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RMF77C9A–An engraving of Parliament House, Edinburgh scanned at high resolution from a book printed in 1852. Copyright free.
RFJMBEGT–Rich woman transported outdoor by sedan chair along Naples streets, Italy, surrounded by everyday life. Etching style art by Ferogio, 1861
RME0PWFK–Jan. 01, 1957 - The Lord Mayor in a Sedan Chair: The-Centenary of ''Ye Oide Cheshire Cheese''. Sir Cullum Welch the Lord Mayor of London this evening was carried into the Cheshire Cheese - Fleet Street - in a Sedan Chair - and was welcomed by minstrals wearing 17th. century costumes. This is to mark ter. centenary of the famous old coffee house - and to launch ''The Penny Universities'' a book on old time coffee houses - by Mr. Aytoun Ellis. Photo Shows The Lord Mayor arrives in 17th. Century style - at the Cheshire Cheese this evening.
RM2WAR6JM–Native or African Porters Carrying Tribal Chief in a Palanquin or Travelling by Palanquin, Litter or Sedan Chair in the Congo Africa. Vintage or Historic Engraving or Illustration by de Bry c18th
RMRY4XE2–A 1900 illustration of an old sedan chair carried by two bearers. It was introduced in London Sir Saunders Duncombe after seeing one in Sedan (France) and quickly became popular as a mode of public transport throughout Britain, especially in the narrow streets of Edinburgh, Scotland. The removable roof allowed for the tall, elaborate headdresses sported by fashionable ladies at the time and 'link boys' would carry torches at night to light the way.
RMF23FKF–George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592 – 1628) seen riding through the streets in his sedan chair. He became Edward I's favourite after Robert Carr - and also claimed by some to be the King's lover.
RMRDP1WH–18th Century travel was difficult and impractical hence the introduction of the sedan chair. It consisted of a chair or windowed cabin suitable for a single occupant, also carried by at least two porters in front and behind, using wooden rails that pass through brackets on the sides of the chair. These porters were known in London as 'chairmen'.
RMERM8XC–Bristol, UK. 04th June, 2015. A sedan chair in the M shed museum warehouse in Bristol. The museum opened its doors to reveal just some of its 1.75million items in storage. Situated by Bristol’s floating harbour the M shed museum was opened in 2011 and holds exhibits that explore life and work in the city. Credit: Jonny White/Alamy Live News
RMRAPCA2–Filthy streets littered with mud, refuse and excrement made 17th century travel difficult. In 1634 Sir Saunders Duncombe introduced the sedan chair for hire in London. They quickly became popular, being the quickest form of transport in the city, as they could pass down streets too narrow for carriages. They consisted of a seat inside a cabin with a detachable roof, mounted on two poles and carried by two men known as ‘chairmen’, one at the front and one at the rear.
RMKEK063–Sedan chair with inscription HBVII 1877 at the Kraton in Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.
RME0XKAC–Mar. 03, 1967 - Getting to the Church - by Sedan: A bride in a four-manned Sedan chair versus a 210-horses power car, set off for St. Ann's Church in Wardour Street, from Young's Dress Hire, 178, Wardour Street, W.1. this morning - to prove that in congested towns, man power beats motor power at getting the bride to Church on time. Especially at Easter, Bridal hire specialist Louis Young thinks the return of the sedan chair could be a pretty and practical idea for brides
RMB0C1NC–Grandmother and child being carried in a Sedan Chair to the top of Tiger Hill to see the leaning Pagoda.
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RF2NH3P7Y–Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - 19th October 2019 : Rajat Khasa, the silver made Palanquin, sedan chair or palki for Maharajas of Marwar. The king used to
RMRF2YAN–Medieval ambulance / sedan chair in the old sick-bay at the medieval Sint-Janshospitaal / St John’s Hospital in the city Bruges, Flanders, Belgium
RM2NFTTJK–Sedan chair used by Carlos I of Spain. Charles V Holy Roman Emperor. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
RMC8GTB1–canopies sedan of Elizabeth's reign chair litter vehicle transport Elizabeth I Golden Age slave Royal entourage
RMB7P8EC–Sedan Chair George I Transport traditional clothing 1st first The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-power
RM2K64E2G–Vintage 19th century photograph: mule drawn palanquin, sedan chair, carrying chair, Egypt.
RMKEK061–Sedan chair with inscription HBVII 1877 at the Kraton in Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.
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RM2K64AJ8–Vintage late 19th century photograph:Woman in a travelling chair, sedan chair, Hakone, Japan
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RME0XK9F–Mar. 03, 1967 - Getting to te church on Time. by Sedan. A bride in a four manned Sedan Chair versus a 210 horse power car, set off for St. Ann's Church in Wardour Street, from Young's Dress Hire, 178, Wardour Street, W.L. this morning. to prove that in congested towns, man power beats motor power at getting the bride to church on time. Especially at Easter, bride hire specialist Louis Young thinks the return of the sedan chair could be a pretty and practical ideas for brides
RM2RC3GXM–transport / transportation, sedan chair, a lady enters a sedan chair, after copper engraving, France, ARTIST'S COPYRIGHT HAS NOT TO BE CLEARED
RMB0C0D4–Grandmother and child being carried in a Sedan Chair to the top of Tiger Hill to see the leaning Pagoda.
RMG5RKRM–geography / travel, China, people, bride with veil leaving her sedan chair, drawing, Jeh Chien-Ju, 1950s, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2MD4YRK–Sedan chair used by Carlos I of Spain. Charles V Holy Roman Emperor. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
RM2ERW2AH–Sedan chair from the time of Louis XV, France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881
RFAMHB4X–1750 hanover square sedan chair Central London City royal urban London Greater capital England English Britain British UK United
RF2NH3PD5–Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - 19th October 2019 : Pictorial illustrations of palanquin, sedan chair or palki and elephant howdahs carrying Maharajas.
RM2PH76RB–View of a red sedan chair outside Number One - No 1 - Royal Crescent, Bath, England. Georgian Street. Taken March 2023. cym
RMF1M092–King Charles V (1500-1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (Castile and Aragon) from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. In 1552 Protestant princes, in alliance with Henry II of France, rebelled again and the second Schmalkaldic War began. Charles V was forced to flee the city, escaping across the Mountaind and barely made it alive to Villach in a state of semi-consciousness carried in a litter.
RME0XKAD–Mar. 03, 1967 - Getting to the Church on time - by Sedan: A bride in a four manned Sedan Chair versus a 210 horse power car, set off for St.Ann's Church in Wardour Street, from Young's Dress Hire, 178, Wardour Street, W.L this morning - to prove that in congested towns, man power beats motor power at getting the bride to church on time. Especially at Easter, Bridal hire specialist Louis Young thinks the return of the sedan chair could be a pretty and practical idea for brides, traffic jams,'' he says, ''it is becoming more and more difficult to get to the church on time
RMG8CD7F–Lieutenant General James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, the Premier Peer of Scotland and Keeper of the Palace of Holyrood arriving at the Scottish Parliament House in Edinburgh. He was a Scottish nobleman, who played an important but equivocal part in the Union of Scotland and England in 1707
RMB0C0G7–Chinese woman outside the Tiger Hill Temple with Sedan Chairs for hire to carry people up the steep hill to the leaning Pagoda ,
RMF21A4C–English state procession of Queen Elizabeth I around 1561. From the very beginning of her reign, Queen Elizabeth I knew how to gain popularity with the common people. As she rode through London in the first week of her reign, she made each person who had lined the streets to see her feel that she was singling them out for her attention. Elizabeth already knew how to play to an audience. Her talents for good public relations would serve her well throughout her reign.
RMPCTMRN–Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. Surrounded by her court, wherever the Queen happened to be, it was made up of all those who surrounded the Queen from servants to the courtiers themselves. Once a year the Queen would go on a progress to the southern counties, but most of the time she resided in one of her great royal palaces.
RMCPNGXF–advertising, food, baby carried in a sedan, advertising for Nestle children flour, advertising postcard, this postcard could used at that time as joking announcement of birth, Germany, 1924, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2ERW29R–Sedan chair from the time of Louis XV, France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881
RMAMHANY–1750 leicester square WC2 westminster mews sedan chair walk horse statue London Greater capital city England English Britain Br
RFKXNA4D–Sedan chair used by the Habsburg Monarchy, Imperial Carriage Museum, Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria, Europe
RF2R1NHFW–Franklin's return to Philadelphia, 1785. Benjamin Franklin, Richard Bache, his wife Sarah, Franklin's daughter, and their son Benjamin Franklin Bache at the Philadelphia harbor. Franklin is greeted by Judge Thomas McKean, who stands on the right. On the left, a sedan chair with two African American porters waits for Franklin, Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original / Franklins Rückkehr nach Philadelphia, 1785. Benjamin Franklin, Richard Bache, seine Frau Sarah, Franklins Tochter, und ihr Sohn Benjamin Franklin Bache am Hafen
RF2NH3P7K–Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - 19th October 2019 : Tanzam, a decorated Palanquin with peacock sculpture , sedan chair or palki for Maharajas.
RM2PH76R7–View of a red sedan chair outside Number One - No 1 - Royal Crescent, Bath, England. Georgian Street. Taken March 2023. cym
RF2BR3XTB–Egypt, Nomarch, nomarch ,, carried in a sedan chair, a servant carrying a parasol behind him, about 700 BC. / Ägypten, Nomarch, Gaufürst,,in einer Sänfte getragen, ein Diener trägt einen Sonnenschirm hinter ihm, ca 700 v.Chr., Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,
RM2C424BX–The Great Palanquin (Palanquin Mahadol), made in Gujarat in the 18th century, Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
RM2E11CP6–'Türkische Sänfte', woman looking out of a Turkish litter with its carrier, Constantinople, Turkey, illustration from 'Die Hauptstädte der Welt', 1897
RMA6EW8R–Tourists visiting the Ajanta Caves Complex being carried up the long run of steps to the caves.Maharashtra India
RM2DEEBTP–Norimon. Japanese covered litter and carriers, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879
RMJ2T7W9–Temple Bar Gateway, London at the time of Dr Samuel Johnson in the 18th century. Victorian engraving circa 1880.
RMCCEJXG–18th-Century sedan chair in The Crown Inn, The Green, Chiddingfold, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
RM2E6WC4R–Vintage 19th century photograph: mule drawn palanquin, sedan chair, carrying chair, Egypt.
RM2HYMY09–Ground plan, cityscape, map, 17th century, Palestine, river, fields, travellers, sedan chair, historical illustration, 1885, Jerusalem, Israel
RF2NH3P7T–Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - 19th October 2019 : Tanzam, a decorated Palanquin with peacock sculpture , sedan chair or palki for Maharajas.
RMRDM68D–The Pall Mall gate of St James's Palace, in the City of Westminster. Built by King Henry VIII on the site of a leper hospital dedicated to Saint James the Less, the palace was secondary in importance to the Palace of Whitehall for most Tudor and Stuart monarchs. The palace increased in importance during the reigns of the early Georgian monarchy, but was displaced by Buckingham Palace in the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
RME12T5T–Feb. 25, 2012 - At the end of their act two of the girls carry the third one off in a sort of Sedan chair and still the lights twist and turn.
RM2C424CD–Tamzan Palanquin, made in Western Indian in the 19th century, Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
RME0MC72–Aug. 08, 1954 - Queen Juliana Wales - Prince Bernhard is carried Netherlands Royal Couple visit Pompei: Photo Shows Prince Bernhard is carried in a Sedan chair as his wife Queen Juliana of the Netherlands walks alongside - during their visit to the famous ruins of Pompei - near Naples.... They Queen and Prince are included in the part of 95 Royal persons taking part in the 12 day cruise aboard the Greek Vessel Agamemnon - as guests of King Panl and Queen Fredrika of Greece.
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