Victoria # 1050
ca. 1870
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic and metallic ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (15.6 x 27.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.3071
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 19th luxury transport with *Victoria #1050*, a exquisite design drawing by the renowned New York carriage makers Brewster & Co., circa 1870. This rendering depicts a sleek Victoria carriage—a light, four-wheeled open vehicle favored by the elite for leisurely drives, named after Queen Victoria herself. Produced during America's Gilded Age, when opulent horse-drawn conveyances symbolized wealth and status, Brewster & Co crafted bespoke vehicles for luminaries like the Vanderbil and Astors, blending British elegance with American innovation. The artwork's artistic...
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...