Display Status
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Object Details
Date
August 31, 1839
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Lithograph on Paper, Uncolored
Artist
George Perfect Harding
Physical Description
Uncolored lithograph of a portrait of Edward Spencer, who was in the balloon with Charles Green at the ascent from Vauxhall Gardens on July 24, 1837, when Robert Cocking's experimental parachute failed. Portrait shows the Nassau Balloon with Robert Cocking's parachute aloft in the background. Below the image is Edward Spencer's name, birthdate, a caption describing his ballooning experiences, and a copy of his signature. Edward Spencer had made 27 ascents with Green at the time of the portrait.
'G.P. Harding F.S.A. del et fecit. Day & Hagke, Lithrs. to the Queen. Published Aug 31st 1839, by G.P Harding, 69, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.'
Dimensions
Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Unmatted: 20.5 × 16.2cm (8 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140609000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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