Design for Phaeton, no. 168
Brewster & Co.|B. Weyers
1850–74
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache
Dimensions
sheet: 5 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (15.1 x 25.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.1717
Tags
Carriages
About the Artist
Brewster & Co.|B. Weyers
**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...