An Exact Model of The Vauxhall Royal Balloon,...First ascent, with 9 Persons, made from Vauxhall September 9th, 1836.
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Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Relief on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Colored relief print of the Vauxhall Royal Balloon. Caption reads: "An exact model [representation] of the Vauxhall Royal Balloon. Formed of 2,000 yards of Silk and capable of ascending with Twenty-eight persons. First ascent with nine persons made from Vauxhall, September 9, 1836." Title and description beneath the image.
'Printed and Published by J. Thompson, Gloucester Street, Lambeth.'
Dimensions
Mat: 35.6 × 27.9cm (14 × 11 in.)
Unmatted: 28.3 × 20.3cm (11 1/8 in. × 8 in.) Inventory Number
A20140488000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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