Title

Queen Victoria firing the first shot at Wimbledon, July 1860, (1887).Artist: William Barnes Wollen

Caption

Queen Victoria firing the first shot at Wimbledon, July 1860, (1887). The queen opens the first meeting of the National Rifle Association by firing the first shot from a Whitworth rifle. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Vol III.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1887

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C40_405

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (6,7Mb) / 15,4in x 12,6in / 4625 x 3776 (300dpi)

Keywords

London England female women woman people male event man men monarch guy weapon weapons gun guns shooting queen royal canopy war tent tents Victorian century soldiers soldier shot rifle royalty wimbledon lady concept B&W firing MONOCHROME warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry nineteenth century The Print Collector Merton royal event sovereign TGN Prince Albert Queen Victoria Victoria Albert National Rifle Association Whitworth engraving NRA Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Prince Consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Albert Wilson William Barnes Wollen Robert Wilson Wollen William Barnes Robert Wilson engraving