1892 and it’s the flying ship ‘Eclipse’. From the Frank Reade series of dime novels. Interesting to note that feathers were still required for wings. BTW are they throwing that man overboard?
by MyDogGoldi
1892 and it’s the flying ship ‘Eclipse’. From the Frank Reade series of dime novels. Interesting to note that feathers were still required for wings. BTW are they throwing that man overboard?
by MyDogGoldi
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Read the original story https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=frank_reade
This illustration may be from the library edition of collected dime novels
The ships uses… umbrellas to stay in the air?
It looks like he’s jumping rather than being thrown. Getting him over the rail if he’s resisting would put them in different positions, I think. The jacket seems to have a large square bulge between the shoulders so I think it’s a parachute. They were invented over a hundred years before that (1783).
Looks like his coat is caught, maybe almost fell overboard and now the crew is coming to rescue him?