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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 Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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