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Laura Boswell
St Mary's Church,
Fairford, ~1503,
stained glass window.
The devil carts a woman
away to Hell in a
wheelbarrow as part of
The Last Judgement
A Short Pictorial History Of People In
Wheelbarrows
| "A cripple in a wheelbarrow", The Luttrell Psalter
(British Library MS. ADD. 42130, fol. 186v), c. 1325-1335 |
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In 1892, a London newspaper article entitled "Transport of the Future" envisioned this for about now. Much as I've looked, I have never seen one on the motorway, though. [click to enlarge] |
| Medieval wife carrying |
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During breaks in the American Civil War, "Blind Man's
Wheelbarrow" was a popular if dangerous pass-time. [click to enlarge] |
| The Chinese were the inventors of the wheelbarrow,
first used for rushing medical supplies onto the battlefield |
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Orang-utan conservation |
| Photo by Man Ray of Lee Miller in Spanish
Surrealist artist Dominguez’ satin-lined "Wheelbarrow", 1937. |
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In pre-revolutionary China it used to be highly fashionable for ladies to arrive at social occasions by wheelbarrow |
| An Australian statue entitled "Drunken Mates" |
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Mogadishu - wheelbarrow being used as a lightly armoured weapon of war |
| Yes, well, don't turn any corners.. |
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R.E. Roberts, "Wheelbarrow Man", oil on canvass |
Pictures currently being sought:
"The carving on the pillar at Chartres is supposed to represent the Ark of
the Covenant being transported by Templars in 1118 on some type of
wheelbarrow."
"The earliest known European wheelbarrow gleams down from a 1220 stained
glass window in Chartres Cathedral."