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A line of sedan chairs waiting beside a railway track, in Korea.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 541864iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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A Bombay square: some men carry sedan chairs and others smoke. Coloured aquatint after R.M. Grindlay, 1826.
Grindlay, Robert Melville.Date: 1826Reference: 25407i- Books
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A hymn to the chair: or, lucubrations, serious and comical, on the use of chairs, Benches, Forms, Joint-Stools, Three-Legged Stools, and Ducking-Stools. The Hint taken from the Craftsman of the 6th Instant, and improv'd for the Benefit of those who sit on Chairs of Ease, and those who sit upon Thorns and Nettles. - In a particular manner is handled with all due Reverence and Respect, The Chair of St-e. The Chair of the House of Commons. The L-d Ma-'s Chair. The tottering Charitable Corporation Chair. The Bench of Justices Chair. The East-India Chair. The South-Sea Chair. The Greenland Chair. The Mechanick Chairs. The Sedan Chair. The Easy Chair. The Maundering Chair. The Fornicating Chair. The Cambridge Chair. Several Imaginary Chairs. The Couch Chair. The Duke of Venus' Chair. Corporation Chairs. Trading Justices Chair. Dr. Busby's Chair. To which are added The Beauties and Advantages of other necessary Utensils to rest the Bum upon, and ease the Mind, the Body, and the Breeches.
Date: [1732]- Pictures
Hong Kong: a sedan chair at the foot of the Peak. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1868/1871Reference: 18656i- Pictures
Fukien province, China: a sedan chair. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1870-1871Reference: 19568i- Pictures
A line of sedan chairs (?) beside a railway track, in Korea. Photograph, ca.1900.
Reference: 541868i- Books
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An account of the subsisting licenses for private sedan chairs, on the 25th of March, 1785: With the names of the owners thereof, alphabetically ranged, their residence, and the number of said licenses respectively. John Bailie, register to the governors of the foundling hospital.
Foundling Hospital (Dublin, Ireland)Date: Printed in the year M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]- Pictures
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Hong Kong: westerners promenading and taking sedan chairs along Kennedy Road. Wood engraving after C.J. Uren, 1883.
Uren, Charles J., 1860-1887.Date: [1883]Reference: 37154i- Pictures
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European men and women being transported by Indian men, in a coach drawn by oxen, in sedan chairs, and in a carriage pulled by men. Wood engraving, 1875.
Date: 1875Reference: 37016i- Books
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A correct copy of the registry of private licensed sedan chairs, in the city of Dublin, as they appear on the Collector's Books, 25th March, 1786. Published pursuant to order of the Governors of the Foundling and Lying-in Hospitals.
Dublin Lying-in HospitalDate: M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]- Pictures
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Two men sitting with a sedan chair in a Hong Kong street waiting for custom, one smokes his pipe. Wood engraving by J.C. after J. Thomson.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: [8 February 1873]Reference: 37150i- Pictures
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A bride and a bridegroom talking to one another as they are carried separately in sedan chairs. Tinted lithograph by F. Jones, 1860, after G.F. Atkinson.
Atkinson, George Francklin.Date: [1860]Reference: 37188i- Books
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A list of the proprietors of licenses for private sedan chairs, At 25th March, 1788, alphabetically ranged, with their respective residences, published as required by law. A list of the original subscribers towards building the public rooms, and establishing Six annual assemblies: To which are added, the conditions; and also a scheme for card assemblies, &c. With Some Remarks on the State of the Lying-in Hospital, its Buildings, and their present unfinished Condition. There are likewise re-inserted, (as it may not be necessary to intrude again on the Public) The charter, bye-laws, tables, statements, &c. Printed by Order of the Governors of said Hospital.
Dublin Lying-in HospitalDate: 1788]- Pictures
Men carrying a man in a sedan chair. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 2033470iPart of: A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.- Books
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An act for explaining and amending the several laws now in being, relating to the work-house of the city of Dublin; so far as the same relates to the rates of hackney coaches, and hackney coach-men; and sedan chairs and chair-men, in and about the city.
Ireland.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Pictures
Four men carrying a person reclining in a sedan chair. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 2033478iPart of: A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.- Pictures
Four men carrying a person reclining in a sedan chair. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 2033479iPart of: A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.- Pictures
A bailiff grabs Ramble Gripe by the collar as he steps out from a sedan chair, near St. James's Palace. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Reference: 38342iPart of: The progress of a rake, exemplified in the adventures of Ramble Gripe Esqr son of Sr Positive Gripe- Pictures
Men preparing to carry a woman in a sedan chair. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 2033475iPart of: A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.- Pictures
Men carrying a man reclining in a richly decorated sedan chair. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 2033474iPart of: A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.- Pictures
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A Chinese high ranking official carried on a sedan chair. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580405iPart of: Chinese professions- Pictures
A sedan chair being carried between two horses led by a man as they carry a passenger up a hillside. Etching by L.A. Greville, 1759, after Salvator Rosa.
Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673.Date: [1759?]Reference: 37101i- Pictures
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The carnival in Rome (?): an old man is playing the guitar and young women are gathered around a sedan chair carrying a man. Wood engraving after L. Alvarez Catalá.
Alvarez Catalá, Luis, 1836-1901.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 35101i- Books
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A list of the proprietors of licenses for private sedan chairs, at 25th March, 1788 ... A list of the original subscribers towards building the public rooms ... with some remarks on the state of the Lying-in Hospital, its buildings, and their present unfurnished condition ... likewise ... the charter, bye-laws ... etc.
Rotunda Lying-in Hospital (Dublin, Ireland)Date: [1788]- Pictures
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A woman in Naples is being carried in a sedan chair by two men. Engraving by R. Boissard.
Date: [1581]Reference: 37103i