Display Status

This object is on display in Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Hangar Overlook

Object Details

Date

October 1822

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Aquatint on Paper, Uncolored

Artist

Thomas J. Mulvany

Physical Description

Uncolored aquatint of Mr. Edmund Livingston's descent into the water off of the coast of Ireland. Livingston ascended from the Porto Bello Barracks, Dublin, on June 27, 1822 on a flight to raise money for the Irish poor. He descended in the Irish Sea off the coast of Baldoyle, County Dublin. The basket is shown in the water with Mr. Livingston bracing himself as the wind pulls the balloon. Row boat is on the water in the background.
'London, Published Octr. 1822 by R. Havell, 3 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road; for T.J. Mulvany.'

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 45.9 × 54.6cm (18 1/16 × 21 1/2 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 57.1cm × 68.6cm × 3.8cm (22 1/2 × 27 × 1 1/2 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140661000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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