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Historic Horse-Drawn Carriages

Engravings and illustrations of horse-drawn vehicles from the 19th century, depicting various historical transportation styles and methods.

New cars in circulation in Paris, similar to the English Cabs, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 368, Volume XV, March 16, 1850.

The Imperial State Carriage, The imperial state body from Illustrated London News , Unknown

Travelling by ox-cart, Santiago, Chile. Engraving, London, 1882.

The Pickwickian Ride.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

First Object-Lesson Road. undefined.

Riders Outside an Inn, Samuel Howitt, 1756-1822, British, undated, Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 × 8 1/8 inches (12.7 × 20.6 cm), carriages, genre subject, horses (animals), houses, inn, man, woman

An engraving depicting a Parisian horse-drawn tour bus. Dated 19th century

Two Man Carriage Race, Currier, Nathaniel & Ives, Jam.

A man driving a cart drawn by bullocks. Watercolour painting by an Indian artist.

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, better known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn) is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as Prey Nokor, an important Khmer sea port prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975. In 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Hồ Chí Minh City after Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam's great wartime leader (although the name Sài Gòn is still commonly used). The city center is situated on the banks of the Saigon River, 60 kilometers (37 mi) from the South China Sea and 1,760 kilometers (1,090 mi) south of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

Engraving depicting Giles' steam bull, a steam locomotive, being used to pull five single furrow ploughs. Dated 19th Century

Port Jackson and Sydney Cove a few years after James Cook (1728-1779) British explorer and astronomer and Captain Arthur Phillip (1738-1814) British Naval Officer. From the Atlas to the Voyage de l'Astrolabe.

The wrong new Waereld. Leaf with 2 performances of carriages. Upper: a coach with two wheels, drawn by one horse. Below: a coach with four wheels, drawn by two horses. Under each image a eight-line verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 50.

Costumes and views of China”, t.i . wheelbarrow going to the sail Simon S., Alexander, William (1767 1816), Department the skin

Car in which Napoleon I Emperor of the French was taken with his Auguste Bride to Notre Dame de Paris to be sacred by Pope Pius VII Anonymous. "Car in which Napoleon I and Jos�phine de Beauharnais were taken to Our Lady of Paris to be sacred Emperor and Empress by Pope Pius VII". Water-loud colored.

Europe. Italy. Carriage with musicians playing different musical instruments. Engraving.

Virot Steam Cart. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Coachman standing with his carriage next to an advertising pillar and reading a newspaper, Berlin, Germany, in 1890, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

An engraving depicting a farmer and his wife loading the cart with produce to be taken to market. Dated 19th century

Racing Horse and Driver, Currier, Nathaniel & Ives, Jam.

An engraving depicting a horse-drawn train. Dated 19th century

French illustration for a Christmass card depicting a horse drawn coach filled with passengers as it drives in the snow. 1880

Carriage of Henri IV, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Eureka Silk , Horses, Carriages & coaches, People, Swine, Birds, Thread, Silk, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Charles S Humphreys, The Trotter, c 1860 The Trotter

Illustration depicting a steam tram. Dated 19th century

SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S FAVOURITE CHARGER, RED ROVER. Sir Charles James Napier (1782 1853), British general. UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Decorative advertising carriage of the Berlin Dog Park in 1875, Berlin Dog Park, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

An engraving depicting women travelling by a litter and horse and carriage. Dated 19th Century

Carriage used by the Ottoman ambassador to attend corronation of the Russian Tsar, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 711, Volume XXVII, October 11, 1856.

Colored albumin photograph by G. Incorpora showing a cart in Palermo, depicting urban streets, buildings, and transportation.

'The Progress of Steam. A View in Regent's Park, 1831', 1828. Steam-powered coaches, horses, tricycles, including one with body like a teapot, are speeding along or blowing up and causing traffic chaos in Regent's Park, London. Aquatint after Henry Alken

Four-horse carriage got stuck in the snow, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Stage wagon with wide roller wheels to give smoother passage over difficult roads and, supposedly, to damage road surface less. Milestone at bottom left. From William Henry Pyne 'The Costume of Great Britain', London, 1805. Aquatint.

Horse-drawn ambulance used in Paris (interior and exterior views). Date: 1892

A "JINRIKSHA," RICKSHAW, OR CHINESE HAND-CARRIAGE, 1883

Ordinary car of the King of French

Illustration depicting an early locomotive which pulled a short train out of Charleston on Christmas Day. Dated 19th century

The Royal Mail Coach on the Road Signed and dated in brown paint, lower right: "J.F. Herring. 1841.", John Frederick Herring, 1795-1865, British

Illustration depicting the trial use of the steam plough 'The Enterprise' designed by Lord Dunmore. Illustrated by Robert William Thomson (1822-1873) a Scottish illustrator and original inventor of the pneumatic tyre. Dated 19th Century

Going for the Money - Old time harness racing

Heavily loaded cart pulled by two horses, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching

The Mail Coach, 1885, Philip H. Rideout, (active 19th-20th Century/British)

Stourbridge to Birmingham Royal Mail Coach, 1842 W J Pringle, Stourbridge to Birmingham Royal Mail coach, 'Independent' passing through Quinton Gate, Oil Painting, Topographical Views, Transport, Animal, Horse, Animal, Dog, Terrier, Birmingham history, Carriage, England, Midlands

The life of a fireman: the metropolitan system circa 1865

The London-Manchester stagecoach, the Peveril of the Peak, in front of the Peacock Inn, Islington, 1835, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Troika by Orlowski, Alexander Osipovich (1777-1832)/ State Open-air Museum Oranienbaum/ 1816/ Poland/ Oil on metail/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 45,2x35,2/ Genre

Emigrants crossing the plains / F.O.C. Darley, fecit ; H.B. Hall, Jr. sc. | Library of Congress

This 1890 color print by Hans Schließmann depicts a narrow ship during a Lump Ball event, showing figures on board and ship details.

Constantin Guys, Carriage with Driver and Groom Spring Carriage with Driver and Groom: Spring

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, The Ice-Wagon, undated. Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown, wove paper.

Funeral cortege, coffin is taken to a cemetery by carriage, historical engraving, 1869

Post-carriage of the Cambridge Telegraph, based on the White Horse Poststation, Fetterham, 1870, England, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4913492

J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road, John Cordrey, active 1765-1825, British, 1814, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 20 3/8 x 30 1/8 inches (51.8 x 76.5 cm), carriage, costume, horses (animals), reins, road, sporting art, stage coaches, transportation, travel, Dover, England, Europe, Kent, London, United Kingdom

A cartoon depicting a tricycle with a chain drive. Dated 19th century

An overweight man being driven through the sea in a carriage drawn by a small thin man on a horse. Wood engraving by J. Leech.

Illustration depicting a water cart used to lay dust on roads in summer. Dated 19th Century

Carriage with six horses in the snow in a winter landscape, John Harris, After Charles Cooper Henderson, 1838 - 1883 print London paper etching road, path. four-wheeled vehicle drawn by more than three animals. snow. winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year)

A Bullock car on the island of Madeira Date: 1876

To all who travel by the stagecoach, c1882

Colour illustration showing horse-drawn Royal Mail carriages departing from the General Post Office, London. Date: February 18th 1888

Draisienne or velocipede shown replacing horses in the French post service, 1818. Artist: Unknown

Engraving depicting a traveller in Russia setting out on a journey. Dated 19th Century

Winter Sleighs on Broadway, New York

Reses bravas atacando un tren de pasajeros, a su salida del tunel de Cercedilla, en la sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, grabado del Petit Journal del 31 mayo 1908.

King George I of England boarding the royal coach to Osnabruck on the night of his death, 22 June 1727. King Gorge the First in crown, wig and ermine robes, with orb and sceptre, wearing sandals. Six servants in livery hang on to the rear of the carriage. Georgey Porgey the First going out for a ride in his state coachy poachy. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott ABecketts Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, 1880.

The Royal Mail Coach on the Road. Date/Period: 1841. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 457 mm (17.99 in); Width: 351 mm (13.81 in). Author: Sr. John Frederick Herring.

An engraving depicting an ox-cart with solid wheels in India. Dated 19th century

transport/transportation steam engine satire on the danger of an explosion coloured aquatinta printed by Thomas McLean London circa 1820 Munich City Museum ""New Principles or the March of Inventions"" machine by Goldsworthy

A Mail-coach drawn by four horses, ten minutes behind. Date: 19th century

Image reproduction: Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), TRACK OF FOURS; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany", 1889 (I) 36; Ciechomski, Walenty (fl. Ca 1878-1893), Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1889 (1889-00-00-1889-00-00);

Boating scene, Fast! 'I wish I was on the other boat' , Boats, Bodies of water, Couples. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Pennsylvania Teamster 1846, 1846. Ranney, William Tylee.

The winner of a chariot race performs a lap of honour in this four-horse chariot, carrying the laurel wreath as a symbol of victory Date: ancient

A Merry Drive - Out for a ride in the snow in olden times

Cowboy and a woman riding a horse with a steam train in the background

Overview of a electric tram. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Ramasawmy going to Bazaar, Madras, 1876. Transport in India. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

An engraving depicting a coracle, a small round boat made of wickerwork covered with a watertight material, propelled with a paddle. Dated 19th Century

Chariot shaking car or suspended, Cheyal traveler, merchant base, Hunter, Muddy, flour carrier, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

Hay Wagon. A hay wagon with a horse to break in a meadow. On the right a farmer to hay.

King Edward VII's State Coach used for Opening of Parliament, 1910 Artist: Unknown

Georgia, African-American drivers, 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

Series Carriages and Carriages, Bridal Carriages, digitally enhanced reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from c. 1900

Wagon à bœufs en terre glaise fabriqué par des enfants Bassoutos, 1897., 1897., Paris. Publisher, Berger-Levrault et cie. Missions, Africa, Southern Africa, Lesotho, Ox teams, Toys

Plough used to deepen navigable rivers and canals. From 'Architecture Hydraulique' by Bernard Forest de Belidor (Paris, 1737). Copperplate engraving.

Nightly Mountain Ride of King Ludwig II in the King's Sleigh, Bavaria, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Chariot, procession of the "Illuminated Festival", of Auxerre tradition on the way to the The Universal Exhibition in Paris 1889, France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

Mail coach in California, USA, Wood engraving, about 1880, North America

The funeral car that conveyed the remains of President Lincoln from the Executive Mansion to the Capitol, April 19th 1865

caravan with mules

The Life of a Fireman / The MetropolitanSystem.. Artist: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907 After: John Cameron, American, 1830-1876

An engraving depicting a woman travelling in a Litter, a wheel less vehicle which would be carried by footmen. Dated 19th Century

Above: Van Amburgh & Co's Great Golden Chariot. Below: Passing Union Square, New York. Weight 6000 lbs.,Cost $7000.00. Eno, Amos F., 1836-1915. Prints. 1860 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Chariots, Union Square (New York, N.Y.) , 1800-1899, Parades & processions , New York (State) , New York , 1860-1869

Horse with old carriage in retro style

Victorian impression of a Roman chariot race

Watercolour painting depicting King George V and Queen Mary in their Coronation coach

A corpse is lifted from the back of a wagon during the 1832 cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.

An Arab Caravan. Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848-1915). Oil on canvas laid down on board. Dated 1903. 67 x 120.7cm.

The royal mail's departure from the general post office, London 1835

Cool gillers struggling with those of the omnibus Car gochers struggling with Omnibus ".

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