Ludlow, J. W.

Pouters, fantails, Jacobins and tumblers show off the art of the Victorian pigeon fancier in these prints by J. W. Ludlow, t...

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Pouters, fantails, Jacobins and tumblers show off the art of the Victorian pigeon fancier in these prints by J. W. Ludlow, the artist Joseph Williamson Ludlow, who lived from 1840 to 1916. Most are chromolithographs of fancy breeds published around 1880, with canaries extending the range. Carriers and other varieties display the results of selective breeding in beak, wattle, feathering and stance, some plates comparing colour forms and others showing a single bird or the changes that come with age. The breed names are those of the fanciers and the show bench, where small differences of plumage or outline defined a variety.

Pouters, fantails, Jacobins and tumblers show off the art of the Victorian pigeon fancier in these prints by J. W. Ludlow, the artist Joseph Williamson Ludlow, who lived from 1840 to 1916. Most are chromolithographs of fancy breeds published around 1880, with canaries extending the range. Carriers and other varieties display the results of selective breeding in beak, wattle, feathering and stance, some plates comparing colour forms and others showing a single bird or the changes that come with age. The breed names are those of the fanciers and the show bench, where small differences of plumage or outline defined a variety.

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