Firearms — 18th century — 1790s
About this product
About this collection
This collection covers 33 firearms from the 1790s, delivered across 85 images in 13 ZIP assets. The 1790s is dominated by the French Revolutionary Wars and the beginning of the Napoleonic conflict — British firearms manufacture entered a period of intense procurement, with government contracts driving production at Birmingham and London.
Why it matters
The 1790s marks the beginning of the end for artisanal gunmaking as the primary production method — the demands of war against Revolutionary France drove the first steps toward industrial-scale manufacture that would reshape the trade in the following century.
Use cases & time to value
- Game & film production design: Accurate period reference for 1790s-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 1790s 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 1790s 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 | 1790s |
| 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
13 assets · 33 objects · 85 images · 1790s
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