The Bus Driver, No. 12 from Familiar Figures of London Series

The Bus Driver, No. 12 from Familiar Figures of London Series

London, England city life 1890-1898
Victorian Period,
Horse-drawn Omnibus,
Public transportation in Victorian Period,
Lithograph postcard

1 postcard recto and verso.

A bus driver directing an Omnibus, London, England

Sauber, Robert (1868-1936)

Originally created in 1898 within the “Familiar Figures of London” series of 12 lithographs prints by Robert Sauber.

The Pictorial Stationery Co., Ltd.

Published circa 1906-1909.

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Still image, picture postcard with divided back, 3.5 x 5.5 in

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From the Peacock "pictorette" Post Card Series, Figure 12 features a bus driver directing an Omnibus in London and was created by artist Robert Sauber before 1900. These horse drawn carriages revolutionized transportation, yet still had some downsides.

One account notes that:
"Here we are ... in all six and twenty sweating citizens, jammed, crammed and squeezed into each other like so many peas in a pod..."
(New Monthly Magazine, 1833)

For more examples of this series see: http://www.mystudios.com/artgallery/R/Robert-Sauber/The-Newsboy,-No.10-from-Familiar-Figures-of-London,-c.1901.html

and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For information on the quote and history of omnibuses see: http://web.archive.org/web/20070609023652/http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/learning/online_resources/ecobus_omnibus/pg/1829.htm

Original Collection passed from Gertrude Kinnear to her sister Luree Jobe to her daughter Eleanor Jobe, who left it to her niece Elizabeth A. Mealy who left it to her granddaughter Caitlin Mealy.

For rights and permissions, please contact Caitlin Mealy, catydids515@gmail.com.

Printed in Bavaria.

Based in London

The Pictorial Stationary Co., Ltd.,