Sujet

Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. British seamen in the Naval Reserve: scene showing '...a gun's crew at lever target-practice - in the act of laying the gun for the "bull's-eye" on the target preparatory to its being set in motion. Each volunteer has to fire a certain number of shots at the target during his period of drill, and he undergoes the same instruction as if he were at actual practice at a target afloat'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23B17_112

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,5Mo (3,9Mo) / 47,3cm x 27,3cm / 5583 x 3224 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation people man technology man men arts art guy ship ships British equipment color deck military war cannon century Britain target newspapers drill press print concept Navy B&W artillery sailor warfare sailors volunteer volunteers engraved engraving Colour on deck naval warfare 19th century water transport warship heavy artillery target practice black & white black and white B W white and black warships armaments nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector Illustrated London News ramrod seaman ILN newspaper voluntary on board Unknown naval ship Seamen 19th-century