Poultry Collection (page 4)

Buff cochin cock, Gallus gallus domesticus. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W. Ludlow from Lewis Wrights The Illustrated Book of Poultry, Cassell, London, 1890

Portrait of Lucy Meredith, niece of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Young pre-teen girl in white dress with pink ribbon belt. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir

Engraving of the Cochin China Fowl kept by Queen Victoria at Windsor. Date: 1843

Stationery, Spratts Patent Limited, London
Stationery, Spratts Patent Limited, Fenchurch Street, London, manufacturers of biscuits, foods and appliances for dogs, poultry, game, cage birds, etc. 1901

Jolly clown with a white goose. 20th century

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Nuns Priests Tale, a mock heroic story about a cockerel named Chanticleer (Chauntecleer), his wife Pertelote, and a wily fox. Date: 1845

Ethel Comyns Lewer, editor of The Feathered World
Ethel Harriet Comyns Lewer (1861-1946), periodical proprietor and editor of The Feathered World. and author of Poultry Keeping (1914). 1897

New Year card, girl and turkey in the snow, with verse. circa 1890

Inside view of the Poultry Compter, 1811, a London prison in Cheapside operated from medieval times to 1815. This particular building was built soon after the great Fire of London, 1666

Basuto clay models from Basutoland (Lesotho)
Basuto clay models from Basutoland, formerly a British Crown colony in southern Africa (now Lesotho)

Front cover, Sweet Sunny Days, Picture Book, showing four children and three geese in a rural setting. Date: circa 1900s

Rose Farm, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908

Poster, Armitages Dry Chick Foods

Stacking hay in a farmyard. 19th century

Farmer winnowing grain while children watch. 19th century

Christmas at Windsor Castle, kitchen 1857
Christmas time at Windsor Castle, cooks preparing for the royal banquet. Date: 1857

Christmas at Windsor Castle, meat larder 1857
Christmas time at Windsor Castle, cooks preparing poultry and meat in the larder. Date: 1857

Nichols Ranch, near Yerington, Nevada, USA
Nichols Ranch, near Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Christmas card, The Temptation of Good Saint Anthony Noel
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, The Temptation of Good Saint Anthony Noel (surrounded by enticing Christmas food, including geese, a turkey and a pudding). (5 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card, Robin Hood and Friar Tuck
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, A Blazing Yule for Robin Hood and Friar Tuck (a robin and Father Christmas with a turkey). (4 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card, Old King Cole
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, Old King Cole (with two geese and a turkey as his musicians). (3 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card, Little Red Riding Hood
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, Little Red Riding Hood as a goose (meeting the wolf, observed by robins). (2 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Mr Punch and Judy on a Christmas card -- he steals a goose from the poulterer (left) and brings it home for Judy to cook (right). Date: circa 1890s

Couple feeding poultry on a greetings card with verse and pull tab. Date: circa 1850s

Boy serving a roast turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

Musical cock and hen with piano on a greetings postcard
Musical cock and hen with piano, performing a duet on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Three turkeys on a Thanksgiving postcard
Three turkeys with a carriage on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Boy riding a turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard
Boy riding on the back of a large turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Cat and dog outside and inside a house on a Christmas card
Cat and dog waiting at a door on a Christmas card, with indoor scenes including a cosy fireside. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Boy with chickens and umbrella on a cutout greetings card
Boy with two dead chickens and a red umbrella on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Who Cares for You, Father Christmas magazine
Who Cares for You - Father Christmas magazine, 1887-1888. 1887-1888

Costumes of Europe, Schaffouse, Switzerland
Costumes of Europe - Schaffouse, Switzerland. 19th century

Hen and chicks. 18th century

Carte de visite - child in a studio photo, Croydon
Carte de visite - child in a studio photo with a model of a chicken, Croydon. late 19th century

Home Sweet Home -- farmyard scene. (3 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Scrap - decoupage design - Duck. 1865

Preparing for Christmas 1846
2400 geese from Boston, Lincolnshire were taken to a dealer of poultry at Spalding, where they were fattened up for the Christmas festive and sold in London markets. Date: 1846

Illustration, White-Ear at night with his prey. Date: 1912

Leadenhall Market on Christmas-eve 1854
Very busy in Leadenhall Market, London, Victorians picking their birds for Christmas day. Date: 1854

Smithfield Poultry Market, London 1875
Exterior of the Smithfield Poultry Market in London. In the foreground, one can see a typically busy London street scene. Date: 1875

Corner of Leadenhall Market, London 1900
Covered market, selling live poultry in cages. Date: 1900

Her Majestys poultry house, Windsor 1843
Queen Victorias private Royal poultry house in Windsor, secluded on the boundaries of the Home Park, attached to Windsor Castle. Date: 1843

Poultry show at the Crystal Palace 1870
Poultry show at the Crystal Palace, at the same time as the cattle show was being held at Islington. There was above 1100 pens of fowls, besides turkeys, ducks, geese and pheasants

COLD CHICKEN SALAD
The rather unappetising combination of chicken in aspic and cold salad. Date: 1940s

MIXED POULTRY
A cock and hen watch as ducks waddle by in a farmyard. Date: circa 1860s

GOOSE SERIES (2 OF 4)
Choosing the goose for slaughter (picture 2 of 4). Date: circa 1840

GOOSE SERIES (1 OF 4)
Geese swim in the wild (picture 1 of 4). Date: circa 1840

FLEMISH POULTRY MARKET
A Flemish Poultry Market. Date: circa 1600

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