Messenger pigeon

carrier pigeon

100 years before drones, in search of better aerial photography, Dr Julius Neubronner patented a miniature pigeon camera activated by a timing mechanism and created a remarkable body of images.

Engraved by W.Eagleton after D.Mac Clisc - The Carrier Pigeon. From the book "Heath's Book of Beauty. 1835. With nineteen beautifully finished engravings from drawings by the first artists. Edited by the Countess of Blessington"

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