Phaeton [ Transport ]
… and how one drove one’s phaeton was an indicator to others of your character. Objects > Transport Mots-clés Animals Courtship Elite British carriage ownership rapidly increased over the course of the long eighteenth century and by its … made her think him ‘very harmless’. 4 For both Evelina and Austen, the assessing male phaeton-drivers was part of the courtship process. 3 . Frances Burney, Evelina, ed. Edward A. Bloom (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 279. 4 . … 177-199. Ford, John, Coachmaker: The Life and Times of Philip Godsal , 1747 – 1826 (Stroud: Quiller, 2005). … Animals … Courtship … Elite … Phaeton …
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