Sedan Chairs

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A scene in St James's Street with Tom emerging from a sedan-chair to be arrested for debt. Sarah Young drops her seamstress's box as she offers a purse of money to reprieve her former lover. Courtesy of Boston More

A scene in St James's Street with Tom emerging from a sedan-chair to be arrested for debt. Sarah Young drops her seamstress's box as she offers a purse of money to reprieve her former lover. Courtesy of Boston More

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Print shows children playing, two carrying a palanquin, outside the entrance to a house where, within, a man and a woman are eating. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo More

Print shows travelers walking along the seashore, one riding on an ox, another in a sedan chair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma More

13 small scenes on one page, various subjects. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satiric More

Print shows women exiting sedan chairs and entering a restaurant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertical Ob More

Print shows two porters carrying a sedan chair and a third person with an umbrella walking along embankment with city in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored More

Print shows a woman in a sedan chair with porters and a male traveler stopping to admire the twin rock formations, also known as the Meoto-iwa or Wedded rocks, at Futamigaura in the Ise Province. Title and othe More

Print shows porters carrying a large sedan chair, pilgrims, and packages across a wide stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From More

Print shows a woman helping another woman get out of a sedan chair, and another woman standing behind the chair, with cherry blossoms above and sailboats in the background. Title and other descriptive informati More

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor More

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known fo More

Miseries of public places - Finding your carriage after the theater Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, More

Print shows a woman, Osai, owner of a brothel, in a palanquin with porters at the front and back. She has come to Yoichibei's cottage to make the final payment for Okaru, Yoichibei's daughter. She is confronted More

Illustration showing slaves carrying woman in sedan chair across street. Illus. in: Travels in Brazil / Henry Koster. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, pl. opposite p. 188.

Illustration showing two slaves carrying woman in sedan chair, slave woman with baggage on head, and planter riding horse on country road..

Illus. in: Journal of a voyage to Brazil, and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823 / Maria Graham. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green and J. Murray, 1824, p. 133. Possib More

Print shows the letter "A" formed by a man and a dog standing on a step ladder, with examples "Amerikaner" showing three men bowing to a woman in a sedan chair; "Abtei" showing two people in a rowboat on a rive More

Print shows a person in a sedan chair leaving a residential compound and being stopped by a samurai warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20 More

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Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print shows travelers and porters carrying a sedan chair passing shops on a street at the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print More

Print shows porters carrying large containers and sedan chairs on street passing in front of a teahouse at the Kusatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke More

Print shows travelers in sedan chairs, on horseback, and on foot passing a torii at Mishima shrine near the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s More

Print shows pedestrians with palanquin crossing bridge with large boats moored in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fr More

Illustrations showing the wedding ceremony of a wealthy black couple and a funeral procession for two black children, with one body being carried in a sedan chair, the other carried by a man. Illus. in: Voyage More

Print shows a woman standing next to a box on a cloud watching porters carrying a person in a sedan chair as they pass the Mishima Shrine, the 12th station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Print shows William Augustus Barnes as the character Noucum in the French pantomime Black Raven of the Tombs, standing on the right on a city sidewalk near the entrance to a building, with two men on the left, More

Print shows travelers with palanquins and approaching on foot, a shop with the merchant sitting on a bench in front, at the Futagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Print shows travelers, including a group with a palanquin, in the commercial district of the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri More

Print shows porters carrying three palanquins near thatched roof buildings at the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N More

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and pedestrians crossing the Nihon Bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: More

Print shows porters carrying a traveler in a sedan chair and carrying bundles on a shoulder pole as they follow the roadway through pine trees toward Totsuka station along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other desc More

Print shows travelers and porters with palanquin passing village at the Numazu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200 More

Print shows porters carrying a sedan chair and one carrying a shoulder pole with bundles on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2 More

Print shows porters carrying goods and palanquins near the Otsuka station of the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From More

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a palanquin, on a street in the commercial district at the Goyu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsor More

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a palanquin, on a passageway through a valley near the Okabe station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored More

Print showing two porters carrying an elegantly dressed woman in a sedan chair. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8895 Forms part of: More

Print showing an actor in the role of Ichimonjiya Saibei standing next to a palanquin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan More

Print shows travelers crossing a stream, with men carrying women on their backs and two porters carrying a sedan chair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia More

Print shows travelers at rest stop on bluff with large pine tree near the harbor at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri More

Drawing shows lengthy funeral procession with an enormous sedan chair for bearing the emperor's coffin; includes vignettes of types of sedan chairs for bearing coffins on poles, and three members of a funeral p More

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 155. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Print shows a full moon over the two porters carrying a sedan chair with passenger, the porter in the rear has slipped causing the passenger to tumble out of the chair onto the ground; another man, wearing get More

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Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 14.

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 14.

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Captions on front of item: "Policeman with prisoners" (upper left); "Chinese chair" (upper right); "Group of men" (lower left); and "Barber" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); More

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French painter, printmaker, and illustrator of the Post-Impressionist period. He is best known for his depictions of Parisian nightlife, including the world of cabarets, cafes, and b More

Photograph shows a woman riding in an open palaquin or litter; also shows a porter with shoulder pole carrying small bundles. Inscribed in pencil on mount: Kango bearers. No. 2001. Illus. in: Views & costumes More

Drawing shows two types of palanquins: a "Kago" or basket attached to a frame, and a "Norimbus"? or the traditional enclosed, box-like palanquin with sliding panels, complete with passenger and porters. Includ More

Drawing shows a traditional enclosed, box-like palanquin or litter, mounted on two supports. Includes Japanese text on the right. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. 1878. From " More

One man being pulled in rickshaw and another man being carried on sedan chair, Hong Kong. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

(DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece for: "Pamela in Town" by Ellen M. Hutchinson, Harper's magazine, 76:450 (Feb. 1888).

: tradecards,4265 ( tradecards,4265 ) .. Subject (TGM): Men; Women; Clothing & dress; Costumes; Sedan chairs; Coffee industry; History;

Drawing shows four porters, two in front and two in the rear, holding the long poles through an enclosed palanquin. With (on verso): Soldier of the Royal Guard. Ancient dress not yet entirely obsolete - Coat & More

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Print shows porters with sedan chair, resting, and another traveler leading a horse with passenger near the Hodogaya station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online sourc More

Photograph shows men carrying a woman in a sedan chair and a woman in a palanquin (or kago) on a street in front of a building. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict birds in the upper right and a seated woma More

Drawing shows four porters and two attendants carrying a first class nobleman or government official in an open sedan chair; the porters use straps from the chair's frame to distribute the weight over their sho More

Photograph shows men carrying a woman with parasol in a sedan chair on a street in front of the Hafuya Hotel. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a stone lantern with mountain in the background in the upper More

Turkish men carrying a woman in a sedan chair, at the World's Columbian Exposition. 14843y U.S. Copyright Office.

Copy print in LOT 11948, no. 847. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Originally mis-identified as being the Buddhist shrine at Borobudur; caption title corrected July 2000. Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-608. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part o More

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Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Originally mis-identified as being the Buddhist shrine at Borobudur; caption title corrected July 2000. Similar to lantern slide W7-608. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; More

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle More

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

A woman stands in front of a sedan chair. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Two male servants in red colonial dress carries a woman in a carriage cab. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Illustration shows representatives of the "Democratic, Republican, Populist, [and] Prohibition" parties carrying a larger-than-life-sized President McKinley on a sedan chair, and waving their hats as a show of More

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Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at top, a man being carried in a sedan chair, with many porters carrying furniture from a train on the right to his cabin in the wilderness on the left; at bottom, on More

Photographs show men in a carts pulled by donkeys in Naples and Frank Carpenter being carried in a sedan chair at Pompeii.

Benjamin Franklin, Richard Bache, his wife Sarah, Franklin's daughter, and her son Benjamin Franklin Bache at dockside in Philadelphia. Franklin is greeted by Judge Thomas McKean, who stands on the right. A sed More

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A statue of a woman and a mermaid, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A door handle in the shape of a horse head, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A silver and bronze coat of arms with a sculpture of a woman and a man holding a large silver and white sculpture, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A mirror with a floral design, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A large ornately decorated metal and wood panel with a sculpture of a woman and a man holding a large vase, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A mirror with a carved frame, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A large ornately carved and gilded carved wooden bed with a carved wooden frame, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Local Accession Number: 2012.AAP.235.Title: Harper's August.Creator/Contributor: Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925 (artist).Date issued: 1897 (inferred).Physical description: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 47 More

Local Accession Number: 2012.AAP.60.Title: Livery, MDCCCXCIX.Creator/Contributor: Bradley, Will, 1868-1962 (artist).Date issued: 1899.Physical description: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 18 x 17 cm. .Su More

Local Accession Number: 2012.AAP.235.Title: Harper's August.Creator/Contributor: Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925 (artist).Date issued: 1897 (inferred).Physical description: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 47 More