Print, Planographic Process on Paper, Colored, LOUIS BLÉRIOT PASSES THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER IN MAY, 1909. FLIGHTS. UNFORGETTABLE EXPLOITS OF THE AIR. DRAWINGS BY FRANK LEMON. PUBLISHED PRIVATELY BY THE WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL CORPORATION FOR CHRISTMAS 1928. NO. 35.
Planographic process print of Louis Blériot flying past the White Cliffs of Dover in May 1909. Image shows the plane aloft over water with the cliffs in the background. From a series of prints based on drawings by Frank Lemon and published by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation for Christmas 1928. Number 35 out of 500. "This is one of a limited edition of five hundred numbered copies of 'Historic Flights' published by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, and produced under the direct supervision of the artist and signed by him."
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Vanessa Nagengast
Date Created
03/27/2015
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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