Colored lithograph of a balloon crash in a field. The balloon is laying deflated on the ground with smoke rising from it. The basket is on its side, and the aeronaut is laying on the ground either unconsious or dead. Appears to be one of a series of four lithographs of ballooning flights and falls. This one is not labeled, but the first in the set is labeled 'Bocquin et. Eug. Ciceri lith. Imp. Becquet à Paris.' Created by Vanessa Nagengast Date Created Source National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Keywords Art Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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