Santos Dumont.
London. -Vanity Fair- Office. Pub' Nov 14th 1901. Page size (approx), 10 x 15 ins.
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Description
Guaranteed original coloured lithograph, faint foxing, engraved by Day & Son from a drawing by Geo Hum - Titled -Deutsch Prize- .Santos Dumont designed, built, and flew the first practical dirigible balloons. In doing so he became the first person to demonstrate that routine, controlled flight was possible. This -conquest of the air-, in particular winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on October 19, 1901 on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower, made him one of the most famous people in the world during the early 20th century.
Technical Data
| Author | Original Vanity Fair Print. |
| Reference Number | 7294 |