Sujet

Birmingham Show, 1858. Creator: Harrison Weir.

Légende

Birmingham Show, 1858. Exhibition of domestic poultry. '1. Mr. Maddiford's Fantail, Nun, and Jacobine Pigeons, Silver Cup; 2. Mr. Worrall's Owl Pigeons, First Prize; Mr. Adkins' Pouter Carrier, and Almond Tumbler Pigeons, Silver Cup; 4. Mr. G. Moss's Gamecock, Second Prize; 5. Mr. Parkins Jones's Polish Cock, First Prize; 6. Capt. Hornby's Gamecock, First Prize; 7. Mr. Brundrit's Spanish Fowls, Silver Cup; 8. Capt. Hornby's Dorking Fowls, Silver Cup. One enthusiast who did not got a prize valued his pen of Cochin chickens as worth a thousand pounds; but people only smiled...or more gravely pronounced such rare birds too good to be eaten'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A82_308

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

66,7Mo (5,0Mo) / 34,2cm x 48,8cm / 4039 x 5768 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal arts bird birds art British color chicken chickens poultry feathers plumage cockerel cockerels feather winning rooster roosters cock show century winner Britain winners newspapers press pigeons print concept pigeon exhibition pedigree B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Prize winner nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN agricultural show newspaper prize-winning Harrison Weir Weir Harrison Harrison William Weir Weir Harrison William 19th-century