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Steel bow, wooden stock inlaid with engraved stag's horn or bone: on one side, a man hunting a unicorn; Marcus Curtius, Horatius Cocles, and King David, and on the other side, the Judgement of Solomon, Julius Caesar, Tatius, Augustus, and Tarquin and Lucretia, labelledin Latin.
James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex no. B112
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Steel bow, the string held in the spanned position by an ivory or bone “nut”. The wooden stock is inlaid with engraved stag's horn or bone: on one side, a man hunting a unicorn; Marcus Curtius, Horatius Cocles, and King David, and on the other side, the Judgement of Solomon, Julius Caesar, Tatius, Augustus, and Tarquin and Lucretia, all labelled in Latin.
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Crossbow"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/19462 Accessed: 2021-05-12 18:16:08
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Holding department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
Accession Number: P.12908-R
Holding department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
Accession Number: 23.K.1-40
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