Antique guns — engraving

"SMALL ARMS".

In the engraving, antique rifles, gun bolts and trigger mechanisms.

1.- WESTLEY RICHARDS BREECH - LOADER 
2 - SHARP'S BREECH. - LOADER
3 - PRUSSIAN NEEDLE - GUN (Breech Open).
4 - SNIDER BREECH - LOADER
5 - SNIDER BREECH-LOADER (Breech Closed and Full Cock)
6 - SNIDER BREECH-LOADER (Breech Open)
7 - SPENCER'S REPEATER

From  'The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge',  by writers of Eminence in Literature, Published by William Mackenzie, London  (1887)

Technique, Material: Steel engraving / Paper
Artist: ,  Engraver: 
Date: London, 1887 
Size: 24,4 x 15,8 cm