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1904: Merlimont premier vol de Gabriel Voisin - sur le planeur Archdeacon (from "The Lartigue Portfolio" 1903-1916")

Artist Jacques-Henri Lartigue (French ; 1894-1986)
Date1904; reprinted 1978
MediumAutochrome
Dimensionsmat: 16 x 13 in. (40.7 x 33 cm)
sheet: 7 3/8 x 8 7/16 in. (18.8 x 21.4 cm)
image: 6 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (16.7 x 19.1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PHOTO
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Joseph O. Eaton Fund
Terms
  • glider
  • flight
  • figures
  • hill
  • airplane
Object number99.2.C
Descriptionper booklet in portfolio
Edition683/5000
Inscribedl.r. in ink on photograph: 683/5000 U.S.; on mount in gold lettering: 1904 - MERLIMONT PREMIER VOL DE GABRIEL VOISIN-/ SUR LE PLANEUR ARCHDEACON; l.c. blind stamped: [Lartique supervision stamp]; in ink on inside portfolio case: 683/ J.H.LARTIGUE [sun-like symbol]
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