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| Image title: | 1144.—Quarter-staff (From the Old Ballad of Robin Hood and the Tanner.) |
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| Source: | Knight, Charles: “Old England: A Pictorial Museum” (1845) |
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| Keywords: | weapons, people, battles, greyscale, wallpaper, backgrounds |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
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“Quarter-staff (Fig. 1144) was the glory of the stout old English peasant or yeoman, in which, as far as we can learn, he was without a competitor in any foreign nation.” (p. 334) Two men in a forest fight with quarter-staffs (or staves); they are wearing tights. A sword, shield and bow lie on the ground behind them. |
| Dimensions: | 65 x 45mm (2.6 x 1.8 inches) |
| Filename: | 1144-Quarter-staff-q75-800x600.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/3/1144-Quarter-staff-q75-500x375.jpg |
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