1944.1.86.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Line drawing of a 'breech-loading cannon'

Long description

Large line drawing showing a 'breech-loading cannon', the first in a series of five sheets of drawings relating to the history and development of different types of European firearms, presumed to have been used to illustrate a lecture

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Cultural groups

English

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1884

Date collected

By 1884

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 01/1944

Materials and processes

Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Drawn

Object numbers

Accession number: 1944.1.86.1

Research and responses

This is a large line drawing showing a 'breech-loading cannon', the first in a series of five sheets of drawings [1944.1.86 .1 - .5] relating to the history and development of different types of European firearms, presumed to have been used to illustrate a lecture (or lectures), possibly by General Pitt-Rivers, or alternatively to accompany museum displays on the subject. [PG 04/03/2014]

The name written below this drawing ('Greener, etc.') may be the artist(s) or, more likely, the original source (or one of the sources) for the series of drawings. W. W. Greener, a family company based in Stourbridge, has been, according to its website, 'Makers of Fine Guns since 1829': http://www.wwgreener.com (accessed 4 March 2014). (See Related Documents File.) [PG 04/03/2014]

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Firearm Weapon, Drawing