Swan Upping on the Thames 1900
Annual ceremony taking place on the Thames where British Crown swans are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released. The party occupy a flotilla of row boats the sterns adorned with flags. A large white ensign bearing a gilt crown and the letters E.R, with the device of a swan is displayed by the crown boat; while the Dyers and Vintners craft have blue and red flags respectively also emblazoned with swans
Picture No
11939048
Media ID
47659407
Size
5456px x 4068px
(2.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Benjamin Stone in Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures', page 13
Date
1900
