This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
c. 1894
Belgium
ART-Posters, Original Art Quality
Poster, Lithograph on Paper, Colored
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.'
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 88.9 × 74.3 × 1.9cm (35 in. × 29 1/4 in. × 3/4 in.)
A20140914000
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
National Air and Space Museum
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