Firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, and with a rifled barrel

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Men resting their camels and smoking by Jacob's Well at Shechem, Palestine. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

Malaya: a white hunter resting in the shade as native Malays wait nearby in long grass. Pen drawing by J. Taylor, c. 1879.

An ambulance corps at work in the field. Halftone.

Malaya: a line of white men out hunting accompanied by native Malays. Transfer lithograph after J. Taylor, c. 1879.

Burma: a wounded political officer being carried on a stretcher. Wood engraving by P. Naumann, 1889, after W.B. Wollen.

Russo-Japanese War: soldiers gathered in a temporary dressing station concealed in a hollow. Collotype, 1904.

Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Russo-Japanese War: Japanese soldiers entering a bombed fort to find dead and wounded men. Halftone, c. 1905, after C. M. Sheldon, from photographs.

A Scotsman with a rifle, sword and shield guarding barrels (of tobacco?). Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

World War One: soldiers escorting wounded men from a war damaged building. Photogravure, 1916, after F. Matania.

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Rifles

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rifles

Works from the collections

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

An ambulance corps at work in the field. Halftone.

Men resting their camels and smoking by Jacob's Well at Shechem, Palestine. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

A Scotsman with a rifle, sword and shield guarding barrels (of tobacco?). Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

Rifles

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rifles

Works from the collections

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

An ambulance corps at work in the field. Halftone.

Men resting their camels and smoking by Jacob's Well at Shechem, Palestine. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

A Scotsman with a rifle, sword and shield guarding barrels (of tobacco?). Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

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