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Artist
- Name:
- Robida, Albert
- Dates:
- 1848-1926
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Landscapes & places
- Technique:
- Photogravure
- 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 and a woman are flying high in the night sky of Paris seated on a small flying machine shaped as a fish. The “eyes” of the machine are its headlights, and many other similar-looking devices can be seen floating around as the couple flies past a police tower.
The caption reads in the original French: Paris la nuit.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, airship, cityscape, fantasy, fish, flying, night, Paris, retrofuturism, science-fiction