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"Vanity Fair" Supplement Men of the Day No. 1303. "All British" (M.r S F. Cody)
Alick. P.F. Ritchie. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lt.d lith.
[n.d., 1 Nov 1911]
Chromolithograph with supplementary text, sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"), large margins. Crease top right corner.
Full length portrait of Samuel Franklin Cowdery (1867 – 1913), known as Samuel Franklin Cody, USA born Wild West showman, early pioneer of manned flight and inventor of the Cody kite used by the British military. He was also the first man to fly an aeroplane built in Britain. His flight of 16 October 1908 is recognised as the first official flight of a piloted heavier-than-air machine in Great Britain. He set various British flight distance and endurance records and won prizes in flight competitions such as the Michelin Cup in 1911.
[Ref: 56968] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
"Stonehenge 1911." (M.r W. M.c Auliffe, M.N.G.A.) "Vanity Fair" Supplement. Men Of The Day No. 1309.
Alick P.F. Ritchie. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith.
[3 December 1911]
Chromolithograph, with text, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of William McAuliffe (fl.1911), Chief Druid of England.
[Ref: 63679] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
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