The New York coach-maker's magazine . at any definite conclusion. OUR EGYPTIAN CARRIAGE MUSEUM.— have now, as we think, conclusively shown, thatthe original of our wheeled vehicles was a sledge, other-wise called a sled. In the three former chapters it hasbeen presented as made from the branch of a tree, a few cross-bars being added; next, as the improved work of amechanic; lastly, as mounted on wheels, doing service ata funeral;—all copied from ancient Egyptian which some authors have only given as speculation,we now have the confidence to offer to our readers asestablishe
The New York coach-maker's magazine . at any definite conclusion. OUR EGYPTIAN CARRIAGE MUSEUM.— have now, as we think, conclusively shown, thatthe original of our wheeled vehicles was a sledge, other-wise called a sled. In the three former chapters it hasbeen presented as made from the branch of a tree, a few cross-bars being added; next, as the improved work of amechanic; lastly, as mounted on wheels, doing service ata funeral;—all copied from ancient Egyptian which some authors have only given as speculation,we now have the confidence to offer to our readers asestablished fact, and proceed to examine the progress ofart as still further developed from the monuments ofantiquity. Our first illustration, representing a battle scene, istaken from an expensive volume published by authorityof the French government some years ago, copied byChabrol from the original in bas-relief on the walls of thetemple of Luxor, Thebes.* It bears evident proof ofhaving been drawn in the infancy of art, and is probably. BATTLE SCENE IN BAS-RELIEF FROM THE one of the oldest representations of a chariot now with others we shall hereafter give in theseries, it will be found rude in design and faulty in exe-cution. The body, of the crucible shape, is defective inthat it has no opening at the rear for dismounting in timeof peril, looking more like an earthen pot than the workof a skillful chariot-builder, being entirely devoid of thatornamentation we find in the chariots of a later , however, is partly compensated for by the extension-front, which gives the warrior room for his knees, andfacilities for escape in a time of danger, by leaping fromthe chariot and mounting the backs ofthe horses, asancient writers tell us they sometimes did, in ancient artist has even neglected to furnish a stringto the warriors bow, from which, judging from the posi-tion of his hands, he has just sent an arrow among theenemy. The head gear and other
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