Comments on: James Cox – The Silver Swan https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/james-cox-the-silver-swan/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:38:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/james-cox-the-silver-swan/#comment-1609902 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:38:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=115395#comment-1609902 Cotour–
Good find. Very steam-punky-ish.
(Tangentially, I would put forth that phonograph records were the height of analog technology, but this mechanical swan is quite impressive!)

“The Orders Lawes and Ancient Customes of Swanns”
John Witherings (1632)
https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_the-orders-lawes-and-anc_witherings-john_1632

The Queen owns all unmarked Mute Swans in the nation.

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