Eight Spring Victoria #646
1850–74
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic
Dimensions
sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 1/4 in. (17 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.1461
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th coachbuilding with *Eight Spring Victoria #646 a exquisite design drawing by the renowned New York firm Brewster & Co., created between 1850 and 1874. This meticulously rendered carriage model captures the pinnacle of horse-drawn luxury transport, showcasing the firm's expertise in crafting vehicles for America's elite. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings Prints department, it was generously gifted by William Brewster in 1923. ster & Co. dominated the carriage trade during the antebellum and post-Civil War eras, producing bespoke designs pri...
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...