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EXETER AND LONDON ROYAL MAIL

Creator(s): Henry Aiken (Artist)

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

The coach is marked Exeter-London Royal Mail. It is facing to the right.It is drawn by two pairs of horses, one dark brown and one light brown in each pair. In the right distance is a river with a castle. At the left behind the coach is a hill covered with scrub brush and a sparse tree. There are four men on top of the coach, four in the drivers seat, and one on the back, blowing a horn.

Object name:
EXETER AND LONDON ROYAL MAIL
Made from:
Oil on canvas
Made in:
England
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
71.1 × 59.7 cm (28 × 23 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
51.24
Class:
PAINTING
Signature marks:
LABEL on back: Arthur Ackerman and Sons
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973