Victoria (carriage)
The victoria is an elegant style of doorless four-wheeled open carriage, drawn by one or two horses, based on the phaeton with the addition of a coachman's seat at the front, and with a retractable roof over the passenger bench.
Named for Queen Victoria,[1][2] it was possibly based on a phaeton made for George IV.[3] The type was made some time before 1844, but acquired the name victoria around 1860, and was being presented as such at the 1862 International Exhibition in London.[4] Drawn by one or two horses, it became a fashionable style of carriage for ladies riding in the park.[3]
The victoria has a low body with a forward-facing seat for two passengers under a retractable calash top and a raised driver's seat on an iron frame.[3] In the panel-boot type of victoria, sometimes confusingly called a cabriolet,[2] a box under the driver's seat provides storage, a "boot", and forms a dashboard.[3] In a Grand Victoria, a collapsible backwards-facing seat behind the driver accommodates additional passengers; the Victoria-Hansom was a later form of hansom cab based on the Victoria.[2]
The Ford Crown Victoria automobile takes its name from this horse-drawn carriage. It has been used as a generic term for light horse carriages in Mumbai.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Gallery
Victorias
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Victoria in Raymond, Washington
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19th-century victoria design by Hooper & Co., coachbuilders to Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales
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Swedish bride and groom in a victoria, 2012
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Panel-boot victorias
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1860 panel-boot victoria by John Kingbury, Albany, New York
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Argentine Presidential Victoria in the Museo del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires
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Panel-boot victoria with drop-down front bench, Ellwood House, DeKalb, Illinois
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". According to Farrell, it was introduced and named in the 1830s.
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". According to Britannica, it developed in France.
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- ↑ The Dutch coach builder Hermans sent a 'victoria' to the Exhibition, Campo, J.W. del (1864). Verslag der Wereldtentoonstelling te Londen in 1862. ’s Gravenhage: Van Langenhuysen..
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