Archery Collection

Scottish Types - Archery, Clan Murray. 19th century

Archery / Women / Face On
Ladies at an archery meeting

Eros / Cupid Stothard
The Greek god of love : his Roman equivalent is CUPID. Here he is pointing a bow and arrow at a victim

Shooters Hill is named after the archery butts located here in the 16th century : later it was a favourite haunt of highwayman, attacking travelers bound for France

Archery Match, 1828
An archery match, for which the competitors dress like Robin Hood and his Merry Men

Archery Meeting 1822
The Meeting of the Royal British Bowmen in the Grounds of Erddig (Erthig) Park, Denbighshire, Wales - the seat of Simon Yorke Esq

Uller the Bowman, god of winter & archery

Measuring a Gold
Archery is much favoured by Victorian females, who are seen here measuring their achievements

Victorian Silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
A page of silhouettes showing various Victorian pastimes and games including archery, croquet, skating and chess

Ekalavya & Drona
Drona refuses to teach Ekalavya archery because the young prince is low caste & of a different race. Ekalavya worships a statue of Drona & is able to teach himself

Charlotte Dod
Lottie Dod (1871-1960) sportswoman, tennis player and five times Wimbledon champion. Excelled in golf, hockey and archery as well as tennis

Asser and Sherwins Archery and Cricket Repository, London
Engraving showing the interior of Messrs. Asser and Sherwins Archery and Cricket repository, Strand, London, 1875. The necessity of a store devoted to the two sports reflects their popularity through

English Archery
Four English bowmen: 1) Brigandine archer 1554 2) Brigandine archer 1590 3) Archer of Charles I 1625 4) Archer of 1780

Medieval men playing the archery game of Popinjay, firing arrows at a target bird on a tree decorated with ribbons and gloves, while others share echaudes, a type of sweet bread from Aveyron

ELIZABETH I W / CROSSBOW
Queen Elizabeth I takes aim with a crossbow in Woodstock Park, while her ladies-in- waiting look on attentively. Date: circa 1580

Two Whirling Dervishes with musicians. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

A Ladies Archery Match in Regents Park
A lady prepares her bow and arrow at an archery match in the Royal Toxophilite Societys Grounds in Regents Park, London

Flying Archers
Two archers flying through the air as part of an innovative dance routine! Date: 1930s

King Henry VIII watching archery contest
Henry VIII and one of his wives attend an archery contest at Shooters Hill, London. circa 1530

Clan Mackinnon
Clan MAC KINNON engaged in archery practice

Apollo (Tooke)
The bow testifies to his status as god of archery, the lyre to his patronage of the arts : his halo identifies him as the Roman equivalent of the Greek Sun-god HELIOS

Buddhas Archery Skill
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) He shows that he is a whizz with bow and arrow, thus laying the foundations of Zen in the Art of Archery

Archery competition, Leamington Spa, 1870
Vintage 19th century photograph: Very early image of an archery competition, competitors with bows and arrows, Leamington Spa, 1870

Ladies Meeting of the Toxophilite Society, Regents Park, London on July 11th, 1894. Date: 1894

Archery

An archerery lesson, Victorian period

Castle Archery - Scarborough Castle

Second Punic War. The Battle of Zama (202 B. C. ). Colored eng
Second Punic War. The Battle of Zama (202 B.C.). A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian force led by Hannibal. Colored engraving. 19th century

Young Mongolian archer
A young Mongolian archer. Archery is one of the most popular of the traditional Mongolian sports Date: 1970s

Bowman Findhaven Myth Scotland Enraged Losing
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At the seventy yards. Date: 1901

Women examining scores. Date: 1901

The Archery Club, St. Johns Collge, Oxford University
Group photograph of the male and femlae members of the Archery Club, St. Johns Collge, Oxford University. The sole archery club at either of the top two English Universities at the time

Edo street scene, 18th century, with archery range
Edo street scene, 18th century. A shop girl sits in front of an archery range holding a bow. A tea shop girl stands on a bench with a candle. A woman and edemame seller with baby pass by

Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono walking
Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono with cypress fan walking in a garden under cherry blossoms. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo

Archers at crossbow practice, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Crossbow shooting at the butts, 16th century
Man with crossbow shooting at the butts (marks) in a school of archery, 16th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Archery practice with the bow, 14th century
Archery practice with the bow and rooster target, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Medieval archery scenes
Archery practice with bow, 14th century (top), crossbow shooting at the butts at a school, 16th century (middle), and archers at crossbow practice, 14th century

Saxon bow and arrow, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Boys firing arrows at a target in an archery game, after an illustration by Jean-Henri Marlet, 1826. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

The king of popinjay man enters the village with a bird on his lance. In the background, a crowd of archers fire arrows at a windmill, after an engraving from the 18th century

Villagers practising archery with long bows and a target on a Sunday. After a painting of the Dutch school, 17th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Monkeys playing golf, skittles, hoops, croquet, leapfrog, ball games, stiltwalking, archery, spinning tops, popinjay, etc. From a 16th century print

Medieval men playing ball games and archery in a park
Medieval men playing ball games (handball or volleyball) and archery with longbow and crossbow in a park. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Boy practising archery in a wood. Date: circa 1980s

Women Archers - Kent vs. Surrey at Beddington, Surrey
Women Archers - A Match between Kent and Surrey at Beddington, Surrey. Note the quite spectacular hats!! Date: 1908

Modern Amazons - Women Archers. late 19th century

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