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Sleigh

One of several European Sleighs in the Tyrwhitt- Drake collection. This one has a lion and a maiden…

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Walker, Joseph

Joseph Walker 1831-1906 painted a number of pictures featuring horses and carriages with the occasio…

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Round Backed Gig

A Round Backed Gig with striking green and black vertical stripes on the body and bright yellow lini…

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Sleigh

One of the most elaborate Sleighs in the Tyrwhitt-Drake collection this example has a seat carved in…

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Growler

A Growler for a single horse. This carriage was a working vehicle and has an angular profile and mai…

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Sleigh

A very aesthetically pleasing and beautifully built childs Sleigh of the rococo style. It possibly o…

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Museum of London

The Museum of London is renouned for its archaeology collections. The collections also consist of de…

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Private Omnibus

This is another example in the Erddig carriage collection of an older carriage being converted at a…

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Herring, John Frederick Senior

John Frederick Herring was born in London in 1795. Herring spent the first eighteen years of his lif…

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Snowshill Manor

Snowshill Manor and Gardens house an astonishing collection of weird and wonderful items. An extensi…

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Private Drag

Private Drag for a team of horses. This carriage has a centre pole and is sprung with telegraph spri…

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Whitechapel Cart

Whitechapel Cart built by Linington of Portsmouth circa 1890 for a single horse or a tandem. This ca…

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Curricle

Curricles were particularly popular in the late 18th and early 19th century and this example was bui…

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Donkey Gig

A two wheeled Donkey or Pony Gig with a spindle back seat built circa 1810.Jane Austen and her sibli…

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Hansom Cab outside Liberty's, London

A photograph of a Hansom Cab outside the Libertys department store in London.The first Hansom cab wa…

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Cabriolet

The Cabriolet was introduced from France about 1810 and, by about 1830, was much refined and improve…