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Summary
| Artist |
After J. Townshend |
| Description |
A print of the 1822 meeting of the "Royal British Bowmen" archery club |
| Date | 1823 |
| Medium | engraving |
| Inscriptions |
Caption bottom: This Plate representing the Meeting of the Royal British Bowmen on the Grounds of Erthig, Denbighshire, the Seat of Simon Yorke Esq. on Septr. 13th. 1822, is respectfully dedicated to that Society by ONE of its MEMBERS |
| Notes |
Notice that both men and women members of the society have uniforms (the women's uniform was a green dress with yellow at the shoulder puffs and yellow triangles at the bottom hem). In the 1806 book Microcosm by William Henry Pyne, a number of these archery clubs are mentioned, along with a brief capsule history of both working and hobby archery. At the time, archery was one of the few competitive sports that adult women of the "genteel" classes could respectably engage in (others were battledore/shuttlecock -- a precursor to badminton -- and for a tiny social elite, old-fashioned "court tennis"). For a less documentary picture of lady archers, see File:1799-pinup-print-archers-Adam-Buck-unbound-hair.jpg. |
| Source/Photographer | Scanned by H. Churchyard |
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| current | 08:11, 1 June 2009 | | 1,136 × 957 (733 KB) | Churchh | A print of the 1822 meeting of the "Royal British Bowmen" archery club (1823 print engraved after J. Townshend). ;Caption: "This Plate representing the '''Meeting''' of the <big>Royal British Bowmen</big> on the Grounds of Erthy, Denbighshire, the Seat o |
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