Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from November 7, 1901, to April 29, 1902 (Bell’s notes on ancient flight) (1600s etching) Dies (print portraying the mythological story of Icarus) Mythology - Mercury, god of commerce and messenger of the gods (engraving) Humorous portrayal of a man who flies with wings attached to his tunic (1800 and 1830 lithograph) Astronomical chart showing a winged virgin (1825 print) Wandering sprite (1859 sheet music) Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir George Cayley (1860s design of ornithopter) Voyage a la lune (1860s French cartoon) Etchings - The True Story of the Capture of Pegasus (etching from 1871 Scribners Monthly) The coming mode of travel, Prof. Harriman's Steam Air-Ship (1890s circus poster) Tlingit canoe with winged figurehead (1903 photograph) American poets' ambulances in Italy (1917 poster showing ambulance being pulled by a winged horse)
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