Entrée de Mr, Blanchard et du Chevalier Lepinard, cinq jours aprés leur Afcenfion Aeroftatique, dans la Ville de Lill, le 26 Août 1785. Dédieé à Madame la Marquise de Vignacourt.
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Object Details
Date
c. 1785
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Printmaker
Helman Artist
Louis Joseph Watteau Physical Description
Colored etching of a large crowd and soldiers waiting for the entrance of Blanchard and Chevalier Lepinard five days after their ascension from the City of Lill on August 26, 1785. This was Blanchard's fourteenth ascent. Title below the image.
'Peint par L. Watteau, Professeur de l'Academie de Lille. Gravée par Helman de la meme Académie. Se vend à Lille, chez L. Watteau, Rue et vis-à-vis l'Englise St. Pierre, et chez l'Auteur Rue St, Honoré No. 315, Par son très-Obéissant Serviteur, L. Watteau.'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 40 × 50.8cm (15 3/4 in. × 20 in.) Inventory Number
A20140736000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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