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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. 1801 Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Aquatint on Paper, Colored Physical Description Colored aquatint of the descent of André Jacques Garnerin near the Temple de la Paix on the Champs-Elysées in honor of the ninth anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. A balloon is aloft with observers on the ground. A parachute is descending from the balloon. 'A Paris chez Basset Md. d'Estampes et Fabriquant de Papiers peints, rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins No. 670.' Dimensions Mat: 40.6 × 54.6cm (16 in. × 21 1/2 in.)
Unmatted: 31.1 × 45.7cm (12 1/4 in. × 18 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140647000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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