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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date 1816 Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored Physical Description Uncolored etching of James Sadler's ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford. The balloon is aloft, with a large crowd watching and trees and buildings in the background. Scene of ascent is surrounded by four figures showing hydrogen apparatus. Each hydrogen apparatus figure has corresponding letters, but the key is not present. 'Oxford; Printed & Published by Bartlett, Newman, & Bartlett, 1816.' Dimensions Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Unmatted: 23.2 × 18.1cm (9 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140558000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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