Title

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the picket going camp rounds, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the picket going camp rounds, 1865. View of '...the nightly picket of members of the Victoria Rifle Corps, fully accoutred and armed, going the round of the camp, as they did, with strict military precision, an hour or two before the usual bed-time'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A26_256

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13,9Mb (1,0Mb) / 6,3in x 8,6in / 1884 x 2581 (300dpi)

Keywords

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