Soldier on guard holding his musket diagonally upward with his right hand, while placing the barrel on his fork with his left hand (no. 36), ca. 1600
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A soldier on guard, full-length, facing right, holding a musket (a specific type of firearm) with his right hand, the barrel pointing obliquely upward (no. 36). He places the barrel with his left hand, which also holds a burning slow match, on his fork (musket fork). Plate 36 in the instructions for handling the musket: Brief enseignement, sur les pourtraitz figurez, touchant le droit maniement du Mousquet. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'armes, d'arquebuses, mousquetz et piques : en conformité de l'ordre de Mour le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Amsterdam 1608. Military affairs around 1600.
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