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UNKNOWN (FRENCH). Saddle Mounted Cannon

Saddle Mounted Cannon. Artist: Unknown (French). Dimensions: 18.9 x 14.8 cm (7 7/16 x 5 13/16 in. ). Date: 1860s.
The zamburak (Persian for "little wasp") was a saddle-mounted cannon used in cavalry warfare in Central and Southeast Asia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Deployed not for accuracy but to disrupt enemy formations, the cannons were attached to pivots and fired directly from a camel's back with the animal on its knees. Here a rudimentary sawhorse has replaced the camel, and the threat of the weapon has been defused by the innocuous setting of a photographer's studio.

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UNKNOWN (FRENCH)

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Saddle Mounted Cannon

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Saddle Mounted Cannon. Artist: Unknown (French). Dimensions: 18.9 x 14.8 cm (7 7/16 x 5 13/16 in. ). Date: 1860s. The zamburak (Persian for "little wasp") was a saddle-mounted cannon used in cavalry warfare in Central and Southeast Asia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Deployed not for accuracy but to disrupt enemy formations, the cannons were attached to pivots and fired directly from a camel's back with the animal on its knees. Here a rudimentary sawhorse has replaced the camel, and the threat of the weapon has been defused by the innocuous setting of a photographer's studio.

Technik/Material:

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Bildnachweis:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Bildgröße:

3194 x 4061 px | 37.1 MB

Druckgröße:

27.0 x 34.4 cm | 10.6 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)

Schlüsselwörter:

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • UNKNOWN (FRENCH)