Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date
1802
Country of Origin
Great Britain
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored etching with 5 images of André-Jacques Garnerin's (31 January 1769 – 18 August 1823) balloons and parachute at different stages of the ascent and descent. Each image has a caption.
'Published Novr. 30th, 1802, by G. Fox, No. 13, Charlton Street, Fitzroy' Square' in Great Britain. H. Merke Sculpt.'
Dimensions
Mat (H x W): 57.2 × 40.6cm (22 1/2 × 16 in.)
Unmatted (H x W): 47.6 × 28.6cm (18 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140406000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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