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Swan Upping

David Welsh

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698 photographer: David Welsh
© David Welsh 49K JPEG of 'Swan Upping'

oil on canvas

height: 24 ins (61 cm) width: 30 ins (76 cm)

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The traditional method of claiming the ownership of Swans on the Thames was for their beaks to be given one or more nicks. All swans without nicks belong to the Queen. Nowadays the swans are ringed. In this picture the boatmen in traditional clothes catch some swans near Henley.

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