1908 Print George Spencer Airship Balloon Near Crash - ORIGINAL HISTORIC SEM1 XAT7 " This is an original

" This is an original 1896 halftone print of an architectural drawing of the door to the Palazzo della Fraternita dei Laici in Arezzo

It was lived in by the Dowager Duchess Anna Amalia and designed by Johann Gottfried Schlegel

"It pays to Fly"

The woman on the left wears a pompadour silk gown with pale pink flowers over a sky blue background

1908 Print George Spencer Airship Balloon Near Crash - ORIGINAL HISTORIC SEM1 XAT7 " This is an originalThis is an original 1908 halftone print of George Spencer, the English aeronaut, being aided by onlookers in Croyden and avoiding danger when his air balloon ran out of gas and began to head toward trees. The helpful crowd grabbed the ropes of the airship to prevent disaster. His trip was from the gas works in London around the West End and to St. Paul's. CONDITION This 103+ year old Item is rated Very Fine +++. Moderate aging throughout. Light