Arrows Collection (page 6)

Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe
FLO4620393 Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Roman mythology: Cupid, god of love, with wings and weapon of a bow and a quiver - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant
FLO4679945 Roman mythology: Cupid, god of love, with wings and weapon of a bow and a quiver - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805)

Children's games: the target. J. Langlume, publisher, Paris, c. 1840. Decoupeed images. Dimensions: 5 x 5 cm
DUV4218243 Children's games: the target. J. Langlume, publisher, Paris, c. 1840. Decoupeed images. Dimensions: 5 x 5 cm.; 05x05 cm; (add.info.: Children's games: the target. J)

Baritone opera singer Henri Bernard Dabadie as Telasco in Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini, Royal Academy of Music
FLO4606973 Baritone opera singer Henri Bernard Dabadie as Telasco in Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini, Royal Academy of Music. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Alfred the Great (846-899) is rebuked by the peasant who entrusted him with the supervision of cakes he let burn - King
FLO4607618 Alfred the Great (846-899) is rebuked by the peasant who entrusted him with the supervision of cakes he let burn - King Alfred burning the cakes in the neat-herd's cottage

Tartar soldiers going to mount guard at the palace gates, Qing Dynasty China
FLO4590622 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

Letter A and B: Adroit and Boudeuse. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet"
DUV4207393 Letter A and B: Adroit and Boudeuse. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet". Illustrations on the theme of quality and defect in children. A. Quinn, printer-publisher, 1885

1939 Eifelrennen. Nurburgring, Germany. 21 May 1939. The Mercedes-Benz team in the pits with the mechanics, portrait. World Copyright: Robert Fellowes/LAT Photographic Ref: 39EIFRF

Roman soldiers delivering Greek fire by means of arrows and slings. From Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon... Antwerp, 1605
536370 Roman soldiers delivering Greek fire by means of arrows and slings. From Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon... Antwerp, 1605

Roman soldiers using a war engine firing multiple arrows. Reconstruction from Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon sive de
533941 Roman soldiers using a war engine firing multiple arrows. Reconstruction from Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon sive de Machinis Tormentis Telis, Antwerp 1605

Masterless Samurai, 1869
1574394 Masterless Samurai, 1869; (add.info.: Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin deflecting arrows with a long-handled sword. Dated 1869); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of a Youth as Saint Sebastian, late 1480s (oil on wood, transferred to pressed wood)
XOS5880825 Portrait of a Youth as Saint Sebastian, late 1480s (oil on wood, transferred to pressed wood) by D'Oggiono, Marco (1470-1549); 47.5x41 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Two Putti, 1490-1510 (tempera or oil on panel)
5859745 Two Putti, 1490-1510 (tempera or oil on panel) by Matteo di Giovanni (c.1430-1495); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: by Matteo di Giovanni)

Inner Conflict
Mystic Number

Dance Floor Arrow Right
Frankie Kerr-Dineen

Dance Floor Arrow Left
Frankie Kerr-Dineen

Chuma, David Livingstone's Servant. From Africa By Keith Johnston, Published 1884 ©UIG/Leemage
UIG5420433 Chuma, David Livingstone's Servant. From Africa By Keith Johnston, Published 1884 ©UIG/Leemage

Sir Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1886 To 1889
UIG5420725 Sir Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1886 To 1889, Being Attacked By Avisibba Cannibals Using Poisoned Arrows. From In Darkest Africa By Henry M

An engraving depicting a female archer drawing her bow, 19th century
5310996 An engraving depicting a female archer drawing her bow, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1895); Universal History Archive/UIG

Statuette of Artemis
7287257 Statuette of Artemis.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statuette of Artemis. Mid 2nd century AD copy of a Greek original of the mid-4th century BC)

WW2 Volga Tartar Volunteers armshield, c. 1939-45 (object)
7177607 WW2 Volga Tartar Volunteers armshield, c. 1939-45 (object); Private Collection; (add.info.: Volga Tartar Volunteers cloth armshield)

Esau lentils, c.1910 (print)
7293384 Esau lentils, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Religion. Bible. Old Testament. Jacob offers Esau a bowl of lentil stew in exchange for Esau's birthright Imagery in)

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child
5893163 Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child.; (add.info.: Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child walking with her mother in a garden. Death and Infancy)

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at an old man on a street
5893181 Skeleton of death aiming a dart at an old man on a street.; (add.info.: Skeleton of death aiming a dart at an old man walking with a cane on a street. Death and Old Age)

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a doctor
5893176 Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a doctor.; (add.info.: Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a doctor as he tends to a sick woman. Death and the Physician)

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at bareknuckle boxers
5893172 Skeleton of death aiming a dart at bareknuckle boxers.; (add.info.: Skeleton of death aiming a dart at bareknuckle boxers during a fight. Death and the Pugilists)

An orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) kidnapping a young girl. A native takes aim with bow and arrow at the ape
5856483 An orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) kidnapping a young girl. A native takes aim with bow and arrow at the ape.; (add.info.: An orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) kidnapping a young girl

A mixed-race African man wearing a necklace and bone, carrying a bow and arrow
5856470 A mixed-race African man wearing a necklace and bone, carrying a bow and arrow.; (add.info.: "The Bastard White." A mixed-race African man wearing a necklace and bone)

Sir William Arrol, 1839 - 1913
3083198 Sir William Arrol, 1839 - 1913.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician)

The Lady Alice being attacked
5307587 The Lady Alice being attacked.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Lady Alice being attacked at Bambireh. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Robin Hood on London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 (print)
5307862 Robin Hood on London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 (print); (add.info.: London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 depicting: Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore who)

Statue of an Amazon Warrior in a garden of the Palace of Versailles, France
NWI4931138 Statue of an Amazon Warrior in a garden of the Palace of Versailles, France; (add.info.: Statue of an Amazon Warrior in a garden in the Palace of Versailles)

Will Ecarlate, one of the Merry Companions of Robin Hood killed a deer - Engraving colorisee 19th century - Hood's
NWI4929497 Will Ecarlate, one of the Merry Companions of Robin Hood killed a deer - Engraving colorisee 19th century - Hood's companion Will Scarlet did kill a buck - Hand-colored woodcut of a

Indian warriors Timucua attacking enemy village by decoding fire arrows to cause fires, Florida, around 1500
NWI4897199 Indian warriors Timucua attacking enemy village by decoding fire arrows to cause fires, Florida, around 1500. Wood engraving by Theodore Debry

History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans hunting deer at night. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4894028 History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans hunting deer at night. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

English artillery using cannons in a battle under the reign of King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547)
NWI4873791 English artillery using cannons in a battle under the reign of King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547). Engraving of the 19th century English artillery in action during the reign of Henry

Young Gonaqua man, with bow and arrows, of the South African Khoikhoi (Hottentot)
FLO4722717 Young Gonaqua man, with bow and arrows, of the South African Khoikhoi (Hottentot). From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Genes: Photograph of a painting in Brignole Gallery depicting the martyrdom of San Sebastian, 1890
LUX4715912 Genes: Photograph of a painting in Brignole Gallery depicting the martyrdom of San Sebastian, 1890; (add.info.: Genes)

Man and woman of the Nenets (Nenetses ou neneens) or Samoyeds (Yurak samoyede) people
FLO4723099 Man and woman of the Nenets (Nenetses ou neneens) or Samoyeds (Yurak samoyede) people. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811)

Japanese soldier carrying a bow and quiver of arrows, wearing helmet, jacket, short kimono, leggings and sandals
FLO4724399 Japanese soldier carrying a bow and quiver of arrows, wearing helmet, jacket, short kimono, leggings and sandals

The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier
CUL4901954 The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier, c.1471 - 1475 (tapestry) by Grenier

Soap box with two amours detail - Fabrique Moustiers Olerys Laugier - Joseph Olerys (1697-1749)
JEB4904689 Soap box with two amours detail - Fabrique Moustiers Olerys Laugier - Joseph Olerys (1697-1749) and Jean Baptiste Laugier (18th century) - Musee de la faience Marseille; Musee Borely

Fasciculus medicinae, (Compendium of Human Health) by Ketham, 1498 (engraving)
CUL4931993 Fasciculus medicinae, (Compendium of Human Health) by Ketham, 1498 (engraving); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: KETHAM, Johannes de (second half 15th century-begin 16th)

Lengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto
FLO4621256 Lengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto. Male hunters with bow, arrows and quiver, women roasting meat on a fire

Tools and weapons of the Camacan people of Bahia, Brazil. Bow 1, arrow 2, 3, woven apron 4, bag 5
FLO4621419 Tools and weapons of the Camacan people of Bahia, Brazil. Bow 1, arrow 2, 3, woven apron 4, bag 5, headdress with foliage 6, a gourd percussion instrument or kechieeh 7

Tools of the extinct Coroados people including lip plugs, hammock, bow, arrow, axe head, and feather ornament
FLO4621337 Tools of the extinct Coroados people including lip plugs, hammock, bow, arrow, axe head, and feather ornament. The Coroados lived along the Paraiba river, Sao Paulo, Brazil

The warriors Kumagai Naozane and Taira no Atsumori
2909857 The warriors Kumagai Naozane and Taira no Atsumori; (add.info.: The warriors Kumagai Naozane and Taira no Atsumori. Print shows two warriors on horseback with bow and arrows)

Saint Philomene (291-304), virgin and martyrdom of the Catholic Church, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4298098 Saint Philomene (291-304), virgin and martyrdom of the Catholic Church, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: she was the object of worship from 1805 to 1961)

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Arrows have played a significant role throughout history, symbolizing power, precision, and even tragedy. From the cuts of beef that satisfy our taste buds to the iconic portrayal of Maid Marion by Judi Trott in Robin Hood, they have left their mark. In the fight for women's rights, the suffragette movement embraced symbolism with the W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch shaped like an arrowhead. This powerful emblem represented their determination to pierce through societal barriers. Art has also captured the essence of arrows. In Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape, we see arrows pointing towards hidden meanings within everyday life. Meanwhile, Death of King Harold depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry shows an arrow tragically ending his reign. The spiritual significance is seen in Guru Nanek and Govind Singh's teachings. They used metaphors involving archery to guide their followers towards enlightenment and righteousness. Archery meetings such as those held in 1822 brought together enthusiasts who honed their skills with bows and arrows. The camaraderie among archers fostered a sense of community while showcasing impressive feats of accuracy. The BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows break at Scampton in 1989 demonstrated not only aerial prowess but also national pride as these skilled pilots showcased their abilities with breathtaking maneuvers. Throughout literature and entertainment, they have been synonymous with heroes like Robin Hood from Misfitz fame who skillfully shot them into targets or enemies' hearts alike. These tales remind us that sometimes it takes just one well-aimed arrow to change destinies. Lastly, we cannot forget about modern-day aviation marvels like the RAF Red Arrows who continue to captivate audiences worldwide with their awe-inspiring displays of precision flying. From ancient Persian archers to engravings depicting archery techniques in The Art of Archerie from 1634 – each representation showcases how this simple weapon has left an indelible mark on human history.