Costume of a Hackney coachman, Restoration era

Costume of a Hackney coachman, Restoration era. He wears a wide-brim hat, long coat, open-top boots. His short whip and spurs show he rode postilion on the horse, not on the carriage. From a print in Henry Overton's trades and callings, reign of King Charles II. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839

1839 Capitalism Destitute Francis Douce John Bowyer Nichols John Thomas Smith King Charles Ii Long Coat Lower Classes Spurs The Cries Of London Tradesmen Vagabondiana 2 Wide Brim Hat Working Class Working Poor

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