Historical Drawings and Paintings

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Here we mirror some old drawings from breeds of interrest to us because their original sites no longer exist. Photos and background courtesy of Brian Reeder, source: www.longtailfowl.com/cochin.html , www.longtailfowl.com/brahma.html . Recently I added some really cool drawings from the Chickscope project (Copyright © 1998, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), plus you´ll also find the drawings from the article "BUFF COCHINS OF TWENTY YEARS AGO" By F.L.Sewell (1912) here on page three of this album. New: RSS feed for this album.

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Malay, 1895

Malay, 1910

Malay, 1918

Malay, 1922

Malay, 1946

Malay, 1910

Light Brahma rooster

Dark Brahma rooster

1900 Sewell art of partridge cochin pair

Partridge Cochin hen

Figure 3 shows pictures of two cocks from the import of 1892.

Figure 4: Figures 4 and 5 show show winning cochin from 1903/1904.

Figure 5: Figures 4 and 5 show show winning cochin from 1903/1904.

Figure 6 shows a drawing of

Figure 7 shows a device desinged to keep these over feathered forms away from walls, thus not allowing for breaking of leg feathers.

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