Firearms — 19th century — 1810s
About this product
About this collection
This collection covers 282 firearms from the 1810s, delivered across 1,135 images in 23 ZIP assets. The 1810s represents the peak of flintlock firearms technology — the Napoleonic Wars having driven standardisation and quality control to new heights — alongside the very beginning of the percussion cap revolution that would supersede it by the 1840s. The collection spans military muskets, cavalry pistols, and officer's arms from the major European powers.
Why it matters
The 1810s is the last full decade of flintlock dominance in European warfare, and the Napoleonic context gives this collection extraordinary historical depth. Weapons from this decade were carried at Waterloo, across the Peninsula, and in the colonial campaigns that shaped the 19th-century world.
Use cases & time to value
- Game & film production design: Accurate period reference for 1810s-era weapons in historical games, film, and television
- AI training data: Large labelled firearms dataset for object-recognition, period-classification, and type-identification models
- Military history research: Primary visual source for comparative study of 1810s firearms technology and design evolution
- Publishing & editorial: Ready-to-license imagery for histories, encyclopaedias, and military reference works
- Museum education: Accessible digital collection for academic and public programming on 1810s arms development
Data schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| object_number | string | Royal Armouries catalogue number (XII. prefix + sequence) |
| object_name | string | Standardised object type name as catalogued |
| class | string | XII (Firearms) |
| period | string | 1810s |
| image_filename | string | Original filename as catalogued by the museum |
| image_format | string | tif (archival high-res), jpg (catalogue), or bmp (legacy) |
| width_px | integer | Image width in pixels |
| height_px | integer | Image height in pixels |
| file_size_bytes | integer | Uncompressed file size in bytes |
Collection stats
23 assets · 282 objects · 1135 images · 1810s
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