The Carriage Ride of April 14th VIDEO

[Gene C]

Upon seeing the carriage (which is quite touching), I wonder and would like to ask forum members - how did four persons, two of them with expanding hoop skirts, and one with expanding legs, fit in such a (one! Not two opposite benches as I had always assumed before) small seat???

I was wondering how a lady would get in and out of the carriage while wearing a hoop skirt?

Was this the main carriage they used? Doesn't look all that practical for inclement weather. Was this the carriage Mary was thrown from?