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