National Rifle Competition, Wimbledon, July 2nd 1860: Queen Victoria firing the first shot

Chromolithograph by Picken after Thomas; Queen, and suite on canopied platform, pulling cord to fire mounted rifle, volunteers in foreground, soldiers, spectators and tents in left and right background. Chromolithograph by Picken after Thomas; Queen, and suite on canopied platform, pulling cord to fire mounted rifle, volunteers in foreground, soldiers, spectators and tents in left and right background. Oblong folio, matted; margins; clean. London, Parker Gallery, 1957. title provided by cataloger

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Original record: National Rifle Competition, Wimbledon, July 2nd 1860: Queen Victoria firing the first shot
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1819 – 1901
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Picken, Thomas, active from 1838, died 1870 (lithographer)
Thomas, George Housman, 1824-1868 (artist)
Subject(s): Chromolithograph
Great Britain
Lithographs
London, Parker Gallery
Militia
Queen Victoria
Queen of Great Britain
Shooting contests
Victoria
Type: still image

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