears gaiters and has stick for poking livestock

Hunter with Gun & Dog
Huntsman with gun and gun dog

Riding Dress 1841
Huntsman: pleated plaid trousers, shooting coat with many pockets. Riding Habits: jockey cap, Newmarket coat & top boots; buttoned jacket & skirt with a train

Canadian Cadets
Canadian cadets in action at a shooting competition at Bisley

Live Pigeon Shooting
Sportsmen shooting live pigeons as they are released from cages: Theres no rural sport surpasses pigeon shooting, the text says

Duck shooting with decoys, hoping they will encourage other ducks to alight on the water and be slaughtered

Hunting / Bear, Sweden
Shooting a bear, Sweden

Disraeli / Elephant / India
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy has turned the Conservative Party into a rogue elephant: a comment on his interest in India

Balfour / Shooting / Holiday
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour, British politician and Conservative MP, enjoying a shooting holiday with two bodyguards from Scotland Yard

Edward Vii / Iln 1900
Edward, Prince of Wales, attacked on the station platform at Brussels on his way to Cologne, by an anarchist named Sipido

Shooting from a Taube
A German rear gunner takes careful aim with his rifle, shooting from an Etrich Taube

Robert W Service
ROBERT W SERVICE English-born Canadian poet, popular for stirring ballads such as The shooting of Dan McGrew

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig5
Act three, scene five : the shooting contest - the magic bullet is guided by the devil to Caspar, not the dove that Max is aiming at

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig1
Act one, scene one : the peasant Kilian has defeated the forester Max in a shooting contest : Max is in despair !

Pheasant Shooting, Old
Pheasant shooting - old style

Shooting in Belgium C19
Belgians enjoy pape-gaye - shooting at a wooden bird

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