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A young man learning to shoot aims a rifle at a pet bird tied to a stile; a companion backs against the wall to get out of the way. Lithograph by R. Seymour.

Armaments: a variety of sporting guns. Engraving, c.1861.

A man shoots at a lark that has escaped from its cage on the street: the woman who owns it watches in horror from an upstairs window, while another man watches from the side of the house. Etching, 183-(?).

A man who has shot a barn owl moves towards it as another man runs away. Etching.

Morbus sagittarius clinicus : Das Leipziger Klinische Vogelschießen und seine Festzeitungen / Marcel Korge und Ortun Riha (Hgg).

The Royal Artillery Barracks map : London 2012 Paralympic Games / London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

M. de Mélincourt sets off for the hunt saying farewell to his wife, while his son is having shooting lessons. Engraving.

Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

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Morbus sagittarius clinicus : Das Leipziger Klinische Vogelschießen und seine Festzeitungen / Marcel Korge und Ortun Riha (Hgg).

A man who has shot a barn owl moves towards it as another man runs away. Etching.

The Royal Artillery Barracks map : London 2012 Paralympic Games / London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

M. de Mélincourt sets off for the hunt saying farewell to his wife, while his son is having shooting lessons. Engraving.

Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.