Punch,  44 (1863), 164.

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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