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Dandy Horse Fair, 1819

Dandy-horse fair. Men and women riding bicycles and tricycles to a fair. The dandy horse (draisine, draisienne, velocipede) is a human-powered vehicle that, being the first means of transport to make use of the two-wheeler principle, is regarded as the forerunner of the bicycle. Powered by the rider's feet on the ground in lieu of the pedals of later bicycles, it was invented by Karl Drais, who called it a Laufmaschine (running machine), in Germany, and patented in France in 1818. The dandy horse has been adapted as a starter bicycle for children, and is variously called a balance bike or push bike. Etching by Isaac Cruickshank, 1819.
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Title:
Dandy Horse Fair, 1819
Caption:
Dandy-horse fair. Men and women riding bicycles and tricycles to a fair. The dandy horse (draisine, draisienne, velocipede) is a human-powered vehicle that, being the first means of transport to make use of the two-wheeler principle, is regarded as the forerunner of the bicycle. Powered by the rider's feet on the ground in lieu of the pedals of later bicycles, it was invented by Karl Drais, who called it a Laufmaschine (running machine), in Germany, and patented in France in 1818. The dandy horse has been adapted as a starter bicycle for children, and is variously called a balance bike or push bike. Etching by Isaac Cruickshank, 1819.
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4575 x 3048 px | 39.9 MB
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38.7 x 25.8 cm | 15.2 x 10.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1800S 1810S 1819 19TH CENTURY 19TH ART ARTWORK BICYCLE BIKE BIKES BIKING CARTOON CENTURY CYCLING DANDY HORSE DANDY DANDY-HORSE DRAISIENNE DRAISINE DUDE ETCHING EXERCISE EXERCISING FOP HISTORIC HISTORICAL HISTORY HORSE HUMAN HUMAN-POWERED HUMANE ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRATIONS INDIVIDUAL LAUFMASCHINE MACHINE MAN MAN-POWERED MEN NINETEENTH PENNY-FARTHING PERSON POWER POWERED RIDING RUNNING SPORT SPORTS SWELL TOFF TWO TWO-WHEELER VÉLOCIPÈDE WHEELER XIX CENTURY