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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)

Overset

RCIN 913707

Runaway horses and toppling coaches were common hazards for eighteenth-century travellers. Mail coaches were considered a step up from the common stagecoach, and people paid a higher fare to travel in them. But there was concern about the frequency of accidents, which were blamed on the number of ‘outside’ passengers who sat on the box at the back. Cat. 32
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p. 516 (O(E) : Oppé, A.P., 1950. English Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London)


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