Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer 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. 1784 Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Etching on Paper, Colored Physical Description Hand-colored etching of the 'Poisson Aerostatique,' or Flying Fish, on a purported flight from Plazentia to Coria, a distance of twelve leagues, on March 10, 1784. Scene shows the Flying Fish aloft over water between the two cities, with observers on the shore. A personification of wind is in the left side of the image. 'A Paris chez J. Chereau rue St. Jaques au dessues de la Fontaine St. Severin aux 2 Colonnes No. 257.' Dimensions 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 29.2 × 43.8cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140645000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
For more information, visit the Smithsonians Terms of Use.