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Object Details
Type ART-Paintings Medium Painting, Watercolor on Paper Artist Somers
Physical Description Watercolor painting of the descent of Mr. Graham and Mr. Cheese in Greenwich not far from the harbor in May 1840. Image shows the balloon aloft above the Dreadnought with a crowd of observers watching from the ship and the harbor. Part of a set of 17 watercolors on early ballooning. Dimensions 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 22.2 × 28.7cm (8 3/4 × 11 5/16 in.)
Inventory Number A20140950000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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