Pigeons - Red and Yellow Jacobins, Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Red and Yellow Jacobin, a breed of fancy pigeon. The Jacobin developed over many years of selective breeding and originated in Asia. It is characterised by a distinctive muff or cowl of feathers, which forms a rosette on both sides of the pigeon's head. This is made up of a mane at the back of the head, the hood over the top and a chain of two lines of feather running down the front of the chest
Picture No
10948453
Media ID
48218199
Size
3700px x 4565px
(5.1MB)
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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