Domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat, or feathers

concept

Old Calabar dog biscuits : allegro : à tout vitesse.

Dr. to H. F. Richards : Poulterer, game, butter & egg dealer & provision merchant : terms monthly.

Two hens feeding with chicks in the foreground with a broody hen with younger chicks behind. Etching by H Bonnart.

A cockerel surrounded by sparrows and a hen pecking the ground. Engraving by P. Tempest, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Practical notes on trussing poultry for the table and market / [W.B. Tegetmeier] ; presented by W. Bellamy.

J. Sainsbury, purveyor of high class provisions, poultry & game.

Old Calabar dog biscuits : moderato : allure modérée.

Extraordinary novelty! : exhibition of the Eccaleobion whereby life in countless thousands of animal beings, from a wren to an eagle, is produced by machinery... : at 121 Pall Mall.

We ask the favour of a consideration of the following press notices... / The Liverine Company.

A domestics couple of low caste. Gouache drawing.

A cockerel with hens and chicks looking for food outside a pig sty. Engraving by P. Tempest, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Some experiments on the changes which take place in the fixed principles of the egg during incubation.

Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play cards. Engraving by R. Delaunay after Marchais after D. Teniers.

A treatise on the history and management of ornamental and domestic poultry / by Edmund Saul Dixon ; with large additions by J. J. Kerr.

Poultry keeping / by E. Comyns-Lewer and Sidney H. Lewer.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Please note, due to essential maintenance work to our systems, you will be unable to request items in our collections; apply for, renew or pre-register for a library membership; or use our computers, laptops and printers from 06:00 on Saturday 12 July until 06:00 on Sunday 13 July. Our library will remain open as usual. Thank you for your understanding.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Poultry

Images about this subject

Works

A cockerel with hens and chicks looking for food outside a pig sty. Engraving by P. Tempest, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Some experiments on the changes which take place in the fixed principles of the egg during incubation.

Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play cards. Engraving by R. Delaunay after Marchais after D. Teniers.

A treatise on the history and management of ornamental and domestic poultry / by Edmund Saul Dixon ; with large additions by J. J. Kerr.

Poultry keeping / by E. Comyns-Lewer and Sidney H. Lewer.