The "conquest" of the air, A humorous Punch cartoon of 1908 illustrating how gracefully the air acknowledges it's defeat with a series of air accidents. Prompted by the first flight of the Wright model A flyer
Original engraved 1908 Punch cartoon by Edward Tennyson Reed (1860–1933)
Size: 4128px × 4800px
Photo credit: © Historical Images Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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