Rocket practice in the marshes, 1845

One of three (of ?) color aquatint plates 'to illustrate the Army & Navy Register and Woolwich Gazette for 1845'; mounted officer in foreground directing artillery unit (in dress uniform) firing off rocket, other military and civilian men and women spectators on either side including man and woman on horseback, horse-drawn cart and landscape background. One of three (of ?) color aquatint plates 'to illustrate the Army & Navy Register and Woolwich Gazette for 1845'; mounted officer in foreground directing artillery unit (in dress uniform) firing off rocket, other military and civilian men and women spectators on either side including man and woman on horseback, horse-drawn cart and landscape background. Depicts a demonstration of the Hale rocket, invented by William Hale, by members of the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery to a crowd, including cavalry officers and a staff officer. London, Francis Edwards, 1948.