The problem of illuminating a sufficiently large area for a landing spot [lithograph, Henri Farré]

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Identifier1992-03-31-A_image_008SourceThe Ted Ingersoll World War I Collection (1992-03-31-A), Box 1, Folder 1CreatorFarré, Henry, 1871-1934DescriptionLithograph of a painting by Lieutenant Henri Farré featuring an aircraft during a night-time flight, circa 1914-1918. Part of a series of eight lithographs depicting World War I aerial imagery.

Typed caption: "The problem of illuminating a sufficiently large area for a landing spot having been solved, there are opened up the vast possibilities of high reconnaissance by moonlight. The painting shows a Voisin type of reconnaissance plane passing through the clouds at an altitude of 5,000 feet, surrounded, obscure mark as it is, by bursting shells. 1914. From a painting by Lieut. Henri Farré."Creation Datecirca 1914-1918SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918Airplanes, MilitaryLanguageEnglishOriginal FormatlithographsBibliographic CitationThe Ted Ingersoll World War I Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United StatesLicense

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