Rifle Collection (#9)

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Infantry at the Charge, 1870. From The Graphic. (London, 3 September 1870)
538456 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Infantry at the Charge, 1870. From The Graphic. (London, 3 September 1870). Wood engraving. France. Germany.; Universal History Archive/UIG

World War I 1914-1918: Get into Khaki We are doing our bit -. Australian recruitment poster showing soldier with rifle
528749 World War I 1914-1918: Get into Khaki We are doing our bit -. Australian recruitment poster showing soldier with rifle in one hand gesturing toward other soldiers in battle (1914-1918)

The Final Repulse of the Neapolitans, 1860 (engraving)
1579624 The Final Repulse of the Neapolitans, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Final Repulse of the Neapolitans, during the Battle on the Volturno)

Deported Rifle Corps, 1860 (engraving)
1579597 Deported Rifle Corps, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Deported Rifle Corps forming earthworks for their shooting-ground by torchlight)

Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving)
8638740 Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vickers-Carden-Lloyd amphibious tank (b/w photo)
8635883 Vickers-Carden-Lloyd amphibious tank (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vickers-Carden-Lloyd amphibious tank)

Coil, Coin, Colt, Comb, Cone, Cook, Coop, Coot, Cord, Cork, Corn, Crab (engraving)
8649989 Coil, Coin, Colt, Comb, Cone, Cook, Coop, Coot, Cord, Cork, Corn, Crab (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coil, Coin, Colt, Comb, Cone)

A large Lion sprang upon one of the Men (colour litho)
8639564 A large Lion sprang upon one of the Men (colour litho) by Skelton, Joseph Ratcliffe (1865-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A large Lion sprang upon one of the Men)

Don't worry - I'm quite comfortable here! (colour litho)
8656823 Don't worry - I'm quite comfortable here! (colour litho) by Carter, Reg (1886-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Don't worry - I'm quite comfortable here)

Snow-shoe race in Nova Scotia (engraving)
8631172 Snow-shoe race in Nova Scotia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snow-shoe race in Nova Scotia)

Highwayman (colour litho)
8635483 Highwayman (colour litho) by Ward, William Dudley (1879-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Highwayman. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Prussian soldiers retreating after the Battle of Montmirail (chromolitho)
8635156 Prussian soldiers retreating after the Battle of Montmirail (chromolitho) by Jank, Angelo (1868-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Death of Brigadier John Pennycuick at the Battle of Chillianwalla, 1849 (colour litho)
8663981 Death of Brigadier John Pennycuick at the Battle of Chillianwalla, 1849 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Advertising card for Manhatta cigars (colour litho)
8677752 Advertising card for Manhatta cigars (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for Manhatta cigars, sold by J C Rathbun & Co)

Pair of shotguns taken on the Franklin expedition, 1845-47 (steel, iron, brass, wood)
7295457 Pair of shotguns taken on the Franklin expedition, 1845-47 (steel, iron, brass, wood); 11x117x5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: They have walnut stocks)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864135 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

History. French Revolution. The revolutionnary troops takes the Tuileries, Paris, Aug
3434676 History. French Revolution. The revolutionnary troops takes the Tuileries, Paris, Aug. 10, 1792 Illustration in: Belles images d'histoire (schoolbook), by H. Geron, France, c.1948 Coll

British Calisher and Terry carbine
3481444 British Calisher and Terry carbine; Private Collection; (add.info.: United States Civil War, Confederate imported British Calisher and Terry breechloading carbine ); © Don Troiani

ROMANA, Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marques de La (1761-1811). Spanish military man and politician. Spain
CUL4870791 ROMANA, Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marques de La (1761-1811). Spanish military man and politician. Spain. War of Independence (1808). Oath of the troops of the Marquis de La Romana

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Bavarian troops of the Prussian army storming Bicetre. Wood engraving, October 1870
530566 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Bavarian troops of the Prussian army storming Bicetre. Wood engraving, October 1870.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Tecumseh, 1880
1574373 Tecumseh, 1880; (add.info.: Print shows Tecumseh, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, holding rifle.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Franco Prussian War (1870-1871), Battle of Sedan in the Ardennes on September 1, 1870 (engraving)
AIS5337314 Franco Prussian War (1870-1871), Battle of Sedan in the Ardennes on September 1, 1870 (engraving); © Iberfoto

U.S. soldier & Canadian "Kiltie", 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S
U.S. soldier & Canadian "Kiltie", 16 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). A Canadian Highlander soldier with an American soldier, possibly outside the 71st Regiment Armory

Germans passing thro Paracin, on Belgrad - Nisch Line, between c1910 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans passing thro Paracin, on Belgrad - Nisch Line, between c1910 and c1920. German soldiers marching through the Serbian town of Paracin during World War I

Defenders of Tsing Tau, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Defenders of Tsing Tau, 1914. German soldiers outside of Tsingtao (now Qingdao), China, probably during the Siege of Tsingtao during which the German-controlled port city was attacked by British

Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. A soldier behind a metal Russian barricade during World War I. The barricade has holes, through which the soldier can shoot

Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Possibly shows Hans von Mining, a mascot with the German Army during World War I

A group of hunters on horseback, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
A group of hunters on horseback, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

In the Borodino Museum, Borodino, 1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
In the Borodino Museum, Borodino, 1911

Study; in the forest near the Kivach waterfall. [Suna River], 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Study; in the forest near the Kivach waterfall. [Suna River], 1915

The War in Schleswig: the 9th regiment of hussars...bivouacking on the battlefield... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: the 9th regiment of hussars (Prince Liechtenstein's) bivouacking on the battlefield of Over-Selk after the fight - from a sketch by our special artist

The War in Schleswig: Austrian camp in front of the Dannewerk:..Bohemian Chasseurs... 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The War in Schleswig: Austrian camp in front of the Dannewerk: the 18th Bohemian Chasseurs in a snowstorm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Chuyskiy Tract, on the Slopes of Kyngrar Cliff above the Confluence of the Yaloman... 1911-1913
Chuyskiy Tract, on the Slopes of Kyngrar Cliff above the Confluence of the Yaloman River into the Katun River, 1911-1913. From a collection of color postcards of the Altay, or Altai

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: the alarm, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: the alarm, 1864. Engraving of a photograph...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to afford the utmost sport

U.S. marines in France, 6 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. marines in France, 6 June 1918 (date created or published later). American soldiers marching by a house on their way to their camp in France during World War I

Browning gun, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Browning gun, 1918. A soldier holding a M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle outside the New York Public Library during a Browning machine gun exhibit sponsored by the Mayor's Committee of Women

Mrs. Bourke Cockran, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Bourke Cockran, 1918. Anne Louisa Ide Cockran, wife of William Bourke Cockran holding a M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle outside of an event to raise money for the war effort during World War I

German soldier in winter dress, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German soldier in winter dress, between c1914 and c1915. A German soldier in winter uniform during World War I

Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp, 1914, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp, 1914, 1914 (date created or published later). British soldiers at Aldershot army camp in England during World War I

Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914, 1914 (date created or published later). British soldiers at Aldershot army camp in England during World War I

French Zouaves getting a drink, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Zouaves getting a drink, between c1914 and c1915. French Zoave soldiers drinking with ladles, during the beginning of World War I

India's soldiers in France, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
India's soldiers in France, between c1914 and c1915

Brussels, Germans crossing Place Charles Rogier, 8/20/14, 20 Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Brussels, Germans crossing Place Charles Rogier, 8/20/14, 20 Aug 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers marching in a street in Brussels, Belgium during World War I

An Ostyak resting in the forest near a fire, Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
An Ostyak resting in the forest near a fire, Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Grigorii Sarydzhakov, a Hunter From Bai, 1925. Creator: Aleksei Vasilevich Voshchakin
Grigorii Sarydzhakov, a Hunter From Bai, 1925. Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife

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

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"The Rifle: A Symbol of Courage, Resistance, and Bravery Throughout History" From the valiant Rifleman of the 95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot in the Battle of Pyrenees in 1813 to the heroic Geronimo, an American Apache leader photographed in 1887, the rifle has been a powerful tool that shaped nations and defended freedom. Depicting the Battle of Brandywine during the Revolutionary War, Howard Pyle's oil painting "The Nation Makers" immortalizes the pivotal role rifles played in securing independence. In World War I, a poignant cartoon titled "Better Hole" humorously highlights how soldiers relied on their rifles for survival. During World War II, a compelling poster asks if one's journey is truly necessary while showcasing a soldier with his trusty rifle by his side. The image serves as a reminder that rifles were not just weapons but lifelines protecting lives and liberties. In times of conflict closer to home, Laodicea Dicey Langston stands tall as she defends her elderly father against Loyalist troops during America's fight for freedom. Her unwavering determination symbolizes how rifles empowered individuals to protect what they held dear. Even beyond warfare scenarios, Native American attacks on western stagecoaches demonstrate how rifles were used both defensively and offensively throughout history. They became symbols of resistance against oppression and encroachment. Survivors from the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade stand united after enduring unimaginable hardships together. Their bond forged through shared experiences showcases not only their resilience but also their reliance on their trusted rifles. From Coldstream Guards proudly posing on Christmas cards to Territorial Army posters during inter-war periods promoting preparedness and vigilance - all emphasize how integral rifles have been in safeguarding peace at home and abroad. Throughout centuries past until today, whether it be defending borders or preserving ideals worth fighting for.