Pigeons Collection (page 9)

French Army carrier pigeons (chromolitho)
2782526 French Army carrier pigeons (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French Army carrier pigeons)

The Prisoner and His Guests, 1871 (oil on canvas)
2830957 The Prisoner and His Guests, 1871 (oil on canvas) by Yeames, William Frederick (1835-1918); 42.5x54.5 cm; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Ten Pigeons (chromolitho)
2802791 Ten Pigeons (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ten Pigeons. Illustration for One, Two, Three, Four (Frederick Warne)

The Lottery Office. 1777 (engraving)
610658 The Lottery Office. 1777 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lottery Office)

Italian Backstreet (panel)
BON77801 Italian Backstreet (panel) by Mas i Fondevila, Arcadi (1852-1934); 31.7x19 cm; Private Collection; Photo eBonhams, London, UK; Spanish, out of copyright

The Christening Gate in Lausanne, c. 1861 (w / c & gouache)
HGM78291 The Christening Gate in Lausanne, c.1861 (w/c & gouache) by Maris, Matthijs (1839-1917); 33.3x52.7 cm; Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands; eKunstmuseum den Haag; Dutch

Poultry at a farm
LLM338549 Poultry at a farm by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poultry at a farm. Aunt Louisas Nursery Favourite (1870).); © Look and Learn

Farmyard
LLM460526 Farmyard by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Farmyard. Illustration for Warnes Picture Puzzle Toy Book (c 1880). Note cut-outs stuck onto pictures

Feeding the Pigeons, 1887 (oil on canvas)
488311 Feeding the Pigeons, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Joors, Eugene (1850-1910); 120.6x83.3 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Belgian, out of copyright

Women and a child feeding the pigeons, from La Mode Illustree
475978 Women and a child feeding the pigeons, from La Mode Illustree, 1872 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Carrier pigeons
LLM462152 Carrier pigeons by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carrier pigeons. Illustration for The Feathers and Fur Picture Book (George Routledge, c 1890)

Pigeons, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999578 Pigeons, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Fancy Bantams and Pigeons (engraving)
1095740 Fancy Bantams and Pigeons (engraving) by Archer, John Wykeham (1808-64); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fancy Bantams and Pigeons)

The Queens Poultry at Windsor (engraving)
1100926 The Queens Poultry at Windsor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queens Poultry at Windsor)

Prizes for the Anerley Poultry Show (engraving)
1097581 Prizes for the Anerley Poultry Show (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prizes for the Anerley Poultry Show)

Jane Austen, sewing, with her sister Cassandra in the Rectory Garden (litho)
3099581 Jane Austen, sewing, with her sister Cassandra in the Rectory Garden (litho) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jane Austen, sewing)

Pigeon Farm, Los Angeles (colour photo)
3096580 Pigeon Farm, Los Angeles (colour photo) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pigeon Farm, Los Angeles. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

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The Record Office, Feeding the Pigeons (litho)
6024877 The Record Office, Feeding the Pigeons (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Record Office, Feeding the Pigeons)

Prize Birds at the Birmingham Poultry Show (engraving)
1610793 Prize Birds at the Birmingham Poultry Show (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prize Birds at the Birmingham Poultry Show)

Prizes from the Metropolitan Exhibition of Poultry and Pigeons (engraving)
1601518 Prizes from the Metropolitan Exhibition of Poultry and Pigeons (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info)

The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons (engraving)
1616077 The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons)

Birmingham Show 1858 (engraving)
1619515 Birmingham Show 1858 (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birmingham Show 1858. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 11 December 1858)

Les Pigeons Blancs (engraving)
1589471 Les Pigeons Blancs (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Pigeons Blancs. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number 1874)

Pigeons exhibited by the Philoperisteron Society (engraving)
1625344 Pigeons exhibited by the Philoperisteron Society (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pigeons exhibited by the Philoperisteron Society)

"Noahs Ark"at Covent Garden (engraving)
1063336 " Noahs Ark" at Covent Garden (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Noahs Ark" at Covent Garden)

The beginnings of war machines, messenger-pigeons, messenger-pigeon service in war
973561 The beginnings of war machines, messenger-pigeons, messenger-pigeon service in war, from early times to the present (litho) by English School

Boys pets (chromolitho)
964520 Boys pets (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boys pets. From The Boys Own Paper, late 19th century.); © Look and Learn

The Birmingham Poultry Show (engraving)
1098404 The Birmingham Poultry Show (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Birmingham Poultry Show)

Prize Poultry, Pigeons, and Dogs at the Birmingham Show (engraving)
1103701 Prize Poultry, Pigeons, and Dogs at the Birmingham Show (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prize Poultry, Pigeons)

Prize Turkeys, Ducks, and Pigeons at the Birmingham Poultry Show (engraving)
1104400 Prize Turkeys, Ducks, and Pigeons at the Birmingham Poultry Show (engraving) by Carter, Samuel John (1835-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prize Turkeys, Ducks)

Prize Pigeons at the Show of the Philo-Peristeron Society, recently held in Freemasons Hall (engraving)
1103054 Prize Pigeons at the Show of the Philo-Peristeron Society, recently held in Freemasons Hall (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info)

Piccioni (b / w photo)
3653231 Piccioni (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piccioni. Illustration for Venezia 36 Vedute, c 1900.); © Look and Learn

The Season in the South of France, Some Villas at Cannes (engraving)
1056136 The Season in the South of France, Some Villas at Cannes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Season in the South of France)

New Breeds of Pigeons at the Birmingham Show (engraving)
1052262 New Breeds of Pigeons at the Birmingham Show (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Breeds of Pigeons at the Birmingham Show)

The New Paris Letter Carrier (engraving)
1052215 The New Paris Letter Carrier (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Paris Letter Carrier)

Feeding the pigeons in St Marks Square, Venice, c. 1900 (chromolitho)
942835 Feeding the pigeons in St Marks Square, Venice, c.1900 (chromolitho) by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright

The Pigeons (coloured engraving)
979156 The Pigeons (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pigeons.); © Look and Learn

Pigeons of Venice (oil on canvas)
810573 Pigeons of Venice (oil on canvas) by Paoletti, Antonio (1834-1912); 61x86 cm; Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington, Lancashire, UK; eHaworth Art Gallery; Italian, out of copyright

Chiesa di San Marco, Venice (hand-coloured photo)
907994 Chiesa di San Marco, Venice (hand-coloured photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Church of St Stephen Walbrook, one of Sir Christopher Wrens City of London churches (b / w photo)
3637482 Church of St Stephen Walbrook, one of Sir Christopher Wrens City of London churches (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Colombier de M van Roosebeke, Entree de la voliere (engraving)
3645640 Colombier de M van Roosebeke, Entree de la voliere (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colombier de M van Roosebeke, Entree de la voliere)

Venice (chromolitho)
3621666 Venice (chromolitho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Venice. Illustration from Tochter-Album Unterhaltungen im hauslichen Kreise zur Bildung des Verstandes)

A Launch Of Traveling Pigeons From The Piazza Del Palazzo Reale, In Milan (Colour Litho)
2798211 A Launch Of Traveling Pigeons From The Piazza Del Palazzo Reale, In Milan (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sharing Pollys Meal (colour litho)
2814647 Sharing Pollys Meal (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sharing Pollys Meal)

A sky of wings (colour litho)
2777650 A sky of wings (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A sky of wings. Four thousand)

New Inn, Wych Street, 1901 (w / c on paper)
610923 New Inn, Wych Street, 1901 (w/c on paper) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Inn, Wych Street, 1901. Original artwork)

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"Pigeons: A Fascinating World of Fancy Breeds and Heroic Messengers" Step into the enchanting world of pigeons, where elegance meets bravery. From fancy pigeon breeds to carrier pigeons, these feathered creatures have captivated hearts throughout history. In the heart of George Square, Glasgow, one can witness the grandeur of fancy pigeon breeds. With their vibrant plumage and graceful demeanor, these they can a sight to behold. Each breed tells a unique story through its distinctive features and colors. But it is not just their beauty that sets them apart; carrier they have played an essential role in communication for centuries. Whether it was delivering messages during times of war or aiding in important business transactions, these winged messengers were trusted with vital information. Imagine the scene as a racing pigeon takes flight from its release point. The anticipation builds as competitors eagerly await their arrival at the finish line. Racing pigeon releases are exhilarating events that showcase both the speed and endurance of these remarkable birds. During World War I, even tanks couldn't hinder the determination of carrier pigeons. Releasing a bird from within those armored giants allowed soldiers to send crucial messages across enemy lines when all other means failed. The British Army messenger pigeon service became an invaluable asset on the battlefield. Not all birds bearing resemblance to pigeons belong to this esteemed family; Eurasian Collared Doves stand out with their buffy-pink plumage and black neck collar—a beautiful illustration indeed. These doves remind us that nature's palette knows no boundaries when creating stunning avian species. Pigeon enthusiasts often find themselves drawn towards chickens and other poultry too—after all, they share similar traits such as loyalty and adaptability. It seems like feathers flock together. And let's not forget about wood pigeons engaging in their intricate mating rituals—their cooing melodies fill forests with love songs during springtime.