Thames watermen at work during Swan Upping
Thames watermen at work during Swan Upping, when cygnets need to be rounded up on the Upper Thames River and distinguishing marks cut on their bills, to show that they are the property of the Crown and the Dyers and Vintners Companies of the City of London. Needless to say, it is difficult and often rather wet work
Picture No
12020932
Media ID
47662757
Size
4982px x 4052px
(6.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.17, October 1922
Date
1922
