CORNELIUS ROBERT Sixth plate daguerreotype of Solomon Andrew

Sale 1947 - Lot 18

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THE PIONEER OF AMERICAN AVIATION CORNELIUS, ROBERT<>
Sixth-plate daguerreotype of Solomon Andrews; with Cornelius's embossed stamp on the mat, and with Andrews's daughter's handwritten notations and date, on the silk cushion; in an original Cornelius leather case. 1845

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An early, and important, daguerreotype by Robert Cornelius depicting the polymath Dr. Solomon Andrews (1806-1872). Andrews is best known for inventing the first flying machine with a steering device, a self-propelled balloon called the "Aereon," which had its maiden voyage over Perth Amboy on June 1, 1863. The ship could master the stiffest wind using the same principle that a sailboat uses sailing into the wind. To this day, no other man has been able to fly an airship without a motor. <