Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date
c. 1894
Country of Origin
Belgium
Type
ART-Posters, Original Art Quality
Medium
Poster, Lithograph on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Poster from the 1894 World Expo, featuring the "Castle in the Air." Image shows a chateau being held aloft by a large tethered balloon over the fair. The tethering demonstrated is known as the Tobiansky system. A German flag flies from the top of the balloon.
'La reproduction commerciale de la gravure est interdite. Brevêté en Belgique et à l'étranger. Pour toute concession, s'adresser rue des Comédiens, 41, Bruxelles. Photo-litho, Arts graphiques, Bruxelles.'
Dimensions
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 88.9 × 74.3 × 1.9cm (35 in. × 29 1/4 in. × 3/4 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140914000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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