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Choirboys of St Clement Danes beating the boundary-marks with long wands, London, 1926-1927.
Choirboys of St Clement Danes beating the boundary-marks with long wands, London, 1926-1927. Boys in mortarboards take part in the old custom of beating the parish bounds. In the background is one of the sphinxes flanking Cleopatra's Needle. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927).
Unique Identifier
AR963114
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5502px × 3189px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1920s
20th century
Adcock
ART
Arthur St John
Arthur St John Adcock
ARTS
B&W
B/W
Beating
beating the bounds
Black & White
Black and white
BOUNDARY
Boy
BOYS
Britain
British
Choir Boy
CHOIRBOYS
Christianity
Church
Church of England
Cityscape
clothes
concept
Crowd
CUSTOM
Dress
Ecclesiastical
ecclesiastical dress
embankment
England
geographical feature
Geography
Hat
JOHN
John Adcock
LOCATION
London
Magic
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
mortar board
mortarboard
PARISH
People
Photograph
Photogravure
Print Collector6
religion
Religious
River
River Thames
Sculpture
Sphinx
St Clement Danes
Statue
stick
TGN
thames
The Print Collector
TRADITION
Twenties
vestment
VESTMENTS
Wand