Title

Shooting at the Butt, 1496, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

Caption

Shooting at the Butt, 1496, (1843). Archers shoot at the parish butt for the prize, using the arbalest or cross-bow. It was a law that a butt should be erected in every township and the inhabitants were obliged to practise at them on Sundays and holidays, and were liable to fines for omitting to do so. From a manuscript containing a moral work, Imaginacion de vraye Noblesse, (1496). Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1843

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C12_022

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,1in x 17,6in / 3317 x 5276 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation animal people male sport man men animals horses horse riding rider guy weapon weapons shooting color colour medieval horseman horsemen war century target aiming archery archer concept warfare crossbow road Transport 19th century target practice weaponry mediaeval Middle Ages nineteenth century 15th century The Print Collector arbalest bowman fifteenth century horse and cart horse-drawn vehicle manuscript Henry Shaw H Henry Shaw Henry Shaw Shaw Henry Shaw H Henry Shaw manuscript