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The Prince of Wales's Phaeton
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The Royal Collection holds an important group of paintings by George Stubbs; all of them were acquired by George IV when Prince of Wales and all of them (with the exception of OM 1115, 400512) were sent in 1822 from Carlton House to the King's Lodge (later Royal Lodge) in Windsor Great Park, presumably as an appropriate setting for sporting paintings. The phaeton was the sports car of the day: a light, open, owner-driven, two-horse carriage. The name comes from Phaeton, the son of Apollo, who borrowed and crashed his father's sun-chariot. For a smooth ride, even at speed, the Phaeton had large wheels and huge steel leaf-springs, from which the seat was suspended by means of leather straps, which gave it the nick-name 'High-Flyer' and occasioned numerous satires.
Title: The Prince of Wales's Phaeton
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The Royal Collection holds an important group of paintings by George Stubbs; all of them were acquired by George IV when Prince of Wales and all of them (with the exception of OM 1115, 400512) were sent in 1822 from Carlton House to the King's Lodge (later Royal Lodge) in Windsor Great Park, presumably as an appropriate setting for sporting paintings.
The phaeton was the sports car of the day: a light, open, owner-driven, two-horse carriage.
The name comes from Phaeton, the son of Apollo, who borrowed and crashed his father's sun-chariot.
For a smooth ride, even at speed, the Phaeton had large wheels and huge steel leaf-springs, from which the seat was suspended by means of leather straps, which gave it the nick-name 'High-Flyer' and occasioned numerous satires.
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