Globe Aerostatique. Dédié à Monsieur Charles. Cette Machine est representé ici s'élevant pur la seconde fois au mileau do la Prairie de Nesle, ou il venoit de descendre, accomagné de Mr. Robert et en Présence de Mgr le Duc de Chartres,...
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Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Colored etching of a crowd gathered in a field to watch the second ascent of the Globe Aerostatique, December 1, 1783. After the initial landing at Nesles-la-Vallée, M.N. Robert left the gondola and allowed J.A.C. Charles to reascend alone.
'A Paris chez Jacques Chereau rue St. Jacques au defous de la Fontaine St. Severin aux 2 Colonnes no. 257. Derrais Del. Denis Sculp.'
Dimensions
Mat: 33.3 × 44.5cm (13 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
Unmatted: 33 × 44.5cm (13 in. × 17 1/2 in.) Inventory Number
A20140532000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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