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Soldier ramming powder and ball into the barrel of his matchlock with his ramrod (no. 26), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a caliver (a type of firearm) with his left hand at his left thigh and inserting the ramrod into the barrel with his right hand to push down the powder and ball (no. 26), ca. 1600. Plate 26 in the instructions for handling the caliver: Shorte instruction upon the contrefaictinges, touching the right use of calivers. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes and pikes after the ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, 's-Gravenhage 1608. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSoldaat die met zijn laadstok kruit en kogel in de loop van zijn roer duwt (nr. 26), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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