Phaeton of Prince Edward
The Phaeton of Prince Edward is a gentleman's carriage constructed for longer journeys from the provenance of Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn , the fourth son of King George III. from Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover, and from Queen Charlotte . The Phaeton is now on loan from the Welfs to the Historisches Museum Hannover .
history
At the time of the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover , the English king sent his young son Edward to the electorate of Hanover , the home of the Guelphs, for military training . To get around, the prince used a Phaeton, which was manufactured in London in 1785 and "probably by the car maker Lukin or by Leader".
During his stay on the mainland, however, the young prince incurred such high debts that his father finally warned him to leave. As a result, Edward moved to Canada for a few years, but his carriage remained in Hanover. The city of Hanover did not comply with a request to send the Phaeton to Halifax in 1797 .
The vehicle, also known as the “Irish carriage” in 1792, was initially taken over by the Royal Stables . During the occupation of Hanover by the Napoleonic Army during the so-called " French era " in Hanover, the court saddler Johann Heinrich Leo took both the Phaeton and the dishes into custody to protect against confiscation. As a result of the Battle of Waterloo and the elevation of the Electorate to the Kingdom of Hanover , Leo delivered both back in 1816.
In 1819 the court saddler Leo subjected the almost 5 meter long Phaeton, which was also listed as " Barutsche No. 2" in the car inventories , to an extensive repair.
Prince Eduard's Phaeton is on loan from Ernst August von Hanover to the Hanover Historical Museum.
description
The carriage is 485 cm long, 189 cm wide and 252 cm high. The track widths are 156 cm and 162 cm.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Alheidis von Rohr : State and city car from the Hanoverian Marstall in the Historical Museum on the Hohen Ufer , in; Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series, Volume 32 (1978), pp. 155–192; here especially p. 181; Preview over google books
- ↑ a b c o. V .: Eduard (1767-1820) Duke of Kent on the welfen.de page [ undated ], last accessed on August 3, 2019