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L'Assiette au Beurre Drawing - The King

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A humorous drawing by Grandjouan from "L'Assiette au Beurre" of a King as an airplane flies overhead. The caption reads:

"Nicolas. -- Le ciel aussi, maintenant !... Murez le ciel !"

[Nicolas: "The sky too, now! ... Wall the sky!"]

"Les Aéroplanes," issue No. 398 of the French satirical periodical "L'Assiette au Beurre," 14 November 1908, page 543.

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NASM-9A01209-543

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 9A01209-534)

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