Omnibuses and cabs : their origin and history (1902)
Moore, Henry Charles · London : Chapman & Hall, ld. · leaf 240
were, until the fifties, very small—aboutone foot by eight inches. Hansoms cab, before being improved byChapman, bore a strong resemblance to a vehicleof which there is an illustration in Pennants London, published in 1790. This vehicle is Cliapjuajis Cab 221 represented as liaviug just passed… … FRANCIS MOORE S VEHICLE. described as the carriage of the ingenious Mr.Moore. That the vehicle in Pennant was builtby Francis Moore, of Cheapside, a well-knowncoachbuilder, there can be no doubt. The diffi-culty is to decide which conveyance the Pennantpicture represents. The Gentleman s Magazine…
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