HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS - THE ORIGINAL BACKSEAT DRIVER

Artist GROVER PAGE (1892 - 1958)

Date1936

CountryUSA

MediumWood engraving

Dimensions16.7 × 14.8 cm (6 9/16 × 5 13/16") (Image)
Overall (Sheet): 24.1 × 19.5 cm (9 1/2 × 7 11/16")

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art

Terms

Object number050210005

DescriptionThe image is a townscape dominated in the foreground by a hansom cab pulled by a horse; inside the cab is a female figure, wearing a large picture hat, and a male figure, wearing a bowler or Stetson. A second male figure sits in the upper back driving the cab; he wears a top hat; the figure holds the reigns and a whip. The background consists of town structures, Freight and Union Depot buildings, a train engine, a telephone pole and telephone wires.

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