Plate X. Rogero, pitying, heard the dame deplore, / Then broke her bonds, and took her from the shore. / He spurs; the courser spurns the sand, and flies, / Aloft in air, and travels thro' the skies.
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Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Steel Engraving on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored steel engraving of hero Rogero and a rescued damsel flying away on his winged beast. Poem describing the scene below. Handwritten note on reverse describes the image as an "aerial fantasy less than half a century before the first flight."
Dimensions
Mat (H x W): 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Unmatted (H x W): 20.6 × 12.4cm (8 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.) Inventory Number
A20140860000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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