Small-Bird Murder
Anon
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Subjects: | Hunting, Cruelty, Collecting, Ornithology |
Shows three members of the West Sussex '"Shipley Sparrow Club", who received prizes' for killing thousands of sparrows and other birds. The three figures, two men and a woman, are somewhat shabbily dressed, one of the men carrying a large bird cage on his back, and the woman carrying a box marked 'Salt'. | |
See also: | The Times, 14 March 1863, p. 7f |
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