Shooting Collection (page 7)

Clay Pigeon Shoot
A well-to-do shooting party, aiming at clay pigeons in the snow. Date: early 1930s

Gillie boy with dogs on grouse shoot, Scotland
Gillie boy with pointers or setters on a grouse shoot on the Scottish moors. 19th century

Cynegetica: treatise on hunting and fishing by Oppianus. Greek school (11th c.). Hunting for Birds. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

Belgian plane shooting down a Taube over Yser, WW1
Belgian plane shooting down a German Taube over Yser, Belgium. Date: 1914

Selkup-hunter - Traditional hunting gear of a Selkup (north Siberias indigenous minority), knife, rifle, skies. Winter; Semi-tundra near river Taz, North Tumen region, Northern Siberia, Russia

Zeppelin machine gunners by Matania, WW1
Zeppelin machine gunners attempting to beat off a British aeroplane attack. The gunners are positioned on a 9 foot platform above the bow end of the airship

Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II

Royal Shooting party comprising Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen of Edward VII, Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938), Governor-General of South Africa; son of 1st Duke of Connaught

A W Gamage Ltd. - Sports Outfitters of Holborn, London Date: circa 1905

Milking Boy - Grindelwald, Switzerland - with his own milking stool, pre-attached by leather straps to his behind! Date: circa 1910s

Bribri People - Shooting fish, Costa Rica
The Bribri - an indigenous people of Costa Rica. They live in the Talamanca (canton) in Limon Province of Costa Rica. The Bribri men pictured are shooting fish using short bows. Date: circa 1910s

Buryat Archer competing at a Traditional Games in 1928. The Buryats or Buriyads - the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic

Portable bird-hide, for use when shooting birds. Illustration from Canarien Bogeln, Grhe Anweisung alle Arten Vogel zu fangen, einzustellen, abzurichten, zahm zu machen. Date: 1768

Austro-Hungarian firing squad, WW1
Austro-Hungarian justice being carried out in the form of a firing squad during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ned Kelly
The Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly. 1878

The Australian bushranger, Frank Gardiner arrested at Apis Creek, Queensland. 1863

Boys at Bisley, Surrey
A group of boys at Bisley in Surrey, a rifle shooting venue for many years. The boys may be from the Bisley boys school, an orphanage run by The Shaftesbury Homes

Shooting Apple Off Head
A man shoots an apple off a boys head, in the style of William Tell

Indian Tiger Hunt 1860
British in India shooting a tiger from elephants : their native guide hopes their shooting is effective

Napoleon Shooting
The exiled Napoleon goes partridge-shooting on Saint Helena

Shooting buffalo from a train in Kansas
Shooting buffalo from a train, on the Kansas Pacific Railway

When the War is Over, Maggie (3) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front thinks of his love as he takes part in combat alongside his colleagues. (3 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

Victorian Scrap - soldiers pursuing a cyclist. late 19th century

Prince of Wales in Nepal Terai, shooting tigers 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII) with Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis, in close quarters with tigers. Date: 1876

Prince of Wales tiger shooting 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII) on a shooting expedition in the Terai, padding a tiger. Date: 1876

Prince of Wales in Nepal Terai, shooting bears 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII) on a shooting expedition in the Terai, crossing a nullah in the jungle. March 1876

Torquay, Devon - Wealthy European Aristocrats on holiday. Date: 1937

County of London Rifle Shooting Championship - The Competitors and Results. Date: circa 1930

Petrograd, Russia - February Revolution, 8th-15th March 1917
A very important (and very rare) real photograph postcard showing National militia firing on a Czarist police position (the police were running along the rooftops according to the eyewitness report)

Shooting a movie thriller in mid-air
A camera man in an aeroplane operates his camera to shoot two planes in combat for a movie. One pilot can be seen escaping by means of a parachute. Date: 1932

Advert for Kenneth Durward outdoor wear 1915
Kenneth Durward, sporting and speciality tailor. Variety of outdoor clothing for men. 1915

WW2 - Rocket Gun Battery in action
Photograph, 1941 (c): rocket gun battery in action. The trail of scores of rockets shooting towards the sky and bursting. Associated with World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)

Man in uniform shooting in Oman
Oman. Man in uniform shooting. Two men looking over. Date: 1976

Honour Was Satisfied by H M Bateman, or, The Seasons Retrospect. This illustration shows a man hunting, but is such a bad shot that he hits nothing

The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough in caricature
John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (18 September 1897 11 March 1972), styled Marquess of Blandford until 1934, British peer, pictured with his wife, The Hon

Frankfurt Shooting League
Poster for the Frankfurt Shooting League. Date: 1912

Childs slate with pen and toy soldiers on a New Year card. Date: early 20th century

Shooting duck
Engraving of a marksman shooting duck. Date: circa 1800

Outfits for travelling north to the grouse moors
Chic women at a railway station (probably Kings Cross) all set to travel north to the moors to indulge in a spot of grouse shooting. Date: 1926

Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein at Barn Hall
Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869-1931), second son of Prince and Princess Christian (Princess Helena) and grandson of Queen Victoria pictured at Barn Hall

The Hand of Justice on the Egyptian Murderers
Series of photographs on the Denshawi incident, whihc is described as: A tragic occurrrence where the British officers who sought to vary the monotony of a march by indulging in pigeon-shooting were

Mechanical Pieces, Plate 186, showing a range of items including a bird tree with clock, a monkey conjuror or magician, a sleeping beauty, a woman at a sewing machine, a bird in a cage

Our Boys Clothing Company, Shooting / Norfolk Suit
Our Boys Clothing presents a shooting and a Norfolk suit. Date: c.1895

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - going shooting. circa 1910s

The ruler of Hornos island is surprised by the firing of a c
Tierra del Fuego. The ruler of the natives of the Hornos island, along with the Dutch Willem Cornelisz Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, is surprised by the firing of a cannon. Engraving, 1807

Conquest of Mexico (1519). attempt to pull down the cross fa
Conquest of Mexico (1519). Detail of the attempt to pull down the cross facing the idols and stone throwing and arrow shots against Montezuma (1466-1520). Conching by Miguel Gonza?lez (1698). Detail

Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there WW1
Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there... Perhaps these French soldiers expected an Easter ceasefire. Date: 1917

Gambetta as Marksman
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, shooting sparrows from his window by way of preparation for his forthcoming duel with Fourtu. (He survived...) Date: 1838 - 1882

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