Drags of the Four-in-Hand Club passing Five Bells Tavern, New Cross, with Mr Holroyd, Lord Lonsdale and the Duke of Sutherland on the box of the drag in the foreground

Drag was a slang but often-used term for a gentleman's private coach, built in response to the fashion for four-in-hand driving which developed in the Regency. The Four-in-Hand Club was established in 1856 and often met in Hyde Park.