Carriage Collection (page 32)

Coach station at the Strastnoy Monastery, Moscow, Russia, c1900-c1905
Coach station at the Passion (Strastnoy) Monastery, c1900-c1905. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia in a carriage, early 20th century. Artist: K von Hahn
Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna (1872-1918) of Russia in a carriage, early 20th century. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with his family in the park of Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, 1900s. Artist: K von Hahn
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with his family in the park of Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, early 1900s. Nicholas (1868-1918) with his mother

Persian lion mounted on a wheeled carriage
Lion mounted on a wheeled carriage made of calcite and bitumen, from Susa

Early American railroad car adopted from road transport
Early American railroad car showing type of carriage adopted from road transport that was used on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Mohawk and Hudson lines. Woodcut

Horse-drawn carriage on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad c1830
Horse-drawn carriage on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1830-35). Woodcut

Race between Peter Coopers locomotive Tom Thumb and a horse-drawn railway carriage, 1829
Race between Peter Coopers locomotive Tom Thumb and a horse-drawn railway carriage, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1829

Staten Island and the Narrows, New York, USA, c1834-c1876. Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Staten Island and the Narrows, New York, USA, c1834-1876. New York viewed from Fort Hamilton, with Fort Lafayette in the centre, framed by trees. Published by Currier and Ives, New York, USA

Krishna, Hindu deity, an avatar of Vishnu, 17th century. Illustration for the epic poem Mahabharata showing the hero Arjuna in a carriage behind Krishna mounted on a horse. From the British Museum

Queen Victoria arriving to open the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, 1851. Artist: Le Blond
Queen Victoria arriving to open the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, 1851. The Crystal Palace was built to house the Great Exhibition of the Works of the Industry of all Nations

Heiji Rebellion, Japan, 1159. The abduction of the former Emperor Go-Shirakawa by Fusiwara No Nobuyori. Go-Shirakawa was later freed and Nobuyori killed, by Taira no Kiyomori

London terminus of the London and North Western Railway, Euston, London, c1860. Hand-coloured lithograph from a railway board game showing a busy scene with people

The fall of Richmond, Virginia, American Civil War, 2 April 1865. Artist: Currier and Ives
The fall of Richmond, Virginia, American Civil War, 2 April 1865. Confederates abandoning their capital city having first set fire to it. From a Currier and Ives print

Parade of the Troops during the Grand Parade, Tuileries Palace, 19th century

The Departure from Tuileries Palace, 2nd December 1804, 19th century

Elizabeth I on her way to open the first Royal Exchange, London, 23 January 1571 (c1680). The building, designed by Sir Thomas Gresham, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666

Robert Peel, British statesman, arriving at the House of Commons, London, January, 1846. Peel (1788-1850) receives an enthusiastic welcome from onlookers

Meeting in favour of peace, London, 1899. The Second Boer War, 1899-1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th October 1899

Attempted attack on the King of Greece, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
Attempted attack on the King of Greece, 1898. The King of Greece was returning from Phalerum in his landau with Princess Marie

The arrest of lieutenant-colonel Picquart, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The arrest of lieutenant-colonel Picquart, 1898. Marie Georges Picquart (1854-1914), was a French army officer and Minister of War

The two queens of Holland visiting Paris, France, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The two queens of Holland visiting Paris, France, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st May 1898

Wedding Gift, c1900

Scenes from the reign of Queen Victoria, 1887. Victoria (1819-1901) became Queen of England and Ireland in 1837 and Empress of India in 1877

The Horsecart, Memory of Marcoussis near Montlhery, 1855. Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The Horsecart, Memory of Marcoussis near Montlhery, 1855. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Demeter and Persephone in a carriage, c620 BC. Terracotta goroup from Thebes, made in Corinth, at British Museum

The Adventure of Silver Blaze, Holmes and Watson on train. Artist: Sidney E Paget
The Adventure of Silver Blaze: Holmes gave me a sketch of the events. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on train to Devon to investigate a murder and the disappearance of a famous racehorse

Inn yard with Mail Coach preparing to leave, c1840. This shows a typical galleried inn yard with individual rooms leading off the galleries

Window Studies, 1888. The summer weather of 1888 was obviously no more reliable than it is now, as the school sets out on its annual outing. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 28, 1888

Please (!) Horse, and Tax on Wheels, 1888. A stout, well-dressed gentleman is sitting comfortably as his poor, thin, horse drags the trap over the stony ground

Cross-roads, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
Cross-roads, 1886. The new Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, pulls up at a crossroads. Two former Liberals, Lord Hartington, and, with the monocle

Sawney Stops The Way, 1862. A Bill was presented to parliament which would give the Metropolitan Board of Works the authority to embank the River Thames from Westminster to Blackfriars

A Derby Obstruction, 1861. Disraeli is endeavouring to obstruct the passage of the phaeton being driven by Lord Palmerston, with Gladstone beside him and Lord Russell in the rear seat

Horse-drawn carriage in Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Horse-drawn carriage in Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. The column in the background is the Alexander Column, designed by Auguste de Montferrand and built between 1830 and 1834

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