bout the whole thing which con-trasts very forcibly with the more modern coach.At the end of the century, these conveyancestook the form exhibited in Fig. 11, copied froma well-executed engraving on copper in theprint-room of the British Museum, which isdated 1696. The coachman is seated on anarrow… … decorated with brass nails ; the canopy is orna-mented at the angles with gilded foliations,above which are decorative knobs, the bodybeing covered with dark leather. There is asobriety about the whole thing that accordsmarvellously well with the heavy cuffed, deep skirted coat and jack boots of…
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