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English: Queen Victoria fires the first shot at the inaugural meeting of the National Rifle Association, held on Wimbledon Common. A large crowd stand in the foreground and watch the proceedings of a smaller gathering by a single tent at the top of which flies a flag. In the far distance stand more people and tents. Photographer's credit lithographed on
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Source http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/2935160/queen-victoria-firing-the-first-shot-wimbledon
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Roger Fenton  (1819–1869)  wikidata:Q345666
 
Roger Fenton
Description British photographer, journalist, war photographer and photojournalist
Date of birth/death 28 March 1819 Edit this at Wikidata 8 August 1869 / 9 August 1869 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Crimble Hall, Heywood Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period c. 1851-1869
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creator QS:P170,Q345666

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