Display Status
This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Country of Origin
Great Britain
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Etching on paper
Physical Description
Claude Graham White flying his Farman in 1910. Silhouette of man flying a open-frame biplane, travelling left to right and slightly away from the viewer. Man is seated in front of engine. Lightly drawn backdrop of clouds, bushes, and open field or water. Title and signature handwritten in pencil in margin below image. Signature illegible. In image lower right corner is inset a logo(?) of an anchor surmounted by a W.
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 16.5 × 21.6cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D) (reddish brown frame): 35.5 × 37.4 × 3.6cm, 1.4kg (1 ft. 2 in. × 1 ft. 2 3/4 in. × 1 7/16 in., 3lb.)
Inventory Number
A20000765000
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Knowles
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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