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Concept

Sedan chairs

Images

  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A fashionable young lady with large plume in her hat being carried through the town in a sedan chair. Etching, c. 1796.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Pyrenees: the thermal baths and visitors. Lithograph by J. Jacottet and A. Bayot, 1841.
  • Hong Kong: a sedan chair at the foot of the Peak. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
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Catalogue

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    Men preparing to carry a woman in a sedan chair. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 2033475i
    Part of: A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.
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    A group of men in turbans are carrying a litter, and attending to their passenger. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after C. Gold.

    Gold, Charles, Captain. | Date: 27 Novr. 1804 | Reference: 37176i
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    Fukien province, China: a sedan chair. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.

    Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921. | Date: 1870-1871 | Reference: 19568i
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    Four men carrying a person reclining in a sedan chair. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 2033478i
    Part of: A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.
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    A dubash or steward of an Indian prince, carrying a two-pronged baton beneath his belt, walks by a shore under a parasol carried by an assistant (peon) followed behind by other figures carrying his sedan chair. Coloured aquatint by J. Hassell after C. Gold, 1800.

    Gold, Charles, Captain. | Date: 22 Feb 1800 | Reference: 640700i
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