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
Date
1880-1890
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Planographic Process on Paper
Physical Description
Planographic print of nine collecting cards showing uniformed sailors flying in via balloon to capture the Chinese Governor of the Bac-Ninh province, near Hanoi. While relaxing on a hill with his rabbits, the governor is frightened by an approaching balloon carrying French sailors. The sailors land, capture the governor and his rabbits, and make rabbit stew.
Bac-Ninh was the site of a major battle between the French and the "Black Flag Army" on March 12, 1884. The town fell to the French and became a provincial center.
Printed in color with gold background. Cards numbered 1 through 10 (excluding 7), and each has a caption in French. There are a total of 11 cards in the complete set. While not indicated on cards, this set was produced by: Paris : Romanet & cie., imp. edit.
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 31.1 × 20cm (12 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 47cm × 38.1cm × 3.8cm (18 1/2 × 15 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140735000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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