Title

Bow-meeting at Pradoe, near Oswestry, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Bow-meeting at Pradoe, near Oswestry, 1844. Competitors at '...an elegant archery fete at Pradoe [in Shropshire], the delightful seat of the Hon. Thomas Kenyon, when the Royal British Bowmen made a very interesting display of their prowess...The shooting proceeded with vigour and animation, the ladies taking from target to target the distance of sixty yards, and the gentlemen one hundred. Strong and anxious was the interest excited whenever an arrow pierced near the bull's eye'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM21A06_227

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52,6Mb (4,2Mb) / 16,5in x 12,4in / 4960 x 3706 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people male sport man men guy British arrow arrows weapon weapons shooting competition war Victorian century Britain target newspapers press archery archer archers concept B&W Shropshire bow and arrow warfare bows and arrows 19th century target practice black & white black and white B W weaponry nineteenth century The Print Collector bowman Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving Unknown Oswestry