Painting, Oil on Wood Panel, DÉPART D'ANDRÉE POUR LE PÔLE NORD. 11 JUILLET 1897 SUR L'OERNEN (QUI SIGNIFE L'ANIGLE EN SUEDOIS.) L'EXPEDITION ANDRÉE, STIRINBERG ET FRANKEL.
Oil painting on wood panel of the departure of Andrée to the North Pole, on July 11, 1897 in the balloon The Oernen. Image shows three figures in a balloon aloft over an artic sea with two steam ships on the water. A French flag flies from the balloon. Possible illegible signature in bottom right corner.
Created by
Vanessa Nagengast
Date Created
04/01/2015
Source
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
Art
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