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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 406304, member: 25&quot;]The gun being fired is a flintlock, the artist has even included the detail of a puff of smoke from the pan. These locks were obsolescent in the 1820s-30s with the introduction of the percussion cap, so if a flintlock was the&nbsp; choice of a wealthy gentle-ape, think Regency&nbsp; period.</p><p>I assume wealthy is intended because the lighter top hat may be intended to depict beaver skin which found favour with hatters for top hats and was very expensive.</p><p>The red and blue tints are so typical of hand coloured prints of the period they are almost a label. You&#039;ll also rarely find an example without some over or under colouring where the line is not exactly met.</p><p>Hand coloured prints have usually at most 4 colours, these things needed to be coloured quickly and reasonably cheaply. The chromolithograph process opened the gates to true&nbsp; multicolour printing and looks quite different. In my opinion, done well the chromo was the best colour print process of all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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