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This is a wonderful drawing of an authentic rickshaw, Pratim. Excellent work.

Thanks Ruth Dolan Maam ...

Not a bird in sight what's going on Pratim? Smashing drawing and info. We have to capture these traditional subjects,

Pardon Me Derek Snowden, dont Understand your question ...and thanks for appreciation ...

Derek Snowdon..Sorry typing mistake

A NOSTALGIA " Hand Pulled Rickshaw" ... MIXED MEDIA ON FABRIANO .... A4...2016 ... [Photo ref. Internet] A rickshaw, or Jinrikisha, is a light, two-wheeled cart consisting of a doorless, chairlike body, mounted on springs with a collapsible hood and two shafts. Finished in black lacquer-ware over timber, it was drawn by a single rickshaw runner. Rickshaw began as a two or three-wheeled passenger cart, called a pulled rickshaw, generally pulled by one man with one passenger. The first known use of the term was in 1887. Pulled rickshaws created a popular form of transportation, and a source of employment for male laborers, within Asian cities in the 19th century. Their appearance was related to newly acquired knowledge of ball-bearing systems. Their popularity declined as cars, trains and other forms of transportation became widely available. Rickshaws were invented in Japan about 1869, after the lifting of a ban on wheeled vehicles from the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), and at