The Illustrated Book of Pigeons

Carriers, pouters, fantails, tumblers and Jacobins parade in rich colour through The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, a Victoria...

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Carriers, pouters, fantails, tumblers and Jacobins parade in rich colour through The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, a Victorian guide to the breeds and the qualities they were judged on. Robert Fulton's work, edited by Lewis Wright and published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, was illustrated from paintings by J. W. Ludlow; it appeared in the decade before 1880, around which the examples here are catalogued. Each breed shows its own stance, feather shape and colour. Some plates compare varieties or show a bird at different ages, and others isolate the features a fancier would weigh in judging.

Carriers, pouters, fantails, tumblers and Jacobins parade in rich colour through The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, a Victorian guide to the breeds and the qualities they were judged on. Robert Fulton's work, edited by Lewis Wright and published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, was illustrated from paintings by J. W. Ludlow; it appeared in the decade before 1880, around which the examples here are catalogued. Each breed shows its own stance, feather shape and colour. Some plates compare varieties or show a bird at different ages, and others isolate the features a fancier would weigh in judging.

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