Loading a Bombard onto Its Cart, Seen from the Side
Red-chalk sketch: a wheeled gun-carriage and figures loading or unloading a bombard
This red-chalk sheet, drawn upside down, is captioned as the cart of the preceding folio seen from the side. A rapid upper sketch shows figures at work in the operation of loading or unloading a bombard onto its special cart. Below, a clearer side view gives the wheeled gun-carriage with its large spoked wheel and the barrel laid along the frame.
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Loading or unloading a bombard
A loose, energetic sketch shows figures grouped around the cart in the act of loading or unloading a bombard, the artillery piece captioned for carriage on a purpose-built cart.
Wheeled gun-carriage from the side
The lower drawing gives the transport cart of the previous folio in side view: a long framed carriage running on a large spoked wheel, with the gun barrel laid along its length.