Manchu soldier with bow and arrows, China
Manchu Soldiers'. Fair types of the Manchu soldiers of North China. [In] 1871 I witnessed the review of an army of men such as these... Many of the troops were armed with bows and arrows and many more with the old fuse matchlocks... The archer was a dexterous marksman
Picture No
11939084
Media ID
46076884
Size
2306px x 3106px
(1.8MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Illustrations of China and its People' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1874. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1874
