"American Stage Coach."
File Name
Q45058
Order Form
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Item Title
"American Stage Coach. "
Description
Plate 40 from FORTY ETCHINGS : FROM SKETCHES MADE WITH THE CAMERA LUCIDA , IN NORTH AMERICA IN 1827 AND 1828 by Captain Basil Hall . From the author's description : "The American Mail Stage in which we journeyed over so many wild as well as civilized regions , deserves a place at our hands . And if the sight of this Sketch does not recal [sic] to persons who have travelled in America the idea of aching bones , they must be more or less than mortal ! The springs , it will be observed , are of hide , like those of the French Diligence - and every thing about it is made of the strongest materials . There is only one door , by which the nine passengers enter the vehicle , three for each seat , the center sufferers placing themselves on a movable bench , with a broad leather band to support their backs . Instead of panels , these Stages are fitted with leather curtains . The baggage is piled behind , or is thrust into the boot in front . They carry no outside passengers - and indeed it would try the nerves as well as the dexterity of the most expert harlequin that ever preserved his balance , not to be speedily pitched to the ground from the top of an American coach , on almost any road that I had the good fortune to travel over in that country. "
Date
1827-1828
Time Period
1820-1829
Subject
Carriages & coaches Transportation
Type
Still image
Format
Prints Sketches
Author
Hall, Basil
Collection or Series Title
Forty etchings: from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828
Box Number
E165.H16 1830
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA215801750002743
Repository
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Original Size
9.2 by 5.7 inches
Digital Format
600 dpi tiff
Uploaded batch
2011_07_scans_images
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