Dueling started as a less violent way to solve ... Lincoln chose swords over pistols, in the hope that his long arms would offer an advantage. He eventually apologized and avoided the duel altogether.

“In nineteenth century Missouri, owning a brace of dueling pistols became a hallmark of ... pieces built by the British gunsmith Joseph Manton. Today, of course, you don’t have to be a ...

Had the 3rd Marquess of Hertford, who was Thackeray’s real-life model for Steyne, accepted such a challenge, he might have used these silver-mounted 30-bore duelling pistols. They were made by John ...

Duelling has gone down in history as a rather ... The high probability of death was, of course, ever present in duels, especially when pistols became more fashionable than rapiers.

Bonhams has previously sold a pair of over-and-under pistols, by Joseph Manton, made for the Maharaja of Tanjor in 1825, and a cased pair of flintlock duelling pistols also by Joseph, made for ...

You will find them inside the new Hamilton exhibit at the museum. The original set of dueling pistols are on loan from JP Morgan Chase for this rare public viewing. They were made by a leading English ...

In the first decade of the 20th century, the age-old custom of pistol dueling was briefly resurrected as a non-lethal sport, even making it into the 1908 Olympics as a side event. To accurately ...