Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a Blue Carrier Cock standing in full-length. The Blue Carrier Cock (Blue Bar), is one of the oldest English fancy breeds of pigeon. The portrait brings to attention it's distinctive features as a breed, such as it's two blue-barred wings, it's prominent nostril cere, as well as it's tight feathered colouring and details
Picture No
10948328
Media ID
48218048
Size
3782px x 4767px
(5.8MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Chromolithograph plate by J. W. Ludlow, in The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, Cassel and Company Limited, 1885
Date
circa 1880s
