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rAMnTs ENGLISH CARRIAGEs.
rte.e Used on state Occasions by Queen Iie-
+.-is and the Lord Mayor of London-H0w d.
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THESE scd on state Occasions by Queen sic.
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Magazine OF Art
D,rnr the reigns of Anne and Of the
.--s two Georges most persons of rank
IA wealth had carriages. State car
.-- of great men of the Georgian time
well illustrated by that of Lord Oar
.fsy now ait South hinsington. The frame
~ is admirably carved, and the top Gov
I'D with gilt cOroners at the angles. The
-,arels are gayly painted, and the hinges
Ia other metal work are modelled in
i,ronze. The reader viii remember carria-
,es like IL in etchings and pictures OF Hog
7rh Sedan-chairs carried by two men
ssv4 been in use down to recent times
Persons of rank went to drawing
ard receptions with a string of sedan
CHAIRS accompanied by footmen, each con
.sining one of the ladies of the family.
srcb procession has been described to
+be present writer by an eyewitness as
vo+hing uncommon eighty years ago. The
+bps of sedan-chairs are hinged in
fsct lids which shut down over the front
and sides. and keep them together when
closed. There are specimens from other
Countries now in the Kensigton museum,
t.r they we're in use all over Europe
There are besides the speakers coach
already noticed. two other state carriages
i'm London. both built in the last century,
those of the lord mayor and of her ma
i4-tv the queen. The former was built in
the reign of George ii. II was first used
51ring the mayoralty of 1867. The frame
work is carved in bold acanthus work, aft
er the pattern of the italian acanthus
carving on looking-gla frames. etc. of
the day. The upper panels are of plate
-Ia-s. The royal state coach is of later
date-more fanciful in structure The
bed il is composed of four tritons, who
support the body on massive cables of
carved oak The drivers box is planted
on the two front figures, and he has a
clilop shell for footboard, The body is
composed of eight palm trees. with tro-
phies on the four angles. 4 crown sur
mounts the center. upheld by three boys
representing the three kingdoms, and
holding the sword and other insignia. The
pgnels are of beveled Nauxhall plate glass.
The painting represents groups of ale
rorical figures Britannia, victory. abun-
dance and the virtues. It Is drawn by
eight horsee, but it has not been used
since the death of the prince consort. 1t
was designed by Sir W. Chambers. and
the decorations were superintendent by
Pi5alle a sculptor, and by Captisoldi and
Nouer-. decorators settled in London.
Joseph Wilton superintended the paint
ing The carving is by Nicholas Collett;
the chasing by Colt, the builder was But
Ter. The harness Is of morocco, with sill
ver-rilt mounts, made 10y Ringstead. II
measures "a feet by s feet 3 inches; the
pole is r. feet long.
Whatever may have been the skill
0e the coachmakers of Hungary, France.
Italy and other continental countries dur
ing the reign of Louis the Magnificent
and has contemporaries il seems iudis-
putable that frC;a the reign of George III.
London builders have held the palm in
structures of this kind. They We're the
first 10 make carriages good carriages
of lighter and more convenient shape.
Englishmen bred the best horses and had
r passion for travelling fast The state
carriage of the Irish chancellor is, though
large, light in comparison with the older
carriages we have pescribed. A chariot
made for George III. differs from those
old-fashioned chariots which have not
wholly gone out of use with c springs and
-word cases, The sides are fatter, and
the fore and hind parts of the bed are
connected by two perches instead of one.
During the last century good English car
riages we're bought by foreigners who
wanted the best thing of the kind that
could then be had. There is one in the
Hotel de Cluny. Lord Mccartney took
English carriages as presents to the en-
error of China when he made his embassy
'o that potentate. They were found by
our allies, the French when they looted the
summer palace of the reigning emperor
during the Chinese war. some few years
ago. They were covered with dust and it
was believed that they mad never been put
into uap