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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, May 11, 2010.
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cartoon
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Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Original caption
"Best Rest For the Queen's Rifle"
Source citation
"Best Rest For the Queen's Rifle," (London) Punch, July 7, 1860, p. 9.
Source note
Punch Magazine shows Queen Victoria firing the first shot at the National Rifle Association's first competitive meeting on Wimbledon Common on July 7, 1860. "Punch" is dressed in the uniform of the Volunteer Movement, considered the main influence behind the founding of the Association. (By John Osborne)