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Airship Fine Art Print Collection

Step back in time and soar through the clouds with our captivating collection of historical airships.

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Explore the fascinating history of aviation with this collection of old photos that feature famous airships like the R-100 and Zeppelins. Watch as these early aviation marvels soar through the heavens, their majesty and beauty evident. From the era of transatlantic travels to the pioneering days of rigid airship design, every image captures the spirit of exploration and ingenuity that characterised this period. Relive the thrill of the early aircraft enthusiasts who pushed the limits of human achievement by setting off on risky transcontinental voyages. These classic pictures provide a window into a time of exploration and adventure in the past, when airships were the height of luxury travel and technological innovation.

102 Fine Art Prints

Airship Fine Art Print Collection: R 101 Airship

R 101 Airship Collection
12 Fine Art Prints

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R-101 Airship in a hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire

R-101 Airship in a hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire
1929: The R101 airship in a hangar at Cardington in Bedfordshire. The R101 was 221 m (724 ft) long and had a gas capacity of 140 million litres (5 million cu ft)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Completed R100

Completed R100
HM Airship R100 nears completion at the Royal Naval Air Service Air Station near Howden in Yorkshire, November 1929

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Storm Clouds

Storm Clouds
1929: The British airship R-100 flies through a thick layer of cloud. She was scrapped after the crash of her sistership, the R-101, in 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R 101 Airship

R 101 Airship
circa 1929: A broadside view of the Airship R101, at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship R-101

Airship R-101
October 1929: Airship R101 passing over St Pauls Cathedral, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship R33

Airship R33
March 1919: The British airship R33 in its hangar as it prepares for its first ever flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. (Photo by R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R 101 Dining Room

R 101 Dining Room
Members of the Dominion Legislative Conference dine on board the luxurious R101 airship. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship Illustration

Airship Illustration
airship, blimp, color, dirigible, high res, nostalgia, sky, transportation, travel, Airship, 87685321

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Henri Giffard's steam-powered dirigible by Louis Figuier

Henri Giffard's steam-powered dirigible by Louis Figuier
Henri Giffard, 1825-1882, 19th century, steam-powered, steam powered, dirigible, airship, aviation, Louis Figuier, Les Merveilles de la Science, engraving, vintage, archival, outdoor, day, flying

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Zeppelin and searchlights

Zeppelin and searchlights
zeppelin, dirigible, airship, World War I, aviation, air combat, flight, midair, flying, searchlights, illuminated, lit, 1910s, nobody, outdoor, night, vintage, archival, Airship, 92830988

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Postcard of Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont's airship and Eiffel Tower

Postcard of Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont's airship and Eiffel Tower
Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1873-1932, aviation, aviator, Brazilian, airship, dirigible, Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, October 1901, 1900s, postcards, chromolithograph, vintage, archival, midair

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Cigarette card of British military dirigible i Secundus

Cigarette card of British military dirigible i Secundus
i Secundus, dirigible, British, military, airship, army, 1905, 1900s, aviation, flight, cigarette card, advertisement, text, words, chromolithograph, vintage, archival, flying, midair, outdoor, day

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Cartoon portrait of Alberto Santos-Dumont

Cartoon portrait of Alberto Santos-Dumont
cartoon, portrait, caricature, one person only, adult, African descent, Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1873-1932, Brazilian, aviation, pioneer, sitting, half-lenth, airship, dirigible, number six, winner

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Henri Dupuy de Lome Navigable Balloon, First Design (October 1870) - 19th Century

Henri Dupuy de Lome Navigable Balloon, First Design (October 1870) - 19th Century
Henri Dupuy de Lome Navigable balloon first design date October 1870 from Magasin Pittoresque. Vintage etching circa mid 19th century

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Blimp

Blimp

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Antique image from British magazine: German Artillery practice

Antique image from British magazine: German Artillery practice

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship Falling

Airship Falling
1st July 1919: The R 34 falling over the City of London, July 1919. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: White zeppelin in the sky, lindau, germany

White zeppelin in the sky, lindau, germany
German:CB2, flying:CB2, clouds:CB2, sky:CB2, white:CB2, copy space:CB2, airship:CB2, daytime:CB2, view from below:CB1, transportation:CB2, nobody:CB1, Lindau:CB2, rigid:CB1, in flight:CB1, Airship

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Antique illustration: Air Baloon at night

Antique illustration: Air Baloon at night

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont and his airship, Aero Park, Paris, France, 1901

Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont and his airship, Aero Park, Paris, France, 1901
Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1873-1932, Brazilian, aviator, airship, dirigible, Aero Park, Paris, 1901, portrait, France, Europe, one person with others, man, adult, outdoor, day vintage, archival

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R38 Construction

R38 Construction
The construction of the rigid airship R38 in a large hangar at Messrs Short, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Navy and Army antique historical photographs: German War Balloon

Navy and Army antique historical photographs: German War Balloon

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Henri Giffard's first steam dirigible balloon, September, 24 - 1852

Henri Giffard's first steam dirigible balloon, September, 24 - 1852
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: The dirigible aerostat with propeller and animated motor of M

The dirigible aerostat with propeller and animated motor of M
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: First female german flight with an aeroplan airship, built by Orville Wright

First female german flight with an aeroplan airship, built by Orville Wright
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Non-rigid airship flying 1879 over Germany by Georg Baumgarten

Non-rigid airship flying 1879 over Germany by Georg Baumgarten
Georg Baumgarten ( 22. Januar 1837 - 1884 ) System Baumgarten - Dr

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Downed Zeppelin

Downed Zeppelin
A German L21 Zeppelin sinks off the coast of Yarmouth, Norfolk, after having been shot down. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Cole's Aerial Vessel

Cole's Aerial Vessel
1887: Illustration of Cole's Aerial Vessel, an early airship, hovering over spectators, with an anchor dangling from the passenger cabin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin inventor of rigid airships 1900

Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin inventor of rigid airships 1900 Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was a German general

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship Over Manhattan

Airship Over Manhattan
An unspecified airship approaching The Pierre (left), a hotel in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, circa 1955. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Blimp

Blimp
Engraving of Blimp

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Hydrogen balloon airship above the clouds

Hydrogen balloon airship above the clouds
Digital restored 19th century engraving from the literary magazine Le Voleur Illustre 1889-90 Paris, France

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Antique illustration: Zeppelin

Antique illustration: Zeppelin

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Henri Giffard's steam-powered dirigible

Henri Giffard's steam-powered dirigible
Henri Giffard, 1825-1882, 19th century, steam-powered, steam powered, dirigible, airship, aviation, engraving, vintage, archival, outdoor, day, flying, flight, midair, aviator, one person only, man

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Antique illustration: Zeppelin

Antique illustration: Zeppelin

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Old engraved illustration of Airships in the past

Old engraved illustration of Airships in the past
Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Antique photograph of British Navy and Army: German army emperor and empress visit display

Antique photograph of British Navy and Army: German army emperor and empress visit display

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Antique illustration, applied mechanics: Air vehicles, Dupuy de Lome air balloon

Antique illustration, applied mechanics: Air vehicles, Dupuy de Lome air balloon

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Concept for an air vehicle by Renard/Krebs

Concept for an air vehicle by Renard/Krebs
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Air balloon

Air balloon
Illustration of a air balloon

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Old engraved illustration of Airships in the past

Old engraved illustration of Airships in the past
Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Old engraved illustration of Historic flying machine

Old engraved illustration of Historic flying machine
Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Aerostat airship of M.C. Campbell, lost at sea on July 10, 1889

Aerostat airship of M.C. Campbell, lost at sea on July 10, 1889
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Hot air balloon flying 1888 over Germany military delivering

Hot air balloon flying 1888 over Germany military delivering letters taking aerial photography Original edition from my own archives Source : Buch fur Alle 1888 after drawing G. Rodeck

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: The airship Z III over Berlin

The airship Z III over Berlin
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Historical balloons and airships, wood engravings, published in 1893

Historical balloons and airships, wood engravings, published in 1893
Historical balloons and airships

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R 101 In Hangar

R 101 In Hangar
1929: The nose of the rigid airship R101 airship seen through hangar doors. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship R 101

Airship R 101
1929: Airship R101 at Cardington. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship Construction

Airship Construction
1927: Airship R101 under construction. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Petrol Tank

Petrol Tank
31st May 1928: One of the stream-lined petrol tanks to be carried externally on a non-rigid airship currently under construction, designed to fly from London to Australia in 12 days

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Model Zeppelin

Model Zeppelin
German boys playing with a toy Zeppelin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Dirigible airship, Montgolfier`s Flying Balloon

Dirigible airship, Montgolfier`s Flying Balloon
Illustration of a Dirigible airship, Montgolfier`s Flying Balloon

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Hindenburg Landing

Hindenburg Landing
May 1936: Ground crew help pull the German-made dirigible Hindenburg to the ground at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Zeppelin Viewing

Zeppelin Viewing
Members of the Reichstag watch the Zeppelin LZ-3 prepare to launch from Lake Constance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Zeppelin Building

Zeppelin Building
The aluminium frame of a Zeppelin being constructed at Short Brothers Works. One of the many gas cells needed to contain helium can be seen to the right. (Photo by A R Coster/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R34 Airship Landing

R34 Airship Landing
The R 34 airship landing at Pulham, Norfolk on its return from the first two-way crossing of the Atlantic. (Photo by Jimmy Sime/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R 101 Engine

R 101 Engine
1929: Inspecting the engines which hang below an airship, in this case the rigid airship R101. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R-100 Airship

R-100 Airship
December 1929: The British airship R100 on her maiden flight at Cardington. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R100 Airship

R100 Airship
November 1929: Passengers on board the lounge promenade of the R-100 Airship at Howden, Yorkshire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R 100 Dining Room

R 100 Dining Room
The elaborate dining room on board the British R100 Airship, built to compete with the great ocean liners. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Dining Aloft

Dining Aloft
November 1929: Passengers in the dining room of the R100 airship. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Female Dixon Pilot

Female Dixon Pilot
The first woman to navigate a dirigible solo was an (unknown) American woman, piloting the airship Dixon. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Illustration of a scene inside the Hindenburg airship

Illustration of a scene inside the Hindenburg airship

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Great 20th Century Explorers

Great 20th Century Explorers
The semi-rigid N-class airship Norge (Norwegian for Norway ), which was used by the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition to fly over the North Pole, lies on its side and deflates after landing

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Great 20th Century Explorers

Great 20th Century Explorers
Russian rescuers inspect the downed Swedish Fokker ski-plane at Red Tent camp where the surviving crew of the ill-fated semi-rigid N-class airship Italia lived during the seven weeks between their

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Zeppelin Over Berlin

Zeppelin Over Berlin
The Graf Zeppelin, the worlds most successful airship, flies over the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R101

R101
4th October 1930: R101 at its moorings in Cardington, Bedfordshire prior to its departure for India. It crashed en-route. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R101 Airship

R101 Airship
2nd October 1929: An R101 Airship in its hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R100 Moored

R100 Moored
The R 100 Airship at her mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Edward G Malindine/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R-100 Construction

R-100 Construction
19th October 1929: Fitters and crew on top of the airship R100, during construction at Howden, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R33 Salvage

R33 Salvage
17th April 1925: Enthusiastic volunteers dragging the damaged R33 airship back to Pulham, Norfolk, after 28 hours alloft. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Airship Lounge

Airship Lounge
29th November 1929: Passengers in the observation car and lounge aboard the airship R-100. The lounge contains Lloyd loom furniture. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R-101 Airship

R-101 Airship
2nd October 1929: Members of the Air Ministry examining one of the R101 Airship engines at the Royal Airship works Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Fuelling The R38

Fuelling The R38
1st August 1928: Handing up petrol cans in preparation for the flight of airship R 38 to America. (Photo by Lawrence/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Tea On The R-100

Tea On The R-100
Tea being served on the R100 airship during its construction at Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, July 1928. The aircraft made its maiden flight in December 1929

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Baby Airship

Baby Airship
11th September 1929: A privately owned baby airship being moored in a field near its hangar at Cranlington. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Flying Machines

Flying Machines
The Spencer airship, on its first flight across London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Zeppelin LZ 127

Zeppelin LZ 127
February 1928: Interior of the bridge of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R 101 Airship

R 101 Airship
September 1928: The giant rigid British airship the R101 under construction at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Zeppelin In Flight

Zeppelin In Flight
18th September 1928: The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship designed by the German airship pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, on its first trial flight over Friedrichshafen

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Graf Zeppelin

Graf Zeppelin
September 1928: Skeleton of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 under construction. It was designed by the German airship pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: Zeppelin LZ 127

Zeppelin LZ 127
September 1928: One of the internal gangways of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship. It was designed by the German airship pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAirship Fine Art Print Collection: R 101 Airship

R 101 Airship
August 1928: The giant rigid British airship the R101 under construction at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)



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