Display Status
This object is on display in Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
Object Details
Type
ART-Paintings
Medium
Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Physical Description
Oil painting on wood panel of the departure of Andrée to the North Pole, on July 11, 1897 in the balloon The Oernen. Image shows three figures in a balloon aloft over an artic sea with two steam ships on the water. A French flag flies from the balloon. Possible illegible signature in bottom right corner.
Dimensions
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 35.2 × 26 × 3.5cm (13 7/8 × 10 1/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140476000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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