Flying Collection (page 22)

The new airship of Alberto Santos-Dumont, 30th September 1900. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 30th September 1900. Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an early pioneer of aviation

Bellerophon fights the Chimera, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Bellerophon fights the Chimera, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The fall of Icarus, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The fall of Icarus, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Icarus and Daedalus, 1887. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
Icarus and Daedalus, 1887. A plate from Gaston Tissandiers Histoire des ballons, 1887. Private Collection

Phaeton in his chariot, c1470-1536. From the Chicago Institute of Art

Iris, c1860-1893. Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw
Iris, c1860-1893

Venus et l Amour c1535-1560. Artist: Lambert Sustris
Venus et l Amour c1535-1560

The Dream of Saint Joseph, c1636. Artist: Philippe de Champaigne
The Dream of Saint Joseph, c1636. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt, 1856. Artist: Edward Lear
Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt, 1856. Private collection

Squadron of German Heinkel He 111 bombers flying over occupied Paris, July 1940

Peace and Security for Each Nation. Artist: Honore Daumier
Peace and Security for Each Nation. French postcard showing Peace flying past a series of hazardous cobwebs

Melusine flies away, 1478. A legendary figure from European folklore, Melusine is usually depicted as a a serpent or fish from the waist down

All will fall, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
All will fall, 1799. Plate 19 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Pretty teacher!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Pretty teacher!, 1799. Plate 68 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Bon Voyage, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Bon Voyage, 1799. Plate 64 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Can t anyone unite us?, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Can t anyone unite us?, 1799. Plate 75 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

A way of flying, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
A way of flying, 1819-1823. Plate 13 of Proverbs, published in 1864. The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

La Cometa, (The Kite), 1778. Artist: Francisco Goya
La Cometa, (The Kite), 1778. Located in the collection at, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Angel, War Monument, 1927. Artist: Ernst Barlach
Angel, War Monument, 1927. Ernst Barlach, (1870-1938) German expressionist sculptor known for creating conflict during the rise of the Nazis when most of his sculptures protesting against the war

The Deposition from the Cross, 1443-1445. Artist: Agnolo Bronzino
The Deposition from the Cross, 1443-1445. The Virgin Mary, surrounded by supporters, cradles the body of Christ in her lap. The crown of thorns has fallen from his head and lies on the ground (left)

Chapel of the Carmelites, Paris, 1783. Above the altar, an angel reveals the Sacred Heart pierced with a sword (representing God the Son)

The Glory of Louis XIV - Triumph of Time, 17th century. Artist: Baldassare Franceschini
The Glory of Louis XIV - Triumph of Time, 17th century. From the Musee National du Chateau, Versailles, France

Aerostier, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Painting, unknown title, 17th century. Artist: Baldassare Franceschini
Painting, unknown title, 17th century

Miklos Zrinyi, heroic Croatian / Hungarian general, late 16th century
Miklos Zrinyi, heroic Croatian/Hungarian general, late 16th century. Miklos Zrinyi (Nicolas Zrinski) (1518-1566) was besieged in Szigeth by Suleyman the Magnificent and his army of 65, 000 men

Winter Landscape, 1630-1634. Artist: Hendrick Avercamp
Winter Landscape, 1630-1634. On a flooded frozen landscape people are skating, playing golf, fishing for eels, as well as going about their day-to-day occupations

Natterers bat (Myotis nattereri), 1828. From British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, one of the volumes in William Jardines Naturalists Library series. (Edinburgh, 1828)

Long-eared bat (Plectorus auritus), 1828. From British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, one of the volumes in William Jardines Naturalists Library series. (Edinburgh, 1828)

Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), 1828. From British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, one of the volumes in William Jardines Naturalists Library series. (Edinburgh, 1828)

Releasing French army homing pigeons on board the transatlantic liner La Bretagne, 1898. The birds were released on the voyage between Le Havre and New York. From Le Petit Journal

Jean Baptiste Biot and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientists, 1804 (1870). Biot (1774-1864) and Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

The Jug of the Nightingale, 1854. Florence Nightingale flying to the aid of British troops in the Crimea carrying remedies

Space Shuttle Orbiter mounted on top of a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, 1977. The Shuttle Orbiter is often transported this way from landing site to launch site

Kestrel in flight
A kestrel (Falc tinnunculus) in flight

Kestrel with a mouse
Kestrel (Falc tinnunculus) with a mouse

Tunisian llustration of a winged mythical being
Tunisian popular illustration of a winged mythical being in the Islamic tradition

Owl Flying against a Moonlit Sky, 1836-1837. Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
Owl Flying against a Moonlit Sky, 1836-1837. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Book illustration, 1896. Artist: Franz Gottfried
Book illustration, 1896. Illustration from the book The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe. From a private collection

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of Heaven... c1885. From the Bible (Revelation XXIV 6, 7)

The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush, 1849. A prospector riding on the back of a large bird, flying towards California

Scene from Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream, c1858. The play was first performed c1596. In this scene (Act 2 Sc 2), Ariel stands on a toadstool conducting The Fairies Song; You spotted snakes

Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. Artist: Joseph Anton Kock
Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. The witches flying through the sky riding goats and broomsticks are holding up the crown which Macbeth covets. Scene from Shakespeares play, first performed c1606

Hawker Hurricanes flying in formation, Battle of Britain, World War II, 1940. Hawker Hurricanes of Fighter Command, a first line of defence against the incoming German bombers attacking England

Hawker Hurricane in flight, Battle of Britain, World War II, 1940. A Hawker Hurricane of Fighter Command on its way to intercept German bombers as they crossed the south coast of England

Wall painting from the tomb of Akhenaten, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1375 BC. The painting shows waterfowl flying up out of reeds

The Puseyite Moth and the Roman Candle, 1850. Edward Pusey (1800-1882) English theologian and leader of Oxford Movement, shown as an Anglican moth in danger of being singed by the flame of Roman

Amundsens airship, the Norge, over the North Pole, 1926. Raold Amundsen (1872-1928), Norwegian explorer made a successful flight over the North Pole aboard the Norge on 11-14 May 1926

An idea of the world as it would be in 1953, 1883. A young lady paying calls by personal airship among maze of telegraph and telephone wires. From Le Vingtieme Siecle (the 20th Century) by A Robida

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