• Print, Etching on Paper, FRANCESCO ORLANDI ASCENT
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    Etching on paper depicting Francesco Orlandi Ascent, 6 November, 1828. A striped balloon ascends from a crowded public garden, with a hillside town in the background. Crowd of cheering people look on as aeronaut in the balloon's basket outstretches arm to the sky. Print depicts the flight of Francesco Orlandi that lifted off from Bologna, Italy in 1828.

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Digitized by Julie Weinstein

Date Created

02/09/2021

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Keywords

Art; Aviation

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