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

Type

ART-Paintings

Medium

Painting, Watercolor on Paper

Physical Description

Watercolor painting on paper of a balloon aloft with figures in the gondola. A flag with the name "Flesselle" flies from the side of the balloon. Image was first sketched in pencil, which can be seen through the watercolor. Shape of a balloon sketched in pencil on reverse.

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 11.4 × 10.2cm (4 1/2 in. × 4 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140938000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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