A poacher is ducked in a pond by a landowner as a punishment for shooting ducks. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

  • Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
Date:
25 September 1834
Reference:
43316i
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Ducking: disorderly women, scolds, or dishonest tradesmen-or as in this print a poacher- were tied and ducked or plunged in water, as a punishment

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London (137 Fleet Street) : R. Carlisle, 25 September 1834.

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1 print : etching, with engraving

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You shoot my ducks; and I duck you, dip'un again my lads. Sketches by Seymour.

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Wellcome Collection 43316i

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