The School of Musketry Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Winchester Almshouses

Winchester Almshouses

17th century (1818)

Both women are wearing full hooped skirt dresses with tight fitting bodices

Paul Getty Museum

The School of Musketry Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Winchester Almshouses'The School of Musketry', 1881. A representative of the Boers asks the British Commander in Chief if he wishes to engage him to teach the British troops how to fire a musket. This relates to an attempt made in February 1881 by the British to take possession of Majuba Hill. However, a counter attack by the Boers left the British suffering heavy loss. Public attention was subsequently called to the inferiority of the shooting of British troops,