Display Status
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Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Artist
Thomas Naudet
Physical Description
Hand-colored etching of the Battle of Fleurus (June 26, 1794) between the army of revolutionary France and the Imperial armies, a coalition force of British, Dutch, Hanoverian, and Austrian troops. Scene shows the two armies meeting on the battlefield, with a balloon aloft over the French army. The French employed the Corps d'Aerostier in combat for the first time.
'Deposé à la Bibliotheque Nationale. A paris chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais, No. 32'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 39.4 × 51.1cm (15 1/2 × 20 1/8 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 48.3cm × 62.2cm × 3.8cm (19 × 24 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140641000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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