Johnson's Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School, the Strand, Westminster, London mb-code 1238177 A man dressed in the

A man dressed in the ceremonial robes of a sheriff

carrying a tray

'Buy a fine singing Bird'

Dressed in ceremonial costume

Johnson's Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School, the Strand, Westminster, London mb-code 1238177 A man dressed in theInterior view of Johnson's Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School in the Strand, Westminster, London, 1819. Fashionably dressed men riding hobby horses at a riding school at 337 Strand, London. The 'Hobby Horse' or 'Dandy Horse' was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817. It was introduced the following year to England by Denis Johnson, a coachmaker of Long Acre London, who described it as a 'Pedestrian