SHOULDER ARMS
watercolour, watercolour
Accession Number
NAM.1991-02-9-1
Description
Shoulder Arms. From booklet: The Rifle Manual / and / Firing. One figure, inscribed as title. Booklet of 10 watercolours by J Jones, the originals for the series of coloured etchings by J Jones, published by J T Smith, London, 1804. Ten positions of rifle drill, each with one to five full length figures, executed on six sheets of paper, folded to make 12 leaves and sewn into a paper cover, with the first and last leaves blank and the remaining 10 leaves bearing one drawing each. First leaf watermarked: ‘A/1803’ Associated with Rifle Brigade and Rifle Regiments.



















