Display Status
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Object Details
Date
c. 1837
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Lithograph on Paper, Uncolored
Artist
G. Rowe
Physical Description
Uncolored lithograph of the Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon ascending from the Montpellier Gardens in Cheltenham on July 3, 1837. The image shows the balloon ascending with a crowd watching from below. A text description of the event is included with the print. There appears to be more text on the other side, showing that this was probably cut from a book with a longer description of the ascension. Both the print and the text are adhered to a larger backing paper.
'Drawn & Printed by G. Rowe, Cheltenham, Published by H. Daries Montpellier Library.'
Dimensions
Mat: 40.6 × 33cm (16 × 13 in.)
Backing Paper: 39.4 × 21.1cm (15 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.)
Print: 20.8 × 12.1cm (8 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Text: 8.1 × 16.8cm (3 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140744000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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