Sedan Collection (page 3)

Old London Characters - Footmen with Lights. 18th century

1935 Ford Four-door Sedan Vintage Car with Caravan, England. York registration. Date: 1930s

Transport - Sedan Chair carried by donkeys - Beijing, China
Transport - Sedan Chair carried by donkeys - near Beijing, China Date: circa 1910s

French-Prussian War. Surrender of Sedan (2nd September 1870). Napoleon III capitulates before William I of Prussia. Litography. SPAIN. Barcelona

Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England, called the Virgin Queen (1533-1603). Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603)

Animal Sedan Chair
A cat in a sedan chair, carried by two dogs! Date: early 1930s

Carrying a lady in a Sedan Chair
Turkish carriers and attendants transport a noble lady in a finely decorated sedan chair, Constantinople, Turkey

Open Sedan Chair - China
Going to a Picnic - Mode of travelling a long journey in China. A European gent is carried by two Chinese porters in a bamboo pole open sedan chair or litter

Sedan Chair in Hong Kong
A young lady is carried through the streets of Hong Kong by two men bearing her in a sedan chair

Cavalry Sedan 1870
The decisive battle of SEDAN : a cavalry engagement in the course of the fighting, which ends in defeat for the French and leads to the abdication of Napoleon III

Pomp and Circumstance by Charles Robinson
A small child, bewigged and holding a fan, is carried in a sedan chair carried by footmen in livery. Date: 1914

Japan - A Kago litter being carried up the mountain
Japan - A Kago being carried up the mountain. Kago are a type of litter used as a means of human transportation by the non-samurai class in feudal Japan and into the Meiji period. Date: circa 1910s

London Trade Card - Sedan Chair Maker
London Trade Card - W Insley, Sedan Chair Maker, Marylebone Street, St James s, London. 18th century

A Chinese Marriage Procession - from drawings by a native artist. The Chinese bride, in her sedan chair, is attended by standard-bearers

Sedan Chair, Hong Kong circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Traditional Sedan Chair for a Bride - Chinese Wedding, China Date: circa 1930s

Travelling chair - Japan Date: circa 1901

Cadillac V-8 Series 60
A proud member of the Royal Family of Motordom (honest, thats what they say !) this is Cadillacs V-8 Series 60 Sedan. Date: 1935

Bismarck & Nap at Sedan
After the battle of SEDAN, a triumphant Bismarck doffs his cap to the defeated Napoleon Date: 2 September 1870

Satire on The Yellow Book
Punchs satirical view of the fin-de-siecle publishing phenomenon, The Yellow Book, whose art editor was Aubrey Beardsley caricatured here

Indian Mutiny, to Delhi
Reinforcements proceeding to Delhi Date: 1857

Shinto shrine, Kobe, Japan
Shinto shrine at Kobe, Japan, with two servants and a palanquin

Sedan chair crash, c. 1820
Sedan chairs jostle and crash into one another in a city street, c. 1820 Date: C.1820

Women fashions from 1719-1755, reigns of George I and II from prints of the time.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin

Geisha in her sedan chair
Elegant geisha travelling to her client in a sedan chair carried by two bearers. Artist: Raphael Kirchner Date: circa 1901

Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity

Tourists clambering up the slopes of Vesuvius
Carrying a sedan chair up Vesuvius on the Grand Tour during the 19th Century. Date: mid 19th century

Antique Sedan Chair - Madeira
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte: Antique sedan-chair Date: 2013

Two contrasting forms of transport, then and now. Above: a lady in a sedan chair, about to leave Hampton Court for home. Below: a rather more racy journey

Aerial view of Charing Cross, London
Aerial view of the Charing Cross area of Central London, as it looked in the early 17th century. Date: 1620

Chocolate box design, 18th century sedan chair
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady in an 18th century sedan chair with two footmen and a suitor. Date: 20th century

Lady Redcliffe in the British Army Hospital, Scutari, 1855
Engraving of Lady Redcliffe, wife of the British Ambassador, in a sedan chair on her way to visit Florence Nightingale at Scutari Hospital, 1855. Date: 1855

Thomas Evans Photo
THOMAS W EVANS eminent American dentist practising in Paris, who smuggled the empress Eugenie out of France following the defeat at Sedan. Date: 1823 - 1897

Sedan Chair and porters - Seoul, Korea Date: circa 1907

Madagascar - A Filanzane, a sedan chair used for passenger transport. Date: circa 1916

Vietnam - Hue - Nam-Giao Festival - Imperial Chair
Carrying the Imperial Chair at the Nam Giao Festival, Hue, Vietnam - a ceremony held in honour of the earth and sky. Date: circa 1926

Madeira - Transporting Hammock
Amongst the three best-known unusual means of transportation to have be found on the Portuguese Island of Madeira was the transporting hammock

Franco-Prussian War. Battle of Sedan (September 1, 1870). Oil on canvas

Turkish sedan chair. Turkish men carrying a woman in a sedan chair, at the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Date c1893 March 23

Die Schlacht von Sedan... die uiberbringung der sieges-botsch
Die Schlacht von Sedan...die uiberbringung der sieges-botschaft, 2 September 1870. Date c1870

The battle of Sedan... Die schlacht bei Sedan
The battle of Sedan...Die schlacht bei Sedan. Date c1870

France - Sedan Chair - Mont-Dore
Sedan Chair porters and occupant - at Mont-Dore (Mont Dor in Occitan), formerly called Mont-Dore-les-Bains, a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department in Auvergne in central France. Date: circa 1910s

Canadian Chevrolet Master-de- luxe sports sedan. though it doesn t look particularly sporty to me. Date: 1937

Chandler Motor Company Car in the Mountains
Advertisement for The Chandler Motor Company (a US vehicle manufacturer), depicting one of their sedan cars in the mountains. Date: 1928

Postcard by George Ranstead - Apres la Guerre no. 2
Humorous drawing on a postcard by amateur soldier artist, George Ranstead, who drew a series of illustration suggesting what life might be like after the war

Aix les Bains, France - Porters with Sedan Chairs (Covered Litters), complete with viewing holes, in order to protect the modesty of the under-dressed spa visitor! Date: circa 1910s

The Path to Home by Charles Crombie
Humorous illustration by Charles Crombie entitled, The Path to Home! God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen! Let Nothing You Dismay!

Tourists in Egypt carried
Tourists on a Thomas Cook tour, being carried back from a trip to Karnak. 1895

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