July 10, 2011
We’re going to play a little game here on the blog on Sundays for the next few weeks.
On the cover of the August issue of The Carriage Journal, we’ll have a very colorful vehicle … which I will present to you here in four pieces, before doing the “reveal” of the actual cover in early August, while that issue is in the mail to CAA members.
Ready?
We’ll start with the lower left corner of the image, and then we’ll continue around, going clockwise. Here’s your first clue:
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July 9, 2011
And, finally, drawing no. 4 shows the off-side leader:
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July 8, 2011
Following along in the expected sequence, drawing no. 3 in our series shows the near-side leader:
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July 7, 2011
Drawing no. 2 in our series of old, hand-drawn images of artillery harness shows the off-side wheeler:
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July 6, 2011
Some time ago, while looking for article inspiration for the (August) frontier / military issue of The Carriage Journal, we came across a file with several old drawings of artillery harness. These are clearly hand-drawn and quite old. But, unfortunately, there is nothing on any of the pages, or in the file, to indicate their age or whence they came.
So we’ll just have to enjoy.
This drawing, no. 1, shows the harness for the near-side wheeler. I’ll share the other three in the set over the next few (well, three) days.
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The Slower Road 