Shooting Collection

Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. The contest was chiefly among the members of the Cinque Ports Corps...The first prize was a Lancaster rifle, value ten guineas, which was won by Mr

Duck-Shooting on Saratoga Lake, 1973, (1883). Artist: Matthew Somerville Morgan
Duck-Shooting on Saratoga Lake, 1873, (1883). From America Illustrated, edited by J. David Williams. [DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, Boston, 1883]

Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, 1872. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt
Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, 1872. Mount Watkins reflected in a glacial lake in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. In the foreground a swimming deer is being shot at by hunters in a canoe

The Gloucestershire Regiment. Back-to-Back at Alexandria, 1801, (1939). British forces fighting back-to-back against the French at the Battle of Alexandria in Egypt, 21 March 1801

Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers, 1787. Creator: Hans Raj Joshi
Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers, 1787

Gen. W. H. L. Wallace s, 2nd Div. Army of the Tenn. 1887. Creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett
Gen. W.H.L. Wallace s, 2nd Div. Army of the Tenn. 1887. Albumen print, stereo, from the series " The Chicago Panorama of the [1862] Battle of Shiloh"

Gen. Grant giving order to Gen. McPherson, 1887. Creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett
Gen. Grant giving order to Gen. McPherson, 1887. Albumen print, stereo, from the series " The Chicago Panorama of the [1862] Battle of Shiloh"

The Siege of Silistria, (1854), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Silistria, 1854, (1890). The Siege of Silistra took place during the Crimean War when Russian forces besieged the Ottoman fortress of Silistra

The Prince of Wales on a tiger hunt during his visit to India, 1876 (1901). Artist
The Prince of Wales on a tiger hunt during his visit to India, 21 February 1876 (1901). The future King Edward VIIs (1841-1910) elephant charged by a tiger in the Nepal Terai

Massacre in the boats off Cawnpore, 1857, (c1860). Massacre of British civilians in what is now known as Kanpur, India. Illustration from The History of the Indian Mutiny, by Charles Ball, Volume I

Defeat of Colonel Gore, by the Insurgents at St Denis, 22 November 1837, (1877). British military leader Charles Gore is killed by French patriotes in Quebec

Battle at the Porte St Denis, 28th July, 1830, Paris. Artist: Hippolyte Lecomte
Battle at the Porte St Denis, 28th July, 1830, Paris. Fighting between the people and royalist troops during the French Revolution of July 1830. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The Battle of Konigshugel, also known as the Battle of Ober-Selk

In a Brazilian forest: waiting for a shot, 1864. Creator: Unknown
In a Brazilian forest: waiting for a shot, 1864. 'The place where the sketch was made us a favourite haunt of the deer which resort to the banks of one of the small mountain streams near

The fight between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The fight between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, 1864. American Civil War - sea battle off Cherbourg on 19th June, from a sketch by Robert Lancaster, the owner of the yacht Deerhound

The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman

The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Creator: Edwin Weedon
The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman, '...our Special Artist

"Startled," by Harrison Weir, in the Exhibition of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving. 'Mr

The War in America: Fort Fisher...the British steamer Hansa running the blockade..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The War in America: Fort Fisher, commanding the new inlet entrance to Cape Fear River - the British steamer Hansa running the blockade under the guns of the Fort, 1864

"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Engraving of a painting depicting a '...chivalric and important personage - a [Scottish] Border chieftain

Expedition against the hill tribes on the Punjaub Frontier, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Expedition against the hill tribes on the Punjaub Frontier: view of the Chumla Valley and village of Umbeylah from the position held by the British force on the Goroo Heights, 1864

The St. Clement Danes Rifle Challenge Cup, won by Captain Scrivener, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The St. Clement Danes Rifle Challenge Cup, won by Captain Scrivener, 1864. 'The prizes to the Westminster Rifles (the Queen's) were presented on the 9th January by Lady Constance Grosvenor

Members of the community of shooting enthusiasts, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
Members of the community of shooting enthusiasts, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Volley firing, U.S. Naval Academy, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Volley firing, U.S. Naval Academy, between 1890 and 1901

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Table XXX(a). A popular illustrated textbook for children

Wild Fowl Shooting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Wild Fowl Shooting, 1858. The most numerous class of our wild-fowl visitors from the Arctic shores is the brent or black goose...The white geese are generally considered to consist of four different

Action between a large Chinese Row-Galley and a small Cutter of H.M.S. "Amethyst"... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Action between a large Chinese Row-Galley and a small Cutter of H.M.S. "Amethyst", Canton River, 19th July, 1858. British forces in China

Sketches at Canton - Panic at the Commissariat Stores - "Great Firing and No Execution", 1858. British forces cause havoc in China

The Hon. Artillery Company of London Practising with the Rifle at Seaford, Sussex, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Hon. Artillery Company of London Practising with the Rifle at Seaford, Sussex, 1858. A detachment of the Honourable Artillery Company of London...has been for some days past stationed at Seaford

Meeting of the Worcestershire Archery Society in the Grounds of Lea Castle, Wolverley... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Worcestershire Archery Society in the Grounds of Lea Castle, Wolverley, near Kidderminster, 1858. Women shooting with bow and arrow

The Prince of Wales's Elephant charged by a Tiger, 1876. Creator: C.R
The Prince of Wales's Elephant charged by a Tiger, 1876. The future King Edward VII shoots tigers during a royal visit to India

Beating the Jungle for Tigers, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Beating the Jungle for Tigers, 1876. The future King Edward VII shoots tigers during a royal visit to India. The following telegram was published in London on Thursday: "Camp of Nepaul, Feb. 21

King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at Wittstock, 1810. Creator: Emanuel Limnell
King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at Wittstock, 1810

Plan and arrangements of the rifle-shooting contest on Wimbledon Common, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Plan and arrangements of the rifle-shooting contest on Wimbledon Common, 1860. National Rifle Association event in London

The Battle on the Volturno - the final repulse of the Neapolitans... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Battle on the Volturno - the final repulse of the Neapolitans - from a sketch by our special artist, Frank Vizetelly, 1860

King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at Stuhm, 1854. Creator: Carl Wahlbom
King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at Stuhm, 1854

The Revolution in Sicily - narrow escape of our special artist, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - narrow escape of our special artist, 1860. I met with a gentleman going to Santa Catarina, where the column then was

Breakfast-hunting at Roccapalumba, a Sicilian village - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Breakfast-hunting at Roccapalumba, a Sicilian village - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. Having heard...that there was absolutely nothing to be obtained...in the shape of eatables...[it was

Watonai Capturing a Tiger, c1830. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Watonai Capturing a Tiger, c1830

The Attack at Dawn, 1877. Creator: Alphonse de Neuville
The Attack at Dawn, 1877. The scene is a French town in the Jura region, near the Swiss border. As a bugler sounds the alarm

Bharata Shoots at Hanuman as He Flies Over with the Medicinal Herbs (recto)... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Bharata Shoots at Hanuman as He Flies Over with the Medicinal Herbs (recto), Hanuman Lands with the Medicinal Herbs (verso), Scenes from the Story of the Burning of Lanka

The Prince of Wales in the Nepaul Terai: Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis...with a Tiger...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Nepaul Terai: Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis at close quarters with a Tiger, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....the tiger sprang out

The Prince of Wales Tiger-Shooting with Sir Jung Bahadoor: the Critical Moment...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales Tiger-Shooting with Sir Jung Bahadoor: the Critical Moment, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales's first tiger - second shot...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales's first tiger - second shot, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales shooting his first tiger at Jeypore...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales shooting his first tiger at Jeypore - first shot, Gwalior, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

The War in the Herzegovina: the Battle of January 26...1876. Creator: Unknown
The War in the Herzegovina: the Battle of January 26, from a sketch by a correspondent of the "Rousski Mir", 1876

The War in the Herzegovina: Battle of January 20....1876. Creator: Unknown
The War in the Herzegovina: Battle of January 20. from a sketch by the correspondent of the "Rousski Mir", 1876....the Turks gained a victory, but were not able to profit by it

Rama Destroys the Ogress Tadaka, 1700-1725. Creator: Unknown
Rama Destroys the Ogress Tadaka, 1700-1725. In the ancient Indian epic the "Ramayana, " Rama, an incarnation of the god Vishnu, restores order to the world

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