Archer Collection

Medieval Archer
A medieval archer prepares to fire his bow

Jockey / Fred Archer Vf
Fred Archer, jockey

BATTLE OF AGINCOURT, 1415. Battle between the French and English at Agincourt, France, 1415, with archers in the front and cavalry massed behind them

Scottish Types - Archery, Clan Murray. 19th century

BATTLE OF CRECY, 1346. The Battle of Crecy, 26 August 1346. Detail from Chroniques de Froissart, 14th century manuscript

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, 1816. Creator: John Martin
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, 1816

Soho, London - Archer Street W1. 1973

The Battle of Montgisard, 25th November 1177, c. 1842 (oil on canvas)
XIR200589 The Battle of Montgisard, 25th November 1177, c.1842 (oil on canvas) by Lariviere, Charles-Philippe (1798-1876); 314x563 cm; ChAteau de Versailles

Fountain and statue of Diana - Mexico City
Beautiful photographic postcard depiction of the Fountain (with statue of Diana, the Huntress) at the Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico (later moved to Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico)

Fred Archer
FREDERICK JAMES ARCHER (1857 - 1886). Phenomenally successful jockey from the 1860s to the 1880s. Committed suicide after death of his wife, and owing to ill- health through excessive diet

Amazon warrior, statue at Versailles
Statue of an Amazon warrior in a garden of the Palace of Versailles, France. Digital photograph

Longbowmen during the Hundred Years War
French archers from the town of Rheims, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Frontispiece to The Art of Archerie, 1634 (engraving)
XJF3058189 Frontispiece to The Art of Archerie, 1634 (engraving) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Horse Back Archery Competition (Yabusame), Harajuku District, Tokyo, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Battle of Marathon, 490 BC
Athenians repel Persian invaders at the Battle of Marathon, 490 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Statue of Arash the Archer, Saadabad Palace, Tehran, Iran

Piper Archer II - SE-ILE
Piper Cherokee Archer II - SE-ILE at Cranfield. Date: 1987

Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1886. Artist: John J Crew
Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1886. Leading a Charge after Being Wounded in his Right Arm. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) commanded the forces of Parliament during the English Civil War

Norman Invasion of England, 1066
Taillefer rousing the French army by singing the Song of Roland at the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ekalavya, 1913. Artist: Nandalal Bose
Ekalavya, 1913. In the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, Ekalavya is a young prince of the Nishadha tribes and an excellent archer

Bayeux Tapestry 1067: William of Normandy (William I, the Conqueror) at Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066, raises his helmet to show his followers that he is still alive

Wolf-skins disguising Native American hunters
Native Americans in wolf skins stalking buffalo. Hand-colored woodcut of a 20th century illustration

Papua, New Guinea, native village
Native village on Humboldt Bay, Papua, New Guinea, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Defeat of Athenian army at Syracuse, 413 BC
Destruction of the Athenian army at Syracuse, 413 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

The Jockey Fred Archer
FREDERICK JAMES ARCHER Phenomenally successful jockey from the 1860s to the 1880s. Committed suicide after death of his wife, and owing to ill- health through excessive diet. Date: 1857 - 1886

The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron (engraving)
880511 The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron (engraving) by Bervic, Charles-Clement (1756-1822); 57.8x43.8 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Mary Queen of Scots Compelled To Sign Her Abdication in Lochleven Castle, 1567, (1878). Artist: Thomas Brown
Mary Queen of Scots Compelled To Sign Her Abdication in Lochleven Castle, 1567, (1878). After Sir William Allan (1782-1850)

Two of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, early 14th century. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders, and Initials by George F Warner, series I

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)

Windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Windmill (known as Archers Mill) at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured here after it had ceased working. It was a post mill working two pairs of stones and was demolished in 1921. circa 1915

Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting (coloured engraving)
729474 Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting (coloured engraving) by Davis, Lucien (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting)

The Queens Visit To Her Birthplace: The Scene Outside St. Marys Church, Kensington, (c1897)
The Queens Visit To Her Birthplace: The Scene Outside St. Marys Church, Kensington, London, (c1897). In the carriage with Her Majesty are the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Serge of Russia

Sir Robert Peel, British statesman, c1836 (1936). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. I, 1840-1854, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

ROBIN HOOD. Robin Hood meets Will Scarlet. Pen and ink drawing by Howard Pyle from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, 1883

Six samurai; the upper three at court, practicing their archery; the lower three in traditional hunting attire
HOKUSAI: SIX SAMURAI, 1817. Six samurai; the upper three at court, practicing their archery; the lower three in traditional hunting attire. Woodblock print, 1817, from the Manga of Katsushika Hokusai

Barge and windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A picturesque view of a sailing barge and Archers Windmill at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The Georgiana, a spritsail barge owned by Smeed Dean & Co of Kent

GGBR2A-00028
English officer, musketeer, pikeman, and archer, Elizabethan period. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Traditional costume and horse, ceremony for archery festival, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

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

Death of Richard I
Richard I, dying of his wounds during a minor engagement in France, pardons Bertrand, the archer who shot him

William Archer - The Theatre Magazine
William Archer, drama critic, translator and playwright - The Theatre Magazine, May 1886. 1886

The Romans (coloured engraving)
3630114 The Romans (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Romans. Illustration from Bilder aus dem Alterthume (Braun & Schneider, Munich)

Lanchester 10 of JM Archer of the Scottish Sporting Car Club team at the RSAC Scottish Rally, 1934
Lanchester 10 1933 1203 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. FS4835. Event Entry No: 64. Driver: Archer, J.M. Scottish Sporting Car Club No. 5 team car. Place: R.S.A.C. Scottish Rally. Date: 10-14.6.34

Ormonde, 1883-1904, (1911). From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

Charles, Second Earl Grey, British statesman, c1828 (1936). Premier 1830-1834, 1883. From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. I, 1840-1854, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Siege scene, c1260, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Siege scene, c1260, (1843). Copy of a manuscript illustration showing a party preparing to attempt the breach which has been made in the tower

WASHINGTON D. C. : ARCHERY. Four young women from the Marjorie Webster school identified
WASHINGTON D.C.: ARCHERY. Four young women from the Marjorie Webster school identified as Louise Walraven, Imogene Koonce, Helyn Braskie and Helen Ackerman examining an archery target

Archery at Ranelagh. H A Cox, champion archer of England. 23 May 1929

Portrait of Lady Georgiana Spencer, Henrietta Spencer and George Viscount Althorp, c. 1766. Private Collection

Nottingham, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Nottingham, c1910. Robin Hood in the Forest of Sherwood. He was famous from 1189 to 1247. Manufactory of Hosiery, Lace and Woollen Goods. Population, 259, 900

St Martins Court, Ludgate Hill, City of London, 1851. Artist: John Wykeham Archer
St Martins Court, Ludgate Hill, City of London, 1851. View with a figure sitting on the ground

English Archer with Long-Bow

Pen-and-ink drawing by Albert Edward Sterner, 1886
ARCHERY, 1886. Pen-and-ink drawing by Albert Edward Sterner, 1886

Clan Mackinnon
Clan MAC KINNON engaged in archery practice

Mexico, Mexico City, Diana The Archer, Diana The Huntress Fountain, La Diana Cazadora, Archer Of The North Star, Paseo de la Reforma, Bronze Statue

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)

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

The Archers, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Oil on canvas, English School, 1915. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was born in Italy to American parents. He studied at the Florence Academy and in 1874 began studies in Paris

Piper PA-28 Archer III D-EOYC
Piper PA-28-181 Archer III D-EOYC (msn 28-90210) Date: circa 2000

Sport Archering art
Justyna Jaszke

7294566

Africa: Eastern Djur archer (b/w photo)
8664843 Africa: Eastern Djur archer (b/w photo) by Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf (1897-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eastern Djur archer)

Robin Hood
5307673 Robin Hood.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Robin Hood, a legendary English folk hero and outlaw, champion of the poor. An expert with the longbow and quarter-staff)

A Norman Archer From The Army Of William The Conquerer. From Les Artes Au Moyen Age
UIG5420160 A Norman Archer From The Army Of William The Conquerer. From Les Artes Au Moyen Age, Published Paris 1873 ©UIG/Leemage

Chinese Archers. From El Mundo En La Mano, Published 1878 ©UIG/Leemage
UIG5420831 Chinese Archers. From El Mundo En La Mano, Published 1878 ©UIG/Leemage

Engraving depicting the South American Indian method of using a bow and arrow to hunt birds, 19th century
5308669 Engraving depicting the South American Indian method of using a bow and arrow to hunt birds, 19th century; (add.info)

Amazons (engraving)
8634970 Amazons (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amazons, legendary female warriors of Greek mythology. Illustration from Hellas)

Holborn Restaurant, Queen Street Entrance (engraving)
8627645 Holborn Restaurant, Queen Street Entrance (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holborn Restaurant, Queen Street Entrance)

The Honourable Artillery Company (colour photo)
8669942 The Honourable Artillery Company (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Honourable Artillery Company)

English officer, musketeer, infantryman and archer in England under the reign of Queen Elizabeth (Renaissance)
NWI4873412 English officer, musketeer, infantryman and archer in England under the reign of Queen Elizabeth (Renaissance, 1550-1600)

Herodotus Histories, (Book I, CCXIV) c.1590 (tapestry)
CUL4906571 Herodotus Histories, (Book I, CCXIV) c.1590 (tapestry); 339x529 cm; (add.info.: Story of Cyrus: Tomyris orders the head of Cyrus to be dipped in a vessel of blood. ca)

Middle Ages: Genois archer arming his crossbow. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4892390 Middle Ages: Genois archer arming his crossbow. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Middle Ages: Genois archer arming his crossbow)

France: theatre troupe representing a historical piece on the history of Gaul with Gauls
LUX4773506 France: theatre troupe representing a historical piece on the history of Gaul with Gauls, Roman centurions and an archer

Military of the antiquite: general roman 1, bearer 2, roman cavalry 3, numide 4 and dace 6, and an archer on his horse
FLO4573450 Military of the antiquite: general roman 1, bearer 2, roman cavalry 3, numide 4 and dace 6, and an archer on his horse, wearing armor 5 - Roman general 1, fasces bearer 2, Roman cavalry 3

Medieval costume: an archer in the 13th century and the bourgeois Renaud de Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent) in 1250
DUV4216159 Medieval costume: an archer in the 13th century and the bourgeois Renaud de Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent) in 1250, c.1860 (steel engraving); 7.5x9.5 cm; (add.info.: Steel engraving by J)

Medieval costume: portrait of an archer in the 13th century, c.1860 (steel engraving)
DUV4216158 Medieval costume: portrait of an archer in the 13th century, c.1860 (steel engraving); 7.5x9.5 cm; (add.info.: Steel engraving by J)

Archers and cross-bow-man, 1312. Mounted archer shooting, longbowman stringing his bow and crossbowman firing
FLO4678360 Archers and cross-bow-man, 1312. Mounted archer shooting, longbowman stringing his bow and crossbowman firing, all in uniform of hauberk and chausses of gamboised chainmail, surcoats

Norman Knight and Archers of 1066, illustration from A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick
FLO4678174 Norman Knight and Archers of 1066, illustration from A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, 1842 (colour litho); (add.info.: John Dowding, London)

Illustration of ancient warriors of Japan
3522218 Illustration of ancient warriors of Japan; (add.info.: Illustration of ancient warriors of Japan); Universal History Archive/UIG

Costume of Mordovia (Russia): a couple, framing a portrait of a woman and below
FLO4634523 Costume of Mordovia (Russia): a couple, framing a portrait of a woman and below, a bashkir archer (Turkish people of Russia) and a young girl

Parthian cavalry rider and horse in full scale armour, and Sarmatian archer in scale armour
FLO4703947 Parthian cavalry rider and horse in full scale armour, and Sarmatian archer in scale armour. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of

Emperor Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) (Heliogabale or Elagabale, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, ca)
FLO4704183 Emperor Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) (Heliogabale or Elagabale, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, ca. 203-222) in robes of a Phoenician warrior or Syrian priest making an offering

German warrior, Sarmatian archer in armour, and Belgian cavalry in chain-mail armour
FLO4704000 German warrior, Sarmatian archer in armour, and Belgian cavalry in chain-mail armour. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of

Siberian hunters on wooden skis, 1850
3359106 Siberian hunters on wooden skis, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Siberian hunters on wooden skis. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Unleashing the Power of the Archer: From Medieval Warfare to Modern Legends" Step into a world where arrows fly and legends are born. The name Archer echoes through history, conjuring images of brave warriors and skilled marksmen. Jockey Fred Archer Vf, known for his remarkable equestrian skills, embodies this legacy. Travel back in time to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, where archers stood at the forefront as English and French forces clashed. A stunning manuscript illumination from that era captures their pivotal role on the battlefield. The medieval archer emerges as an emblematic figure, exemplifying precision and strength. Clan Murray's Scottish types showcase their mastery of archery, a skill passed down through generations. Venture across continents to Mexico City's Fountain and statue of Diana - a testament to her status as goddess of hunting and protector of archers throughout history. Here we find a connection between ancient mythology and our fascination with these formidable bowmen. In bustling Soho, London lies Archer Street W1 - a street named after those who embody determination and focus like Fred Archer himself. His achievements continue to inspire generations even today. The Battle of Montgisard in 1177 comes alive on canvas; its depiction reminds us that bravery knows no bounds when wielded by an expert archer. Similarly, Froissart's chronicles reveal how crucial longbowmen were during the Battle of Crecy in 1346 – turning tides with their deadly accuracy. Legends extend beyond gender boundaries too; Versailles boasts an Amazon warrior statue honoring fierce female warriors who mastered both bowmanship and combat skills. Finally, John Martin's artwork "Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon" showcases biblical heroism intertwined with celestial power – reminding us that even divine intervention can't overshadow an exceptional archer’s prowess. From ancient battles fought centuries ago to modern-day admiration, the archer's legacy endures.