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Object Details
Country of Origin France Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Etching on Paper, Colored Artist Louis Joseph Watteau
 Physical Description Partially colored etching of Blanchard's fourteenth ascent, accompanied by the Chevalier Lepinard, from Lille in Flanders on August 26, 1785. Image shows the balloon ascending from a large field with a crowd of the elite gathered to watch and with soldiers surrounding them. Other observers watch from outside the line of soldiers. 'Peint par L. Watteau, Professeur de l'Académie de Lille. Gravé par Helman, de la même Académie. Se vend à Lille chez L. Watteau. Rue et vis-à-vis l'Eglise St. Pierre, Par leurs tres Humbles, et tres Obeissants Serviteurs L. Watteau.' Dimensions 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 39.4 × 50.8cm (15 1/2 in. × 20 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140872000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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