Fanciful Essays, A Flight Upon Flying
Digital Record
Identifier: VBI_000429
Dates
- 1842
Creator
- Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889 (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Access to the Theodore Newton Vail Collection of Aeronautical Images, Broadsides and Clippings is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection.
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Box 19
Physical Description
Other
Dimensions
8 pages; 23.4 x 15.0 cm
General Note
Essay by Martin Farquhar Tupper published in Ainsworth's Magazine about the romance of flight. Contains references to multiple characters from myth, fiction, and historical aeronauts. illustration by Cruikshank.
- Cocking, Robert
- Daedalus (Greek mythological character) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Flight Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Green, Charles, 1785-1870
- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mythology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Creator
- Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889 (Author, Person)
- Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 (Publisher, Person)
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Illustrator, Person)
Repository Details
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