A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern carriages : on a half inch scale to a foot.
Published / Created:
London : Published January 1st, 1797, by R. Ackermann, No. 96. Strand, Corner of Beaufort Buildings, [1797]
Physical Description:
4 p., 12 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3087403
Classification:
Books
Notes:
In Germany, Ackermann had been trained as a coach-builder. Coming to England as a young man, he spent almost ten years furnishing designs to the principal coach-builders in London.
Contents:
1. A Compass Perch Coach -- 2. A Crane-Neck Coach -- 3. A Compass Perch Chariot -- 4. A Crane-Neck Chariot -- 5. Crane-Neck Travelling Chariot -- 6. A neat Compass Perch Post Chaise -- 7. A Compass Perch Sociable -- 8. A small and low Crane-Neck Phaeton -- 9. A Straight Perch Phaeton -- 10. A fashionable low Curricle -- 11. A fashionable Single Horse Chaise -- 12. A Round Railed Whiskey.
Subject Terms:
Carriages and carts -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Carriages and carts -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Transportation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.