• Painting, Oil on Wood Panel, MRS. GRAHAM'S BALLOON ASCENT WITH THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK, 22ND AUGUST 1836.
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    Oil painting on wood panel of Mrs. Graham's balloon ascent with the Duke of Brunswick on August 22, 1836. Image shows the balloon aloft over the sea. A ship is in the foreground, with the coast in the background. Typed Note on Reverse: "Owing to a bad landing, due to probably the premature alighting of the Duke, Mrs. Graham was thrown out of the car and severely injured. She herself claimed that the fall was of a thousand feet, and that her dress acted as a parachute and thus saved her life."

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Vanessa Nagengast

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04/29/2015

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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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