Pair of Early F Machine RPPCs (DeCaters and Blériot), Frankfurt International Airshow, 1909 beeswax art 5/8 across at blade

5/8 across at blade

making me think it might land happiest on a desk

Hand-thrown but unsigned

in this case surely quite a young one

Pair of Early F Machine RPPCs (DeCaters and Blériot), Frankfurt International Airshow, 1909 beeswax art 5/8 across at bladeI'm finding it hard to photograph photos well, but these are really gorgeous, both formally as images and for the marvelous early flying machines they capture! With a little research I've figured out that they were taken at the 1909 Frankfurt International Airshow in Frankfurt am Main, the world's largest and most important early aviation exhibition, which included all manner of aircraft (from early flying machines to balloons to the Zeppelin, with a