Bowman Collection

Harold Abrahams wins 100m - 1924 Olympics
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th)

Congleton Union Workhouse, Arclid, Cheshire
Aerial view of Congleton Union workhouse at Arclid, Sandbach, Cheshire. The building, erected in 1844-5, was designed by Henry Bowman. It later became Arclid Hospital

Uller the Bowman, god of winter & archery

Queens Park Rangers FC football team, in green and white stripes: Miles (Trainer), Foster (Director), Murphy, Cross, Collins (Captain), Downing, White, Singleton, McLean (Assistant Trainer)

Fall / Crufts / 1958 / Pointer
CHAMPION CHIMING BELLS CRUFTS BEST IN SHOW 1958 Owned by Mrs M Bowman Bred by Mrs W Parkinson Liver & white, sired by Ch. Herewithim Royal Flush

The Archers of Burgundy. Engraving by Serra
The Archers of Burgundy, Burgundy Guard or Blade Guard, were an armed unit from the Burgundy Guard of Archers, introduced in Spain by King Philip I of Castile

History of Spain. Battle of Covadonga, 722. It was the first victory won by Christian military forces in Iberia after the Islamic conquest of Hispania. Illustration by Fernando Miranda

Music cover, 12th Street Rag, Harry Roy
Music cover, 12th Street Rag, words by Andy Razaf, music by Euday L Bowman, song featured and broadcast by Harry Roy and his Orchestra Date: 1942

Bowman Findhaven Myth Scotland Enraged Losing
bowman, findhaven, myth, scotland, enraged, losing, twice, sir, john, ogilvy, archery, contest, lord, lindsay, about, strike, down, lets, shriek, falls, dead, history, historical, 10110950

Isa Bowman, actress Date: 1890s

American Dance Moments from 1929. Joyce Coles (top left) appearing in Broadway Nights. Berinoff and Eulalie (top right) back from a tour of Europe

A portrait of Patricia Bowman - Patsy - daning at
A portrait of Patricia Bowman (Patsy) dancing at the Roxy Theatre, New York, 1930 Date: 1930

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

Autumnal asters: Aster novae angliae var. Constance, Aster novae angliae var. Ruber, Aster novae angliae var. Bowman, Aster amygdalinus, and Aster novi belgii Robert Parker

Mounted bodyguard to the Sheikh of Bornu with
Mounted bodyguard to the Sheikh of Bornu along with Kanembu lancer and Munga archer, Kanem-Bornu Empire, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

National Childrens Home - Rev. Arthur E Gregory
The Rev. Arthur E Gregory was the second Principal of the National Childrens Home (NCH), having succeeded its founder Thomas Bowman Stephenson who retired in 1900. Gregory died suddenly in 1912

Alfred Mager, Francis Horner, Thomas Bowman Stephenson
In 1869, a collaboration between Alfred Mager (left), Francis Horner (centre) and Thomas Bowman Stephenson (right) led to the founding of the National Childrens Home. Date: 1870s

SIR WILLIAM BOWMAN Medical : ophthalmic surgeon. Date: 1816 - 1892

High Street, Camden Town, NW London, with Bowman Brothers department store on the right. Date: circa 1905

Buryat Archer competing at a Traditional Games in 1928. The Buryats or Buriyads - the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic

Bowman Sisters
The Misses Bowman, quartette of sisters: Nellie, Empsie, Isa and Maggie. Date: 1904

Italy. Sardinia. Nuragic civilization. Figurine. Archer. Bronze. 9th-8th century BC. From Teti-Abini. Archeological Museum of Cagliari

Oxford University rowing crew, who won the 24th boat race against Cambridge by half a length on 13 April 1867. They are W P Bowman, J H Fish, Es Carter, W W Wood, J C Tinne, F Crowder

Reign of Maximilian I (1459-1519). War against the Ottoman E
Holy Roman Empire. Reign of Maximilian I (1459-1519). War against the Ottoman Empire. Engraving by Historia Universal, 1885. Colored

Egyptian Art. Funerary Stela of the Bowman Semin. First Intermediate Period. 11th Dynasty. Reign of Intef I-III. ca. 21202051 B.C. Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Tarif probably

Traditional Japanese Archery Contest (and Contestants) Date: circa 1910s

Italian Costumes 1488-90
Italian costume. Woman: bold striped gown, the sleeves decorated with ribbon bows, hair worn in a long plait. Men: fur -trimmed tabard or huke, soled hose. Date: 1488 - 1490

ARCHERS 1250
An archer with a long bow and a cross bowman. Date: 1250

The Girl in the Picture by Isa Bowman
Promotional postcard of The Girl in the Picture by Isa Bowman; music Harry Richardson. First produced at the Theatre Royal in Deal, 2nd September 1912

Shooa women with baby, Kanem spearman, and Bambara bowman.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Bugle owned by Buglers Bowman of Royal Hampshire Reg
Bugle belonging to Bugler 8994 S. Bowman of the Royal Hampshire Regiment. Stamped with a broad arrow and dated Arras, 1917/1918. Firearms & Equipment

David Duguid, James Bowman and H Nisbet
David Duguid (centre, 1832-1907), Scottish medium best known for his automatic and direct drawings. Seen here with James Bowman, photographer (left), and H Nisbet, publisher (right)

King Henry VIII at Shooters Hill
Henry VIII on May Day at Shooters Hill in south-east London. A bowman appears to be inviting him to a spot of archery. Date: 16th Century

Royal Volunteer Review, Edinburgh - King Edward VII
Souvenir postcard of the Royal Volunteer Review, held at Edinburgh, Scotland on 18th September 1905 - prominent inset portrait of King Edward VII (1841-1910)

The Childrens Home and Orphanage, Lancashire Branch, Edgewo
Boys constructing a reservoir at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton. Founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Inmates and staff at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Soldiers of Henry III
Soldiers of the reign of Henry III : on the left a man of arms in full armour; right, a cross-bowman, in a long mail tunic : behind, a peasant, unarmoured, bearing a spear. Date: 1250

English Archers
English bowmen of the period of Edward IV : their bows - preferably of yew - were not less unbent than a mans height. A skilled bowman could reach 220 yards/metres. Date: 1482

Sir William Bowman
SIR WILLIAM BOWMAN Medical : ophthalmic surgeon. Date: 1816 - 1892

Hay Harvesting, National Childrens Home, Edgworth, Lancs
Boys harvesting hay at the National Childrens Home, Edgworth, near Bolton, Lancashire. They carry pitchforks and a horse-drawn wagon is fully loaded

Childrens Home on the Moor, Edgworth, Lancashire
The Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, Lancashire, was founded in 1872 by the Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Alice Stage Prod. 1888
Isa Bowman as Alice and Emmie Bowman as the Dormouse, in a stage production

Sir William Bowman (1816-1892)
Photographic print of Sir William Bowman (1816-1892), the English histologist and ophthalmic surgeon, pictured c.1880

African Bowman
An African warrior using his bow. He is described as a Mangourian but we have not been able to trace a people with that name

Soldiers in Retreat
A king and his army in retreat; cavalry and foot- soldiers alike look back over their shoulders and one lone bowman fights a rearguard action

Archer / 13th Century
A French Bowman takes aim

Sarmatian Warriors
Warriors from Sarmatia (though the bowman on the left may be a Pathian), an undefined area of Southern Russia

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