Display Status
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Object Details
Date
July 9, 1839
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Stipple Engraving on Paper, Uncolored
Artist
George Perfect Harding
Physical Description
Uncolored stipple engraving of a portrait of Mr. Charles Green (31 January 1785 – 26 March 1870). Image shows Mr. Green from the waist up, with his balloon aloft in the background. Description below the portrait has Mr. Green's name, birthdate, signature, and describes his first ascent on July 19, 1821. It also explains that Mr. Green had made 269 ascents at the date of the publication of this print.
''Pubd. July 9th, 1839, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth, Day & Haghe, Lithrs. to the Queen."
Dimensions
Mat: 30.5 × 25.1cm (12 in. × 9 7/8 in.)
Unmatted: 20.3 × 14cm (8 in. × 5 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140604000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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