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Object Details
Date April 2, 1840 Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Lithograph on Paper, Uncolored Physical Description Uncolored lithograph of Mr. Green's Voyage Balloon aloft over water with rope trailing in the water. This print is celebrating his planned journey to cross the Atlantic ocean in a balloon, "in the ensuing summer, from the American to the European Continent." The land in the background of the image suggests that this scene represents the beginning of the voyage. Caption below the image. 'London: Published April 2nd, 1840, by W. Morgan, 68, Upper Harrison St, Grays Inn Road, and of Wm. Roxbrough, 3. Coventry St. Haymarket...' Dimensions Mat: 40.6 × 34.4cm (16 in. × 13 9/16 in.)
Unmatted: 34.3 × 25.7cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/8 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140490000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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