Firearms — 19th century — 1800s
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About this collection
This collection covers 153 firearms from the 1800s, delivered across 620 images in 22 ZIP assets. The 1800s decade spans the peak of the Napoleonic Wars — the collection includes British and Continental service muskets, cavalry pistols, naval boarding weapons, and officer's arms from the era that established the template for 19th-century military organisation.
Why it matters
Firearms from the 1800s carry the direct imprint of the Napoleonic world — standardised government-issue weapons alongside the private-purchase arms that officers chose for personal use. The Royal Armouries holds some of the finest examples in any national collection, accessible here with full museum catalogue metadata.
Use cases & time to value
- Game & film production design: Accurate period reference for 1800s-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 1800s 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 1800s 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 | 1800s |
| 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
22 assets · 153 objects · 620 images · 1800s
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