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Sling the monkey.

Sling the monkey.

Repro ID: PY3339
Title: Sling the monkey.
Description: Greenwich Pensioners playing a game of sling the monkey. A man with no legs is suspended from the tree by a rope and has to snatch pieces of rope or material from the other mens' hands.
Creator: Cruickshank [artist & engraver]
Date: 19th century
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London

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