"In the Clouds:" Hiram Maxim Portrait, Vanity Fair

National Air and Space Museum

Object Details

Artist
Leslie Ward
Spy
Physical Description
Colored lithograph portait of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim done for Vanity Fair by Leslie Ward under the pseudonym, "Spy." Image shows Hiram Maxim standing in a black pinstripe suit, in front of a large, hanging shark or fish. "Vanity Fair" and date in the top margin. Title below the image. Accompanied by text page from Vanity Fair.
"Vincent Brocks, Day Son Ltd. lith." Date of issue is December 15, 1904.
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
December 15, 1904
Inventory Number
A20140584000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Chromolithograph on Paper, Colored
Dimensions
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6cm (18 × 14 in.)
Unmatted: 38.1 × 25.4cm (15 × 10 in.)
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Record ID
nasm_A20140584000
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93ccbdfbb-3e14-4ad4-8311-a174d0c70f31
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