Pigeons - Black and Dun Barbs, English Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Black and Dun Barbs, and two White Barbs in the background. The Barb, also called the English Barb is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. The portrait illustrates their key features, such as their large coral red eye ceres, their short-faced beaks and small wattles, and their stout body shape
Picture No
10948451
Media ID
48218177
Size
3500px x 4302px
(4.2MB)
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
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