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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