Transport by Charles Cooper Henderson

Charles Cooper Henderson - The Louth-London Royal Mail Coach

Charles Cooper Henderson - Changing Horses for the London Mail Coach

Charles Cooper Henderson - Changing Horses to a Post-Chaise outside the 'George' Posting-house c.1830-40

Charles Cooper Henderson - Mail Coaches on the Road- the `Quicksilver' Devonport-London Royal Mail about to Start with a New Team 1820-30

Charles Cooper Henderson - Mail Coach in a Snowstorm ca.1835-40

Water transport

This type of transport has always been considered the most economical because the infrastructures already exist and do not require maintenance work.

Sempre se considerou este tipo de transporte como o mais económico porque já existem as infraestruturas e estas não necessitam de trabalhos de conservação.

Unknown (2th BC)-'Nile'-Hellenistic floor mosaic   Palestrina-Museo Nazionale

Unknown (11th BC)-'Norman fleet'-tapestry-(1066-1082)   Bayeux-Musée de la Tapisserie

Gentile da Fabriano (ca 1370-1427)-'scene from life of St Nicholas of Bari'-tempera on wood-1425   Città del Vaticano-Pinacoteca (Quaratesi polyptych)

William Hodges (1744-1797)-'Resolution and Adventure with fishing craft in Matavi Bay (Tahiti-Cook 2nd voyage)'-1776

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)-'the stages of life'-oil on canvas   Leipzig-Museum der Bildenden Künst

American scenes - transport

Edward Lamson Henry (1841-1919) in his paintings portrayed some aspects of the means of transport used by North Americans of his time

Alguns aspectos dos transportes utilizados pelos Norte-americanos do seu tempo  deixou-os Edward Lamson Henri (1841-1919) nas suas pinturas.

Edward Lamson Henri (1841-1919)-'at the watering through'--oil on canvas-1895   Private collection

Edward Lamson Henri (1841-1919)-'carriage ride'-watercolor on paper, laid down in canvas-1886   Private collection

Edward Lamson Henri (1841-1919)-'early days of rapid transit'-oil on canvas   Private collection

Edward Lamson Henri (1841-1919)-'the Camden and Amboy railroad with engine 'Planet' in 1834-oil on canvas-1904   Private collection

Edward Lamson Henri (1841-1919)-'waiting for the ferry'-1906-oil on canvas

Means of transport (meios de transporte)

People have always struggled to travel as fast as possible with maximum comfort, regardless of the means they use to move, be it by water, land or air.

Os seres humanos sempre pensaram deslocar-se o mais rapidamente possível com o máximo de comodidade. Não importa o elemento em que se deslocam: água, terra, ar.

Cleimachos (potter)-'war galley with warriors. Oarsmen, and helsmen'-attic-(black-figure)-hydria-(560-550 BC)   Paris-Musée du Louvre (E-735)

Faucher-Gudin (?)-'a kufa ladeen with stones, and manned by a crew of four men'-dawing   in G. Maspero; History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babilonia, and Assiria, the Grolier Society, London, vol. III (ancient Chaldea, fig 011)

Charles Cooper Henderson (1803-1877)-'the bath to London coach on the open road'-oil on canvas

Emil Jakob Schindler (1842-1892)-'steamboat station on the Danube near Kaisermuehlen'-oil on canvas-(1871-1872)   Wien-Österreichische Galerie im Belvedere

A. B. Clayton (?)-'inaugural journey of the Liverpool and Manchester railway'-oil on canvas-1830