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This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
Object Details
Country of Origin France Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Lithograph on paper, colored Physical Description Vanity Fair caricature of Alberto Santos-Dumont in his Number 6 airship. Man dressed in c.1900 fashion (white striped shirt, dark vest, red cravat, boater hat, upturned moustache) in tight-fitting balloon basket from the waist down. Man manages controls for the airship with his left hand and gestures with his right. Propeller mounted to basket behind man, everything is supspended from a long, skinny tan balloon pointed at both ends. "Santos Dumont No 6" written on balloon. Proportions distorted typical of caricature. Dimensions 2-D - In Frame (H x W x D) (reddish brown frame): 57.5 × 43 × 3.2cm, 2.3kg (1 ft. 10 5/8 in. × 1 ft. 4 15/16 in. × 1 1/4 in., 5lb.)
 Inventory Number A20000725000 Credit Line Gift of Thomas A. Knowles Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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