Loretta reports:
After my blog about the allegedly Perfectly Safe Vehicle, I thought readers might like to see a phaeton in action. The one Willoughby drives in this clip from Sense and Sensibility is an earlier version, called a High Perch Phaeton, and it's the type of vehicle the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) drove in his salad days.
Friday, July 29, 2011
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This looks like fun. Of course, on a road with lots of ruts and rocks, I can see how easily it would be for it to be thrown over. However, I would be willing to take my chances! Thank you for sharing this yummy video. I love Sense and Sensibility!!
Connie Fischer
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Nice to see a phaeton in action. I read about phaetons in Sherlock Holmes stories, I think, but couldn't quite picture them. This is a keeper. :-)
Those seats are very high off the ground and the whole thing so elegantly attenuated...or spindly.
I wonder just how often such lovely contraptions tossed their riders and left them injured.
Thank you for an especially fun set of posts,
Natalie
This is exactly the scene I was thinking of when you did your last phaeton post! I definitely should watch this movie this weekend. It's been too long since I've seen it (and by that, I mean it's probably only been about a year).
To heck with the Phaeton! Alan Rickman is in this clip!!
;o)
Kidding, but he is wonderful, isn't he?
Oh, yes, the Phaeton! Almost forgot about that...Lovely things but yes, I can see where all the injuries stemmed from.
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