Araba or carriage, and a small araba for children

Anonymous Greek artist

1809

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanticism Early 19th Century

About this work

This watercolor shows a small, closed carriage used by women in early 1800s Greece. It had lattice windows so they could see out, but no one could look in. It’s one of many scenes an unknown Greek artist painted for British diplomat Stratford Canning. He traveled Turkey in 1808 and hired locals to document what he saw. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more from the series.