"Half a charge, and no wadding" : women and guns in the eighteenth century

Author

Williams, Carolyn D.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

British journal for eighteenth century studies. 2002, Num. 2, Vol. 25, 247-265, 2 ill.

ISSN

0141-867X

Abstract (en)

Examines attitudes to the handling of guns by women in 18th-c. accounts and imagery of military life, field sports and crime.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- United Kingdom
• Firearms
• Women
• Literature
• Imagery
• Prints
• Great Britain
• 1800-1900

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- Royaume-Uni
• Arme à feu
• Femmes
• Littérature
• Image
• Estampe
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-1900

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20030101-00097829

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