Bird, Art, Fowl, Chickens, Prize Winning Poultry, Cassell, Antique Prints, London, 1880

J.W. Ludlow (after)
Lewis Wright (1838-1905) (editor)
Vincent Day Brooks (printers)
Prize Winning Poultry
from The Illustrated Book of Poultry, with Practical Schedules for Judging, Constructed from Actual Analysis of the Best Modern Decisions
Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, London, Paris and New York: 1880
Chromolithographs
10 1/2 x 8 inches print
$250 each

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Various prints from a renowned comprehensive series of 50 chromolithographs of prize British roosters and hens, and other fowl, illustrated by J. W. Ludlow. Each bird is sensitively portrayed in a natural farm or henhouse setting, imbued with its own personality and temperament that seems to correspond to its appearance. Some prints show a single bird, others show two, either the more showy males, or a pair of male and female. The titles of the prints specify name of breed and prizes. Some also specify owner or name of the bird. For example, Mr. R.B. Wood’s pair of Creve-Coeurs won “1st prizes at Wolverhampton Birmingham (Summer Show) Spalding & Chesterfield, 1872,” and Mr. Tomlinson’s Buff Cochcin Cock ‘Sampson’ was “winner of the Birmingham Cup in 1860 and 1861.” Cassell and Company published numerous other natural history works in the period including ones illustrating canaries and cage birds, pigeons, dogs, and horses.

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