Archer Collection (#5)

Archer Drawing a Bow, c. 1505. Creator: Perugino
Archer Drawing a Bow, c. 1505

Et la-bas l'idole astrale, l'Apotheose (And beyond, the star idol, the apotheosis), 1891. Creator: Odilon Redon
Et la-bas l'idole astrale, l'Apotheose (And beyond, the star idol, the apotheosis), 1891

Frontispiece: Allegorical Composition (Composition allegorique), 1767. Creator: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Frontispiece: Allegorical Composition (Composition allegorique), 1767

Procession of the League on Ile de la Cite, just outside Notre-Dame, c1590. Creator: Francois Bunel
Procession of the League on Ile de la Cite, just outside Notre-Dame, c1590

The Young White King at the Butts, 1514/1516. Creator: Leonhard Beck
The Young White King at the Butts, 1514/1516

Sketch for the Lobau gallery of the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Medieval scene: games and sports, 1890

Sketch for dining room in the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Water, Earth, Air, between 1891 and 1892

Hunting, sketch for the amphitheatre of palaeontology at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, 1897

Procris, 1539. Creator: Georg Pencz
Procris, 1539

Florence Noyes dancers, between 1915 and 1918. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Florence Noyes dancers, between 1915 and 1918

Florence Noyes dancers, between 1915 and 1918. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Florence Noyes dancers, between 1915 and 1918

Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22

Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22

Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22

Centaur visant les Nues (Centaur aiming at the Clouds), 1895. Creator: Odilon Redon
Centaur visant les Nues (Centaur aiming at the Clouds), 1895

Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Chase, Diana, Miss, doing archery, 1933 June 22

Les tireurs d'arc, 1879. Creator: Fernand Pelez
Les tireurs d'arc, 1879

Grand National Archery Meeting on the Race-Ground, Shrewsbury, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Grand National Archery Meeting on the Race-Ground, Shrewsbury, 1854. During the shooting of the arrows at the hundred yards distance, and which occupied until nearly two o'clock

Free Hand Decorated Wall, c. 1940. Creator: Michael Lauretano
Free Hand Decorated Wall, c. 1940

The Combat of Love and Chastity, 1503-1505. Creator: Perugino (ca. 1450-1523)
The Combat of Love and Chastity, 1503-1505. Found in the Collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Prize Plate - Goodwood Races - the Goodwood Cup, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Prize Plate - Goodwood Races - the Goodwood Cup, 1850....Cup, manufactured by Mr. Hancock...after a design of the eminent French artist, M

Takata Riding Grounds (Takata no baba), from the series “One Hundred Famous...”, 1857. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Takata Riding Grounds (Takata no baba), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

Takata Riding Grounds (Takata no baba), from the series “One Hundred Famous...”, 1857. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Takata Riding Grounds (Takata no baba), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

Shooting at Father's Corpse, 1584. Creator: Maerten van Heemskerck
Shooting at Father's Corpse, 1584

Fighting Warriors, c.1540. Creator: Unknown
Fighting Warriors, c.1540

It is good to open for business (Akinai hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the... c.1822
It is good to open for business (Akinai hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)", c. 1822

It is good to do the first archery (Yumi hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for... c. 1822
It is good to do the first archery (Yumi hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)", c. 1822

Ladies at Archery, n.d. Creator: William McTaggart
Ladies at Archery, n.d

The Bowman, frontispiece from The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi, 1882. Creator: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The Bowman, frontispiece from The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi, 1882

Fete of the Royal Company of Archers, on the Links of Montrose, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fete of the Royal Company of Archers, on the Links of Montrose, 1850. Archery competition in Scotland. The distance between the two butts was 100 yards;

View of Nadezhda Bay in the Northern Part of Sakhalin Island, 1813. Creator: Koz'ma Vasil'evich Chesky
View of Nadezhda Bay in the Northern Part of Sakhalin Island, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

The flight of arrows, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The flight of arrows, c1908. Photograph shows an Atsina dance with Natives gathered in a circle around a central figure, posed as if shooting arrows toward the sky

Illustration from a medieval songbook, 14th century (illumination)
2902709 Illustration from a medieval songbook, 14th century (illumination) by German School, (14th century); (add.info.: Medieval songbook; Whether the mountain of consolation in the Swiss Aargau was)

Illustration from a medieval songbook, 14th century (illumination)
2902678 Illustration from a medieval songbook, 14th century (illumination) by German School, (14th century); (add.info.: Medieval songbook; The minstrel Kristan (or Christian)

Illustration from a medieval songbook, 14th century (illumination)
2902612 Illustration from a medieval songbook, 14th century (illumination) by German School, (14th century); (add.info.: Medieval songbook; The minstrel pictured here is probably Herrand II of)

Red-figured plate, 6th century bc (ceramic)
3079201 Red-figured plate, 6th century bc (ceramic) by Greek school, (6th century BC); (add.info.: Red-figured plate, depicts an archer, made in Athens)

Black-figured plate, made in Athens
3079200 Black-figured plate, made in Athens by Greek school, (6th century BC); (add.info.: Black-figured plate, depicts an archer blowing a trumpet, made in Athens)

Crossbow-man (right), pavisier (man firing from behind an oblong shield or pavise, bottom), archer with bow and arrow (left), and the standard of Richard, Earl of Warwick (top)

Calypso listen to the advice of Love Painting by Charles Joseph Natoire
JLJ4643681 Calypso listen to the advice of Love Painting by Charles Joseph Natoire (Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1700-1777) 18th century

Cossack, Bashkir and Kalmyk cavalry
Russian military: Cossack officer 4, Bashkir archer 8, Kalmyk cavalry 9, 10, and regular Cossacks 5, 7, 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre

Medieval archers with crossbow and arrows
Medieval archers with crossbow and different types of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence

Tartar soldiers, Qing Dynasty China
Tartar soldiers going to mount guard at the palace gates, Qing Dynasty China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Rama and Hanuman fighting against Ravana the demon, scene from the Ramayana (colour litho
423610 Rama and Hanuman fighting against Ravana the demon, scene from the Ramayana (colour litho) by Indian School; Private Collection; Photo eLuca Tettoni; Indian, out of copyright

Traditional Japanese Samurai Clothing - in "The Historical Costume"
LSE4086357 Traditional Japanese Samurai Clothing - in " The Historical Costume" by Racinet, 1876 by Unknown Artist

Archery, 31st May 1949

Lady archers at Beddington Park, Friday 28th June 1907

Prince Charkes is presented with bow for Prince Harry at Wellow House school in Nottinghamshire February 1999

Bisham Abbey Physical recreation centre. A group of women on the lawns in front of the Abbey get in a little archery practice. June 1952 C3238-011

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