Bow And Arrow Collection

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

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

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Wampanoag warrior in full costume, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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

Sea battle in the Middle Ages
Ships of the thirteenth century, with forecastles, sterncastles, and fighting-tops. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native Americans practice running, shooting arrows, and throwing ball, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a DeBrfy engraving of a LeMoyne illustration

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Hiawatha aiming his arrow at a sea-dragon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Leonardo da Vinci sketch for a siege machine
Military machine for firing arrows with a crossbow, designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Ottoman Turk soldiers, early 1700s
Turkish soldiers, first half of the 18th century. Antique hand-colored print

Stone Age hunters
Europeans of the Stone Age preparing for a hunt. Antique hand-colored print

Medieval crossbow
Genoese archer winding up, or bending, his cross-bow. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Early cannon used in battle, early 1500s
English artillery in action during the reign of Henry VIII. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Battle of Crecy, Hundred Years War
Archers and knights at the Battle of Crecy, France, Hundred Years War, 1346. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Royal Persian Guard of Darius the Great
Archers of Dariuss Royal Persian Guard, from the Hall of Artaxerxes II at Susa. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Macedonian phalanx, Battle of the Carts
Macedonian army using their shields in a phalanx formation, Battle of the Carts. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Egyptian chariot
Chariot drawn by a pair of horses in ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Greek soldiers
Soldiers of ancient Greece with their weapons. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Prehistoric hunters surrounding a wooly mammoth
Prehistoric mammoth hunters using bows and arrows. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Royal barge on the Nile in ancient Egypt
Hunting party of an Egyptian princess in a barge on the Nile. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Assyrian soldiers after a battle, holding an enemys decapitated head. Antique hand-colored print

Persian king with his bodyguards
Ancient Persian king with his bodyguards - a soldier and an archer. Antique hand-colored print

Elephants and chariots in a battle, Roman Empire
Military battle using armored elephants and chariots in the time of the Roman Empire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Babylonian warrior
Ancient Babylonian warrior on horseback. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration from an ancient bas-relief

Assyrian siege of a city using a battering-ram
Assyrians attacking a city using a battering ram. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a carving from Nimrud

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Pennacook chief known as Passaconaway the Bashaba. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Enemy Native American village set afire, Florida
Native Americans attacking enemy village by shooting burning moss to set it afire, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from Theodore Debry, from a painting by LeMoyne

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Plains Indians hunting buffalo by disguising themselves as wolves. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native American bow-hunting pronghorn antelope on the Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Iroquois warrier aiming his bow and arrow. Hand-colored woodcut

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Native American hunting buffalo on foot, Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Siege of a medieval walled town
Moveable siege tower, archers, and cannon of medieval warfare. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Huns migrating to Europe from Asia
Arrival of the Huns in Europe, migrating from Asia, 5th century. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

William Tell, legendary Swiss archer
William Tell aiming his crossbow to shoot an apple off his sons head. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

William Tell in the Swiss independence fight
Escape of William Tell from a sinking boat during the Swiss independence movement, 1300s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Samuel de Champlain and his Huron Indian allies fighting the Iroquois near Lake Champlain, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Robin Hood and Little John hunting deer in Sherwood Forest. Hand-colored woodcut

Hundred Years War siege of a French town
Siege of a town in France during the Hundred Years War. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Ancient Egyptians besieging a fortress
Assaulting a fortification with testudo formation and scaling ladder, ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Southeastern Native American hunters disguised as deer, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a DeBry engraving of Le Moyne illustration

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Ancient Puebloan/Anasazi warrior of Katzimo, near Acoma, where a single man might keep an army at bay. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Lanai Lanape family wearing black and white wampum, 1650s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Florida natives preparing for battle, 1500s
Timucua chiefs ceremony for victory before battle with neighboring tribes, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1591 Theodore DeBry engraving of a painting by LeMoyne

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Native American hunter bringing deer to his forest dwelling. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Apache hunter procuring poison for his arrows by causing a rattlesnake to bite into a deer liver. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native Americans bow-hunting deer by moonlight. Hand-colored photogravure of a 19th-century illustration

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