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dc.creatorDodsley, Robert, 1704-1764en_US
dc.creatorBoitard, Louis-Philippeen_US
dc.date1751en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:25:13Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:25:13Z
dc.date.issued1751en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000139
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193113
dc.descriptionIllustration from Richard Owen Cambridge's satirical poem "The Scribleriad." In the image, a crowd is gathered to watch two aviators flying by means of different types of mechanical devices. The German is using a flying machine resembling that used by Besnier. One holds onto the other's legs. In the center of the crowd is a man with a six-legged, three-eyed cow.en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/408en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectCowsen_US
dc.subjectCrowdsen_US
dc.subjectSails -- Aerodynamicsen_US
dc.subjectRacingen_US
dc.titleAn Aerial Race Between a Briton and a Germanen_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)
dc.contributor.displaypublisher: Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764; artist: Boitard, Louis-Philippeen_US
dc.relation.referencesVBI_000375


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