RARE AVIATRIX CLARA ADAMS "MAIDEN OF MAIDEN FLIGHTS" SMALL WATERCOLOR PAINTING for Sale

RARE AVIATRIX CLARA ADAMS "MAIDEN OF MAIDEN FLIGHTS" SMALL WATERCOLOR PAINTING For Sale

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RARE AVIATRIX CLARA ADAMS "MAIDEN OF MAIDEN FLIGHTS" SMALL WATERCOLOR PAINTING:
$445.00

ORIGINAL!RARE! AVIATRIX CLARA ADAMS "MAIDEN OF MAIDEN FLIGHTS" SMALL WATERCOLOR PAINTING

THIS SMALL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT BY THE FAMOUS AVIATRIX CLARA ADAMS (b1884-d1971) WAS PART OF HER OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION. THE CLARA ADAMS WATERCOLOR WAS FOUND WITH MANY OTHER PERSONAL MEMORABILIA SHE COLLECTED OVER HER YEARS OF AVIATION TRAVEL FIRSTS. CLARA WAS AN AMATEUR ARTIST AND WOULD DOODLE AND ACCENT HER WRITTEN DIARIES AND USE DRAWINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PHILATELY IN HER COLLECTION WHILE IN FLIGHT. (TO PASS THE TIME ON THE EXTREMELY LONG HISTORIC FLIGHTS SHE WAS A PART OF). ONE OF CLARA'S GOOD FRIENDS WASAMELIA EARHART...

Clara Adams, known as the "first flighter" and the "maiden of maiden flights," was an aviatrix who set a variety of flying records. She is known for being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger aboard the Graf Zeppelin and was on the first North American flight of the Zeppelin Hindenburg.

ON THE REVERSE WRITTEN IN CLARA'S HAND, SHE IDENTIFIES AN ACQUAINTANCE / FRIEND AS THE SITTER (A POSSIBLY PASSENGER ON ONE OF HER HISTORIC FLIGHTS) AS :

Lady Bart

CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE.

COLORS ARE BRIGHT

COVER WEIGHT QUALITY ART PAPER

THE DOODLES / DRAWINGS AND HANDWRITINGFROM CLARA's DIARY PROVIDED WITH THE PICTURES IN THIS LISTING ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LISTING.

OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS: W 2 13/16" x H 4 3/16"

(please see pictures)

THIS IS NOT A COPY OR REPRODUCTION.

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