Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979)

This pigeon is a colour marking type of the Viennese Tumblers. A coloured tumbler with white breast, belly and thighs. It exists in black, blue, red and yellow. It originated in Austria, in and around Vienna. It is an old breed that was known there in the 17th Century. It was introduced originally by the Turks and was crossed with a pigeon called the Barb, to make the Tumbler what it is now