Soldier on guard pressing his fuse on the cock of his musket (no. 41), c. 1600, A soldier on guard, full-length, to the right, holding a musket (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand by the fork of the furket (musket fork) on which the barrel rests (no. 41), c. 1600. With his right hand, he is pressing a burning wick onto the cock (part of the firing mechanism) of his musket. Plate 41 in the instructions for handling the musket: Shortest instruction for the figures, so much concerneth the right use of muskett. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns

---

Size: 3356px × 4768px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 41, 1600, barrel, burning, cock, concerneth, de, edition, english, exercise, figures, firearm, firing, fork, full-length, furket, fuse, gheyn, gheyns, guard, hand, handling, holding, illustrations, instruction, instructions, left, mechanism, musket, muskett, part, plate, pressing, rests, shortest, soldier, type, wapenhandelinghe, wick