Tub/Carriole Sleigh #3899
1884
Medium
Graphite and red crayon on wove paper with perforated linen tape adhered to left edge for binding. Overlay of graphite on glazed linen tracing paper.
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 21 9/16 in. (33.7 × 54.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.2794
Tags
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...