Six wooden skiffs containing members of the Vintners and Dyers Companies led by the Queens Swan Marker setting off on part of the annual Swan Upping ceremony, whereby the new cygnets are marked on the beak to denote who they belong to.

Date:
1883
Location:
Bell Weir Lock, Egham, Runnymede, Surrey
Reference:
CC73/00267
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Curator: Davies, Angela

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Keywords

Lock, Water Transport, Ceremony, People, Waterscape, Custom And Tradition