Pigeons Collection

Claude Monet (1840-1926) and his wife, Alice (1844-1911) St
MMT175169 Claude Monet (1840-1926) and his wife, Alice (1844-1911) St. Marks Square, Venice, October 1908 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris

Fancy Pigeon Breeds
Fancy pigeon breeds (Columbidae species)

Carrier Pigeon
JD-15704 Carrier / Racing / Homing PIGEON - in studio John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Racing pigeon release
Racing pigeons released from their traps from transport lorries at the start of a race from Worcestershire to Tipton in The Black Country in the English Midlands Date: 1992

George Square, Glasgow
George Square in the centre of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. This fine square in dominated by the Italianate Municipal Chambers and the Sir Walter Scott memorial column

Racing / Carrier Pigeon
JD-16200 Carrier / Racing / Homing PIGEON - in flight John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

British Army messager pigeon service
Taking birds out: to the trenches by despatch-riders to let the pigeons fly for training. Regular going and coming supply service of birds between the pigeon homing lofts at Divisional

Horse-drawn harvester
Two shire horses pull a farmer sitting asride an basic harvesting machine. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Racing / Carrier Pigeon
JD-16202 Carrier / Racing / Homing PIGEON - in flight John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto), illustration of pigeon like bird, buffy-pink plumage and black neck collar, back view

Carrier Pigeon poster
Poster warning people of the dangers of shooting carrier pigeons who may be carrying life or death messages. Carrier pigeons, we are told, are a vital part of RAF

Wood Pigeons - mating
RES-590 Wood Pigeons - mating Columba palumbus George Reszeter Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pigeons: Turbits, Blue Chequer and Silver, Shell Crown, Blue, Point Crests (colour litho)
7183882 Pigeons: Turbits, Blue Chequer and Silver, Shell Crown, Blue, Point Crests (colour litho) by Ludlow, J. W. (fl.1850s) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turbits)

Releasing carrier pigeon from tank, France, WW1
A human hand releasing a carrier pigeon through the porthole of a tank, near Albert, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 9 August 1918

Iglesia Los Dolores, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America

Chickens and other poultry
Domestic poultry. Color lithograph, 19th century

Pigeon shoot Poster
Poster for the TIR AUX PIGEONS at Monte Carlo where fashionable people in smart clothes shoot live pigeons for fun

New Zealand Pigeon sitting in a tree about to feed on berries Westland National Park, West Coast, South Island
SAS-669 New Zealand Pigeon - sitting in a tree about to feed on berries Westland National Park, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Its Maori name is Kereru

Wood Pigeons - mating
RES-591 Wood Pigeons - mating Columba palumbus George Reszeter Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Passenger Pigeon-Extinct
PASSENGER PIGEON (Ectopistes migratorius) Probably once the most numerous bird on Earth, the Pigeon became extinct in 1914

Seaplane carrier pigeon, WW1
A carrier pigeon housed on board a seaplane for the delivery of messages during the First World War. This particular bird delivered a message (no)

Urban Pigeons - in Trafalgar Sqaure - London - UK
SPH-1906 Feral / Urban / Town / Rock PIGEONS / Rock Dove in Trafalgar Square, London, UK Columba livia Steve Hopkin contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Shah of Persia shooting pigeons
The Shah of Persia - Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, KG (1853-1907) shooting pigeons during a visit to Contrexeville (famous for bottled water) in North east France. Date: circa 1902

Pigeon racing at Crystal Palace, London
15, 000 birds from all parts of England and Scotland are released from Crystal Palace, south London, at the start of a championship pigeon race

Woodpigeon - on fence post, Texel, Holland
USH-3645 Woodpigeon - on fence post Texel, Holland Columba palumbus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pigeons on Rooftops
Pigeons on the rooftops (Columbidae species)

Fancy Pigeon breed - Old Dutch Capuchine red - in studio
LA-4576 Fancy Pigeon breed - Old Dutch Capuchine red - in studio Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Still Life - Michele Pace del Campidoglio
Oil on Canvas 96.5 x 157.5

Muffed Flying Tumblers, Pigeons
A portrait of four sub-variants of the Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The Flying Tumblers shown is the Black Rose-Wing, the Red Rose-Wing, the Red-Badge and the Black Saddle

Trafalgar Square, London, UK, England. 1930 - 1940s

Twelve breeds of pigeon. Drawing / Engraving from Daniel Girton, The new and complete pigeon-fancier; or, Modern treatise on domestic pigeons. Frontispiece. Date: circa 1804

Fancy Pigeon breed - Chinese Owl - in studio
LA-4581 Fancy Pigeon breed - Chinese Owl - in studio Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

King Pigeon - white
LA-4707 King Pigeon - white Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon hunting area - decoy bird - Pine Forest - Les Landes - France
WAT-15276 Wood Pigeon hunting area - decoy bird Pine Forest - Les Landes - France Columba palumbus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Rock Dove Islay Island, Scotland
GKB-665 Rock Dove / Rock Pigeon Islay Island, Scotland Columba livia Geoffrey K Brown Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon UK
CAN-169 WOODPIGEONS - x two, on branch UK Columba palumbus John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Victoria Crowned Pigeon
KF-7536 VICTORIA CROWNED PIGEON Goura victoria Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon
FEU-450 Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Grizzle Pigeon - male, domestic shoe breed
AP-1653 Grizzle Pigeon - male, domestic shoe breed Dennis Avon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

The late Charles Darwin
Article on Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) with illustrations of his statue at the Natural History Museum, the exterior of his house at Down, near Beckenham, his study and green-house

Lebanon, Beirut - The Doves Cave rocks Date: circa 1908

Hamilton Conrad and His Wonder Pigeons Date: early 20th century

Robert Vaughn, actor who plays the role of secret agent Napoleon Solo in NBC show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. pictured feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, London, 22nd March 1966. UK Promotion Tour

Feeding pigeons, Venice, Italy circa 1900. Date: circa 1900

Nelson Statue
Londoners get a chance to admire the Nelson effigy at close quarters, before he is hoisted to the top of his column where only pigeons get close

Woodpigeon - in garden bird bath - Essex - UK BI019314
COS-2879 Woodpigeon - in garden bird bath Essex - UK Columba palumbus Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Victoria Crowned-Pigeon / New Guinea Wood Pigeon - Head, Papua New Guinea JPF31856
JPF-13308 Victoria Crowned-Pigeon / New Guinea Wood Pigeon Head, Papua New Guinea Goura victoria Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wonga pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca) Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia Captive specimen
AUS-767 Wonga pigeon Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia Leucosarcia melanoleuca Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Crowned Pidgeon
CROWNED PIDGEON

The Carrier Pigeon (engraving)
3626167 The Carrier Pigeon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Carrier Pigeon. Illustration for Chatterbox (1871)

Feeding the Pigeons on steps of St. Pauls Cathedral, London. Date: 1925

Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Macropygia phasianella.. Handcolored steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selbys volume Pigeons in Sir William Jardines

Picture No. 10782790
Decoy birds Wood Pigeons given water to drink - Wood Pigeon hunting area (Columba palumbus) Date:

Tir Aux Pigeons (Sem)
The great thing about Le tir aux pigeons at Monte Carlo is that you can do it in your best clothes, theres no danger and no one (except the pigeons) gets hurt... Date: 1905

Jaipur, Rajastan, India - Pigeons on the street Date: circa 1905

A pair of lovebirds
Austro-Hungarian Empire souvenir tourist postcard of a pair of lovebirds

Western Front, France, 1918
Telephone and pigeon men in a shell hole. Telephone lines are broken so messages have to be sent by carrier pigeons on the Western Front in France during World War I on 25th April 1918

Wood Pigeon - flock, in flight
WAT-6765 Woodpigeon - flock, in flight Colomba palumbus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Victoria Crowned Pigeon Threatened. Forests of Papua New Guinea
KEL-1266 Victoria Crowned Pigeon Threatened. Forests of Papua New Guinea. Goura victoria Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pigeon fancier Albert Babington holding one of his pigeons. Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands. 25th January 1982

Comedian Max Wall poses in trafalgar Square, London, with seagulls flying on to his head. January 1975

Old man in pigeon loft, Stoke
An old man wearing a cloth cap checks his racing pigeons in his back yard pigeon loft Date: 1987

Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Songhu Yan

Save the Planet
Mette Handberg

Morning chat and pigeons
Souvik Banerjee

The hunting of passenger pigeons
5311802 The hunting of passenger pigeons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the hunting of passenger pigeons, an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America)

History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier
7209579 History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier, chaplain of the duke of Burgundy, late 14th-early 15th century. 22m x 2m

The Doges Palace and the Columns of St. Mark's, Venice, Italy, c.1890-c.1900
1128988 The Doges Palace and the Columns of St. Mark's, Venice, Italy, c.1890-c.1900; Private Collection; (add.info.: Photochrom Collection, photomechanical print)

Illustration for Animal Mechanism, A Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion (engraving)
8667441 Illustration for Animal Mechanism, A Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pigeons used by Charles Darwin at Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England, during his work on his theory of descent
530398 Pigeons used by Charles Darwin at Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England, during his work on his theory of descent. Wood engraving, 1887.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Pigeons and Chickens, 1934 (oil on canvas)
CH402138 Pigeons and Chickens, 1934 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Edgar (1876-1953); 28x38 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War
530519 Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War

Farmyard Scene, 1918 (oil)
BAL13726 Farmyard Scene, 1918 (oil) by Hunt, Edgar (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: by Edgar Hunt); Roy Miles Fine Paintings

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8669887 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Hen, partridge, pig, pigeon and guinea fowl (colour litho)
8677382 Hen, partridge, pig, pigeon and guinea fowl (colour litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: P for poule (hen), perdrix (partridge), porc (pig)

Chickens, Pigeons and Doves
5984058 Chickens, Pigeons and Doves by Hunt, Edgar (1876-1953); Private Collection

Passenger pigeons
5311909 Passenger pigeons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting passenger pigeons, an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pair of Farmyard Scenes, 1945 (oil)
BAL13727 Pair of Farmyard Scenes, 1945 (oil) by Hunt, Edgar (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: by Edgar Hunt); Roy Miles Fine Paintings

Donkey and pigeon (colour litho)
8635296 Donkey and pigeon (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Donkey and pigeon)

Pigeon, Pillar, Pillows, Pilot, Pincers, Pirates, Pistol, Piston, Pitcher, Pitcher, Pitchfork, Pitman (engraving)
8650065 Pigeon, Pillar, Pillows, Pilot, Pincers, Pirates, Pistol, Piston, Pitcher, Pitcher, Pitchfork, Pitman (engraving) by German School

Old Staffordshire Figures: Pigeon and Young (colour litho)
8660011 Old Staffordshire Figures: Pigeon and Young (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pigeon and Young)

Farmyard Scene, 1911 (oil on canvas)
BON65234 Farmyard Scene, 1911 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Edgar (1876-1953); 19x24.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: (for pair see 65235)); Photo © Bonhams, London, UK

Prize pigeons and poultry at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 1864. Creator: Harrison Weir
excellence, and with no less than 300 pigeon and 1677 poultry entries...Our pigeon group...begins with Mr. Shaw's German Letz, which won in class 124

Doves and lilies, 1897. Creator: Verneuil, Maurice Pillard (1869-1942)
Doves and lilies, 1897. Private Collection

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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.