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
c. 1783
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Colored etching of a large crowd of spectators gathered in front of the Palace of Versailles to watch the takeoff of the Montgolfier balloon carrying three animals aloft on September 19, 1783. Title and description of scene on the bottom in French.
' A Paris Chez Le Noir Md. Fournisseur du Cabinet des Estampes du Roi demeurant au Louvre'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 28.3 × 37.8cm (11 1/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 44.4cm × 53.3cm × 3.8cm (17 1/2 × 21 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140601000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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