Can you confirm what breed this is?

[Icemaiden]

A question for the pure breed experts out there... Can you tell me what breed this is please? I was wondering whether it's a Brahma?

 

[MrsBiscuit]

If it has got feathered legs then perhaps a stylised version, although not terribly accurate to my eye. If not, then my first thought was Light Sussex.

 

[Marigold]

Do you know when the print was made? It looks like an old picture showing a breed which may be quite different now.

 

[bigyetiman]

Looks a bit like Light Sussex with the wrong legs. good excuse to get the books out and look

 

[Margaid]

Looks as though it's either a print on glass or an etching. Is it an old piece Icemaiden?

 

[rick]

It actually looks like the chicken is on the other side of frame in the photo. Nice bokeh!

 

[Icemaiden]

Thanks Rick- that's old fashioned aperture priority...

Yes, it's an old print from a book which was lent to me as it was long out of copyright. Unfortunately I had to give it back quite a while ago.

 

[Marigold]

Are you still in touch with the person who lent it to you? maybe they could look it up?

 

[Hen-Gen]

Looks like an Indian Game to me. If you enlarge the head you’ll see it has a pea comb which coupled with the heavy build suggests this.

 

[hahauthinkso]

Looks like an early print of a cochin

 

[Icemaiden]

Some interesting food for thought. Thank you all!

 

[Margaid]

Looks like an early print of a cochin

I've looked at my copy of "The Practical Poultry Keeper". It's the twentieth edition published in August 1885. This is the first edition in which colour plates were used to illustrate the breeds. There is a colour plate of Cochins, Brahmas and Malays and it certainly looks like a Cochin.

 

[Icemaiden]

Ahhh. Thank you. Next stop on the internet: pictures of cochins...