Coaches, Barouches and Gigs: Oh My!!!

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1 Coaches, Barouches and Gigs: Oh My!!!

2 Coaches, Barouches and Gigs: Oh My!!! J A M E S F. N A G L E

3 ed As Fast As Hammurabi 3 10 to 15 miles per hour tops Depended on speed of a horse Major advances were coming but after Jane s death

4 Then and Now, Travelers Wanted Three Things Speed Comfort Straps Springs CEE Elliptical Crane neck Safety Accidents Highwaymen paste jewelry Could not have all three 4

5 The Horse(s) The Road The Carriage Three Components of Travel 5

6 Types Expense 100 to buy As much as 120 a year Endurance The Horse Swapped out every 20 miles or so Staff Personnel Groom Tiger Coachman 6

7 7 Tiger

8 Postillions Ostler Staff uniforms liveries Riding a horse The Horse (continued) Short to moderate distances Normally just men 8

9 9 Postillions

10 The Road the Outdoors Lumination Lamp boys Carriage lights Moonlight Weather The Road Its condition Telford & MacAdam, Dry Its incline Its safety Inns Horses Own linens and silverware 10

11 Carriages Umbrella Term Difficult to pinpoint More than a mode of travel Expensive In ,200 taxed carriages 11

12 Type of Carriages Number of wheels Number of horses Number of passengers Open or closed Separate Driver/Passenger Driver/Postillion High or Low Hanging 12

13 Gigs Two wheels Two passengers One horse Open Slow Short distances Staid Owners Mr. Collins Admiral Croft John Thorpe Henry Austen 13

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16 16 Tilbury Gig

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18 Curricles Two wheels Two passengers Two horses Open but with a top that could be lowered Sportier Faster Short distances Owners Charles Dickens John Willoughby Fitzwilliam Darcy Henry Tilney Charles Musgrove Mr. Walter Elliot Mr. Rushworth 18

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21 Chaise 4 wheels (2 large 2 small) 2-4 passengers facing forward Post boy/postillion who rode the rear or left horse of the 4 horses for a large chaise Closed General Tilney (Chaise + 4) Sir Walter Elliot (Chaise + 4) Mr. Bingley (Chaise + 4) Mrs. Jennings (Chaise + 4) 21

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23 Barouche Four Wheels Four passengers Four horses Barouche-landau has two seats facing each other, and a top that opens in the middle and folds back covers all passengers Landaulette owned by Anne Elliot Wentworth Two passengers, top folds back, four wheels 2 large/2 small Lady Dalrymple Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Henry Crawford Lady Catherine Robert Ferrars 23

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25 25 Barouche Landau

26 Phaeton Four wheels 2 large/2 small No side protection Two passengers 2-4 Horses Passenger/driver High or low perch Anne DeBourgh 26

27 27 Phaeton

28 Chariot Four wheels Four passengers multi-facing Four horses Coach box Mrs. Jennings chariot and a chaise Mr. Rushworth Mr. and Mrs. John Dashwood 28

29 29 Town Chariot

30 30 Town Chariot

31 31 Posting Chariot

32 Coaches Four wheels 4-6+ passengers facing each other 4+ horses Enclosed with a hard top 32

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35 Stage Coach Public Cheap 2-3 pence/ride William Price, Robert Martin, Mr. Elton Royal Mail speedy and reliable Hired post chaise 1/mile Get out and walk up hills Push coach out of mud 35

36 36 English stagecoach about 1825

37 References 37 Huggett, Carriages at Eight: Horse-Drawn Society in Victorian and Edwardian Times, NY 1978 Tunis, Wheels: A Pictorial History, NY 1955 Ed Ratcliffe, Transports of Delay; How Jane Austen s Characters Got Around Austen Blog, A Closer Look at Carriages and Characters in Pride and Prejudice Janeite Deb, Thoughts on Travel in Sense and Sensibility Ellen Micheletti, Getting Around: Carriages in Regency and Victorian Times