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Object Details
Date 1783 Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored Physical Description Three pages adhered to a larger backing paper: Left: Printed title page from "An Account of the Firft Aërial Voyage in England." Center: Etching of the ascent of the first aerial balloon, showing a sheep, duck, and rooster in the basket of the ascending balloon. A crowd of villagers watches in awe from below. 'Published Novr. 1st. 1783. by L. Fielding, Pater Noster Row. Jno. Lodge sc.' Right: Etching of the same scene shown in the center etching, but in reverse and done in lower quality. Same title as center etching, but does not have the publication information included. Dimensions Backing Paper (H x W): 29.2 × 40.6cm (11 1/2 in. × 16 in.)
Title Page (H x W): 17.1 × 12.1cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Center Etching (H x W): 17.8 × 10.8cm (7 in. × 4 1/4 in.)
Right Etching (H x W): 16.7 × 9.5cm (6 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140799000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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