Pigeons - Black, Red and Yellow Turbits
A portrait of a Black, Red and Yellow Turbit standing inside their pigeon coop. The Turbit is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. Along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, they are also descendants from the Rock Pigeon. As shown in the illustration, the breed is known for its peaked crest, short beak and frill of feathers on its breast
Picture No
10948459
Media ID
48217770
Size
3500px x 4283px
(4.7MB)
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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