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Clarence (carriage)

Type of horse-drawn carriage

A clarence is a type of carriage that was popular in the early 19th century. It is a closed, four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle with a projecting glass front and seats for four passengers inside. The driver sat at the front, outside the carriage. The clarence was named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later King William IV of the United Kingdom, who died in 1837. It was introduced in 1840 in London. The Brougham was a lighter, two-passenger version originally commissioned by Lord Brougham.

In time, second-hand clarences came to be used as hackney carriages, earning the nickname growler from the sound they made on London's cobbled streets.

Gallery

File:Clarence Coach (19th Century) (25401104647).jpg|King Pedro V's Clarence coach at National Coach Museum, Portugal File:Lisbon, Museu Nacional dos Coches, coach for the president of the republic.JPG|The presidential coach, National Coach Museum, Portugal File:Horse (Cleveland Bay) Drawn Clarence (Brougham) Carriage & Victoria Memorial, Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London (3795290693).jpg|A Clarence from the Royal Mews in London File:Staatsierijtuig Kareta Kiai Garoedajaksa van de sultan van Jogjakarta, KITLV 43798.tiff|The Sultan of Yogyakarta's state carriage

References

Smith, D.J.M.. (1988). "A Dictionary of Horse Drawn Vehicles". J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd..
Haajanen, Lennart W.. (2003). "Illustrated Dictionary of Automobile Body Styles". McFarland.

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