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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