Phaeton [ Transport ]
… - Why drive a Phaeton and Two!!-‘, 1801, The British Museum, 1851,0901.1052. Abstract Pleasure-driving emerged as a new elite sociable pastime in late eighteenth-century Britain. The best and most desired pleasure-carriage was the phaeton. … how one drove one’s phaeton was an indicator to others of your character. Objects > Transport Keywords Animals Courtship Elite British carriage ownership rapidly increased over the course of the long eighteenth century and by its close, elite Britons began to enjoy the sociable pastime of pleasuring/pleasure driving: that is, carriage travel for the …
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