Sujet

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

Légende

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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A26_256

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

13,9Mo (1,0Mo) / 16,0cm x 21,9cm / 1884 x 2581 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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