Title: Nancy 7 & 8 Avril
Artist: R.R. Claudin
Year of Publication 1912
Publisher: Berger-Levrault
Language: French
Size:
Index Number: 00292

Description:

French national pride overflows from this
poster advertising an air “fete,” or
festival, in April in Nancy, a city in
Lorraine of eastern France.  Nancy,
known to be a haven for air spectacles
and international expositions, is also
one of the last large French cities before
the French-German border. 

A vulture-like eagle, possibly a symbol
for Germany, is “startled” as French-
made Bleriot monoplanes and Farman
biplanes zip in and out of its rocky
perch.  The wings of an up-close Bleriot
Monoplane XI stretch to encompass
the width of the whole of the poster above
the scene.  This monoplane was also a
symbol of great pride for it is the same
type of plane that Bleriot himself used
to make the landmark flight across the
English Channel in 1909.

At the festival, pilots Kuhling and
Loridan wowed crowds with maneuvers
and stunts during this Easter weekend.

Planes – Bleriot Monoplane XI (plane used to cross the channel in 1909)
             Farman II Biplane

Easter weekend of 1912 (7&8 of April – Fete L’Air (Air Display/show)

• Picture juxtaposed with a French flag border
• The two planes that were demonstrating that day are buzzing around a giant eagle that has been startled at the tine French colored planes

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, French Monoplanes and French Biplances, 1912
• Flight, 1912
• Looping the Loop