Wimbledon Volunteers at a firing point, 1866

Mezzotint by Thomas Lewis Atkinson after Wells published Feby. 27th, 1872; volunteers in various uniforms at target practice in camp, in firing range with canvas screen behind, tents in right background. Mezzotint by Thomas Lewis Atkinson after Wells published Feby. 27th, 1872; volunteers in various uniforms at target practice in camp, in firing range with canvas screen behind, tents in right background. On July 19, 1866, the Prince of Wales visited the National Rifle Association's Wimbledon Prize Meeting and, borrowing Captain Ross Senior's Whitworth rifle, hit the target. The other members of Ross's company are shown before a large canvas screen: Captain Ross Junior is capping his rifle preparatory to taking his place before the target; Captain Heaton is firing, lying down. Lord Elcho is on horseback at the back — Sergeant Pixley, Lt-Colonel Holford, Captain Heaton, Captain Drake, Colonel Colville, Captain Horatio Ross (father of Edward), George Mackenzie and Martin Smith are in the foreground. The original painting completed in 1866 is in the Royal Academy Diploma Collection at Burlington House, London. N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1952. title provided by cataloger