Swan Upping on the Thames 1900
Examining the old birds, annual ceremony taking several days where British Crown swans are carefully searched, rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released. The old birds which have become so used to the annual ordeal that they take it quite calmly are merely examined as they have marked in previous years
Picture No
11939050
Media ID
47659432
Size
5374px x 4063px
(4.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Benjamin Stone in Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures', page 15
Date
1900
