EARLY AVIATION/AIRPLANE/FLIGHT: The First Carriage, The \"Ariel\" 1843. Very Rare

EARLY AVIATION/AIRPLANE/FLIGHT: The First Carriage, The \

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EARLY AVIATION/AIRPLANE/FLIGHT: The First Carriage, The \"Ariel\" 1843. Very Rare:
$1250.00

TheFirst Carriage, The \"Ariel\" 1843. Very Rare

A fanciful imaginingof the first airscrew-driven aeroplane design, created by William Henson(1812-1888). Based on the aeronautical principles of George Cayley, Henson\'s\"Ariel\" was a model machine with a wingspan of 20 feet, powered by asteam engine. Henson tested the machine at Bala Down, near Chard, England, from1845 to 1848, without success: \"Ariel\" couldn\'t sustain its liftafter leaving the ramp. Defeated, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1848. Thisaquatint, published March 28, 1843, likely served the role of investors\'prospectus: \"By permission of the Patentees, this Engraving of The FirstCarriage, The \'Ariel,\' is respectfully inscribed to the Directors of The ArialTransit Company.\" While Henson\'s experiments were carried out in Somerset,the image shows the \"Ariel\" soaring near the GreatPyramids of Giza in Egypt.


Condition: very good—some foxing,slight loss on right side, title of print separated from image for it to look perfectlycentered in frame having a mat with two windows.


Size:


Full print including borders: 12 ¾” x 9½”


Mat Opening including caption title: 7 ¾” x 8 ¾”


NOTE: a similar print by the same printer/publisher illustrates the \"Ariel\" soaring near London. This print sold on October 22, 2017 at Poster sales International for $2,640.



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EARLY AVIATION/AIRPLANE/FLIGHT: The First Carriage, The \"Ariel\" 1843. Very Rare:
$1250.00

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