890 - Monogrammist, two winter town scenes with horse-drawn carriages and passers-by in snow, 20th century

Monogrammist, two winter town scenes with horse-drawn carriages and passers-by in snow, 20th century Two paintings, oil on wood panel, each monogrammed lower left, 20th century, 1) passers-by and a horse-drawn carriage with coachman on a snow-covered street lined with bare trees, two street lamps, in the background a tower with light grey dome rises, 2) snow-covered street with two carriages and passers-by in dark clothing on a winter's day, on the left a row of houses, on the right bare trees, good condition commensurate with age, isolated paint losses and pressure marks, varnish yellowed, image each 30.5x40.5 cm (HxW), each framed, frame slightly rubbed, frame width 6.5 cm Horse-drawn cabs characterised passenger traffic in the large cities before local transport was electrified; alongside them ran horse trams and omnibuses drawn by one or two horses. In Berlin, circa 1870, a distinction was made between cabs of first and second class. The coachmen wore prescribed coats with red-braided lapels and black patent-leather top hats, on the later cabs with taximeter the hats were white.