Street art · London

Swan Marker and Barge Master

By Vivien Mallock

Beside a modern London plaza, bronze staff in hand, the Vintners' Company Barge Master stands guard with his swan — a nod to the centuries-old Swan Upping tradition on the Thames, rendered with Victorian-monument realism.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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