Shooting Phaeton
£20.00
Shooting Phaeton (scroll down for a more detailed Description)
Published 1962 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Alan Osbahr
Size: c. 38 x 25.5 cm [14 ″ x 10 ″] – may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago
Printed on medium white cardstock weighing c. 140 g/sm2
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.
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Description
Summary
Not to be confused with the much larger shooting brake (a cart of the carriage of guns or beaters on a shoot) the shooting phaeton refers to a light and usually low-slung, four-wheeled open carriage drawn by a pair of horses that will accommodate a shooter at the rear whilst being driven by someone at the front. The sporty “high perch” phaeton often stars in novels because of its romantic, adventurous reputation. It is more aptly named after Phaeton, the son of the Greek sun-god Helios, known for his poor driving of the sun chariot. The precariousness of this model lends an air of danger and excitement to anyone who drives them. An example exists at the Grampian Museum at Alford (30 miles west of Aberdeen: a rare example built by Carl Helmbold in Cross Beskerek in Hungary A newspaper report in the Scotsman links the carriage to Balmoral Castle. It is possible Prince Albert may have purchased a ‘shooting wagon’ from the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time. This ‘shooting wagon’ was certainly disposed of by a Huntly scrap yard in the 1950’s to the St Cuthberts Cooperative Society in Edinburgh and was reported to be from Balmoral. The roof canopy is a later addition but in all other respects the hunting phaeton or ‘Jagwagen’ is original. It would have been pulled by a pair of Garron ponies.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.0136 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 37.5 × 25.5 cm |
