Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored
Artist
Eugene Ciceri
Physical Description
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.'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 22.9 × 17.9cm (9 in. × 7 1/16 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 38.1cm × 33cm × 3.8cm (15 × 13 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140575000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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