Design for Dog Cart or 2 Wheeler, no. 3826
Brewster & Co.
1883
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 15/16 in. (16.5 x 22.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.590
Tags
Carriages
About the Artist
Brewster & Co.
**Brewster & Co.** Brewster & Company, a premier American coachbuilder renowned for its exquisite carriage designs, was established in 1810 in New Haven, Connecticut, by James Brewster (1788–1866). Born in 1788, Brewster trained as a wagonmaker's apprentice starting at age 16 in Northampton, Massachusetts, before relocating to New Haven, where he set up his workshop and quickly gained acclaim for...