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Object Details

Date

c. 1814 (?)

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Etching on Paper, Colored

Physical Description

Colored etching of the arrival of Louis XVIII in Paris, May 3, 1814. Scene of carriages and soldiers on horses crossing the Pont de Neuf with a balloon in the sky. The balloon is flown by Sophie Blanchard, "the official aeronaut of the Restoration." The King is in an open and ornate carriage at the end of the procession.
'Courvoisier del. Dubois Sculp. á Paris chez Hocquart succ. de Basset rue St. Jacques No. 64.'

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 34.9 × 47.3cm (13 3/4 × 18 5/8 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140705000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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