Caption

Earliest known drawing of a handgun. From an etching by Israel von Mechlin from around 1420, showing the devil shooting at Christ in a resurrection scene, from the book The British Army, 1868, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Date

Jul 20, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK25M43_233

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

91,7Mb (1,9Mb) / 22,8in x 15,6in / 6852 x 4678 (300dpi)

Keywords

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