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Artist
- Name:
- Robida, Albert
- Dates:
- 1848-1926
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Humor
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Le vingtième siècle
- Author(s):
- Robida, Albert
- Publisher:
- Paris: Georges Decaux, 1883
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A man aboard a fish-shaped balloon advertising for mustard is seen disseminating flyers through a cannon-shaped device as another balloon, shaped as a boot, passes in the background.
The caption reads in the original French: Les ballons-réclames au Grand Prix.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, flying, retrofuturism, transportation
