• Peace Chicken cropped
    Peace Chicken cropped
Peace Chicken cropped
Peace Chicken cropped
Peace Chicken cropped
Peace Chicken cropped
Peace Chicken cropped

Painting - Engraved "War and Peace" Peace chicken


circa 1900 (Date manufactured/created)
Paper, Wood
Half of a pair of engraved paintings named "War and Peace"  This chicken is the Peace one.  Engraved by Charles Yardley Turner (1850-1918) and painted on paper over wood by Benjamin Marshall, c.1900.  The painting has a dark background; the chicken has a white head and long neck.  Its body is brown with white near the tail; its large tail is blue.  The chicken's head is turned away in profile showing one yellow eye and a black beak.
Frame 27 1/2" x 32 1/2".  Picture 20 1/2" x 15 1/2"
2003.15