'Hackney Coachman', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

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'Hackney Coachman', 1897. Caricature of a London jarvey or jarvie, the driver of a 19th-century hackney coach. This was a hireable vehicle with two horses and six seats, the forerunners of modern taxis. From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]

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