Images Dated 22nd July 2019

Andalusian chickens

Andalusian chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by H. Leworthy. Cock won first prize at Barnstaple 1871 and hen first prize at Barnstaple 1872. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W. Ludlow from Lewis Wright's The Illustrated Book of Poultry, Cassell, London, 1890

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Japanese bantams, black bantams and Pekin bantams

Japanese bantams, black bantams and Pekin bantams. Mrs. Woodcock's Japanese white bantams, first prize at Crystal Palace 1872. E. Cambridge's black bantams, cup winner at Bristol 1873. H. B. Smith's Peking bantams, first prize at Wolverhampton 1873. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W. Ludlow from Lewis Wright's The Illustrated Book of Poultry, Cassell, London, 1890

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Black East India ducks and black Cayuga ducks

Black East India ducks, Anas platyrhynchos, and black Cayuga ducks, Anas rubripes. G. S. Sainsbury's black East India duck won the cup at Bristol 1872. The black Cayuga duck were sent by Mr. Simpson of New York. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W. Ludlow from Lewis Wright's The Illustrated Book of Poultry, Cassell, London, 1890

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