James Buchanan, Wholesale and Retail Archery Manufacturer,...
Importer of Spanish & Italian Yew, Flemish & German Bowstrings, &c.
London,
191, Piccadilly,
[c1850-1860].
Engraved trade card.
65 by 90mm (2.5 by 3.5 inches).
17914
notes:
Trade card for James Buchanan, one of the four most successful and renowned bow-makers of his day, the others being Thomas Waring, Thomas. Alfred and Peter Muir. During the nineteenth century, archery became more widely-practiced as a form of social recreation, with upper-class women taking up bows in large numbers for the first time. Catering to the increased demand for materials, a number of manufacturers and merchants who had previous focused on umbrellas and fishing rod...