Title

Maxim machine gun, c1895. Artist: Anon.

Caption

Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments. They refused him and he then offered it to the British and it was adopted by the War Office. By 1891 it was standard issue for the British Army. From Der Stein der Weisen. (Leipzig c1895). (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1895

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D08_163

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (5,0Mb) / 14,8in x 13,2in / 4427 x 3948 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male technology man men industry country science guy weapon weapons gun guns color colour innovation military war location automation automatic century soldiers soldier concept machine gun invention warfare colourised United States of America United States 19th century weaponry Military equipment armaments nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector armaments industry firepower Maxim gun engraving Anon Anonymous Sir Hiram Maxim Maxim Sir Hiram Hiram Stevens Maxim Hiram Hiram Maxim colorised Sir Hiram Maxim engraving