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Object Details

Date

August 12, 1811

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Etching on Paper, Colored

Physical Description

Colored etching of Mr. Sadler's balloon aloft with clouds in the background. Commemorating his ascent from the Mermaid at Hackney in Middlesex.
'Published August 12, 1811 by J. Pitts, No. 14 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials.'

Dimensions

Mat: 34.3 × 25.4cm (13 1/2 in. × 10 in.)
Unmatted: 27.9 × 19.4cm (11 in. × 7 5/8 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140485000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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