Omnibuses, Coaches, Carriages, and Other Horse-Drawn Vehicles (original) (raw)

Horse-Drawn Vehicles

• The Hansom Cab
• Hansom Cabs in Old Holborn
• Double-decker horse-drawn omnibus and freight wagons on London Bridge
• Double-decker horse-drawn omnibus in Piccadilly Circus
• The York-London mail coach

Depictions in Painting and Illustration

• The Aristocratic Cabman (1853) by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
• Derby Day (1858) by William Powell Frith
• Street Scene in London: The Jam at London Bridge (1859)
• Departure Platform, Victoria Station (1881-82), by James Tissot
• Bus Driver to Cabby (1899) by Phil May

Depictions in Literature

• Mr. Weller, Sam's father, drives his coach (Dickens, Pickwick Papers)
• Mr Pecksniff travels by coach and thinks about life and pleasure (Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit)
• Tom compares country and city coaches as he travels to London (Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit)
• Esther sets out on the journey of life in a coach with an odd stranger (Dickens, Bleak House)
• The Thumbnail Sketcher in a Cab

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