Display Status
This object is on display in Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
Object Details
Date
March 1, 1789
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored etching of the aircraft suggested by Franceso Lana de Terzi (1631-1687), in Prodromo (1670). The four metal globes are evacuated so as to make the craft buoyant. The craft was never constructed and was beyond the technology of the period. The image is clipped from a 1789 edition of The European Magazine.
'Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill, 1st March 1789.'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 18.4 × 11.9cm (7 1/4 × 4 11/16 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 31.7cm × 25.4cm × 3.8cm (12 1/2 × 10 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140515000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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