Sujet

Life on board a troop-ship: "Commence Firing", 1873. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Life on board a troop-ship: "Commence Firing", 1873. Engraving from a sketch by Major W. O. Carlile, of the Royal Artillery, of a scene on board the Himalaya troopship. 'Smoking tobacco is allowed at meal-hours - breakfast, dinner, and supper - and after the evening inspection, till a quarter to eight o'clock, when all pipes must be extinguished. The only lawful place for the men smoking is on the upper deck before the mainmast; officers smoke near the mizenmast. The signal for lighting pipes is facetiously called "Commence firing!" and it is given by a blast of the bugle, after the evening inspection'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A13_035

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

24,3Mo (2,6Mo) / 28,5cm x 21,4cm / 3364 x 2525 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation female women woman people male child children man men music arts pipes pipe musician art evening guy ship ships British lighting smoking deck military war Armed Forces century musical instrument musical instruments lantern Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier print scrum concept time of day B&W Army bugle warfare engraved engraving chaotic on deck 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W armed services tobacco pipe British Army bugler nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News troopship wood engraving ILN newspaper on board Unknown 19th-century La soiree The Illustrated London News