Design for Stanhope Phaeton, no. 3733
1882
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic
Dimensions
sheet: 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (17.1 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.726
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century coachmaking with *Design for Stanhopeaeton, no. 3733* by Brewster & Co., a New York firm renowned for crafting luxury horse-drawn carriages for America's elite. Created in 1882, this delicate drawing depicts a sleek Stanhope phaeton—a lightweight, open four-wheeled carriage favored for its speed and style, perfect for leisurely drives or spirited trots through city parks. Measuring just 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches, it's a testament to the precision of Victorian-era design, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as a 19...
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...