Art Resource - AR926058

Conceptually similar

Inn yard with Mail Coach preparing to leave, c1840.

AR916135

'Edinburgh-London Royal Mail'. Artist: D Dally

AR917986

South Western Railway Terminus, Nine Elms, Battersea, London, c1840. Artist: Anon

AR988110

The new General Post Office, City of London, c1830. Artist: Henry Pyall

AR987557

'The Last of the Coaches', c1840.

'The Last of the Coaches', c1840. The Royal Mail coach service, begun in the 1780s, flourished until the coming of the railways in 1830. It was not long before mail was being carried by the cheaper and faster railway network and the coaches were phased out. This picture shows the London to Louth, Lincolnshire, coach being loaded onto the railway and the four horses which would have drawn it being taken away.

Unique Identifier AR926058

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4845px × 3604px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

Add to lightbox

Add to cart