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Display Status

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Object Details

Date

1784

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Etching on Paper, Colored

Physical Description

Colored etching of Professor Argand launching of a hydrogen in the presence of King George III, Queen Charlotte, and the Royal Family in Windsor Park. On this occasion the King made a royal speech, short, true, and to the point. He said, "See, it goes." Publication information printed below title is illegible.

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 12.4 × 17.5cm (4 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 25.4cm × 31.7cm × 3.8cm (10 × 12 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140823000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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