Four Wheel Dog Cart .# 3705
1881
Medium
Pen, black ink watercolor and gouache with gum arabic
Dimensions
sheet: 6 5/16 x 9 3/16 in. (16 x 23.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.465
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century coachbuilding with *Four Wheel Dog Cart #3705*, a meticulously rendered design drawing by the renowned New York firm Brewster & Co., dated 1881. This compact sheet (6 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.) captures the lines of a four-weled dog cart—a lightweight carriage favored by the sporting elite for transporting hunting dogs and gear during leisurely country pursuits. Brewster & Co., founded in 1810 by James Brewster, was America's preeminent maker of luxury horse-drawn vehicles, crafting bespoke designs for affluent clients like the Vanderbilts and Astors. Execu...
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...