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, Etching on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Colored etching of a balloon being blown over at a launch. An attempted flight by J.P. Blanchard from Vienna on March 9, 1791. The crowd on the left side of the image is watching as the balloon is falling and the crowd on the right side of the image is running out of the way of the balloon. Title and descriptive quatrain are below the image in German.
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 32.9 × 44cm (12 15/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 38.1cm × 47cm × 3.8cm (15 × 18 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140536000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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