Bow And Arrow Collection (#10)

Yorimasa slays the monster, illustration from The Myths and Legends of Japan by F Hadland Davis, 1918 (colour litho)
STC323776 Yorimasa slays the monster, illustration from The Myths and Legends of Japan by F Hadland Davis, 1918 (colour litho) by Paul

Roosilia Drake (oil on canvas)
465988 Roosilia Drake (oil on canvas) by Pickering, Henry (fl.1740-c.1771); Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, UK; (add.info.: Roosilia Drake (1736-1823) illegitimate daughter of John Manners

The Winged Boy, (oil on canvas)
657585 The Winged Boy, (oil on canvas) by Glehn, Wilfred Gabriel de (1870-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Winged Boy. Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn (1870-1951). Oil on canvas

The Breach of Parliamentary Privilege (engraving)
1629043 The Breach of Parliamentary Privilege (engraving) by Wilson, Thomas Walter (1851-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Breach of Parliamentary Privilege, Scenes in the House of Commons)

Philoctete vise Ulysse avec l arc d Hercule - Oeuvre de Asmus Jacob Carstens (1754-1798)
FIA5387980 Philoctete vise Ulysse avec l arc d Hercule - Oeuvre de Asmus Jacob Carstens (1754-1798), Encre et aquarelle sur papier (49, 5x58, 5 cm)

Lion Hunting Cup, 1100-1000 BC (raised, chased, repousse silver)
499619 Lion Hunting Cup, 1100-1000 BC (raised, chased, repousse silver) by Iranian School; 14x9.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

The Rescue of Sir Richard of the Lea, illustration from Robin Hood and his Life in the Merry Greenwood
IL197703 The Rescue of Sir Richard of the Lea, illustration from Robin Hood and his Life in the Merry Greenwood, told by Rose Yeatman Woolf, published by Raphael Tuck

MS Hunter 229 f. 6r Sagittarius, from the Hunterian Psalter, c. 1170 (pen & ink and tempera on vellum) (detail)
GUL232029 MS Hunter 229 f.6r Sagittarius, from the Hunterian Psalter, c.1170 (pen & ink and tempera on vellum) (detail) by English School, (12th century); 29.2x19.1 cm; Glasgow University Library

The Triumph of Death, c. 1445-47 (fresco)
5642589 The Triumph of Death, c.1445-47 (fresco) by Italian School, (15th century); Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Sicily; Photo © Fine Art Images

Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting (engraving)
729473 Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting (engraving) by Davis, Lucien (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting)

And then divine Linnaeus, c. 1796-1807 (colour-printed in aquatint and mezzotint and finished by hand)
986417 And then divine Linnaeus, c.1796-1807 (colour-printed in aquatint and mezzotint and finished by hand) by Reinagle, Philip (1749-1833) (after); 55.8x44 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

South American Indian with a chocolate pot, drinking cup and stirrer (molinet) (engraving)
7172112 South American Indian with a chocolate pot, drinking cup and stirrer (molinet) (engraving) by French School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Medieval archer (engraving)
7185118 Medieval archer (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Medieval archer. Illustration from Jeanne d Arc, by H Wallon (Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie)

Cowboy pursued by Indians
LAL319832 Cowboy pursued by Indians. by Wood, Stanley L. (1866-1928); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cowboy pursued by Indians. Illustration originally from Boys Own Paper.); © Look and Learn

Untitled (oil on canvas)
OVR371465 Untitled (oil on canvas) by Bergslien, Nils (1853-1928); Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Death of Alcibiades (litho)
DGC288146 Death of Alcibiades (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mort d Alcibiade; Alcibiades (c.450-404 BC) prominant Athenian statesman

The coloured native from Greenland in Bergen, 1654 (oil on canvas)
OVR371677 The coloured native from Greenland in Bergen, 1654 (oil on canvas) by Norwegian School, (17th century); Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Odysseus drawing his bow (colour litho)
7201984 Odysseus drawing his bow (colour litho) by Bonamy, Armand Joseph (fl.1900-30); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus drawing his bow)

Pehriska-Ruhpa, Hidatsa warrior, in costume of the Dog Dance, 1834 (w / c on paper)
5054768 Pehriska-Ruhpa, Hidatsa warrior, in costume of the Dog Dance, 1834 (w/c on paper) by Bodmer, Karl (1809-93); Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Eadwig, Edgar, Edward the Martyr and Aethelred the Unready, Anglo-Saxon Kings of England before the Norman Conquest
7147388 Eadwig, Edgar, Edward the Martyr and Aethelred the Unready, Anglo-Saxon Kings of England before the Norman Conquest (engraving) by Goldar

Indians Testing Their Bows, c. 1858 (pencil, w / c and gouache on paper)
5310521 Indians Testing Their Bows, c.1858 (pencil, w/c and gouache on paper) by Miller, Alfred Jacob (1810-74); 18.4x27.3 cm; Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

South America: An Indian marksman (engraving)
7186663 South America: An Indian marksman (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Indian marksman)

Artemisia, Queen of Halicarnassus, at the Battle of Salamis, Greece, 480 BC (engraving)
7173440 Artemisia, Queen of Halicarnassus, at the Battle of Salamis, Greece, 480 BC (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemisia, Queen of Halicarnassus)

Siege warfare, 15th Century (engraving)
7185691 Siege warfare, 15th Century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege warfare, 15th Century)

Siege of an English barons castle during the Anarchy, 1135-1153 (engraving)
7149376 Siege of an English barons castle during the Anarchy, 1135-1153 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

But I m too old and you re too young
3781059 But I m too old and you re too young by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); (add.info.: But I m too old and you re too young, illustration by W Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944)

To The Skies
circa 1930: A woman kneels to shoot an arrow into the air in Virginia, USA. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Mahamayuri Vidyaraja, Liao dynasty (916-1125), 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Mahamayuri Vidyaraja, Liao dynasty (916-1125), 11th century. Multi-armed deity or bodhisattva seated on a lotus flower, carried on the back of a peacock

The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke I, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)", Japan, 1770

Warrior on Horseback, Japan, late 1780s or early 1790s. Creator: Katsukawa Shunsei
Warrior on Horseback, Japan, late 1780s or early 1790s

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo... Japan, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Kitao Masayoshi
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no kei), Japan, late 18th-early 19th century. People promenading on the bank of the Sumida River in what is now Tokyo

Page from a Notebook with Ritual Symbols, Mongolia, 19th-20th century. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Notebook with Ritual Symbols, Mongolia, 19th-20th century

Arjuna Slays Karna, Page from a Mahabharata Series, c. 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Arjuna Slays Karna, Page from a Mahabharata Series, c. 19th century

Empress Jingu (left), and Her Minister Takenouchi no Sukune (right), late 1780s

Taira no Atsumori Riding a Horse into the Sea, Japan, c. 1770. Creator: Shunsho
Taira no Atsumori Riding a Horse into the Sea, Japan, c. 1770

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke IV as Neiojo and Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Hachiro Tametomo, 1897

Actors Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka and Nakamura Fukusuke IV as Tamamushi Gozen, 1885

Hoka-zo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Hoka-zo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Kagetsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Kagetsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Tadanobu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Tadanobu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Kinsatsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Kinsatsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Kosode Soga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Kosode Soga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree, c. 1758. Creator: Torii Kiyoshige
Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree, c. 1758

Ritual Objects, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali), 14th / 15th century
Ritual Objects, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali), 14th/15th century

Page from the Wakan meihitsu gaei, 1750. Creator: Yoshimura Shuzan
Page from the Wakan meihitsu gaei, 1750

Street Scenes in Times of Peace, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), 14th century. Creator: Zhu Yu
Street Scenes in Times of Peace, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), 14th century ??

Cupids Hunting Fields, 1885. Creator: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Cupids Hunting Fields, 1885

Atalanta II, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Atalanta II, 1897. Huntress with greyhound. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

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Unleashing the ancient power, the bow and arrow pierce through time and history. From Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' to Robin Hood's legendary statue in Nottingham, England, this weapon holds tales of adventure and heroism. At Oktoberfest in Munich, Archer Cupid points us towards relief while showcasing its versatility as a toilet sign. During the Hundred Years War, longbowmen proved their might on battlefields across Europe. Even in cinema, Prince Achmed wielded this timeless tool in his animated adventures. However, it is essential to acknowledge that not all depictions have been fair or just; boxes of stuccoed wood bear witness to destructive portrayals of Asians and black Africans throughout history. Yet amidst these complexities lies beauty too - Callisto And Artemis embodying grace and skill with their bows drawn taut. As we gaze upon King Edward III waging war at Crecy in 1346 or examine NATI2A-00113 artifact closely, we are reminded that the bow and arrow symbolize both conflict and triumph throughout human existence.